Mating fever is for old dragons, idle romantics, and suckers.Mathonwy, Duke Draco, absolutely, positively, definitely isn’t falling into a mating fever for the new little witch, Bethany Aura, whom his company just hired to whip a new Las Vegas casino into shape. The casino is behind schedule, over budget, and a shambling mess of construction debris and dirt. Angel investors are arriving in a … arriving in a month, and someone in the finance department is embezzling money.
But his eyes are changing color to flowing, molten gold, he keeps showing up to hang around Bethany, and he obsesses with buying diamonds and gold to drape all over her, as if she had been dipped in his hoard.
But Mathonwy has a job to do. He’s the CFO for Dragons Den, Inc., and he might be crowned the next king of New Wales, though he’s not particularly sure he wants that job. He’s six feet, six inches tall, ripped from flying instead of taking a plane, and on a dozen committees and boards in New Wales. He has a career. He has a position as a nobleman in his community. He’s too young to settle down with a fated mate.
Yet, as Bethany casts her glittery, sparkling spells and summons adorable, fluffy creatures to clean away the wreckage and arrange the furniture, Mathonwy watches.
He can’t take his eyes off of her.
But he isn’t falling into mating fever.
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Paranormal fans rejoice for a whimsical fun new series by one of my ALL time FAVORITE authors the AMAZING Ms Babylon!! As a long time fan of her work I decided to give this new book a try even though it’s in a genre I don’t generally read much of. However knowing Me.Babylon’s talent for storytelling and character development I’m glad that I kept an open mind when it came to dragon shifters and witches. So if you LOVE dragons and witches and enjoy charming as well as sexy then this is the book for you!! What’s also different is that there’s no cliffhanger when the book ends we get a teaser of the next couple up in the series. I was given an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
This book will yank you into this world and will not let you go. I cannot wait to see where this series will be going. You will laugh at the antics and wonder what is going to happen next. The playfulness definitely comes through and will have you giggling throughout. It also ends on a massive cliffhanger that will make you wonder.
The only thing I found annoying about this book is that I have to wait for the next one!! I really love Math and Bethany! I need Bethany to come for a visit! I wouldn’t even mind a glitter bomb! We all need a little sparkle in out lives! And we all need a Math… what do they say, “Diamonds are a girls best friend, especially if it comes in a little blue box”. Okay, the last part is my thing 😉 I highly recommend this book even the annoying thing at the end. Haha
Blair Babylon writes as Poppy Wolf and introduces us to her paranormal world of shifters, witches, and other supernaturals. It’s different from her Billionaires in Disguise and Rockstars in Disguise, but the writing is just as evocative and effortlessly pulls the reader into the story. Math and Bethany are a well-matched couple, neither looking for forever, but both willing to grasp it when it arrives, after a bit of denial. Descriptions of emotions, in particular, are so well done, they are a strong reminder of what makes this author so good. The depictions of physical sensations, especially those experienced by Math when goes into the mating frenzy, are visceral and heart-wrenching. I felt what he was feeling as the fever burned him from the inside out. I loved this book and these characters and I’m looking forward to reading more in this series.
Dragons and Magic is overflowing with so much depth and emotion that I don’t mind one bit that it is shorter than the usual books I read. These types of stories are what make my heart sing and come to life after crawling out from underneath emotion and soul heavy books. I want to sing from the rooftops just how marvelous and entertaining and brilliant this book truly is! If this the start of a series, it is going to blow your mind and have your heart singing your favorite song for a very long time to come.
Math isn’t looking for any changes in his life. It is perfect just the way it is. No emotional entanglements or unwanted obligations heading his way. When an unexpected meeting requested by the Dragon King and Queen tils his well-oiled world on its tail, he know something is coming. When he least expects it, a witch named Bethany comes waltzing into his life cleaning up and organizing more than he ever dreamed possible. All she wants is a job to keep her head above water and hopefully improve her temperamental magic. Can an unreliable witch and a lonely dragon show each other the vital part of their life that is missing? Will either believe what Fate shows them is right in front of their eyes?
