Reading-wise, I have been listening to a ton of audiobooks. Yay, library. Still dealing with back pain so finding comfort is still hard. I'll be so glad when it finally heals.
The Reading Radar for today is about dragons. LT3 has a huge line up of dragon releases and I went bonkers, buying them all because DRAGONS. Just saying. I'm also a sucker for those MF and poly alien dragons shifters in space... the reverse harem dragon shifters stories. I've had to learn to "get the sample, get the sample, get the sample" because my dragon addiction is already expensive. So just in case I haven't been clear, today is all about dragons. :)
Series:
Author(s): Bran Lindy Ayres
Length: 98 pages
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Gay / Trans /
Notes:
Blurb: Sidhe cannot lie. Yet Cedric lies about everything from being happy to being human. Hiding his true appearance with glamor runes, he's managed to live quietly among humans for nearly fifty years. But as he journeys to the capital at the behest of the empress, a chance encounter with the first dragon to be seen in a thousand years threatens to reveal all his secrets.
Talfryn commits a taboo every time he leaves the mountains. Yet for an outcast, long banished from the dragons' last city, taboos are trifles. He's more interested in acquiring items for his hoard. Drawn by the scent of a rare enchantment, he'll risk everything, including his freedom, to find the source.
Series:
Author(s): Caitlin Ricci
Length: 10k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Gay /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 13, 2018.
Blurb: When the emperor has his father killed, it's the breaking point for Haruo, who sets out from the island of dragon shifters where he lives in search of revenge. The tournament being held to marry off the emperor's son seems like a perfect opportunity—what better way to get close to the father than through the son, afterall.
Series:
Author(s): Dea Richards
Length: 42k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / Urban Fantasy / Gay / For the Hoard /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2018.
Blurb: While researching his thesis, Clayton's work leads him to Syralis the wise, a dragon and professor at the university where he studies. Syralis' hoard contains original manuscripts which are invaluable to Clayton's research. Clayton soon finds himself one of the few students to ever study under Syralis, and during their lessons Clayton learns not only about medieval art, but his own history and his unusual magical sensitivity as well.
Clayton also finds himself enamored of Syralis, but when that attraction proves mutual, not everybody is pleased...
Series:
Author(s): Asta Idonea
Length: 20k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / Bisexual / Gay / Fantasy / For The Hoard /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2018.
Blurb: A dragon dwells atop the mountain that overlooks Ode's village. Every year the surrounding villages gather to make an offering to keep the beast at bay: chests of gold and a human sacrifice.
When the wise men choose his beloved sister, Malle, as the latest sacrifice, Ode immediately offers to take her place. But instead of a dragon on the mountain ledge, he meets a mysterious young man.
Series:
Author(s): Geneva Vand
Length: 45k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Gay / Pansexual / For The Hoard /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2018.
Blurb: When Gabriel's sister, Ashley, falls ill, he is sent to the forest wise one for help. But instead of the frightening dragon he expects, he is faced with a shape-shifting, magical creature named Kym who is both kind and beautiful.
Kym instructs Gabe to bring Ashley to his canyon hideaway so that he can watch over her properly. As the two care for her, they grow unexpectedly close. But once Ashley is well, Gabriel must leave with her, and Kym cannot leave his forest...
Series:
Author(s): Jamie Sullivan
Length: 49k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / For The Hoard / Fantasy / Gay /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2018.
Blurb: When the dragon Madfall steals a basket from the castle, he expects it to contain gold—not a baby.
Seventeen years later, Richard of Benfro expects to meet certain death when he sets out to slay the dragon—but instead he finds himself face to face with a cute boy.
When the two worlds collide, Oenyn is caught between the loving parent who raised him and the human world to which he rightfully belongs. Luckily, being raised by a dragon means he's plenty stubborn. He won't give up what he loves without a fight.
Series:
Author(s): Meredith Katz
Length: 29k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / For The Hoard / Urban Fantasy / Bisexual / Gay /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2018.
Blurb: Mike St. George figured that working customer support during the Black Friday sale at SmokeSignals, a game distribution company, would just feature the usual sort of problem customers. He wasn't expecting an aristocratic, self-centered dragon to demand the company send someone to his house to install games in exchange for gold. And he definitely wasn't expecting that to somehow put him in charge of working with and protecting the digital side of the dragon's hoard of games.
But with a possible promotion in his future, Mike's ready to take on anything. And while the blue-blooded Zali'thurg might be egotistical and prideful, Mike's wrangled worse customers on a regular basis. At least this one's cute, albeit in an 'apex predator' sort of way.
