The Hoarded Heart
Marian Black
Eli Ashford is the last of his line—a baker with no family, no idea he carries ancient magic in his blood, and no clue that golden eyes have been watching over him his entire life.
Kieran is a dragon who swore an oath centuries ago to protect the Ashford bloodline. He's kept his distance, collected their treasures, and told himself that watching from the shadows was enough. But when a dark mage attacks Eli's bakery and threatens to use his blood in a ritual that would enslave all dragonkind, Kieran can no longer hide.
Swept away to a sanctuary in the mountains, Eli discovers the he's been guarded, watched, hoarded by an immortal being who's been falling in love with him from afar. The invasion of privacy should terrify him. Instead, Eli finds himself drawn to the lonely dragon who sketched him in secret and kept tokens of his life like precious gold.
But falling for an immortal comes with a cost. Dragons mate for life and live for millennia. Eli is human, with mere decades ahead of him. And as their bond deepens—merging their magic, their hearts, their very souls—both must face an impossible
How do you love someone when forever means watching them fade away?
A M/M dragon shifter romance featuring a lonely immortal with a hoarding problem, the human baker who teaches him to live instead of watch, magical mate bonds, age gap angst with a guaranteed HEA, and enough heat to melt dragon scales.
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