T.L. Christianson

Dragons, bonded mates, and irreversible decisions... After a car accident left my only parent – my father in the hospital, I was swept away to the Dragon Born Academy by my estranged grandmother. If I had to be there, I’d be an observer of this place with its rituals and superstitions… After all, everyone’s made it clear I don’t belong. But then it happened…and Ashe Carrick – my impossibly irresistible bond-mate happened. Being Cracked Open changed everything… Who I thought I was, WHAT I thought I was… DRAGON BORN. The words alone bring to mind monsters and princesses in castles. I am the princess and the monster they locked away. However, my story has no damsels in distress, waiting to be rescued. It’s self-rescue time, and I’m done playing nice.

Dragons, fated mates, and war. After being abducted and held in another world, Lyra finds herself back home. The Dragonborn of Earth have taken her in, catered to her every need, and treat her like royalty... However, their kindness isn't without cost. Lyra knows that she's being manipulated, but by who? The Prince who tried to force a bond with her or her own people? Meanwhile, in Abraxas, Kastian's facing war with Prilla and Coppelia without his mate. He believes Lyra was taken by the Dragonborn of Earth, while others claim she chose to leave. Then Lyra's people - her possible captors - offer peace and an alliance. Will he refuse and plunge Abraxas into another war or accept and lose his mate forever?

Royalty, abductions, fated mates, and dragons...⁠ ⁠ After his father's death, Prince Kastian is on the brink of losing everything. The only way to change his fate is to forge a bond with a stranger from another realm.⁠ ⁠ Finding that she's been abducted, college student Lyra wakes up in another world and is told she's fated to be a queen. She can't just walk away from her home and loved ones... or can she?⁠ ⁠ When the two come together in the dragon realm, they will either destroy each other or form the most powerful magic known to Abraxas.⁠ *Check out the connected series: The Dragon Born Academy Cracked Open Over Easy Hard Boiled Frying Night Sunny Side Up