She tried to steal his gold. He stole her heart.Ellyn Pearson never expected to fall for her captor. After a botched theft leaves her in debt to a mob boss, she takes on a new assignment, only for the gargantuan hunk of a guard to grab her before she’s even picked the lock. Now he’s bringing her food and saying he’s going to bust her out. A lifetime of living among habitual backstabbers tells … backstabbers tells Ellyn to expect more of the same, but her heart has other ideas.
For Vlad Teres, the human woman might just be the salvation this dragon shifter is looking for. A black mark on his past has driven him from his hometown, but he never intended to fall in with a bunch of evil shifters. Once he hears what they intend to do to Ellyn, Vlad knows he must act, and act soon. Something deep within him feels compelled to protect this beautiful human. There’s only one hitch in his plan: his best friend, another shifter who isn’t so eager to leave this new life behind.
Vlad takes Ellyn to the one place he knows they’ll be safe, and the last place he wants to go back to: Five Peaks. There he figures they’ll be safe from his enemies. Spending so much time with the thief has unintended consequences though, and before either of them realize it, they’ve become more than just captor and prisoner. But if their fated bond is to last forever, they will have to put aside their fears and work together to stop his past from destroying everything.
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Vlad has lost his way. He was dismissed from the Dragon Guard epically and feels the disdain from his clan for allowing a creature through the Gate to the Otherworld. It doesn’t matter that it wasn’t their fault, blame was given, thus he must leave. Falling in with the Cado was a mistake he realized immediately, now he must save the woman who infiltrated their strong hold before they kill her or worse. Ellyn has been doing this since she was fourteen, breaking into places and stealing what she was paid to find. She was the best, that is why they kept her around. The Cado needed to know what she saw when she was hiding outside. Did she see evidence of the dragons and who has she told? Breaking free and now on the run from the Cado, they are headed back to Five Peaks. He fears she will bolt at the first chance. Ellyn however, is unable to leave, feeling a pull toward Vlad making it too difficult. When the Cado arrive in FIve Peaks, they must work together to protect each other and the clans. Ellyn must also come to terms with the fact that dragons are real and she is possible the mate to one. She and Vlad must fight an unseen enemy and a foe who should be friend. Together they have the power to overcome the odds, but will they figure it out in time? This was yet another sexy, steamy read, Vlad has the ability to make Ellyn’s body sing with joy! Check out this story!
‘In A Dragon’s Mind‘ begins the ‘Dragons of Mount Teres‘ series (which is connected – as the middle series – with ‘Dragons of Mount Aterna‘ and ‘Dragons of Mount Valen‘) with a truly intriguing romance, or perhaps even a romantic suspense story between a human woman who is quite skilled as a thief and one dragon shifter who has left his home and settled for far less than he deserves with another dragon clan.
Vlad and Ellyn drew me into their world and held me captive there (and to their story) from beginning to end with ease. I liked them both, for different reasons but together they shine. But before that happily ever after can be realized they’ll have to escape from one powerful, dangerous dragon clan and make their way to a safe haven, at least for Ellyn (Vlad won’t feel worthy of being there, at all). Betrayal will come from a very personal and close source for Vlad – and while he might barely understand it, the turning of his once best friend will hurt down to the heart.
If you need your Shifter romances to be filled with intrigue, betrayals, danger, sizzling sexy times, good friends, and unseen enemies then ‘In A Dragon’s Mind‘ would be perfect for you. For me, well, I seem to have started this world in the middle and now have to decide if I’m continuing in this series right now or going back to the first series in this world next… I know what I’ll probably do, I always seem to need to start from the beginning. *shrugs with a smile* I had a blast and if you love a sexy dragon and his sarcastic loving mate then I’m betting you’d love this story as well.
I read this title through my Kindle Unlimited subscription.
*WARNING* contains explicit adult situations
Great likeable characters. Great dislikeable characters. The part I liked best about this was that Ellyn wasn’t some damsel in distress. Ellyn is talented and tough, even though she is extremely guarded emotionally. The storyline is interesting and involves humans, but mostly revolves around Dragon shifters and the different Dragon factions and for me, that is a plus.
Vlad is a dragon who is caught up in the Cado after leaving Five Peaks. Ellyn, a thief, is caught breaking into their compound by Vlad and taken to the dungeon. She is facing some terrible consequences but Vlad ends up rescuing her. They finally end up back in Five Peaks to face a battle with the Cado. What a great first story in this series. Loved it.
