Single female dragons are too rare to be left to their own devices. Or so, Bella was taught. Then her betrothed unexpectedly dies, leaving her wedding contract in the hands of his greedy father. She has no choice but to be auctioned off to the highest bidder or her family will be killed. For one week, she’s enslaved to a dragon who is obsessed with her. A dragon so wicked they call him Killer of Men. So powerful and wealthy, other males weep with envy. Now, she belongs to the devil bent on making her love him. He wants her body. He wants her soul. But most of all, he wants the one thing she won’t give him. He wants her as his mate.