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E.L. Finley

Kindle+ release 20 Nov 2026Why-Choose RomanceDragon ShifterFaeThe Caged Bird, Book 2

Stitched Wings

A people-pleaser learning to take up space discovers she is a dragon, and that the enemy her five mates have hunted for thousands of years is the sixth man fate chose for her.

Five men who lied to me. One enemy who won’t. And a secret that could get us all killed.

I ran from the five mates who hid what we are to each other, straight into a forest full of monsters, and landed at the feet of the one hunting them.

Rune Rathbone. A fae general who has spent thousands of years killing dragons. The enemy of every man I am trying not to love. And, fate help me, mine.

Because here is the part no one told me. I am not a broken little shifter I always believed I was. I am a dragon. The last thing a fae should want and the one thing that could end us all.

So now I have six devoted, impossible men. A grumpy alpha who wants me and swears he will ruin me. A fae hiding a war behind that smirk. And an old life that is not finished with me yet.

I am determined to figure out how to turn into a dragon, even if it kills me.

I just have to claim what is mine, and trust the six men fate chose for me, before the people hunting us decide none of us get a happy ending.

Tropes & Themes

  • 🐉Dragon shifter heroine
  • 💜Why-choose, all six
  • ⚔️Fae general, enemy to lover
  • 👪Found family
  • 🪾Hidden heritage
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  • 🫀Fated mates
  • 🦊People-pleaser to powerful
  • 🔥High heat, explicit (18+)

Content Warnings

  • Physical abuse
  • Sexual assault
  • Domestic abuse
  • Death of a loved one
  • Suicide
  • Strong language
  • Mature content
  • Violence
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E.L. Finley

E.L. Finley is a Midwestern paranormal and why-choose romance author known for sassy heroines, devoted heroes, and immersive magical worlds that blend humor with emotional depth. She writes three series, Haunted Magic, Wolves Hollow University, and The Caged Bird, for readers who love supernatural settings and complex ensemble casts.

When she is not writing or reading, you can find her baking anything with chocolate, bungling home improvement projects, or binging spy shows. Her community of readers goes by the Foxes.

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