Date
published: 29-May-13
ISBN: 978-1-61333-536-9
M/F,
paranormal, fantasy, dragon
E-book
Reviewed by Helen
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publisher
For
generations the women in Alice’s family have been dragon charmers, charming the
dragons so they don’t eat all the islanders’ flocks and herds. It’s a mighty
fine living, until the day her dragon bites off her arm, and a stranger comes
and kills her only method of earning a living. Alice almost dies. With no arm
and no job anymore she may as well die from the pain, fear and trauma.
But along
comes Blade. He’s a man with many secrets, and he doesn’t plan to let Alice die.
Note: This
is a sweet romance.
This is a
very different book in the best possible way. On the surface it has the
standard elements—a feisty heroine, a handsome hero, a bunch of secrets, some
unusual secondary characters, and of course, a dragon. But underlying that is
an enormous depth of emotion. The details of how Alice comes to terms with
lacking an arm, and how together she and Blade forge a future are brilliant.
There are a
few places that are genuine tear-jerker moments, others that will make the
reader laugh.
The book is
a short one, so obviously there isn’t going to be enormous amounts of world
building or a huge cast of characters, but everything is believable and logical
in their world, and the minor characters sketched in add to the book.
I really
enjoyed this story. It’s fun yet powerful. A great addition to my library and
one I’ll definitely be rereading.
This is an objective review and not
an endorsement of this book.
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