Experimental Heart Omnibus by Shannon Pemrick

In a fractured world where empires rise on the ruins of war, Eira is a living weapon—engineered to obey, to kill, and to never question why. But when she escapes her creator’s grasp, she dares to dream of a life free from blood and chains. Her flight for freedom collides with a shapeshifting dragon long thought extinct, whose dangerous offer could grant her the life she craves—or destroy her entirely. Bound by reluctant trust and the pull of something far deeper, Eira must face the empire that made her and the walls she built around her own heart. Readers will be swept into a story of survival, slow-burn romance, and the power of choosing one’s own destiny, even when the odds are impossible.