Playing with dragons will only get you burned.

To escape exile, Aidan Paytah has had to prove himself worthy. Every second of every damn day. He fought with everything he had to earn his precarious place on the Huracรกn team of dragon shifter enforcers. He canโ€™t fail or afford distractions, no matter how temptingly sweet. Total loyalty to the clans and dedication to his team is the only way.

Sera Morrison lost her parents and her husband in short order, leaving her a single mother running her family winery alone. Nothing could ever have prepared her for the discovery that sheโ€™s a destined dragon mate. But once she finds out, thereโ€™s only one man she wantsโ€”the one who walks away.

However, the Alliance Council has its own agenda. They want to use her as a political pawn and force a mating that could ultimately kill her to save the High King. Aidan has no choice but to kidnap her, even if it means their close proximity reinforces their own mating bond. And mating with him could end up being a far worse fate for Sera…

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โ€œWatch your six, rookie.โ€

His Alphaโ€™s voice sounded in Aidanโ€™s head through the telepathic link all dragon shifters shared. Urgency cut through the words like shattered glass.

โ€œBank left,โ€ Finn yelled before Aidan could check over his shoulder for what could be coming at him.

Training, instinct, and total trust kicked in. Without a blink of hesitation, Aidan dropped one wing, wheeling hard enough that air and gravity pushed against his massive body in opposing forces. Halfway into the turn, he craned his long neck to see if whatever was behind him was still there.

The moonless night cast the earth in darkness broken only by the myriad of stars overhead and the orange glow of the wildland fire raging thousands of feet below. Dark smoke billowed around him, obscuring his vision. This fire was yet another that had been caused by rogue dragon shifters. Aidan and the crew needed to get it contained. Fast. Before humans discovered it and them.

But first, what the hell was behind him?

There. The firelight glinted off diamond-bright scales. A white dragon tailed him, wobbling as he struggled with the force of the turn Aidan had put them in. More the shade of pure starlight, the fucker was easy to locate against the dark sky and smoke. At least he wasnโ€™t a black dragon who wouldโ€™ve disappeared in this kind of cover.

Howโ€™d I miss this asshole?

Silently beating himself up over that slip and determined to make up for it, Aidan pushed harder, increasing his speed and pulling away. White dragons tended to be longer and leaner than those from other clans, making them better long distance flyers and more graceful in the air than blue dragons, like Aidan, who were the sprinters, known more for their speed.

Gaining distance, but not too much, Aidan suddenly threw his wings wide and slammed his momentum to a halt. He flipped in the air, talons outstretched, and braced for impact.

The white dragon, already forcing himself faster than he naturally flew, and unable to turn his long form quickly, careened right into him.

Satisfaction spiked Aidanโ€™s blood faster than a shot of alcohol. Gotcha.

Grapplingโ€”both trying to take a chunk out of the otherโ€”they dropped like a sack of boulders right toward the flaming granite mountain peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains below. Meanwhile the guy in Aidanโ€™s grasp thrashed and fought as though demons had possessed him.

Whatโ€™s wrong with this fucker?

The other dragon snapped his jaws around Aidanโ€™s wrist, and jagged pain ripped through him. Those massive, cutting teeth penetrated, ripping sky-blue scales out of the way to expose the more vulnerable flesh beneath.

Before Aidan could pull free, the rumble of gathering fire, an inferno being stoked deep inside a dragonโ€™s belly, sounded beneath him. Not letting go of his bite, the dragon blew white-tipped flames from his maw, pouring them over the open wound heโ€™d slashed into Aidanโ€™s body.

The minor pain from the bite bloomed into something the minions of hell would love to use as a form of torture on poor souls. In this form, his scales protected him from dragon fire, which burned hotter and harder than any other kind of fire. Once those scales were breached, however, direct fire could do serious damage. If Aidan couldnโ€™t get free, the guy could pour enough flame into that small puncture to consume him from the inside out.

But Aidan had trained for this.

Fought for this.

Put every fucking ounce of his heart and soul into proving himself worthy of his Huracรกn Enforcer team.

Hell, growing up an orphan dragon shifter, at the hairy edge of rogue, the way he had, fighting for his very existence when many of his people would have seen him dead, had prepared him for this moment.

