Sky Woman: Book One of The Empress Saga

Enfri Page is the sky woman of her village. She is a healer, herbalist, and midwife. When she is visited by Jin, a beautiful assassin in service to the king, Enfri is confronted with the truth of her heritage and the reason she has been condemned to die by the crown. Using her wits and the magic of a scholarly dragon to survive, Enfri flees into the desert from a coterie of killers.