When Alexis inherits her estranged grandmother’s coastal estate, she expects unanswered family questions, old grief, and maybe a few secrets hidden behind locked doors. What she finds is far more dangerous: a house that seems to recognize her, a legacy deliberately kept from her, and a truth her father spent years trying to bury.

As hidden chambers open and ancient symbols awaken, Alexis is pulled into a world of royal bloodlines, dragon-born power, and enemies who have been waiting for her inheritance to surface. With Chasen, a mysterious stranger bound to her path, she must decide whether to run from the impossible or claim the power that has been calling to her all along.

In Birthrite, C. Ashley Jones begins the Draconic Destiny series with a dark fantasy tale of family secrets, forbidden legacy, awakened magic, and a heroine standing at the edge of a destiny she was never meant to escape. Some inheritances are wealth. Some are power. Alexis’s may be the key to a world that was never truly gone.