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Welcome to The Wormhole and my stop on the tour.
It is my pleasure to feature Eden Ashe and The Dragon's Heart.
Eden has stopped by for an short interview!
What inspired
you to become an author?
Reading. The more I read, the more stories
started forming in my head.
What are you reading
now?
I am
currently on a Laura Kaye kick. I’m impatiently waiting for Hard As You Can.
What are you planning
to read?
Crazy Hot by
Tara Janzen, Being Amber by Sylvia Ryan, and the entire In Death series by J.D.
Robb
Which writers
inspire you?
Julie Garwood, especially her historicals.
What book
have you read the most or is your favorite?
I have to
pick? Ack. Ransom by Julie Garwood. I’ve read it more times than any other
romance. I love Brodick.
Your
character ~where do they come from?
They’re
created from scratch. They just popped into my head one day and refused to go
away.
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The Dragon’s Heart
Dragon Lore Series
Book One
Eden Ashe
Genre: urban fantasy romance
Publisher: Lyrical Press, Inc
Date of Publication: January 6, 2014
Number of pages: 198
Word Count: 76000
Cover Artist: Renee Rocco
Amazon
Book Description:
“We’re dragons. We don’t do the mushy friend thing.” - Daniel
The dragon-shifter king will do anything to keep his mate alive…even if it means war.
After millennia as king of the dragon-shifters, Daniel Ashborne wants a little peace and quiet, especially from the beautiful Hollywood starlet who haunts his memories. His escape tactics end abruptly when he is called to the ER to save the one woman he wants to forget, but who now bears his mark.
Shelby Kincade’s life and movie career were nearly destroyed when Daniel vanished a year ago. Now he’s back, claiming they have been accidentally mated. Getting over him once was hard enough, but she must choose either the life of her dreams or the man she can’t live without. With peace finally on the horizon between the dragon-shifters and the Hunters, an assassination attempt on the dragon king and his mate shatters everything. Tensions rebuild as Daniel and his loyal team of shifters try to discover who put out the hit. Enemy and ally lines are crossed, but in the end--after the battle ash has settled--no one could have foreseen who has plotted for their own gain.
CONTENT WARNING: Graphic fight scenes, lots of great sex, and hot, hot, hot dragon men. A Lyrical Press Urban Fantasy Romance
Excerpt:
A furious Daniel towered
over her.
Realizing she was in an
ambulance, she scooted back on the stretcher, pulling the sheet tighter around
herself. Something was very, very off. There was no pain or range of motion
issue with her shoulder. There was just a blackness where the last hour should
have been. Whatever was wrong with her, it ran core deep, and had everything to
do with the man treating her as if she’d caused all the wrongs in his world.
She let out a pathetic
snort. He had vanished on her, leaving her to face the last year alone. The
media wasn’t forgiving at the best of times, and they’d had a field day--field
year--with America’s
Good Girl falling from grace. A dead body, and the disappearance of the man
accused of the crime, was too good of a story for the media not to run around
the clock for a month straight.
It didn’t make any sense
why he hated her. For as much hell as he’d caused her in the last eleven
months, professionally and personally, nothing had prepared her for the blast
of emotions that rocked her at seeing him standing close to her again. She had
no idea what to do with the realization she’d missed him. As soon as she
figured out what the hell was going on, she needed deep psychological help.
“So.” She was careful to
keep her left arm tucked against her stomach as she tried in vain to put more
distance between them. It still didn’t hurt, but the thought of ripping the
rapidly healing wound open made her queasy. She’d never been a big fan of
blood. Her teeth tugged at her bottom lip as she tried not to worry about how
much space he took up, even while sitting on the bench. He was huge. “You’re
alive.” When he leaned forward, bringing them closer together, she tried to
keep her face impassive. Her gaze dropped to the huge forearms he braced
against tree trunk-sized thighs, before she snapped her attention back to his
face. He was a lunatic who looked to be on the verge of major violence. She
wasn’t so confused she didn’t understand the combination was a powder keg with
a lit fuse. “I wasn’t sure. The police said you were gone before the ambulance
ever got to the hospital.”
“Disappointed,
princess?”
She almost snorted at
him. She’d spent the last year hoping he was still alive, and trying not to let
the uncertainty drive her out of her mind. “I didn’t get myself shot on
purpose, you know. So whatever you’re mad at me about, it’s not my fault. I
didn’t ask them to call you.”
“Right.” He dragged his
gaze from the mark over her heart back to her face. Though she was sure she was
imagining it, she could have sworn his eyes lingered on her mouth. “Just like
the Hunter showing up in your bedroom was just a weird twist of fate?”
“A hunter?” She asked,
certain she was missing a huge part of the conversation. “Daniel, my house was
in the most exclusive part of Los
Angeles. There isn’t anywhere to hunt.”
“Ryuu.”
She remembered that word
from their first date. He’d told her it was an ancient dragon curse because his
sister didn’t like him using cuss words. Funny. She’d thought it was sweet at
the time. Now she was sure it just made him bat-shit crazy.
My thoughts:
I love shifter books so I was excited to have the chance to read this one. I am thrilled that I did! Fantastic characters - fast paced action - wonderful world building - thrills and romance - it's all that rolled into one great read. I was on the edge of my seat, reading faster and faster so I could get more and suddenly I realized that I would be waiting for the next book! Even with that reality I couldn't put it down and alas - I am now waiting for the next book.
Well worth a read - don't miss out on this fantastic new world of amazing dragon shifters.
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