Deception, by Laxmi Hariharan

Rage, a dragon shifter who can’t shift, and Pandora, an empath, are brought together by their captors. The attraction is strong, but Pandora has a mission: seduce Rage and save her brother. Can a their real emotions survive the secrets Pandora must keep?

I found this book kind of repetitive. There is a lot of push-pull on both sides with each so tempted to get close and so afraid of getting hurt. For me, this went on so long that I got lost once when my Kindle unhelpfully changed locations on me and read for quite a while before I caught myself. But even outside that, the back-forth was a bit too much for me. Aside from that I enjoyed to book when it did progress. The relationship is complex because it takes place both on the psychic plane and on the physical one, so you have to pay attention.

This is book 3 in the Dragon Protectors Series can be read out of order.