Heart of the Dragon

Expect the extraordinary! Ms. Showalter creates a stunning female lead in Grace Carlyle, a young adventuress in search of her missing archaeologist brother. She unwittingly stumbles upon Atlantis and its Guardian, Darius. The romance that develops between them is fantastic yet believeable. That's saying a lot considering we're talking about Atlantis. The story flows and is exciting. I'd consider this a real pageturner. I'm looking forward to reading future books in this series.

Ms. Showalter continues to turn out fantastical pleasers! In her latest sci-fi romance she builds a believable Atlantis and a world full of mythical creatures that inhabit it. The dominant creatures in this lush land are the dragons, changlings that normally appear human but can change to their more reptillian self in an instant. King of the dragons is Darius. 300 years ago his family was slaughtered by travelers from the rest of the world and before he could even morn their loss he was installed as the Guardian of the Mist, forced to slaughter any who came through the portal into their world. Staggering haphazardly through the wilds of the rain forest is Grace, a twenty something looking for life...though she can't even find her brother. He's some where out here, but before she has time to search the funny necklace he gave her pulls her to some glowing mist- which leads to a crazy,although yummy, man with a sword! While Darius knows he has to thrust his sword into Grace for the sake of his people, he really feels like stabbing her with something else and can't keep his lips off her! Denied color, smell, & taste for three centurys, Grace is a sensory explosion. Darius will do anything to save her AND his world. If that means traveling to her world or fighting off a deadly menace of vampires, so be it.

Gena Showalter has done it again. This is a sexy adventure with two of the most appealing characters. For those who enjoy some fire in their romance, this is a must read. It is going in my top 10 favorites.

This book was so good and I couldn't put it down. I actually stayed up until 4am in the morning to finish it. It was funny, passionate and fast moving. Definitely, worth buying. The Chemistry between Darius and Grace is sizzling. What makes it so touching is that you see conflict of emotions between what his mind (duty as a guardian) is telling him to do and what he heart is telling him. There is also a secondary story in there about Grace's brother Alex. I love the fact that it has an Atlantis twist with Greek mythology but also brings in other mythic creatures. I would love to see Gena do something with the other King who fought with Darius in the end. Not to give way anything to the people who haven't read this book...