Heโ€™d been ready for a long time, and now heโ€™d finally get to prove it.

Divorcing his mind from the screaming pain, Aidan quieted his body. He couldnโ€™t wait for any of the other members of the team to intervene.

With a twisting move heโ€™d learned wrestling with the other shifters at the home for orphans where heโ€™d grown up, Aidan not only yanked his arm free, but took one of the dragonโ€™s teeth with him in the move. The other shifter yowled his pain. Aidan slithered around, finding purchase on the curved spikes protruding along his opponentโ€™s spine, and climbed onto the guyโ€™s back, riding him bucking-bronco style. The ground rushed up at him, and he knew exactly how long he had before he needed to let go.

Sinking his talons deep into the other shifterโ€™s bony shoulder, Aidan lunged over his attacker. Striking like a cobra, he managed to get his own piercing teeth between steel-hard scales, right at the base of the shifterโ€™s neck.

The white dragon, even as crazy as heโ€™d been acting, froze in his grip, survival instinct kicking in hard. Aidan hadnโ€™t bitten with enough force to snap his neck. Yet. He applied pressure so the shifter knew he was screwed.

โ€œIโ€™m going to flare my wings and slow us down. You are going to stay very, very still. Got it?โ€

โ€œDah,โ€ came the resentful response, along with a low rumble of a growl.

Russian. Some dragons adopted the native language of the home-base country of their clan, but not as much here in the States where most spoke English. Interesting.

Throwing his wings out wide, Aidan clenched against the force of the wind dragging at him, straining the wound still raging on his wrist, not to mention his wings. Dragonโ€™s wings were designed to carry one, not two.

They were going to hit. Hard.

Bracing himself for impact, Aidan had to clamp down as the creature in his grasp started to struggle, thrashing his tail around, making it even more difficult to stop this runaway train.

โ€œHold still,โ€ Aidan growled, biting harder.

The white dragon stilled, though his entire body vibrated in Aidanโ€™s grasp, like his nerves were live wires. โ€œVill to kill us.โ€

The odd response couldโ€™ve been a lack of English, but the phrasing still triggered a series of memories for Aidan. Was this a new dragon, shifting for the first time? โ€œCalm down.โ€

โ€œHey there, rookie.โ€ Rivinโ€™s voice pinged through his mind.

โ€œNeed some help?โ€ came Keighanโ€™s lower pitched tones.

Both his teammatesโ€™ amusement grated, but they didnโ€™t wait for him to answer. The two white dragons on his team appeared on either side of him and latched onto the dragon he held. Together, the three of them not only landed, but managed to avoid the fire ravaging the mountains all around.

Not that fire would harm them.

Seconds after landing, a sapphire-blue dragon, scales like living water in the shimmering light of the fire raging nearby, landed beside them. His Alphaโ€™s claws scraped with a curdling screech as Finn found purchase on a large swatch of exposed granite.

โ€œThanks for the warning,โ€ Aidan shot the thought at his leader. โ€œI wouldnโ€™t have seen him otherwise.โ€

Finn had led their team of dragon shifter enforcers for hundreds of years, a position of honor, appointed by the kings themselves. Until recently, Finn had led with his brother, Fallon, at his side. But Fallon was in Europe now, mated and the healer for the king of the Blue Clan. His vacancy on the team had opened up a spot for another blue dragon.

The chance Aidan had been waiting for.

Finn nodded an acknowledgment, then turned to the captive and bared his teeth, a low rumble of warning vibrating from him like the sound of an earthquake. He kept his wings flared wide, ready to pounce or drop away at any second. โ€œWhat do we have here?โ€

Given how the young dragon was trembling, not in fear, but as though he couldnโ€™t control his body, combined with the glimmer of mirage-like waves that faded in and out around himโ€”signs Aidan had seen beforeโ€”he had a fair idea.

โ€œAll I know is he speaks Russian,โ€ Aidan reported. โ€œI think he might be in his first shift.โ€

A glance passed between the four of them, acknowledging the significance of that fact.

