Tempered Bloom

In the sleepy town of Frihus, where magic and dragons exist, Rowen—a gruff yet dependable blacksmith—prefers the heat of the forge over social interaction. His peaceful, soot-covered days are thrown into disarray when Clarissa Lyment, the most powerful witch in the millennium, returns from her travels with shocking news: she’s taken on an apprentice.

Riria, Clarissa’s apprentice, is everything Rowen isn’t: clumsy, bright-eyed, and still learning how to do basic math.How much trouble could one young women give him?