Heartstone (Heartstone Series Book 1)

Aliza Bentaine is a passionate, headstrong young woman living at Merybourne Manor, where she has already lost one sister to invading gryphons. When the people of the manor hire a band of Riders to hunt down the horde, Aliza expects her sister's death to be avenged. Her relief is short-lived. The arrival of Alastair Daired, a haughty and handsome dragonrider, sets off an unexpected romantic clash of wills between them. As Aliza and Alastair battle with words and wit, they uncover a mystery haunting Merybourne Manor—one with roots running deep into the kingdom's foundations. Something old and dreadful slumbers beneath, far more sinister than the gryphons that first threatened them. Aliza must navigate a war spanning kingdoms and class lines, on a battlefield she has never known before: her own heart. This epic fantasy weaves elements of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with magic, featuring wyverns, dragons, and the warriors who fight them against monsters including gryphons, direwolves, banshees, and lamias.