Mina Carter – författare

He's chased her for years. Now, she might just let him catch her.The only female on the Dragon's council and one of only a few female blacks in existence, Adra is used to being the odd one out. The one never picked for games as a kid. The unpopular one. So handsome playboy Nik Waldek's attention is unsettling. He's exactly the sort of man her mother warned her about. The slick charmer who would get her pregnant then leave her when he's had his fun.Conned into parading herself in front of his business associates for the weekend, Adra begins to see a different side to Nik. The problem is, how does she know if that's the real Nik or whether it's just an act to get her to let down her guard as she so desperately wants to…He's wanted her for years. But she won't give him the time of day…Nikolai Waldek has been in love with Adra since the first day he met her. Both black dragons and council members, they live together, train together and fight together… but she brushes off every advance he makes and try as he might, he can't get past the dragoness's iron-clad guard. So much so, he's beginning to think she's more ice-dragon than black dragon and is losing hope of the happily-ever-after he craves with her.In a last ditch attempt, he makes a gamble on a game of cards. His prize for winning? Her as his 'girlfriend' for the weekend. Once away from the court, can he finally make her see he's the perfect dragon for her?