<b><i>I&rsquo;ve waited 1000 years for my mate. If she rejects me, I&rsquo;ll burn down the world.</i></b><br />She woke the dragon.<br />Every maiden dreams of being rescued by a handsome prince from a deadly dragon. But I am the prince and the dragon.<br />Ancient courtship rituals demand I steal my bride away. Imprison her in my high tower. Show her my treasures, my vast lands and armies.<br />I&rsquo;ve done all that, and she still refuses me. She says she can&rsquo;t see herself with a man who still thinks Istanbul is Constantinople.<br />I must woo her, and I don&rsquo;t know how. But beneath my beating human heart, a dragon sleeps. And when he wakes, no one can stop him from destroying the world.<br />No one but&nbsp;<i>her</i>.