These two characters warmed my heart and allowed me to enjoy every aspect of this story in such rich detail. They were very independent and yet then couldn’t fight against what their heart truly wanted. They were both funny, intelligent, and kind which added such wonderful depth to their already amazing characters. What a crazy, beautiful, and spectacular story that brought such joy and happiness to my heavy heart! I can’t wait to find out what happens next!
Blair Babylon has never failed to capture and delight my heart with her magnificent masterpieces, and this one is just as brilliant! Even with writing paranormal romance, her writing still shines above the rest as a beacon of excellence and hope. I can’t wait to read more of her within this genre since it is my second favorite. She blew any expectations I had completely away. What I found within these pages is pure magic, and I am dying to read more!
Wow. So Unexpectedly Cute But With Enough Steam!!
Dragon Shifters = Hot We all know that. What I wasn’t expecting was how human Mathonwy Draco (Math for short) would be too!! I loved him, his linear thinking, his control & expectations for others to be equally as honest & essentially kind as he is. Plus his lack of knowledge in certain areas in so darn endearing it tugged on my heart strings – hard!!
Bethany Aura is a Home & Hearth Witch. Admittedly she’s not a very good one No one seems to know why but she, along with her two best friends, seem to have broken magic!! Their conjuring’s, potions & spells, more often than not, go awry. They’ve tried everything to fix it but they couldn’t even find ‘Familiars’ to help stabilize their magic
Math, sent by his King, arrives in Las Vegas to find out exactly what is going on with Dragon’s Den Inc latest project, a new Casino. He arrives to a shambles. The Hotel is nearly complete but it’s a total disaster zone inside & their stunning fountain outside? It smells like a toxic waste dump That’s without even considering what’s going on with the Accounts & as the Chief Financial Officer he’s bound & determined to get it all straightened out … In 4 weeks He has the Angel Investors arriving to check on progress then, so it MUST be on track!!!
Enter the magically broken Home & Hearth Witch In sparkly purple boots & a no nonsense attitude Bethany manages to pull off some conjuring spells that convince Math to go over the Human Resources Manager’s head & hires Bethany on the spot!! His Dragon is very happy with that & really likes her boots
This is a wonderful, mostly drama free, cute and steamy PnR read by Poppy Wolfe! It is 100% escapism into a wonderful new world filled with characters I can’t wait to get to know better!!
I tried to open this book without any preconceptions because I wanted to give ‘Poppy Wolfe’ a fair & honest chance in what is probably my favourite genre of all – Paranormal! I’m a huge fan of this Authors alter ego & I have to say that this book’s cute & lightness factor was …. Unexpected, in the Best of ways! The steam, Oh I’m SO glad that crossed over with her(Heh, get over it you’ll love it too & you know it )
A superb 4 Stars I can’t wait for book #2
Debbie, 1970, UK
Read the whole series in a week! Couldn’t put it down.
A cute paranormal story with a dragon and witch as the main characters. A good light read but I prefer a stronger male hero type – especially when he’s a dragon.
This book was just fun to read. It’s cheeky. It’s inventive. It will make you laugh out loud. Blair Babylon’s take on paranormal/shifter romance is quite unique.
Great read
Dragons & Magic is book one in a trilogy about a trio of long time friends who also happen to be dragon shifters working for a company that oversees business developments including many casinos, hence the setting of the Dragon’s Den Casino.
Mathonwy, or Math, is both a duke and a well known and regarded socialite amongst the dragons, though he is young for one, and is given a new investment to oversee funding for. He walks into the casino to find an absolute nightmare in every corner. Not the paranormal type, just good old fashioned business opening mayhem: construction chaos, misappropriation of funds, and exceptionally poor management. To fix the chaos and mess, he hires a home and hearth witch to clean the place up. And here we meet Bethany, our somewhat hazardous, but absolutely adorable heroine. She manages to nab the job despite her problematic spell casting and proceeds to help Math get the place ready.
Along the way, the two get closer and eventually fall in love (this is a romance, you can’t be shocked) though Math is the last one to realize this and has to be told he’s succumbing to a mating fever inherent to dragons. That was quite amusing. For me, not for him.
