“I can’t make you do anything. Nobody can.
There are always consequences, but if you’re willing to face them you
can do whatever you like.”
I’ll never forget where we were when my mom said those words
to me. We were on the gravel road that
led to our home. I can still smell the
chalky thickness of the dust that was blowing up around the car. What I don’t remember was what’d started the
conversation. I’m guessing my mom wanted
me to do something I wasn’t too keen on.
Probably homework or some chore.
But that statement stuck. I
didn’t have to do anything. Nobody was
forcing me to live my life a certain way.
I made the decisions and then I faced the consequences. It was a powerful realization for a young
girl. And it was a realization that
found its way into one of my first books, Dragonborne (released by Samhain on April 27, 2010).
Sophie had grown up in the church. She’d lived her life to the letter of her
church’s law, despite her own personal beliefs.
But when the children in her village start dying, she can’t accept it’s
the will of their deity. And when a
dragon helps her discover the true cause of the plague, she has to decide if she’s
going to continue living a life ruled by expectations or start following her
own convictions regardless of consequence.
It was a powerful story for me to write because it reflected
back to the time in my life where I started making conscious decisions. To the time when I started taking control of
my life instead of letting the winds of fate and the expectations of others drive
it. And it’s a story I’m very proud
of.
Blurb:
For her people, she’d sacrifice anything. For her, he’ll
sacrifice everything.
When the children of her village start dying of a mysterious
plague, Sophie refuses to believe it’s the will of their deity. As the town
cleric, she’s always followed the church’s strict rules, but enough is enough.
She vows to do anything to find a cure—even if it means defying the church.
The giant black dragon she finds injured and poisoned near the
abbey seems beyond her ability to heal. Until he suddenly shifts into a
dangerously handsome man who, even in his weakened state, is a temptation
beyond her ability to resist.
Reuel has never trusted humans, but this delicate young woman
entrances him with more than her beauty. Her bravery, devotion and passion call
to his wounded heart, and he’s moved to lend his magic to her cause. Magic that
is not only powerful, it’s all too tempting to abuse—something his family has
never let him forget.
Sophie is hopeful when Reuel solves the secret of the plague,
until one healing uncovers a sickness that runs far deeper than the children’s
vulnerable bodies. Now she is being persecuted, and to save her, Reuel may have
to become the monster his family believes him to be…
Product Warnings
Contains a stubbornly sexy cleric who’d rather have her
hands tied to a headboard than exhibit any self-control, a shape-shifting
dragon who’s too busy running from himself to see where he’s going, an epic
dragon battle, and sex in the great outdoors.
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