The Dragon's Adopted Princess

Gwendolyn Fields is a farmer's daughter living in Imirene. At seventeen, she is the family outcast, and her parents are eager to sell her off to the highest-bidding suitor. That turns out to be Wilister Everald, the wealthy and cruel local merchant's son. To avoid this fate, Gwendolyn flees her village. She wanders the Floating Valley, where her village is located. One day she runs across an injured, starving dragon. She nurses the dragon back to health, and when the dragon can fly again, it snatches her up and flies her to the capital. Once there, she finds herself in the good graces of the king, because the dragon belonged to his recently deceased son. But not everyone shares this goodwill, and Gwendolyn soon finds herself entangled in a complicated fight to remain in the capital—and to remain alive.