Confident his captive wouldnโ€™t run, Aidan unhooked his claws to climb off and stalked around to stare down the white dragon head on. Sure enough, the lack of fully developed spikes, and no callusing of the scales around his claws and spine indicated a younger dragon. The kid was still lucid, though, and smart enough to remain quiet and not even think about running.

At least he hadnโ€™t gone fully feral as could happen to a young dragon without a member of his family there to anchor him and mentor him through it. If he had gone savage, no way could Aidan have subdued him, and that fight wouldโ€™ve gone to shit fast.

Finn lowered his head, sniffing at the wound on Aidanโ€™s arm. โ€œDefinitely the one responsible for this fire.โ€

Aidan already determined that the second the guy had spewed fire over him. Every dragonโ€™s fire had a different scent to it, marking the flames as their own.

Keighan leaned in closer, muscles bunching, setting his scales to rippling. With a hiss, he opened his maw ready to blast their captive. Rivin mimicked his stance, prepared to rend their captiveโ€™s flesh and let Keighanโ€™s fire work faster. However, neither moved to finish him.

โ€œWhat do you want to do, boss?โ€ Keighan demanded.

Usually the goofy pair of their team, never taking anything seriously, they looked more than serious now. An almost bloodthirsty light reflected in their glacial eyes. An attack directly against a team member was something guaranteed to piss off all of them. Including Rivin and Keighan.

โ€œWait,โ€ Aidan snapped.

It said a lot about the respect heโ€™d earned in the group when Finn held his order and instead cocked his head in question.

โ€œHeโ€™s not with Rune.โ€ Aidan directed the comment to Finn alone.

Rune didnโ€™t use kids for his attacks. Only fully grown rogues, dissenters from the kings, but adult and in control, making them deliberately dangerous, rather than ruled by the creature within.

Finnโ€™s glare went dark at the mention of his former Beta. These days, they had to worry that every fire had to do with their old teammate. Rune had turned traitor and gone rogue with two goals: first, to find and abduct mates before the Mating Council could get ahold of them, and second, to put an end to the current mating process.

As it stood, members of the Mating Council were tasked with helping human women who showed dragon signโ€”smelling of smoke, setting off small fires, or shifting small parts of their bodiesโ€”to find their destined mates. A process that Rune believed to be so wrong, heโ€™d been willing to turn against the men whoโ€™d once been close as brothers because they were sworn to protect and uphold the rules of the clans and kings.

Rune made a big damn noise about it every time he stole a mate from under the Councilโ€™s nose. He seemed to think if he turned it into a problem the kings couldnโ€™t ignore or sweep under the rug, theyโ€™d be forced to change the mating process.

Many of the fires they dealt with lately were thanks to Rune. But not this time.

โ€œProve it.โ€

Aidan faced the young dragon. โ€œFirst shift?โ€

Eerie white eyes jerked back and forth between him and the two white dragons ready to flay his scales and char his bones inside his skin. โ€œDah.โ€

โ€œWhereโ€™s your family?โ€ Finn demanded.

โ€œYะผะตั€ัˆะธะน.โ€

Aidan angled his head to glance at Rivin. Most dragons from the White Clan hailed from mountain strongholds in and around Russia.

โ€œDead,โ€ Rivin translated.

Oh. Damn.

This youngster was lucky, though. He was in the colonies, even if he hadnโ€™t started that way. At least here, dragons lived in smaller groups less prone to kick out young, orphaned dragons if they remained in control.

Not like the clans.

Although that fact hadnโ€™t helped Aidan when heโ€™d been shunned after his own parentsโ€™ deaths. Sure, the group he lived with had let him stay, but heโ€™d been more isolated than if theyโ€™d kicked him out. If it hadnโ€™t been for Drakeโ€™s sister, Lyndi, taking him in, heโ€™d probably be dead by now.

But rogueโ€”choosing to leave the protection of your group or the clans, or, worse, being kicked out for a reasonโ€”was a different animal altogether. He had to know.

โ€œAre you rogue?โ€ Aidan asked the kid.

โ€œDah.โ€

Shit. Aidan snaked his head around to give his boss a significant look. Finn knew what he was asking without words. Orphaned dragons were dangerous because of their lack of control, but rogues had no loyalty. While the clans considered orphans a liability, like a limb with gangrene that needed to be cut off, rogues were to be killed on sight.

