Billionaire dragon shifter and Bloodkin Triad member Warrick Voclain is no stranger to power. But when his trusted steward’s beautiful granddaughter—all grown up and successful in her own right—seems to be using illegal magic in his presence, he is thrown for a loop. And the fact that she’s doing so to protect him? Alarming.Samantha Vine needs to stay under the radar, or her secret gift will get … will get her and her granddad killed. She didn’t intend for her quick visit home to stretch into weeks in Warrick’s company, but anyone striking at Warrick would also hurt her granddad. Only she has the ability to see what’s coming…though she’ll need Warrick’s help to stop it.
The use of such magic is punishable by death, and Warrick’s position on the Triad requires that he adhere to the rule of law. But the attraction between them is electric, stirring his blood and straining his control.
Adversaries wait in every shadow, and the easiest way to strike down a powerful dragon is to go for the heart…in Warrick’s case, Samantha. With fire and blood, he’ll reshape the world into one that’s safe for her. And those that don’t bend to his will? They will burn.
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Dragons prize rare and powerful treasures
Samatha Vine is from a Bloodkin-sworn family of dragon retainers and servants that goes back generations. She’s been hidden from them by her grandfather, the Voclain Dragon steward, due to one small problem – She’s a Tempus, a time traveling human created by in utero exposure to dragon blood. Dragons exterminate her kind as abominations, and execute the dragon whose blood creates one. Warrick Voclain, has of his clan, discovers her, and belt4edly, her talent, at the same time he finds himself fallings in love with her. Samantha knows her days are numbered – she’ll lose his love, and her life, when her nature is revealed. Except… There’s nothing dragons love better than rare treasures, and Warrick sees Sam as the treasure she is. Nobody and nothing comes between a dragon and his treasure! The conflict is on. Will Sam win the fight for her life? And will she keep her dragon lover? Great world-building, complex and suspenseful plotting, memorable characters, and a fire-hot romance are the highlights of this fine addition to the Dragons of Bloodfire series
Great read…
Samantha Vine is home to see her grandfather and to be a reluctant bridesmaid in her cousin’s wedding. She hasn’t been home for years because it’s hard for her to hide what she is, and if she gets found out both she and her grandfather’s lives will be forfeit. She is a Tempus, someone who can travel through time. She was saved as an infant by her grandfather who fed her the blood of Warrick Voclain, dragon and Bloodkin Triad member, an act that also created her Tempus status. Samantha’s family has always served the Voclain’s and when she finds out that her grandfather and Warrick are in danger she stays in New York to go back through time to find out who is trying to harm them.
Warrick is a very strong dragon and when Samantha uses her magic in his presence he knows immediately what she has done. It’s against the law, but she has done it to help him which intrigues him. After putting her own life in danger, he falls prey to the attraction they feel for each other and is willing to lay his life on the line so that she can keep hers. I read the first novel in this series a couple of years ago and immediately purchased the second intending to read it immediately. Of course, time got away from me but this weekend I saw it on my kindle and picked it up. Wow, it was good! Even though the cover has the whole naked chest thing going on (not my favorite type of cover) this book had a great plot. It was a mystery first and relationship building story second. I loved how the author took her time to let the reader get to know these characters and let the characters get re-acquainted with each other. By the time the two of them became romantic I was all in, rooting for him to forget the fact she was human and her to also give his dragon brooding self a chance. There was a lot of action, fight scenes, and subterfuge with the romance lifting the story to the next level. A very fun weekend read! I will definitely not wait as long to pick up the third novel in the series.
I liked it.
A little hard to start reading. Not a book that pulls you in. It is confusing and hard to follow. Pretty good once u get eeasog and engaged with characters
Well written story. Like the world.