Sweet, innocent, and kind Willow expects her eighteenth birthday to be just like the rest. But her father decides to sell her hand in marriage, even to the king of dragons. Willow hopes to find someone who was dear to her mother, and learn more of her mother, and perhaps herself.

Everest never wanted a mate. Until he met Willow. Unable to resist the undeniable attraction he feels to her, he buys her hand in marriage from the one that is supposed to be her father. But, even the king of dragons can tell that something isn't what it seems with his new mate.