โ€œMy parents made choice to leave with no permission. I come back?โ€

Damn. The kid had guts. He wanted to return to the fold? Was it even possible? An orphan whose parents went rogue and whoโ€™d never shifted before? Maybe with some guidanceโ€”

โ€œHeโ€™s accountable for this fire,โ€ Finn pointed out, to Aidan only, as if reading his thoughts. A deliberate fire was punishable by death. But this obviously wasnโ€™t deliberate. Attacking Aidan, on the other hand, fell under the same consequence.

โ€œI know.โ€ That didnโ€™t mean the kid didnโ€™t deserve a second chance.

โ€œThe Alliance Council is on my ass like wet toilet paper,โ€ Finn said.

Aidan knew that, too. Their Alpha was already under the microscope. Last year Finn had claimed his mate, Delaney, without informing the Alliance Councilโ€”the representatives from each clan who governed the colonies and whom the Huracรกn Enforcers reported to directlyโ€”of her existence or getting permission from the Mating Council, who presided over all dragon shifter matings worldwide.

Not to mention, Finn had a new king. A king whoโ€™d recently taken the throne of the Blue Clan by force, which heaped a whole other layer of complication and suspicion on every blue dragonโ€”including Aidanโ€”until things settled between the blue king and the kings of the other five clansโ€”black, white, red, green, and gold.

โ€œLetโ€™s talk to him first. Then figure it out,โ€ Aidan suggested.

Finn considered that before turning his focus to the young dragon. โ€œCan you shift?โ€

No response for a long moment. Then he grunted, as if in pain. That grunt grew to a full-blown roar, including a few yelps, as the dragon tried, for the first time, to force the beast to bow to the man. Mirage-like waves appeared then disappeared, as if he couldnโ€™t hold the magic.

โ€œTake a deep breath,โ€ Aidan instructed. Heโ€™d done this with so many younger dragons at Lyndiโ€™s. At least his parents had still been alive to help him and steady him, when his first time had come. โ€œHold it, and picture what the world appears like when youโ€™re human. What you feel like in that form. What you look like.โ€

The young dragonโ€™s rib cage heaved then held. After several more tries, those waves appeared and stayed, hovering about his body. With excruciating slowness, and in total silence, the dragon forced his body to shrink. Not a smooth motion like the shifters around them would show, but in jerks and fits, bones and muscles realigning themselves, scales disappearing as skin and hair took their place. Along with clothing, magically absorbed into his form during the shift. Clothing that hadnโ€™t seen a washer in months. The stench hit Aidan a second later.

โ€œFuck,โ€ Keighan exclaimed. โ€œHeโ€™s just a kid.โ€

Couldnโ€™t be more than his early teens, given the way dragon shifters aged, making the kid around twenty to thirty years in human time. Living a millennium or more, dragons physically aged much slower than humans.

Sure enough, the flesh on the back of his hand between his thumb and forefinger was bare, the brand of his kingโ€”Volos for white dragonsโ€”conspicuously absent, marking him for all to see as a rogue. Rogue and orphan. This kid needed help.

โ€œRivin, Keighan, watch him,โ€ Finn instructed.

His teammates both eased their stances, sitting back, relaxed even. โ€œYou got it, boss.โ€

โ€œCan we at least mess with him while we wait?โ€ Rivin asked.

Even in dragon form, Aidan could see Rivinโ€™s twinkle of mischief. Now that the threat to the team had been minimized, they were back to the nut jobs he expected them to be.

โ€œNo playing,โ€ Finn rumbled. โ€œYou two hold him here while we get this fire under control.โ€

Both dragons, opalescent scales shimmering with a rainbow of colors, seemed to grin at that, fearsome teeth offset by lolling forked tongues. No doubt theyโ€™d fuck with the kid while no one was watching. Just for the hell of it.

But they wouldnโ€™t hurt him. Not without orders.

Aidan wouldnโ€™t leave the kid alone otherwise. Another unwanted, abandoned, wasted dragon with no future.

Not if I have anything to say about it.

โ€œYou okay to work?โ€ Finn bobbed his head in a dragon version of a head nod at Aidanโ€™s wound.

