At Warcrest Dragon Academy, you either bond with a dragon... or die in the ash. I'm Lyra Ashmark-slum rat, smuggler, and walking bad omen. The only reason I'm standing on these black basalt cliffs is because I survived a Shatterline storm as a kid and walked away with a cursed bondmark and shadowflame I'm not supposed to have. The Crown wants to use me. The Academy wants to break me. The trials want me dead. Then there's him. Corin Rath: golden Ember Wing prodigy, ward of the High Warden, and the Academy's favorite weapon. He's everything I hate-obedient, privileged, convinced Warcrest is worth bleeding for. Unfortunately, the dragons don't care what I think... because when the storm hits the Bonding Spire, his Emberdragon and my Nightwing choose each other as fiercely as we refuse to. Now we're forced into the same patrols, the same lethal entrance trials, the same narrow ledges over a chasm that eats cadets for breakfast. Our dragons are obsessed. Our bondmarks burn whenever we're apart. And every time I tell myself I won't fall for him, the war, the sky, and his stupid, reckless loyalty pull me closer. But Warcrest is hiding something under its foundations-something tied to my "curse," to the Ashmarked cadets who vanish after trials, and to the crack in the sky itself. If I want to keep my brother safe, my dragon free, and my heart unbroken, I'll have to decide what I'm willing to burn: the Academy, the Crown... or the boy I was never supposed to love. Ash Trial at Warcrest kicks off the My Dragon Rider Romance series with brutal dragon trials, fated-mates tension, enemies-to-lovers heat, and a cliffside academy full of secrets you'll want to binge straight into Book 2. Readers search for: spicy dragon rider romance, dragon rider academy books, fated mates fantasy romance, enemies to lovers war college, romantasy with dragons, new adult fantasy romance series, Kindle Unlimited spicy fantasy romance.