To Harbor a Dragon

A dragon in the harbor is just as alarming as a hole in the boat, and Lena Rebough may just have both.

She wants to save enough money to attend university, study marine life, and discover what is disrupting the crab harvest that keeps Bailey Harbor alive. Then she can return home with the knowledge to help her community thrive.

But with boats being sabotaged, crabbers attacked, and the town's livelihood at risk, Lena has more than her future to protect.

In steps Jae Herssher, her father's new employee. Lifelong crabber? Lena isn't convinced. His hands aren't calloused, his story doesn't quite add up, and he's far too willing to interfere when she sets out to protect her family's boats.

Worse, he's infuriatingly helpful and surprisingly handy when he isn't being suspicious.

Jae seems determined to prove he's trustworthy. Lena is equally determined to prove him wrong. But the more often danger puts them side by side, the harder it becomes to decide whether he's an obstacle to her plans or the one person she might want beside her.

Add a dragon hiding in the harbor, and Lena's plan is drowning in trouble.

The dragon avoids humans, but strange events accumulate. Boats that should sink somehow stay afloat. Crabbers escape injuries they shouldn't have survived. And when Lena's own life is threatened, she discovers the dragon may not be as indifferent as it seems.

While Bailey Harbor suffers more sabotage and Lena becomes the target of whoever's behind it, she must accept that Jae is the least of her enemies, higher education may be a far-off goal, and a dragon's secret holds the key.

Behind every romance is an opinionated dragon.

A clean fantasy romance series filled with dragons, adventure, magic, slow-burn romance, and emotionally satisfying happily-ever-afters. You've found your standalone romantasy source in this 10+ fantasy series.

Tropes:

Enemies to lovers

Slow-burn romance

Scholarly protagonists

Grumpy/sunshine

Mystery

Family comes first

Work together or fail

He falls first

Dragons