โ€œIโ€™m fine.โ€ No way in hell was he claiming injury. Not his first time officially out with the team, and not just as backup, a liaison with humans, or an afterthought, but as a critical member. Heโ€™d been waiting for this, working his ass off for this night. Heโ€™d still fly even if heโ€™d been gutted. He couldnโ€™t help that kid if he wasnโ€™t earning his place with the Huracรกn Enforcers.

โ€œLetโ€™s go,โ€ Finn said.

With fluid motions, they launched back into the air, side by side, wings extended with a span of roughly forty feet, tipped as they spiraled up to get a birdโ€™s eye view. โ€œTake back over on that eastern edge,โ€ Finn directed.

Already the rest of the team had reduced the size of the blaze by at least half, despite four of them being temporarily unavailable.

โ€œYes, sir.โ€ Aidan dove toward that area, preparing to do his part.

All dragons could draw fire into themselves through their maws, pulling it down the same track of pipes into their belly where their own fire was stored. Enforcers were trained in a different method. A faster method that consumed more of the fire. They could drag the flames into their body, absorbing it through their scales.

With sweeping passes over the fire, he pulled the flames into himself, absorbing them faster than they could burn more fuel on the ground. The rest of his team attacked it from other angles, working together.

An hour later, the fire was out.

This job had been large enough to require the entire crew, but small enough that they could contain it in one night, and far enough out in the wilderness that humans probably wouldnโ€™t find out about it unless a ranger or hikers stumbled across the burned area.

All the team, except Rivin and Keighan, flew up to meet Finn, circling overhead.

Hall, neon green even in the dark, swiped past Aidan, giving him a friendly bump on the way by. โ€œI assume Aidan found the shifter responsible? First kill, rookie. Way to go.โ€

Aidan growled. โ€œI didnโ€™t kill him.โ€

โ€œWhat happened?โ€ Hall didnโ€™t get the clue to shut up. โ€œCouldnโ€™t get it up?โ€

Drake buzzed by overhead, low enough to make Hall duck. โ€œYou know Aidanโ€™s bigger than you, right?โ€

โ€œNah. He wouldnโ€™t hurt me.โ€

โ€œI might,โ€ Drake snarled. He must be more irritated than usual to bother using so many words. Drake generally preferred to be the silent, brooding fucker of the bunch. Hall had better watch it.

Instead of backing down, though, Hall stepped it up a level or ten. โ€œYou know whatโ€™s worse than waking up after a party and finding a penis drawn on your face?โ€

Drake whipped around, and, for a second, appeared to bobble awkwardly in the air, which he never did. But he recovered so fast, Aidan wasnโ€™t sure he saw what he thought he did.

Except Drake seemed to do that more often lately. Little things that would be nothing in someone else, but Drake was one of the best. A warrior from his clan, heโ€™d once served on his kingโ€™s guard.

Was he sick?

Aidan shook off the thought. Dragons only got sick if they were aging without a mate, and the red dragon shifter was too young for that.

โ€œWhat?โ€ Drake snapped.

Hall dropped low as Drake swiped at him with his tail, his chuckle following him through the air. โ€œFinding out it was traced.โ€

The hacking and rumbling sound Hall made came off more eerie than amused, until he snorted green-tipped flames from his nose. Why the green dragon insisted on fucking with Drakeโ€”his comments were rarely aimed at anyone elseโ€”Aidan had no idea. But itโ€™d definitely bite him in the ass one day.

โ€œAidan had reason for holding off,โ€ Finn said when Hall finally quit. โ€œLetโ€™s get back. Weโ€™ll talk it out there.โ€

Exhausted, the team turned for home, situated relatively close, north of their current position.

Home.

And Sera.

Aidan clenched his teeth as that thought snuck into his head. Immediately, an image of her appeared in his mind, as though conjured. Petite and light to his dark with hair that curled around her chin and turquoise eyes that drew him like gravity. His own secret fantasy who entered his dreams, did things to his body, shared whispered conversations, then disappeared when he woke. A woman who, in reality, he could never let himself want.

She was human. A single mother with a son to raise and a winery to run. Not to mention Finnโ€™s mateโ€™s best friend and boss. Off-limits.

