No guy is worth risking my heart until Maddox gets close … I can’t keep using my daughter as an excuse to stay out of the dating pool, but finding a partner as a single mom is hard. I’d much rather get lost in my work, but I don’t want to be alone forever. Enter Madd. He’s not what I expected: too young, not settled, but he might be just what I need. And when I’m in his arms I’ve never felt more protected. There’s no privacy among dragons … I don’t want to seem ungrateful. I love my family, but the Black Claw dragons can be a bit much. So much that I’m thinking of finishing my law degree out of state. And then I meet Bethany and everything changes. She’s my fated mate and I want to make her mine. But am I ready for a woman with a daughter of her own, especially if it means staying in town? It may not matter if she isn’t ready to mate with a dragon. Bethany has no idea my kind exist, and if she can’t accept both parts of me, she’ll never be my mate. How can I convince her that my dragon’s heart beats only for her? In this standalone paranormal romance Maddox Kingston has to figure out his place in the world of the Black Claw dragons, and when he meets Bethany, it’s clear that he belongs beside her. He’s determined to claim the single mother as his fated mate and protect her and her daughter from every harm that comes their way.