The Enforcer – Abigail Owen – NextBookAroundTheCorner

Death comes for everyone. Even Drake Chandali. The aging process that twists all unmated dragon shifters’ bodies into something useless has taken hold of his body centuries early. A mate could have reversed the process, but now it’s too late. To protect his team of enforcers, he leaves, and comes face to face with the woman he’d thought was human when he saved her from a fire months before. Except she’s not human. She’s a mate.

Camilla Carrillo almost lost her family to wildfire. To discover she’s fated to mate a creature made of flame and rage, and become one herself, should be terrifying. But somehow a rightness settles inside her, especially when she’s around the glowering red dragon shifter who wants nothing to do with her.

When Drake learns Cami bears his mark—the same mark as the High King—he refuses to believe she’s meant to be his. It’s too late. How could he turn Cami only to take her with him to the grave? At the same time, he can’t walk away. Hiding her from the corrupt, rotting High King might be the last honorable thing Drake ever does with the little time he has left.

Each book in the Fire’s Edge series is STANDALONE:
* The Mate (prequel)
* The Boss
* The Rookie
* The Enforcer

My review

Oh yeah. After The Rogue King (of the Inferno Rising series) and The Boss (Fire’s Edge series), I was very happy to see yet another fire breathing hot guy. Drake Chandili is dying. Even dragon shapeshifters die, when they don’t find a mate. So he decides to leave his clan, before he becomes a liability to them in the war against the High King (yep, same one as from the Rogue King).
But then he encounters Cami (Camilla), the woman he had rescued some months before from a big fire at her ranch. Cami was taken in by Rune, because she started to accidentally set things on fire. Afraid she would do more damage to her family’s home, she stays with the dragon.
Drake can’t help but notice that his body is less broken, when he is near Cami. But surely he can’t take her as a mate, because he would condemn her to death, when his body is too far gone to be restored by a mate.
Cami has had a lot to take in: shooting sparks from her body, a dragonshifter who took her away from her home and now a broody dark stranger, who she strangely finds very attractive. She wants to trust Drake, but she doesn’t understand why. But when the High King comes after Cami and her family (because she is a potential mate for the King), she has to run and hide. And she has no choice but to trust the grumpy Drake to keep her safe. Sparks flying, literally. A wonderful read, with a great storyline, lots of tension and funny banter between Cami and Drake. What’s not to love? Five out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.