title: The Keeper of Dragons: The Prince Returns
author:  J.A. Culican 
description: <div><div>The Keeper of Dragons is the perfect<b>adventure fantasy</b>for anyone with a big<b>imagination</b>. -<i>K.N. Lee, NY Times and USA Today Bestsellling Author of The Eura Chronicles</i><span></span></div><div></div><div><span></span></div><div>An absolutely entertaining story of<b>magic</b>,<b>love</b>, and<b>intrigue</b>encompassing multiple worlds, people, and cultures.-<i>Mike Shelton, Author of the YA Fantasy series The Cremelino Prophecy</i><span></span></div><div>&quot;From<b>fallen fairies</b> to the royal debut of Prince Colton of Ochana, this is a <b>magical experience</b><i>.&quot;-Lisa M. Eiff, Good Reads That Stick With You blog </i></div></div>
zlib_text: THE BLACK PRINCE
  
  ARIANA NASH
  
  S U M M A RY
  In the war-torn rubble of the human world, can a rebel elf and a lost dragon prince find love, or
  will a dark threat tear them and their world apart forever?
  A new land, a new court, a new king, but some things never change.
  Broken in all ways, Akiem fled his life as the amethyst prince only to land at the mercy of the
  beautiful but deadly diamond king, Luceran.
  Akiem knows dragons. He knows he’ll die today, tomorrow, whenever Luceran’s executioner brings
  down his axe, and maybe it’s all he deserves. He’s ready for death, craves it even, like he craves the
  elf with flame-red hair and a sly smile, the damn elf whose stolen kiss lit Akiem up in ways he didn’t
  know were possible.
  Akiem doesn’t do males and he definitely doesn’t do elves. But some things do change.
  Drifter, mercenary, lover — Zane is all those things. He’ll do almost anything for coin. But he
  doesn't do dragons and he definitely doesn’t do love.
  It's not such a bad life for an el