You know things are bad on Earth when you’re the president’s daughter and becoming a concubine to an alien dragon shifter seems like your best option… making the relationship real.
Prince T’mar has no wish to consort with a human. Unfortunately, his father, the king, decrees he must accept her, his dragon mistakes her for their mate, and worse, the flame-haired female stirs his desires. Still, he intends to deposit her at the palace and fly away.
But when powers on Earth draw them into the line of fire, will their unexpected, unwanted burning attraction be the one thing that can save them?
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Good light read
Just when I thought who needs the CIA when there is so much hidden agenda and counter-moves going on in the story, low and behold, the CIA step into the story.
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I loved this! There’s so much going on, the conflict with the Draconians about the colony world of Elementa, Helena Marshfield the president’s daughter’s growing concern that her father’s advisor is manipulating him into a war with the draconians. Then she flees into the arms of Prince T’mar who doesn’t want a human consort. even if his dragon says she’s his mate. Action packed, steamy and with an HEA, what more could you want. a great read.
This story for me came across as a bad sci-fi made for TV movie, with over the top scenarios that defied common sense in many areas.
Helena is the president’s daughter and she sacrifices herself to become the concubine of a dragon prince to help smooth things out politically. T’Mar is the reluctant dragon prince that is the other pawn in this political game.
These two spend a their short time at odds with each other and apart. The one time they have sex, T’Mar seemingly rejects Helena after the deed and sends her back to her quarters without an explanation. He then brings her to his home planet and drops her off with the other concubines without any explanation of what to expect once she’s there. Something happens and he then realizes he was at fault and the two of them start the I Love You’s…WTH I mean they didn’t know each other, having only spent a short amount of time together and he kept saying I don’t want anything to do with her, she’s human. Despite T’Mar’s dragon saying that Helena was their mate there was nothing to explain the abrupt turn around into I Love You.
Not sure how authors think that having the characters snipe at each other, the male ignoring and neglecting the female, wanting her one minute and rejecting her the next can suddenly lead to us buying into the I Love You’s.
The saving grace for me in this story is T’Mar’s dragon, he provided the most fun and information in the story. The side stories thankfully also balanced out the weird mess that was Helena and T’Mar and at least kept me reading till the end.
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While it’s not required to read the first book in the series, I would recommend it. There were times that I felt like I was missing information that would have been provided in the first book. Ultimately though, I enjoyed the book. It was a fun and quick read.
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Line of Fyre is the second book in the Alien Dragon Shifters series. It would be helpful to read the first book, but I believe this book could stand alone. Helena is on the run from her father’s advisor and becomes Prince T’mar’s concubine. T’mar didn’t think he could be interested in a human, but now he can’t get Helena out of his mind, or his dragon’s. But when she’s placed in danger, will T’mar be able to save her and become mates?
I was so looking forward to Helena’s side of the story after reading the first book, and I was not disappointed by this book! Helena and T’mar have a lot to get through, and that’s not just cultural differences! Helena had such a beautiful drive to find peace, forgiveness, and trying to save as many beings as she could. I loved her trust, even when she shouldn’t have, and I loved how she owned up to her own actions and reactions. T’mar had a hilarious relationship with his dragon, their conversations often had me giggling, but it was really interesting to see their different views on the universe, society, and mating. I absolutely loved the connection that forms between Helena and T’mar, I loved how they both kind of fought their emotions and tried to brush them away, but fate will not be denied. There’s a ton of extra drama in this book, with allies and enemies from both planets trying to run the show. I really enjoyed this book! And while there’s no cliffhanger, things are set up for a third book that already has me on the edge of my seat!
This novel was well written and edited, with few typos that I found in the ARC version of this manuscript. The world building was quite competent, with the landscape of the dragon shifter’s home world sketched out briefly but competently. The characterization in this novel was pretty good, with the hero and heroine of this novel both being pretty sympathetic characters. The development of the romantic relationship was a little uneven, with the hero being totally unwilling to court the heroine properly or have any kind of loving relationship with her and then suddenly saying he is madly in love with her after she gets grievously injured. The plot and pacing was fairly exciting, with a fair amount of political machinations, narrow escapes, and people trying to kill the heroine. The pacing made me turn the pages fairly quickly to find out what was going to happen next. This novel had a fair amount of angst on the hero’s part, with him refusing to believe the heroine was his fated mate due to his own racism. The stakes were pretty high throughout this novel. This is usually one of my preferred narrative structures for a romance novel. This novel uses the Fated Mates trope. The plot and pacing rated five stars. The world building and development of the romantic relationship rated three stars. The characterization rated four stars. The hero’s racism toward humans was distasteful for me to read, I will admit. The combined score for this novel was four stars. This novel ends on a Happy Ever After ending instead of a cliffhanger, so that is a big plus for this novel. I recommend this novel to readers who romance novels that are genre mash of sci-fi and paranormal. I do not plan to buy myself a keeper copy of this novel.
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