The story is fun and cute, with very little real drama. There are lots of adorable rainbow colored critter apparitions, some steamy fun, a few friends to help out, a bit of sea dragon shenanigans, and some wonderful romance and adorable people who have to figure out they’re in love. There is also a hinted at overarching storyline and the next book will feature one of Math’s friends and one of Bethany’s friends as they continue to bring the casino to life. If you need an easy and fun read that’s low on dramatics, this is a good choice.
This was a cute read. I enjoyed it for what it was, a romantic fantasy. Mathonwy, Duke Draco, is set to oversee the building of the Dragon’s Den casino in Las Vegas and find out who is embezzling from the casino during the renovations. Bethany Aura is hired by the casino to clean things up with her magic, which, by the way, has been on the frits since she was born. They navigate a friendship that changes things about both of them, and the magic and mayhem that follow is humorous.
I enjoyed this story. It was a bit off the beaten path for the author, but it was cute and worth an afternoon read. Of course, it took me a little longer because of my work schedule, but it is definitely an easy read with a few sweet surprises.
Great start to a series. We are first introduced to a world where magic and supernaturals are real. Math is one of 3 dragon shifters that are in the running to be the new king. In the meantime, he goes to the new casino that the dragon clan is planning to open to get things ready for angel investors and to see what the problem is with the money flow. He enter the HR department where a witch, Bethany, is interviewing and hired immediately.
This author fleshes out the world and the characters in just a few words. She brings the world and characters to life. Fair warning, this book does have steamy and somewhat explicit sex scenes so if those bother you, this may not be the book for you.
What’s a dragon to do when he meets his mate but refuses to admit it? That’s Mathownwy Draco’s problem in this fun paranormal romance. Math understands in theory that at some point he will meet his fated mate, but when he meets Bethany Aura, a sometimes hapless witch who is hired to help clean up his company’s disastrous casino under construction in Vegas, he just thinks she’s adorable and sweet. He’s otherwise oblivious to his growing need to be around her, to touch her, to give her sparkly gifts, and to his inner dragon’s way of perking up every time she walks into the room. Meanwhile, Bethany thinks her new dragon shifter boss is gorgeous and she definitely wouldn’t mind having some of that, but mates? no way! She’s too young to settle down permanently and is busy just trying to wrestle her recalcitrant magic into place and prove that she can actually function as a witch without half her spells going haywire.
I had fun reading this effervescent romance. I love dragon shifters and happily there were plenty of dragon shifter characteristics on display here, although Math was always respectful and caring of Bethany. I’m looking forward to reading the other books in this fun series.
I received this book from the author for review. All opinions are my own.
I adore Blair’s books, so I was excited to see her branch out into a new genre – especially one that I happen to love just as much. She’s built an intricate, fun, intelligent world of magical creatures for us to inhabit alongside her main characters. I couldn’t help but giggle at poor Bethany’s magical mishaps; swoon over Math’s single-minded determination to love and protect here, even should it cost him everything.
Dragons and Magic is a fun, lighthearted read, but the characters are relatable and real, like all of Blair’s books. It’s why I come back to her again, and again. There’s always something meaningful beneath the surface that grabs you by the heartstrings and gives a good tug in the very best way.
While I may have received an ARC of this book, by happy coincidence, I’d already purchased a copy! I am always happy to recommend Blair Bablyon, and I am delighted to recommend Dragons and Magic to anyone who enjoys a good Paranormal RomCom, complete with Witches, hidden magical worlds, and a liberal dash of drool worthy, growly Welsh Dragon Shifters.
I have read many books from Blair Babylon and she never disappoints. This book is the first in the Dragon’s Den series and I cannot wait to read the rest. Math is a very hunky dragon on a mission, and Bethany is a witch who’s magic needs a little more confidence behind it. These two unlikely allies work together to whip a casino back into shape, and of course a lot of hilarity ensues. Blair has a unique way of describing the character’s actions and thoughts that brings the characters to life, and also a great way of immersing you into their world. With the dragons in the series using “Twitwyrm” and “Dragonbook”, you can imagine if supernaturals existed what fun they would have adapting our modern social media. The storyline in the book develops quickly, and will leave you with the warm and fuzzies after reading it. Blair has also set up the next story(s) in the series very nicely, have I mentioned I need to read it like yesterday? I need to know what happens next!
