She needs a husband. He needs a reason to break his own rules. One marriage of convenience…and a spark that refuses to die. I’ve always been the girl with too many colors and not enough calm. An artist with ADHD, a trust-fund wild card, the Ashbourne daughter everyone underestimates. But when my best friend needed saving, I drained every cent I had to help her escape a nightmare marriage. Now the only way to access the rest of my inheritance is to find a husband. Enter Sheriff Xavier Meyer. He's quiet, controlled, impossible to read, and the last man on earth I expected to say yes. We’re supposed to be married for one year. Strictly business, but he keeps looking at me like I’m already his. I’ve spent my whole life keeping order. On patrol, in my family, in the parts of myself that shift into scales when emotions run too hot. Chaos? Not my thing. Until Gerty Ashbourne crashes into my life with her bright laugh, her messy heart, and a marriage contract she offers like it's nothing. I shouldn’t want her. She’s sunshine, motion, magic in motion. Everything my dragon aches for and everything I’ve sworn I’m too dangerous to claim. But the moment she puts her hand in mine, something ancient settles in my bones. Mine. When threats circle Laurel Gap, both human and supernatural, I’ll burn the world down before I let anything touch her. A cozy-spicy marriage-of-convenience dragon romance about unexpected love, gentle devotion, and the way two opposites fit perfectly when fate has claws. ______________________________________ Tropes ✔️ Marriage of convenience ✔️ Opposites attract ✔️ Cozy small town with magic ✔️ ADHD sunshine artist heroine ✔️ Stoic dragon-shifter hero ✔️ Protective hero / “only soft for her” ✔️ Found family ✔️ Warm + spicy + heart-tugging Each book in the Laurel Gap Dragons series is a complete standalone. They can be read in any order.