New Camelot's Dragon's Breath — Brenda Gable

Baron Tomas Cleary has one too many chatelaines running the castle he inherited after his brother's untimely death. Used to being the lady of the keep, his niece Teagan is not relinquishing the authority she's wielded for many years. He desires peace in his new home and an end to Teagan's interfering ways. In order to obtain it, he's hosting an invitational tournament. Winner of the meet gets the well-meaning but overbearing young sorceress. Garrett O'Brien is in dire need of a rich, sorceress wife. He's been tasked by Danu to protect a precocious young Crystal Sorceress. He needs warriors, magic and copious amounts of funding to fortify Dragon's Breath Castle and make it safe for Cassidy. Unfortunately, he's not a knight. But he doesn't let that stop him. He's had ample opportunity to learn about fighting and men in the sheriff's service. Teagan feels the tournament is barbaric and degrading and is making other plans for a future away from her childhood home. Garrett, his heart hardened by life's experiences, thinks women are less troublesome if you rent them by the hour. However, he needs Teagan and the dowry that comes with her. It takes a little manipulation by the goddess Danu and a some fairy help, but he survives the tournament to claim her and her dowry. Both find themselves in an untenable situation that require each other's cooperation to make life bearable. While they sort through their differences and learn to respect then love each other, a fury that knows no bounds plots to take Dragon's Breath away from both of them.