Two weeks before her Mating Ceremony, Martha Dellencourt should be worrying about flowers, seating charts, and whether her sisters will behave long enough to survive family photos.

Instead:
An escaped supernatural convict is creeping around town.
Her fiancé vanished
The oldest mansion in Dragoon Bootay is hiding something terrifying beneath its foundation.
And somebody keeps hinting that Martha is about to become far more than a middle-aged Dragon Queen with a caffeine addiction and a closet full of bedazzled shoes.

Frankly?
She'd like a refund. Time to get off the ride called life.

But when secrets buried for centuries begin clawing their way to the surface, Martha discovers that Fate has bigger plans than weddings and happily ever afters.

Now, with danger rising, ancient Magic awakening, and the clock ticking toward the biggest day of her life, Martha must uncover the truth before Dragoon Bootay goes up in flames.

Again.

Coffee fixes a lot of problems… But probably not the apocalypse.

Published
June 22, 2026

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