When Princess Shaila flew her dragon through the magic barrier on her husband-quest, she disturbed the delicate balance that kept the sanctuary safe. After a thousand years protecting peaceful, bountiful Isoladia, the Veil is fading...and the drought and war that plagues the outside world threatens to spread to the island.

Princess Shaila's self-indulgence has weakened the Veil, but that mistake won't be her last. She'd wanted handsome Armon Duel, a lordly soldier unlikely to object to a wife of unruly nature, to become her husband. An unfortunate blunder on the part of her dragon instead lands her with Captain Breedyn Sol, a domineering hulk who's everything Shaila intended to avoid!

Breedyn Sol is horrified at what's been done to him against his will. Not only did he nearly suffocate inside the dragon's heaving gullet, but he's been separated from all that's important to him--his duty and his men. He's as determined to leave as Shaila is to send him back. Unfortunately for both of them, there is no turning back...