Firestorm By Donna Grant
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Released: March 7, 2017
Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks
Series: Dark Kings, Book 10
SCORCHED BY DESIRE
Dimitri lives to protect the secret of the Dragon Kings from the human race. Bound by a bond stronger than blood to the Kings, Dimitri uses his strength and prowess to defend a thousand-year-old secret. But when an oh-so-sexy, slightly absent-minded archaeologist wanders into his midst, Dimitri will have to give up his rules, and give in to desire…
When Dr. Faith Reynolds stumbles upon an ancient skeleton that appears it comes from a dragon, she’s completely taken aback. A woman of science, there’s no way in her mind that this mythological creature can exist. But when a devilishly handsome man named Dimitri intercepts her path to uncovering the truth, Faith’s curiosity turns into all-consuming passion. She’s never felt this way about any man before. But when Dimitri reveals his biggest secret, can she learn to love the man—as well as the dragon within?
Reviewed by Jean
The find of a lifetime!
Faith might not know it but her fate has been destined to intersect with those few dragon kings left on earth. When she inconceivably chooses the one cave on Fair Isle that contains a dragon skeleton she irrevocably ties her destiny to the one king who called the Isle his own. Centuries have passed since the majority of dragons fled earth leaving behind the dragon kings. Each king verified that their dragons left the realm and that no remains were left for discovery. So who is this mysterious dragon left in a cave Dimitri knows he searched all those years ago? How did he die? How did his remains end up in the cave? And finally, how did Faith know to select this specific cave out of all the caves on the Isle? Just a few questions that will have Dimitri bent on answers rather than immediate disposal… and if a certain anthropologist stirs feelings he never dreamed possible… let’s just say the two of them have found the find of a lifetime in each other.
Firestorm is a great addition to the Dark Kings series. There is plenty of sensual build up and steam between Faith and Dimitri. If you’re looking for a great romance with dragons, fae and druids you’ll love this series. I would warn you, however, that while Firestorm is a stand alone romance there are places in the storyline that you might feel lost as the ongoing series story line is developed. I know that I got lost a time or two when scenes were presented involving other series characters, the series villains or when series history was alluded to. For the most enjoyment, you might want to start at the beginning.
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O Factor: Spicy
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Dmitri still hadn’t decided about Faith Reynolds. Her dedication to her job was unquestioned. He wasn’t accepting her answer of just finding the cave, though.To have chosen this cave above any others? This one, which happened to have a dragon skeleton inside?
While he’d walked the site after meeting Dr. Reynolds, he overheard conversations. Many of the volunteers didn’t believe it was a dragon. They suspected it was a new species of dinosaur. The few locals he saw milling about were curious, wondering how the new find would help tourism.
He spotted a few “crazies” as Tamir called them, watching from a distance, but no one got close. Though he was curious about the two men Tamir had encountered earlier.
The way Tamir had acted as he spoke about the incident made Dmitri wonder if word hadn’t somehow reached the Dark Fae.
Or Ulrik.
Once volunteers began leaving for the night, Dmitri found himself climbing back down to the cave. He’d expected to find Faith shutting things down for the day, but she continued to work.
He didn’t want to be intrigued by her, but he was. If only his fascination had to do with how she’d found the dragon. He would discover what had led her to the skeleton, but that wasn’t what kept his gaze locked on her.
It’s not what kept his body strung tight as a bow.
She was average height, but there was nothing typical about her looks. Much to his dismay. His tastes ran toward the Fae since he preferred to stay away from humans. Yet, there was no negating the fact that lust burned through his body from the first moment her sherry eyes locked with his.
There was a . . . simplicity about Faith that he appreciated. No makeup was needed to enhance her natural beauty. At first glance, she seemed almost ditzy since her mind ran a million miles a second, but her intelligence and zest for life were apparent with one look.
Her sandy blond hair hung straight and glossy to her shoulders and was parted to one side with long bangs that she swiped out of her eyes repeatedly. The locks tantalized him by exposing the slender column of her neck and the delicate skin behind her ear.
Unblemished fair skin beckoned him to touch, to caress.
To lick.
He clenched his teeth at the need that surged through him. When she turned, he watched the pulse at her throat and fought the longing to press his lips against it to feel the warmth of her body.
Her oval face held a look of innocence and excitement he hadn’t seen in a long time. While her high cheekbones and sensual mouth added to her beauty, it was her eyes that caught him. They looked at the world as if it were a large sandbox waiting to expose its treasures.
His palm still prickled from their brief touch earlier. The shock that had gone through him had been electric. The charge surged through him faster than lightning and left him reeling—and aching for more.
Unable to look away, he watched as she stood and then bent over at the waist. The sight of her firm ass high in the air had the blood rushing to his cock. No mortal had ever had such an effect on him before. It unsettled him—and angered him.
He forced his eyes away and turned his mind to more pressing matters. He’d been sent because of the skeleton, but there was something about Faith that didn’t seem to add up.
The most important question: how had she known where to look to find the bones?
Faith became so engrossed in her work that she didn’t hear others talking to her. Even when Tamir called her name, she was often too preoccupied with digging up the skeleton.
Dmitri had watched her for hours. In that time, he’d listened to her hum and watched her touch the bones with such reverence that it shook him.
Though he’d come to the cave to watch her, it gave him time with the skeleton, as well. By the size, he knew it was an adult. Which of his dragons had gotten left behind? They’d been his responsibility, and he’d failed.
The longer he stared, the more he felt the weight of regret. The world had been created for the dragons. It was their birthright, their home.
Yet they were no longer welcome.
And he feared nothing would ever change that.
The Dragon Kings who found mates with human females were lucky. Those mortals welcomed the dragons and the Kings. But most of the globe was made up of individuals who wanted nothing more than to destroy the Dragon Kings, imprison them, or run tests on them.
So he and the others remained hidden.
But the dragon inside him—the fierce, savage creature that he was—silently cried out for revenge. And his family.
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