Amber Morningstar ventures to New York City to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Dragon, but the night ends in devastation, leaving her the unwilling owner of a mysterious stone. Now, much as she'd like to forget that night ever happened, there's no going back to her quiet life.

Her mystical heritage has put her on a collision course with a new reality: shape–shifting dragons, energy–wielding Races, and a sexy protector who seems to think she possesses untapped abilities.

Exiled among the humans for a crime he didn't commit, Damianos Aeros has waited a thousand years for his chance to return to his people. Amber is that chance. She is the Marked One, his one opportunity for redemption—if he can find it within himself to sacrifice the woman whose beauty he has resisted for three long years.