With determination, Aidan pushed the image away.

For months, Aidan had resisted the draw the blonde held for him. He might not be able to control his dreams, but he could remain distant in real life.

You have one job, he reminded himself now.

Being an enforcer for the clans was the most important thing in his life. He had to prove himself every single day. Because clans rejected orphans, heโ€™d met resistance to his ambitions at every fucking turn. A glass ceiling he intended to shatter, paving the way for the others like himself. Sera Morrison fell into the category of a distraction he couldnโ€™t afford.

No matter how much he craved her.

Even so, he flew a little faster. He might not be able to want the real life version, but he wouldnโ€™t mind another of those dreams involving her. That was the only weakness he could allow himself.

Finn had his Beta, Levi, carry the kid in one massive talon. The only gold dragon on the team, Levi, like most of his clan, was the largest and strongest among them. A brutal killing machine when he needed to be, even if the guy was a total teddy bear otherwise. With the white shifter in his more vulnerable human state, if he made any move Levi didnโ€™t like, Levi would crush him in an instant.

The prisoner continued to show some level of intelligence, staying quiet and still the length of the long flight home. At least this fire hadnโ€™t been a three-day flight away like the last one, which had been set on the northern edge of their territory. The Huracรกns were assigned the west coast of North America, the largest of the various dragon colonies all over the world.

Dawn was breaking, pale pink fingers of light reaching over the mountain tops as they made it back to their home situated west of Lake Tahoe and over the pass. Finn landed first, flaring his deeply blue wings wide in the relatively open, flat space outside their headquarters.

He shifted quickly, efficient in the action as his body reformedโ€”shrinking and altering to stand upright, scales turning to human flesh, the nasty-looking spikes along his spine pulling back into his body, talons and teeth both turning human, until a man stood on the ground where a forty-foot dragon had just been.

Levi followed, glittering in the sunlight like heโ€™d been gilded. He gave up their prisoner to Finn before shifting as well.

Titus, black as an ink stain across the sky, was swiftly followed by Drake, blood red in contrast, right beside him. Hall and Kantaโ€”one almost neon green and snakelike, the other the deep green of a forestโ€”waited until the men had stepped aside before following suit. Rivin and Keighan jostled each other in an effort to race to the ground, and Aidan had to beat his wings to drift longer as he waited for them.

โ€œDudes. Clear the fuck out.โ€

โ€œWhatโ€™s wrong, rookie? Canโ€™t maintain a hover?โ€ Rivin shot back.

But they completed their shifts and moved out of the way nonetheless. As soon as they were done, Aidan brought up the rear. The shifting process was painless now, and second nature. With a mere thought, his perspective changed, rapidly dropping closer to the ground and adjusting as his sight became less pinpoint perfect, though still better than humans. Only this time, he hissed through his teeth as the wound on his wrist changed with him. A deep throbbing took up residence, shooting up his arm in angry spikes, originating from the nasty red slash, the skin seeming to bubble up before his eyes.

โ€œYou all right?โ€ Drake asked.

โ€œFine.โ€

Even through his own pain, Aidan didnโ€™t miss how his friend gave his hand a shake, as though waking a sleeping limb. โ€œYou?โ€

Drake paused in what had to have been an unconscious action. He clenched his fist and dropped it to his side. โ€œFine.โ€

Everyone was fine. Terrific.

Finn opened a hidden panel on a tree that wasnโ€™t a real tree but did a damn good job of acting like one. After scanning his palm on a high-tech device, a massive boulder nearby slid back, two double doors whooshing open. With their prisoner in tow, theyโ€™d chosen to come in one of the back entrances.

Despite his concern for the kid, exhaustion and the need to get to his bed dragged at Aidan as he followed everyone inside and down a long tunnel. Lights along the sides turned themselves on as the men passed, illuminating only a small section of the blackness at any given time until they eventually emerged in a small round room which sported five more tunnels branching off in different directions.

