Dragon of the IslandIn this stunning debut novel set in 510 A.D., a Welsh warlord and a Roman princess discover an irresistible passion. Aurora offers herself to Maelgwn the Great, the Dragon of the Island, in exchange for sparing her outpost in the British countryside. |
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