Book 3 in the New York Dragons series!
Roxy is just a normal girl working hard to achieve her dreams. Until she saves someone’s life, gets on the news, and winds up kidnapped by a group of mysterious men targeting brave-hearted women. Just when she’s about to give up hope, two gorgeous men appear, rescue her and whisk her away to their castle-like mansion to keep her safe. It’s all good, until … good, until the men claim to be dragon shifters who want her for their mate.
Sterling and Gentry are the powerful leaders of the New York dragons and still looking for the perfect mate. From the moment they meet the brave, independent, and curvy Roxy, they’re sure she’s the one for them. Now they just have to show her all the reasons she should be the mate of two sexy, capable dragon shifters who live for nothing but to please her, while keeping her safe from the men still stalking her.
But while things quickly get hot between Roxy and her sexy shifters, evil forces are also building to mount an attack. If the dragons want to protect Roxy from the most dangerous foes they’ve ever faced, they may have to make choices that could lose her forever.
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How far will you go to protect the one you love? Will you convince them to love you back, or risk their trust and hate just to say them?
THE BLURB
The world is weighing heavily on Gentry’s shoulders. As the leader of the dragons, he suffers from visions of the future. Sometimes its a blessing to be able to predict and circumvent disaster… but it so often leaves him lonely. The worst of all visions; a young woman being brutally murdered. And it’s going to happen soon.
Sterling has done everything he can to protect Gentry. He owes his partner that much at least. When he learns of Gentry’s latest vision and how attached Gentry is to the woman, he’s willing to go to whatever lengths is needed to protect her. But does Sterling realise that she might mean more to him, as well?
Roxy did the right thing and saved someone. Her thanks? She got kidnapped. She’s been trapped in this basement for who knows how long? Alone and hungry. She’s just waiting at her chance to escape.
TONE OF THE BOOK
Destined Dragons is written to be a light hearted adventure. The plot doesn’t focus on negative or stressful topics, and often humour is injected in such scenes to lighten them.
SENSITIVE TOPICS
Destined Dragons is a novella aimed at mature readers.
There are plenty of sex scenes, with a particular focus on threesomes between two males and one female. Reverse harem style.
There is also some violence and mild-kidnapping.
Destined Dragons is also a big-beautiful woman novel, although there aren’t many references towards this.
SERIES SYNOPSIS
Destined Dragons is the third novella in the Dragons of New York Series. You can get each novella individually, or the first three novellas in a larger box set. The first novella is Double Dragons.
At 106 pages long, the story is much shorter than an average romance novel (at 300 pages long). Sadly its a book that would have greatly benefited with a longer story line and some more character development.
Each book in the series focuses on a different couple, with a happily ever after.
REVIEW
The third time is the charm, right? It seems that as usual I have a love-hate relationship with Terry Bolryder’s writing. She proposes interesting worlds that I want to read about, but at the same time her characters… they grate on me. A lot. So often they act ridiculously unrealistic.
And there was something about them, maybe their demeanor or maybe just the fact that they were so damn good-looking, that reassured her things were going to be okay.
There is something about a character that’s so blind sighted by lust that they ignore any potential danger they are in, that really bugs me. As in Roxy’s case, she’s rescued from a basement after being kidnapped. Her rescuers first tell her they are mythical creatures, then refuse to let her leave their house. So the most logical behaviour is to have sex with them… Yep, realistic characters.
Terry Bolryder’s writing isn’t so bad, if you overlook a lot of stereotypes and writing cliches when it comes to plot. She does however focus a significant number of pages on erotica, and I suppose that’s where her strength lies.
FINAL WORD
If you are after a story with a stronger focus on erotica than plot, then Destined Dragons will hit the mark. It’s also short and sweet. But if you’re after a longer in-depth novel where you can truly connect with the characters.. look elsewhere.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Terry Bolryder has written another series about werewolves. The first novel in the series Alpha Contender (read our review) is a reverse harem set up where several alpha males come together to compete for the affections of one female.
If you like dragons, consider The Dragon Demigods series by Charlene Hartnady. The first novel in the series is Lord of Fire (read our review).
A multi-author series known as Venys Needs Men has a number of great books in it. Authors to contribute to the series are Naomi Lucas, Tiffany Roberts, and Poppy Rhys. You can see all the books contributed on the series Goodreads page.
Ruby Dixon has also written the Fireblood Dragons series. A fun adventure set in a post apocalyptic world that’s been taken over by mad dragons. Only when the dragons meet their soul mates, a human woman, that their madness clears. The first book in this series is Fire In His Blood.
Finally don’t forget the famous Dragons of Preor series by Celia Kyle. It’s about dragon-aliens occupying Earth whilst looking for their fated mates. The first book in the series is Jarek (read our review).
Terry Bolryder has done it again. Great series. Rocky saves a man in a subway station only to be abducted a few days later. Gentry the purple Dragon has a bad vision of proxy and what will happen. So he tells his partner Sterling and they head out to find her and rescue her. When they bring her back to their place to keep her safe they tell her what has to be done in order for her to be safe and she has hopes and dreams she’s always wanted to accomplish since her father passed a few years ago. Can she give them up or can she stay safe? Need to read will not be able to put down till your done with the book like I just did