I received an ARC edition of this book from the author.
4.5 stars
Mathonwy (Math for short, not sure how I feel about that for a name) works hard at his role in Dragon society. He thrives as CFO of Dragon Den Inc, busy with committees and obligations he doesn’t have time for a relationship. When the Dragon King sends him to Las Vegas to find what is going wrong with the latest casino, he had no idea what chaos he was walking in to. Bethany’s magic has a habit of going wrong at the worst time, no matter how much she works on it. Math hires Bethany to clean up the disaster that the casino has become before the Angel investors show up. Quickly though Math discovers he wants Bethany for more than just cleaning incantations. I liked the chemistry between these two, their relationship is quick but so adorable. I absolutely loved the “creatures” that Bethany summoned, it was a quirky take on the magic. There was some interesting world-building in this story. Since it’s the first book there are still some areas that will need to be developed in the future books, but there was a decent amount of world-building explanation without it being constant info dump.
There is a little bit of a lead into the next book at the end of this one, and it has me really excited to continue the story. It’ll be interesting to see what trouble the next couple can get into (though topping some of Bethany’s miss-spells will be hard!).
The magic of a new series!
What a fun read and a fresh new take on the shifter world in PNR! Dragons and Magic introduces us to a new series by Blair Babylon. I’m a fan of the author’s work, and I’ve read many of her other books over the last few years. This is quite a bit different from her other series, but I thought she did a truly fantastic job of putting her own spin on the shifter culture. Blair does an excellent job of character development in all of her books; in this particular story I found them to be realistic – personality and internal dialogue-wise (since of course, this is a PNR), funny, and a little bit quirky!
A brief overview (I hate spoilers in reviews!): Set in the modern world, we find out that shifters and other paranormals are well integrated into “normal” society – although normals don’t know it! Mathonwy (Math) Draco is a dragon shifter. Still quite young by dragon standards, he’s nevertheless smart, driven, and popular – a leader among his clan. He’s all business, and as such is tasked by his king to take care of a multitude of problems with a new hotel investment the clan is opening in Las Vegas.
Enter our heroine, Bethany. She’s a witch who’s magic SOMETIMES surprises her by going right. Her specialty is household magic, and she’s just what the dragon ordered! Math and Bethany spend time getting acquainted, fixing the problems at the hotel, and figuring out who they are and what they can be to each other.
I found Math and Bethany’s story engaging from the first page – Blair never disappoints! The story is easy to follow and fun to read, with lighthearted & witty banter among the characters and some laugh-out-loud moments scattered throughout. We are left with an excellent set up for the next book in the series, which I can’t wait to check it out.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. However, I enjoyed the book very much, and would have HAPPILY paid for a copy.
I love Blair’s books they have such wonderful stories and characters. She’s writing under her penname here. When I first started reading this I was a little apprehensive I wouldn’t like it. There was a lot of world building to read. I shouldn’t have been worried though. Blair wove the technicalities of the dragon shifter world through her story seemlessly. Math and Bethany are a wonderful couple. I love the creatures Bethany conjures to clean. Math and his dragon are super sexy. The sex scenes, as always, are super hot. There are fewer than are in a normal Blair book. This story is far closer to a mainstream romance. Fans of her Billionaire in Disguise books maybe expecting more heat. Personally, I thought there was just the right mix. I’m definitely looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Really fun read!! A cozy paranormal romance between a dragon shifter Mathonwy and a witch Bethany set in Las Vegas. I’m not normally drawn to supernatural creatures stories, but I’m ready to go and get the rest of the series!!! Between all the magical witchy-ness and mythical strength and grace of dragons there was so much to love in this fated romance.
Brought together to prepare for the opening of the Dragon’s Den Casino, a home and hearth witch is brought in to help clean up the half finished and dilapidated looking casino and hotel. While Math sent to the casino to look into the books as to why the casino is so far from opening in 3-months. With colorful apparitions, and a by-the-book squid shifter in HR there’s a lot of hurdles between the fated mates.
Can Bethany figure out how to control her legendary-class apparitions she created accidentally? Will Math figure out who’s behind the delayed opening of the casino and potential embezzlement of the dragon’s hoard? Will they make it through the mating frenzy?