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Matchmaker
Princess Cameera, youngest daughter of the High King of Fomor, has grown tired of princes, nobles, and suitors who promise greatness but embody none of it. Raised on stories of daring rescues and legendary champions, she wants only one a true hero. So she does something unthinkable.
Alone, she journeys into the wild and ancient Anwin Heights in search of Shavath, a creature from childhood nightmares, a dragon whispered about in cautionary tales and fireside legends. Her plan is simple. She intends to be captured.
If a dragon holds a princess prisoner, surely a hero will come.
What Cameera discovers, however, is not the monster she expected. And what the dragon discovers is a far greater problem than any knight with a sword.
Instead of cowering in fear, the princess settles into the dragon’s cave as though she owns it. She reorganizes treasures, criticizes meals, claims possessions that aren’t hers, and patiently waits for destiny to arrive. Meanwhile, the dragon (who has spent centuries avoiding trouble) finds herself trapped in a nightmare far more dangerous than A royal princess.
As the days pass, the dragon realizes that sooner or later someone will answer the call. Knights will come. Heroes will come. And dragons in stories rarely survive happy endings.
Desperate to avoid becoming the final chapter in somebody else’s legend, she devises an outrageous solution. If the princess wants a hero, perhaps one can be made.
Deep in the wilderness, an unlikely candidate Brodie, a starving poacher with no title, no horse, no armor, and certainly no experience rescuing royalty. Yet under the dragon’s guidance, he begins a transformation that neither of them fully understands.
Together they rehearse a fairy tale. A knight must be forged. A dragon must be defeated. A princess must believe, but stories have a way of escaping their scripts.
As the deception grows more elaborate, old legends collide with uncomfortable truths. Heroes may not be what they seem. Dragons may be hiding secrets of their own. And happily-ever-afters can become remarkably complicated when everyone involved has very different ideas about how the story should end.
Filled with wit, adventure, humor, and heart, this charming fantasy turns familiar fairy-tale traditions upside down. Dragons are not always monsters. Princesses are not always helpless. Heroes are not always born. Sometimes they have to be invented.
And sometimes the greatest challenge is surviving the ending.
Alone, she journeys into the wild and ancient Anwin Heights in search of Shavath, a creature from childhood nightmares, a dragon whispered about in cautionary tales and fireside legends. Her plan is simple. She intends to be captured.
If a dragon holds a princess prisoner, surely a hero will come.
What Cameera discovers, however, is not the monster she expected. And what the dragon discovers is a far greater problem than any knight with a sword.
Instead of cowering in fear, the princess settles into the dragon’s cave as though she owns it. She reorganizes treasures, criticizes meals, claims possessions that aren’t hers, and patiently waits for destiny to arrive. Meanwhile, the dragon (who has spent centuries avoiding trouble) finds herself trapped in a nightmare far more dangerous than A royal princess.
As the days pass, the dragon realizes that sooner or later someone will answer the call. Knights will come. Heroes will come. And dragons in stories rarely survive happy endings.
Desperate to avoid becoming the final chapter in somebody else’s legend, she devises an outrageous solution. If the princess wants a hero, perhaps one can be made.
Deep in the wilderness, an unlikely candidate Brodie, a starving poacher with no title, no horse, no armor, and certainly no experience rescuing royalty. Yet under the dragon’s guidance, he begins a transformation that neither of them fully understands.
Together they rehearse a fairy tale. A knight must be forged. A dragon must be defeated. A princess must believe, but stories have a way of escaping their scripts.
As the deception grows more elaborate, old legends collide with uncomfortable truths. Heroes may not be what they seem. Dragons may be hiding secrets of their own. And happily-ever-afters can become remarkably complicated when everyone involved has very different ideas about how the story should end.
Filled with wit, adventure, humor, and heart, this charming fantasy turns familiar fairy-tale traditions upside down. Dragons are not always monsters. Princesses are not always helpless. Heroes are not always born. Sometimes they have to be invented.
And sometimes the greatest challenge is surviving the ending.
111 pages, Paperback
Published June 17, 2026
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