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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780373770571
ISBN number: 037377057X
Label: HQN Books
Manufacturer: HQN Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: September 01, 2005
Publishing house: HQN Books
Sale Popularity Level: 7529
Studio: HQN Books
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Brief Book Summary:
Grace Carlyle's world was about to change . . .
Deep in the jungle on the trail of her missing brother, Grace never expected to find a secret world populated by mythological monsters -- nor guarded by a sword-wielding being whose beauty put mortal men to shame.
Darius en Kragin belongs to a race of shape-shifting warriors sworn to guard Atlantis and kill all travelers who stray within its boundaries. Yet when Grace stumbles into his realm, he finds himself tempted to betray his centuries-old vow.
Now their forbidden love will either bring their worlds together -- or tear them both apart.
Don't miss this sexy new story from the author of The Stone Prince and The Pleasure Slave.
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Grace Carlyne's day if going from bad to worse! Having traveled to the Amazon forest from NYC in search for the missing brother, she has been bush-wacked by her guide and left to roam the forest! Oh, how she wants to believe that around the subsequent foliage plant is the local Starbucks so she could get her mocha frappuchino!
Instead she falls into a cave - which leads her through a portal to the legendary city of Atlantis. She discovers the narrations in the journal her brother has sent her, are real! Upon arriving at this portal (as there are more than one) she is greeted by Darius en Kragin, Guardian and leader to his people - shape shifting Dragons.
He has never faltered in his duty through the centuries - he has killed without mercy any traveler that has stumbled through the portal to protect not only his race - but all the inhabitants of Atlantis from the humans that dwell on the surface. When he sees Grace - he hesitates. He can't bring himself to kill her - after he has noticed the medallion that hangs from her neck.
Darius brings her into his palace and locks her in his rooms. He needs to know how and why this mortal woman (albeit an incredibly sexy and juicy morsel of a woman) is in possession of the dragon medallion - what is more worrisome is that the necklace belongs to his tutor and mentor.
When Grace escapes and returns to her world - Darius is forced to go up to the surface to seek her out. Darius' time is short - he cant stay on the surface long or he will die.
As he finds Grace - they both discover an evil plot to infiltrate Atlantis and his mentor and many dragons have been killed in the skirmish. Fighting his growing attraction for Grace, Darius realizes the grave danger that his world is in and now he has to figure out a way how to save the day.
I had no idea that this book was so unique and that Showalter's writing talent was so incredible! Darius and Grace's story is fantastic! She has crafted an unbelievable subterranean world inhabited by surreal creatures - this is a paranormal extravaganza! It has shape-shifting dragons, vampires, nymphs and evil humans! With terrific sexually charged scenes, a concoction of erotica and X-files and a hero and heroine to die for - you will devour this one and race to the store for the rest
OKAY - SO NOW WHICH OF THE DRAGONS DO I GET TO PICK???
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Grace Carlyle, is a young adventuress in search of her missing archaeologist brother in the Amazon jungle. She stumbles upon Atlantis and it's Guardian, Darius. The romance develops from there. The chemistry between Darius and Grace is sizzling. The story was funny, passionate and fast moving. It has an Atlantis twist with some Greek mythology and also brings in other mythical creatures. I'm looking forward to reading the subsequent book in the series.
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I thought the idea of this book was really unique, but when it came to the actual story, certain things were a little off. Actually, just one thing was off and that was the heroine. In fact, I wouldn't really even call her a heroine because she kind of missed the whole being a hero part. She didn't really do anything. She just kept making everything worse. For example, when she's trying to get information about her brother and tells Darius to "leave the questioning to her", she failed terribly. While reading, I was thinking to myself, "why are asking these questions. These questions aren't going to get you anywhere." Eventually Darius has to take over for her and get the information they needed. After reading the scene I felt like her questioning was just a waste of time. Of course later Darius makes a comment on how proud he was with her in that situation and that she did well. I thought to myself "you're a liar, you just want to get in her pants."
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WOW!!! What a great book, I really truly, loved it! I am so surprised that it was as well written as it was and that the character development and steamy love scenes were as good as they were. Two thumps up. This is a great read for any paranormal romance reader.....enjoy!
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Extra crispy love story but a little soggy when it comes to the plot. Now don't get me wrong, I love alternate beauty meets the beast/sexy dragon shape shifter as much as any other girl but I found major flaws when it came to the main characters. Grace, our spunky heroin needed to get her priorities striate. She's searching for her lost brother and yet through out the book it seems all she wants to do is get laid. How could anyone think about sex when their only brother has disappeared? It kind of bothered me how one minute she's a proud, sassy, resourceful female and then the subsequent she turns into a weak lovesick puppy who lust over a man who pretty much tells her `I`m going to do what I want to you when I want whether you like it or not.' and she answers by saying `Well okay'. Come on, show some dignity girl!
And then there's Darius, your average tragic hero. For three hundred years he shows no emotions whatsoever then suddenly in walks Grace then BAM! He's angry, sad, smiles and gets a hard-on all within the very first five minutes of seeing her! Where's the development? The suspense? I know 90% of paranormal romance novels center around sex but come on! Give them a little time to develop their relationship first. By chapter four they were already all over each other so by the time their big love scenes came around the reward wasn't as gratifying as it should of been.
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