Dragon Brides Series by Celeste Storme

When the metal sings and the mountain stirs, Hollow Mountain awakens—and it demands a bride. Maren never wanted glory. She was a blacksmith’s daughter with callused hands, a future already promised, and a life built on iron and certainty. Until the Choosing. Until her blood struck the ceremonial anvil and erupted in white-hot flame. Forge-blooded. Marked. Claimed by the dragon... moreWhen the metal sings and the mountain stirs, Hollow Mountain awakens—and it demands a bride. Maren never wanted glory. She was a blacksmith’s daughter with callused hands, a future already promised, and a life built on iron and certainty. Until the Choosing. Until her blood struck the ceremonial anvil and erupted in white-hot flame. Forge-blooded. Marked. Claimed by the dragon. Dragged from everything she knows, Maren is carried into Hollow Mountain to be the next sacrifice in a thousand-year cycle of prosperity and silence. But the monster waiting for her is not the beast she was taught to fear. Darik—ancient, lonely, and cursed—remembers every face he has ever transformed into metal… except their names. His hands have shaped masterpieces and graves alike, and the curse that binds him hungers for Maren’s life next. He tells himself he only wants to teach her. To preserve her. To keep her safe. She should run from him. But the heat in his gaze sparks something fierce in her—fire answering fire, metal calling to metal. He claims her to break his curse. She touches him and begins to break his solitude. As seven doomed days unwind, desire becomes trust, trust becomes defiance, and their connection awakens a power older than the mountain itself—one that could shatter the curse forever… or turn Maren into the copper statue she fears becoming. When the curse rises and the kingdom demands obedience, Maren must. submit to the fate forged for her—. or reshape destiny itself with the dragon who would burn the world before he loses her. less

He is her doom. She is his bride. When the earth splits open and drags Kiora into the depths of a crystal mountain, she meets the dragon who rules it all—a terrifying obsidian beast with eyes of molten fire and a heart shattered beyond repair. But as Kiora discovers the tragic truth behind the curse, she finds herself falling for the monster everyone told her to fear. And when she realizes that her love might be the only thing powerful enough to save him, she must her freedom or his life... moreHe is her doom. She is his bride. When the earth splits open and drags Kiora into the depths of a crystal mountain, she meets the dragon who rules it all—a terrifying obsidian beast with eyes of molten fire and a heart shattered beyond repair. But as Kiora discovers the tragic truth behind the curse, she finds herself falling for the monster everyone told her to fear. And when she realizes that her love might be the only thing powerful enough to save him, she must her freedom or his life. Some sacrifices are worth making. But what if you could have both? less

When the village's fate rests on a bride for the dragon, Isola expects death. Instead, she finds a man cursed by something far darker than himself. For centuries, Tahren has ruled the storms from his mountain lair, bound to an ancient curse that forces him to take a bride every year—only to lose her five days later with no memory of what happened. He's a monster, everyone says. A demon demanding sacrifice. But when Tahren sees Isola, something awakens in him. A connection written in starlight... moreWhen the village's fate rests on a bride for the dragon, Isola expects death. Instead, she finds a man cursed by something far darker than himself. For centuries, Tahren has ruled the storms from his mountain lair, bound to an ancient curse that forces him to take a bride every year—only to lose her five days later with no memory of what happened. He's a monster, everyone says. A demon demanding sacrifice. But when Tahren sees Isola, something awakens in him. A connection written in starlight. A soul he's been searching for across lifetimes. Isola arrived ready to die. Instead, she finds herself falling for the dragon who shows her beauty in the clouds and tenderness beneath his scales. But as the clock counts down to the fifth day, she discovers the horrifying Tahren isn't the monster at all. He's the prisoner. And only one of them has the strength to break the curse—no matter the cost. less