Nothing is forbidden to this elite corps of shifter bodyguards and private investigators…except falling in love.Good dragons? Bad dragons? Twenty-four hours ago, private chef Tessa Byrne didn’t know about the terrifying world of shifters. Now she knows too much, like the fact that a ruthless dragon lord is determined to claim her — forever. Tessa flees to Maui, where sunny skies, swaying palms, … skies, swaying palms, and a handsome stranger conspire to play tricks with her heart. Can she truly trust Kai Llewellyn and his band of battle-hardened shapeshifters to save her from a gruesome fate?
Don’t trust a human, and never, ever fall in love with one. Those are lessons Kai learned the hard way. But Tessa is different. Her emerald eyes mirror the mysterious pendant she wears, and her flaming red hair makes his heart race. Is his inner dragon just greedy for a new kind of treasure, or is Tessa his destined mate?
ALOHA SHIFTERS: JEWELS of the HEART is a thrilling new series set on the tropical shores of Maui. Each story is a page-turner packed with action, emotion, and romance! If you like Magnum, PI and smoldering hot, alpha shapeshifters, you’ll love these books!
* No cliff hangers. Each story is a standalone paranormal romance with adult content. This story includes strong heroines, alpha heroes, werewolves and shapeshifters, billonaires, military romance, paranormal suspense, action-adventure romance, fantasy romance, and exotic, tropical locales! *
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Aloha! And welcome to a new shifter series. I have to admit I have a soft spot for dragon shifters. That’s why when I saw Anna Lowe’s Lure of the Dragon I had to grab a KU copy. So glad I did!
Kia is struggling with so many issues, not the least of which is his fear of and lack of trust in humans. Tessa is a chef who only recently learned–24-hours ago–about the world of shifters. After a terrifying attack, Tessa fled, forced to seek help from a man who hides the same type of horrible monster as the glowing-eyed creature back home.
It is a fantastic battle of the heart with these two, but one that doesn’t disappoint. Lots of steamy, hot passion and loving devotion and an introduction to some other wonderful shifters.
The story is fast-paced and set on the beautiful island of Maui and it isn’t just the landscape that’s gorgeous. Kia and Tessa battle their feelings, but they are destined to be together and the road to their happiness is such a winding, good tale.
If you’re a PNR fan and love shifters of all kinds, you will enjoy this series as there a little of everything here. I recommend this book to romance and PNR fans.
Lure of the Dragon (Aloha Shifters: Jewels of the Heart Book 1) by Anna Lowe
More Than Meets the Eye
Great story. Miss Lowe’s new story of the Aloha Shifters I expect to be a hit with her readers. getting to know a group of shifters who were in the military together and seeing where life takes them at this point just never gets old.
In this book you’re introduced to Kai and Tessa. Kai being a dragon and a jacket of all trades. While Tessa is a personal chef who is being hunted by other dragons.
The story reads swiftly with nary a bump in the telling the characters are well-developed I’m not for sure what more you could ask for great job.
The Mating Bite and A Dragon’s Honeymoon just add more spice to the original story. Do forget to read these bonus additions.
Looking forward to the next book Lure of the Wolf.
I like how Anna Lowe writes shifter novels! There is always an overarching plot, a sense of history, and enough action to keep those pages turning. Kai and Tessa make a cute couple, but I think the really interesting relationships are going to be between this band of brothers.
Lure of the Dragon introduces a new-to-me shifter world that I am dying to spend more time in! Tessa and Kai were well-rounded characters. The push-pull between them had me flipping pages as I greedily watched them come to terms with the way they were falling for each other. The story stands alone and we get Tessa and Kai’s happily-ever-after, but at the same time I definitely want to continue the series to find out what happens with Kai’s shifter friends (I’m Team Boone!) and the magic stones.
This is a shifter book you don’t want to miss–highly recommend.
This was my first read by Anna, I haven’t read a dragon shifter book for a while and this looked to be quite a good read!
