As lord of the Nox Incendi dragons, Bale Dorado is supposed to protect his people within the exclusive Keep casino in Sin City, but the curse that plagues the clan has all but turned him to cold stone. Only by finding the powerful, burning heart of his treasure will he survive to lead them against a deadly magical threat to dragonkin. Instead, he finds himself falling for a wounded, delicate virgin? Esme Montenegro fears everything about the broken, disfigured dragon lord including her wild, feverish attraction to him. She too is falling, and if she can't find her wings, they and all the Nox Incendi are doomed.