PLEASE BE AWARE: The below book is for Adult Audiences only, it contains sexually explicit material.
Open Flame (Dragon’s Fate Book 2) by Lacy Danes
Genre: Paranormal romance
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Date of Publication: September 24th
2013
ISBN: 9781619217461
ASIN: B00CZ8MCHO
Number of pages: 118
Word Count: 32K
Cover Artist: Kanaxa
About the Book
Between
hate and lust lies heaven, hell… and smoldering love.
Like
his brothers, Madoc is a dragon born by blood magic. Unlike them, he has only
once bitten a human in a near-hopeless quest to find his eternal mate. Watching
that woman die nearly destroyed him.
Now
he works to invent a watch that will rewind time. When he attends the Spectacle
of Time in Paris, though, he finds a woman who shakes the foundation of his
world and crumbles his ferocious control.
Ever
since the black-haired man with the red crescent on his cheek ruined her
family, Fina has hated him. When she runs into him in Paris, she is determined
to show him just how much. Instead, overwhelmed by the desire to both kill him
and bed him, her body betrays her and she melts in his arms.
Sparks
fly, and—when his teeth sink into her skin—she ignites. But she can’t run far
and fast enough to avoid the burning truth. She is now part of Madoc’s
dangerous world?body, soul, and fire.
Warning:
This novel contains explicit sex, time-shifting, distance-hopping, a super-hot
dragon, and a woman who can take the heat.
Short Excerpt: http://www.lacydanes.com/books/open-flame/#read-an-excerpt
So, I read Waterfall, the first of the Dragon's Fate Novellas, a while back, and it was alright. I felt that because of the sexual content the plot was a bit overrun. I gave Open Flame a read, to see if the plot continued or if the plot had really become the ‘joining’ of the Dragons and their mates… and it has.
I did not mind the sexual content, as I knew to expect it and knew the portion of the book it may take up based on the last episode. I found the characters kind of one-dimensional but I am interested to see if/ where the story line goes. Do all the brothers find their loves? What is going on with the creepy guy and Carmen?.. I need to know! :/
In Open Flame, the second of the brothers believes he has found his eternal mate, which I guess is a good portion of the overall plot anyway. However in this story there is more of a focus on their bonding than the evil that surrounds the Dragons.
I have been intrigued by this series, as it has mystery, sexual tension, dragons, complicated tidbits which I hope are explained, but you can only accomplish so much when each installment is only about 150 pages in length.
If what you are looking for is a short slightly erotic read ...with dragons... than this may be for you.
About the Author
Lacy Danes made a
New Year's resolution to write a hot, historical romance. A year and a half
later, she achieved her goal. She lives in Portland OR, where besides writing
she enjoys horseback riding, gardening and savoring a great martini while
watching the world go by.
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Thanks for sharing your review and the giveaway. Sounds like a great book and I am looking forward to reading it. evamillien at gmail dot com
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