Play with dragon shifters, they’ll make you burn…The task seems simple enough. Fulfill her grandmother’s final wish: scatter her ashes into the Howling Rock at Black Moon Peak.Only Everly Martis never heard of the small California town — and not once did her Amma ever mention a Howling Rock. Distracted by the oddness of the situation, professional backpacker Everly slips and plummets off the … backpacker Everly slips and plummets off the steep trail. A fall there’s no way to survive.
Until she’s snatched out of the air by… a dragon?!
Ralston MacBrayne prefers the solitude of the wilderness, though he’s agreed to keep a distant eye on adventure-seeking tourists. Revealing his dragon form to outsiders isn’t permitted, but he can’t let the hiker fall. Once back on firm ground, he expects her to freak out, like everyone else — witches, wolf shifters, humans — who’s ever seen a full-form dragon. Only instead of screaming she asks to… touch him?!
Two nights can’t hurt, right? Two nights, one hike to complete her task, and then he’ll take her to the crone to alter her memories. Maybe she can at least be allowed to remember him in his human form.
But when she scatters the ashes, it triggers an unnatural eruption that shakes the entire town… and everything she knew about the world, her wandering ways, and herself.
As Everly is pulled into the close-knit MacBrayne Clan, the quirky inhabitants of Black Moon Peak, and a vendetta that’s been simmering for centuries, Ralston must find a way to protect her, or risk his mate falling where he’s helpless to catch her.
Singed by the Dragon is a full-length standalone HEA in the Black Moon Peak ‘verse. Dragons roar and witches conjure to make sure Everly and Ralston get their happy ever after, though some events foreshadow or continue into the next books in the MacBrayne Clan Series.
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Everly Martis has one final task to perform for her grandmother – scatter her ashes into the Howling Rock at Black Moon Peak. Distracted, she falls off the steep trial which she’s sure is to end in her death, until she’s snatched out of the air! Ralston MacBrayne agreed to keep a distant eye on adventure-seeking tourists, but revealing his dragon form to outsiders isn’t permitted, but he can’t let the hiker fall. He expects her to freak out like everyone else, but instead of screaming she asks to…touch him!
This new paranormal series is off to great start with a story where the excitement never ends and a hot and steamy romance. The strong, bold characters catch readers’ interest right off the bat and there are oodles and oodles of volcanic chemistry between Everly and Ralston, but this romance might as well have two mountains standing in its way since Everly is human and Ralston is a dragon shifter living in a supernatural community…a community that might have a bit (or a lot) to say about his actions.
The plot is fast paced, full of excitement and thrilling suspense that continuously builds throughout the story from Everly’s fall at the beginning to volcanic eruptions, secrets being revealed, truths smacking characters upside the head, and a mysterious enemy wreaking havoc. The community is a fascinating setting full of intriguing characters that readers want to know all about and the author has added her own unique elements for additional flair in a story that never has a dull moment and leaves readers wanting to know more.
Welcome to Black Moon Peak. A small town in the Southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California, population of 2000, give or take a few humans, witches, dragons, wolves and an occasional vampire.
Black Moon Peak is full of quirky people, business names and street names. Main street is called Wolfsbane. Town businesses include: The Crooked Cauldron Café, The Broken Broomstick Saloon, The Fly-By-Night Bar, Serendipity Soapery, Alchemy Apothecary and Misfit Ink, to name a few.
Everly has agreed to spread her grandma “Amma’s” ashes at Howling Rock in the mountains above Black Moon Peak at the time of the black moon phase. She has never heard of this small town in the mountains and Everly is an accomplished backpack traveler and travel blogger.
She rents an ATV, packs her backpack and away she goes up the mountains to fulfill her Amma’s last wishes. She knows to keep her eyes open and to pay attention to terrain but she slips and falls to an almost certain death. She is grabbed out of the air by a flying dragon! What?
The spreading of the ashes has caused an earthquake. Everly learns that she is a Fire Witch and that she has a fated mate. You will enjoy meeting the different inhabitants of Black Moon Peak. What will happen to Everly, will she stay in Black Moon Peak?
I discovered this author’s book, Claimed by the Witch. It gave me a taste for Black Moon Peak and I can’t wait for MORE! Great characters and a compelling story.
This is the 2nd book by Emily Oscar I’ve read, but it won’t be the last, I’ve already ordered the next book in this series. I enjoyed the story line and the way witches and magic mix with shifters. The characters are fun and the plot intriguing. I’ll be interested to see how things develop.
Oh wow, I couldn’t put this down. Had to stay up until I finished it. Loved the characters of Ralston and Everly. So much happens in this book. I can’t wait to read the next book.
I received a free copy of this book and this is my voluntary, honest review.
This is my first time reading Emily Oscar, and I ran across this book just looking for something new to read. I’m positively thrilled that I found this series, and am excited to read more about the MacBrayne clan. This book is full of dragons and witches, shifters and magic, and romance that is wonderfully written. It’s hot and fast, slow with laughter, brand new just met each other sex to holding hands and having a new best friend sex. There are a lot of reasons to read this book, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.