A debut historical fantasy that recasts Jane Austen’s beloved Satisfaction & Prejudice in an imaginative world of wyverns, dragons, and the warriors who combat alongside them against the monsters that threaten the kingdom: gryphons, direwolves, lamias, banshees, and lindworms.

They say a Rider in possession of a good blade should be in want of the monster to slay and Merybourne Manor has plenty of monsters.

Passionate, headstrong Aliza Bentaine does know this all too very well; she’s already lost one about Heartstone sister towards the invading gryphons. Therefore when Lord Merybourne hires a music group of Riders to look for the horde, Aliza is relieved her home will be safe again.

Her relief is short-lived. With the arrival of the haughty and handsome dragonrider, Alastair Daired, Aliza expects a fight; what she doesn’t anticipate is an enchanting clash of wills, pitting terms and wit against the pride of a historical house. Nor does she anticipate the mystery that comes after them from Merybourne Manor, its roots running deep as the foundations from the kingdom itself, where something older and dreadful slumbers . something far more sinister than gryphons.

It’s a battle Aliza is ill-prepared to wage, on the battlefield she’s never known before: one spanning kingdoms, class lines, and the curious nature of her own center.

Elle Katharine White infuses elements of Austen’s beloved book with her very own brand of magic, crafting today’s epic illusion that conjures a familiar yet wondrously unique new world.