Eliza Prescott's father has a plan for her and her dragon magic. He wants to see her married to a titled gentleman who can advance their family fortunes. But Eliza has her own plan to show her father the folly of his ambitions: engage herself to the most obnoxious, dandified lord possible. Then, her father might free her to chart her own course. She just has to avoid the interference of her trustee, Captain Parry, who seems determined to ruin her social schemes, and ignore the water magic pulling her to the sea. But when she stumbles upon a deadly secret about dragons, it threatens to throw her plans out of order and put her, her friends, and all of Britain in danger.