Tessa is a private chef and takes on a new client who turns out to be a bad dragon and wants her and won’t take no for an answer. Luckily she has a neighbour who points her to some friends in Hawaii who can help. Tessa is freaked out to say the least after discovering the world isn’t quite what it seems to be.
The friends in Hawaii turn out to be a group of 5 male friends, all ex-military, and all shifters, though not all dragons. Tessa feels an instant connection to one of them, Kai, and we soon discover that they are fated mates.
Tessa turns out to be not quite so human as she thought she was! The rest of the plot revolves around keeping her safe from the bad dragons and getting her and Kai to bond as mates. There are some hot steamy scenes with Tessa and Kai as their bond builds.
A quick easy and enjoyable shifter read, nothing that wasn’t expected and a bit slow in places, but it lines up for an interesting series.
What a great audiobook! There are multiple powerful supernaturals, hot steamy scenes, a hunky alpha, lots of action and intrigue. I love when a book has it all with great characters and an awesome plot. Anna Lowe provides an amazing audiobook and I can’t wait to find out more about the mysterious stones and hopefully mates for the others. The narrator put passion and life into the story and brought it to life like a play for the reader. I can tell this is going to be a great series!
Format: Audiobook
This book captivates your attention from the start, initially the storyline sounds a bit like the TV programme Magnum, the main character is a P.I they are a group of shifters living on an estate as caretakers for the mysterious owner.
Tessa is human and finds herself seeking help from this group of shifters, Kai is drawn to her but what is it about Tessa and the pendant she always wears? there’s more to her than initially meets the eye.
The Narration and the plot kept me immersed in the story and left me wanting to know more about the others especially Silas.
I look forward to reading more by this author.
Fantastic and Suspenseful Paranormal Romance! This was my first Anna Lowe’s book and won’t be the last. This is the first book in the paranormal Series, Aloha Shifters – Jewels of the Heart. The story sits in Maui (Hawaii). I love shifters’s stories and this one with Dragons, Wolf, Bear, Tiger and Fox is really great! The main characters, Kai and Tessa, share an instant attraction and a great chemistry. Kai is a handsome alpha man, a dragon shifter. I liked his dragon inner voice! Tessa is a strong, feisty and beautiful woman. The last battle scene was breathtaking. I liked their HEA. This story is well written, complex, intriguing, fast-paced, really entertaining and also very romantic. The scenery is beautifully described. The secondary characters are also very interesting. Unfortunately, the bonus scenes aren’t included this audiobook, but they are available to read on the author’s Web Site! Now, I can’t wait for the next book in the Series, Boone’s story (Wolf), but also for Hunter (Bear), Cruz (Tiger), Silas (Dragon), and Jake (Fox) stories. The narration was really well done. I like Kelsey Osborne’s voice. She has a beautiful voice and her voice fits perfectly with the story, entertaining and emotional. I really enjoyed my listening.
Wonderful plot and sweet characters with a little bit of sass and spice to tempt you to read them all. This is a great start to a series that will pull you in and make you read every single one.
I love how the author brings her characters together, this is a great start to a new series and we are still in her same world with ties to Twin Moon. Our focus now is on an elite team with very special skills and a woman who is more than she knows. The plot has twists and turns and leaves doors open to explore in further books. In this one we get our first taste of dragons, good and bad, treasure and fated mate.
I was gifted this ARC and voluntarily chose to review it here.
A wonderful new entertaining series from one of my favourite authors.
This book introduces us to the beautiful islands of Hawaii, where five Special Forces Veteran shifters with mysterious pasts, who have bonded through the trials of combat have settled.
I loved the sound of Koa Point, the estate where they all live, how beautifully it is described. Having been to the islands recently it bought back beautiful memories, especially the farmers market.
I really enjoyed the jewel stone and legends aspect too, cannot wait to see how this all plays out.
Tessa was a strong character and apart from one silly, excusable mistake, was quite believable and entertaining with her actions.
We didn’t really get to know much about Kai and I hope we do learn more of him as this series continues whilst his brothers of the heart find their mates and much needed HEA’s. I did love his dragons character and how he kept snipping at Kai about Tessa being their mate.
