Fossil and Furious by Milly Taiden

Maple Westen has spent her career chasing the kind of discoveries that make respectable archaeologists clutch their pearls and reach for smelling salts. So when a forbidden dig on Trigg Corporation land uncovers a glowing dragon claim marker, Maple expects trouble, lawsuits, maybe even career destruction. What she does not expect is Gerri Wilder, a hidden dragon town, or one terrifyingly gorgeous Alpha who makes the ancient artifact—and every neglected part of Maple’s body—come alive.

Rune Trigg is a five-hundred-year-old dragon Alpha, billionaire CEO, and professional brooder who has spent centuries destroying every claim marker his ancestors ever buried. Fated mates are dangerous. Love is weakness. His father proved that. But when a brilliant, stubborn human archaeologist activates the one marker Rune missed, his dragon has exactly one opinion: mine. Too bad Maple has no intention of handing over her discovery, obeying his orders, or making this easy on his iron control.

Gerri insists fate knows what it’s doing. Rune calls it a disaster. Maple calls it the biggest discovery of her life—with annoyingly kissable complications. But when Maple’s academic rival teams up with a rogue dragon shifter trafficking ancient artifacts and targeting Rune’s clan, their sizzling attraction turns deadly fast. Now Maple must decide if proving dragons exist is worth risking her heart, and Rune must choose between the control that kept him safe and the mate who may be the only treasure his dragon was never willing to lose.