โ€œLevi. Lock him up,โ€ Finn directed. โ€œEveryone get some rest. Meet in the war room at fourteen hundred to debrief. Weโ€™ll report to the Alliance then.โ€

Finn wanted to tell the Alliance about the kid? That was a guaranteed death sentence. But Aidan didnโ€™t say anything. Heโ€™d do better to get some sleep first, be fresh to argue later. With feet that felt like cement blocks had wrapped around them, he managed to get to his room. He didnโ€™t even bother to undress, falling face first on his bed.

In seconds he was out, and through the darkness, he heard Seraโ€™s voice.

AWARDS & HONORS
  • 2020 PRISM Award | Dark Paranormal Romance | 1st Place
  • 2019 PNR Guild Reviewers Choice Awards | Vampire/Shifter | Nominee

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REVIEWS

โœญโœญโœญโœญโœญ One edgy and exhilarating read that readers canโ€™t possibly put down! ~Stormy Vixen’s Book Reviews

โœญโœญโœญโœญโœญ A page turner of epic proportions… With amazing characters, this series is sure to capture your attention and pull you into the magical world of dragon shifters. You will be addicted from the very first pages. With the twists and turns, you will have a hard time figuring out what danger lurks ahead and who is responsible for those dangers. True moments of shock and awe. ~Mooohnshine’s Corner

โœญโœญโœญโœญโœญ Grab the asbestos gloves, because Abigail Owen is about to scorch your senses with some sexy dragon shifters and some sizzling romance in the THE ROOKIE.  ~Tome Tender

โœญโœญโœญโœญโœญ There were a lot of surprises and a lot of wrongs righted. Another dragon mating could  happen but it would be going against the Mating Council, it has been done before but will it happen this time. If you loved the first two books then I donโ€™t have to convince you that you will love this one as well and if you have not started this series then I highly recommend doing so. ~Paranormal Romance Guild

โœญโœญโœญโœญ Dragons for the win for like EVER! Abigail Owen was a new to me author last year and I instantly fell in love with the Fire Edge series. Next up was Aidan and Seraโ€™s story, the rookie doing everything that he can to input his place within the Enforcers. ~Romance Schmomance

โœญโœญโœญโœญโœญ I was shocked at how emotional of a read this book ended up being. I was NOT expecting that at all, and it knocked my socks off. ~Romance Novels 4 the Beach

โœญโœญโœญโœญ.5 All in all, The Rookie was a good PNR… But I canโ€™t wait for the next book in this series, I am hoping its Drakeโ€™s book. ~Yearwood La Novela

โœญโœญโœญโœญโœญ Iโ€™m liking this series a lot. A different spin on dragons and their mates. A great team of dragons (that Iโ€™m hoping will get stories) and a bad guy that doesnโ€™t seem all that bad (yes heโ€™s starting fires, but heโ€™s trying to save human women from being forced into matings that may kill them). ~The Reading Cafe

โœญโœญโœญโœญโœญ WOWโ€ฆkeeps getting better and better. Canโ€™t wait to see where Abigail Owen will take me next. Keep โ€™em comingโ€ฆplease. ~Fundimental

โœญโœญโœญโœญโœญ The Rookie is a stubborn romance with sexy hot dreams turned reality, a stalker like suspense, and a storyline that will capture your attention. Fireโ€™s Edge is a wonderfully entertaining series and I cannot wait to read more. ~Hines & Bigham’s Literary Tryst

CONTENT NOTE / TRIGGER WARNING

All my stories feature elements that might not be suitable for all readers, including but not limited to: violence (human, god, and monster alike), blood and gore, death, war, murder, bullying, abuse, use of alcohol, perilous situations, illness, injury, vomiting, hospitalization, death, loss of loved ones, grief, common phobias (including heights, burning, drowning, bugs, and darkness), supernatural or magical themes, graphic language, sexual activity on the page (sometimes on a lot of pages), and an irreverent and often morbid sense of humor. It is my hope and personal goal that all elements have been handled sensitively and in an age-appropriate manner. I trust you to know your own age, history, beliefs, values, triggers and limits. Please take note, take care, and read at your own discretion. I very much hope you enjoy the ride!

Under 18: Get permission from your parent or guardian to read my books.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Publisher | Date:
Entangled Publishingย | 4.22.2019

Age/Heat Level: Adult
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Tropes: Dragon Shifter Enforcers


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2019