DragonBirth

In a world where dragons are considered demons and Dragonriders are hunted and killed as witches . . .

Silmavalien is a devout young woman from a small mountain village. Her engaged, Noren, is teaching her the bow and her life goals are limited to marrying him - as soon as he completes his Manhood Hunt - and having a family.

But then she meets a dragon hatchling and discovers a love she could never have dreamed, but one that rips her entire world apart. The gods she has worshiped, everything she has ever been taught or believed, is a monstrous lie, and she's not sure what to believe now. Can she dare to trust Noren with her new secret, even if he is the only person she's ever heard voice doubts about whether the stories are true?

If she, or the hatchling Minth, are discovered, both will be burned alive. How can she survive and care for Minth in a wild hostile world - one that is even stranger than she thought?

A great slice-of-life/cozy epic fantasy for lovers of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, Mercedes Lackey's The Last Herald-Mage, or George MacDonald. Contains 15 illustrations by the author.

Raina Nightingale has been writing fantasy since she could write stories with the words she could read (the same time that she started devouring books, too). Now she writes "slice of life" and epic dawndark fantasy, for fiction lovers interested in rich world-building, characters who feel like real people, and spiritual experiences. Raina thinks giant balls floating in space can have the same magic that fairytales teach us to look for in oak trees and stars. However, she has a lot of universes and while not all of them have giant balls floating in space, most of them have dragons of one sort or another!