Loved the little tie in with Twin Moon Ranch as well through Ella.
Who will be next, will Silas and Moira reunite and solve past hurts or will it be Grouchy Cruz, Wolfie Boone or rock solid Hunter. From the little teaser we are given Boone is the next to have his life changed for the better. I cannot wait.
This is my honest review of this book.
Set on a beautiful island with some beautiful men/shifters.
I thought of doing a statement/joke like ‘what do you get when a wolf, dragon, bear and a tiger meet in a bar’ an entertaining start to a new series -but they don’t meet in a bar they live in a book and in the book they live together and know each other well from serving in the forces – but sod it leaving it in!
I loved the mixture of shifters, something for everyone. the author has given each a different personality, to tease us into wanting more.
Kai is hot – literally hot, he’s a dragon but he is also hot looking too as are most shifters. He recognises his mate straight away.
Tessa is running from a scary shifter. she is scared but settles quickly into the shifters home. She’s a fiery charatcher, doesn’t like being told what to do. She feels connected Kai.
Okay its fated mates, so feelings move quickly.
It is not the longest of books (200 pages) so can read in one night if you’re like me.
I enjoyed this story and the setup for future books.
Will be adding book 2, wonder which shifter it will be about!
3.75-4 stars
Lure of the Dragon brings Tessa to Kai’s doorstep literally. I loved Tessa and her inner strength. As the story progressed you could watch the changes in Tessa as she accepted a legacy that she didn’t have the first clue about. And then there’s yummy as pie Kai! The man who would beg for her. Kai and his band of brothers know how to deal with the problem that Tessa is having. It felt genuine to have the close knit group accept Tessa easily. Of course, since she’s a chef and they say the way to a man’s heart is his stomach…
The men are all super heroes getting involved and not letting the danger to close to Tessa. The motley crew is made of different shifters, not just dragons. Yeah! That means as I go through the series I will get all my favorite shifters. The little tidbits of each man, the tiniest inkling of who they are, made them very warm and likeable even Cruz.
I can’t wait for Silas’ story. There was just enough hinted to intrigue me into wanting more. I know from reading the excerpt that the next book won’t be Silas. I’ll just have to wait, probably until the last books. This is the first in the Aloha series but is a stand alone book.
This was an enjoyable read. It flowed well & held my interest. The characters were likable enough to keep reading, though I would have liked to know more about them & their back stories, than the brief snippets given. I sorta felt like I missed a book or something that had that info as well as some other info for the story. It wasn’t enough to make me feel lost though. I was disappointed that Kai didn’t really explain things to Tessa, at all, thru the whole book. I do feel his dragon talking to him constantly (in his head, & especially during the sex) felt weird (a cross between Golem from Lord of the Rings & a split personality or something) just not what I’m used to in shifter type books. The ending felt a bit rushed, I wanted to find out if Tessa becomes a dragon, I kept thinking she was dragon all a long & would turn under the right circumstances without Kai turning her with the mating bite & burn.
Lure of the Dragon is a wonderful start to a new series by Anna Lowe. It’s full of suspense, mystery, and romance.
Lure of the Dragon shows us that everyone has secrets and that not every supernatural is good. The story was a little slow to start and it took me sometime to get into, but once I did, I enjoyed it.
We are introduced to a band of brothers, men who severed in a special military unit together. These men have been through a lot and have formed a family. I feel in love with the shifter brothers that were introduced. Each one is unique, has their own personalities, and pasts. I’m curious to learn about each one and see who their mates will be.
I loved how the author brought all her characters together and that we are still in the same world with ties to Twin Moon. The plot has a few twists and surprises.
I do have to point out that the first kiss between Tessa and Kai, Holy Smokes it’s smoking.
It was great to get our first taste of dragons, good and bad, fated mates and lost treasures. I’m curious to see where this new series goes and how it all unfolds.
Rated: 3.5 Stars
*Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy provided by Anna Lowe with the sole purpose of an honest review. All thoughts, comments and ratings are my own.