I received this ARC from Bad Boy Updates. I love that a new Clan is getting their series! Ellyn is a thief and a good one, so she figures this job should be a piece of cake. She has no idea whose place she is about the break into and when she is found by two strapping, hot men she is shocked. Vlad wants to let her go, but his current situation doesn’t allow him to voice his opinion. He doesn’t understand his compulsion to help her, but he can’t let her stay where she is. He is still dealing with the fallout of the Gate issue, and between that guilt and his drive to save Ellyn he breaks her out and takes her home. I love their story and how the over-arching drama of the Gate and the people after the Clans continues. Great one!!
ARC review For honest review when ellyn Pearson a thief is caught by dragon shifter at the cado vlad knows he must protect her so when he go back to five peaks he learns more about what happened . Awesome story 10 stars
This is not my usual genre but I really like this author’s dragon stories surrounding the small town of Five Peaks where five clans of dragon shifters occupy the five mounts to guard the opening to the Underworld so as not to let the creatures from that world (fairies, elves, etc.) enter the human world. The Mates of the Aterna Clan series preceded this first of the Teres Clan centering on Vlad who with Sache were shamed by letting one of the monsters come through the gates from the Underworld. Now the two of them are abiding with the evil Cado dragon shifters. When Vlad tracks a would-be thief and captures her, he finds he must rescue Ellyn the Cado kill her. This action-packed tale has the accomplished Ellyn attempting to escape, while Vlad returns to his home base with the Teres and must fight off both Ellyn’s gang and evil Cado while wooing his newly found mate Ellyn.
This is the first book in a new series form this very talented and if it is like her other series we will be in for a wild ride as we meet and love the Dragon shifters of Mount Teres
Ellyn is a theif that was caught trying to steal from a mob boss and to save herself from death she has agreed to steal something for him. What she doesn’t know is that she is now stealing from a dragons hoard something that won’t go down well at all. Vlad is the dragon guard that catches her A bad decision months ago has meant he has left his clan and falling in with a bad crew of shifters When he hears that they intend to Kill Ellyn he knows he has to save her and the only way to do that is to return to his clan. Now he has to see if he has a future not only with his clan but also with Ellyn. Now I am looking forward to more dragons stories
This is the beginning of the Dragons of Mount Teres Series. If you like dragon shifter romances, you’ll love this story. Ellyn and Vlad will draw you in this romantic adventure that’s full of drama, danger and suspense. The characters were strong and the book was fast moving and emotional. This is not my normal genre that I like to read but found it enjoyable. I read an arc and voluntarily chose to review.
Back to Five Peaks.
Vlad is the heavy for the baddies.
Ellyn is the thief nabbed and Vlad is her guard.
So, it’s back to Fuve Peaks.
Recommend.
Received from Bad Boy Update.
The well written storyline and the interesting characters grabbed my attention from the very beginning and kept me turning the pages until the very end!
So she had certain talents….
Walking in endless circles was the high of his night with the possibility of being rained just added more to his bad mood and the fact he’d been stuck having guard duty with that dumb jerk all he had to do was survive a few hours. However
this wasn’t how he envisioned his life.
She couldn’t believe they shoved her in some kind of cell yeah this didn’t go like she’d hoped and she knew her boss wasn’t going to like this either.
He heard them discussing the female prisoner and what would happen to her once she talked the fact he actually plan to let that jerk anywhere near any woman was a crime in itself.
Honestly he’d never meet a more stubborn female who didn’t grasp just how by vicarious her situation is or maybe she didn’t care that they were eventually going to do some very unpleasant things to make her talk.
Time was up and made his choice but now to get the female to cooperate without wasting precious minutes.
However being spotted by his friend put them both in a tough position but honestly to be standing there arguing
was beyond stupid.
He wasn’t even sure what kind of welcome he’d receive but there really was nowhere else for them to go.
What she couldn’t understand was why after all nothing in this world is truly free there was alway a price to pay on way or another it was just a matter of time.
Ellyn knew she was losing her mind or else she was smack dabbed in the middle of some sci-fi movie.
But nope she finally understood that it was just Vlad showing part of himself.
So when she finds herself in her own predicament Vlad doesn’t hesitate for one second to charge in.
In the past he wouldn’t have given any of them the opportunity to explain the truth to him because he honestly thought he knew everything and that was the furthest from the truth. Until now and one beautiful woman who knew what he needed.
He and Ellyn have faced many challenges head on together however the moment his friend calls him asking for help.
He knew but nevertheless he was going no matter what happened to him he was darn well getting that knuckle head.