Series:
Author(s): Ava Kelly
Length: 53k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / For The Hoard / Fantasy / Asexual / Panromantic / Pansexual /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2018.
Blurb: Nevmis, the red dragon, is hunting her own. Up in the icy peaks of the northern mountains, Orsie spends his lonely days hiding from her, but eventually he is found and his dragon magic stolen. Cursed to wander the lands as a mortal unless he recovers his magic before twenty-four rising crescents have passed, Orsie embarks on an arduous journey. Spurred by the whispers in his mind, his quest takes him to a castle hidden deep in a forest.
Arkeva, a skilled archer, is trapped in an abandoned castle deep in the woods, his only company two companions—one kind, the other cruel. Then a stranger arrives, a young man who soon finds himself confined by heavy snowfalls—and in danger from what slumbers in the shadows of the castle.
Series:
Author(s): Daniela Jeffries
Length: 40k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / For The Hoard / Contemporary / Bisexual / Asexual /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2018.
Blurb: Newly divorced therapist Noir wasn't expecting to fall for criminal mastermind Dragon when he was assigned to weekly meetings with him in prison as part of his possible parole. But fall he did, and hard.
Dragon, however, is no knight in shining armor. Like his namesake, he's a fiery beast that will do anything to protect his new treasure...
Series:
Author(s): Lotus Oakes
Length: 43k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / For The Hoard / Fantasy / Gay /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2018.
Blurb: For as long as he can remember, Haruki has wanted to be part of the Great Hunt, the annual coming of age ceremony where the youth of Salfea are let loose to kill a dragon and bring it home as proof of adulthood. The larger and higher-ranked the dragon, the greater the reward. Held back for years by family obligation, Haruki has only ever been able to watch from afar until the opportunity finally comes to him. Desperate to prove himself, he's certain he'll do whatever it takes to have a successful hunt.
But on the first night of his Hunt, Haruki finds an injured dragon so highly-ranked that killing him could rocket Haruki all the way to the throne... if he can resist the dragon and his ways.
Series:
Author(s): Megan Derr
Length: 97k
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / Poly / Fantasy / Demisexual / Bisexual / Gay / Trans /
Notes: This title is available for preorder and will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 27, 2018.
Blurb: Four strangers. A shared moment long forgotten. A bond forged in desperation.
On the first day of the Festival of Counting, the beginning of the royal census that takes place every ten years, the royal city is filled to overflowing. Everyone is happy, excited, and proud to be counted amongst those who live in the glorious kingdom of Orhanis.
Then a demon strikes, killing thousands in mere seconds and leveling the city. As the royal castle burns, only four men remain to drive the demon away—and in their desperation, accidentally bind themselves together in a legendary Oath, unable to part ways until they find and kill the demon once and for all.
Mahzan, the King's Jester, an orphan who clawed his way to the top and hides a fearsome magic... Sule, the notorious North Captain, who sacrificed everything to live as a strong, capable, highly respected man... Cemal, a priest who traveled the continent bent on revenge and now lives lost... and Binhadi, the mercurial shadow mage with a dark history and bloody ties to the throne...
Four men used to standing apart, standing alone, who must learn to stand together if they hope to save themselves and all of Orhanis.
Series: Dragon in the Wings
Author(s): Chris Savage
Length: 201 pages
Publisher:
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Dragons / Mpreg / Gay /
Notes: I read this book this week and really liked the story. I will be looking for more in the series. The title doesn't do the book justice.
Blurb: Jacoby never trusted an oracle. They’re sneaky wenches, always speaking in riddles. So when a dragon king’s wise oracle prophesized that he was going to save the land, he wanted to laugh at them. How exactly would a half-breed with no dragon form accomplish this task?
As fate would have it, he’d cross paths with a prince. His life would never be the same.
Prince Azar wanted a break from the castle and its oppressive atmosphere, so he joined the Royal Guard. So when he meets Jacoby, he’s faced with a difficult decision.
A dragon determines his mate on sight. To Azar, it always seemed an unreliable system. What if your soulmate was elsewhere, and you never met.
Or worse…
What if your mate is a male, and an omega to boot?
Series: Dragon's Blood MC, 2
Author(s): B.A. Stretke
Length: 173 pages
Publisher:
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Motorcycle Club / Gay /
Notes: I didn't realize this was book two in a series. The first book is Apex: The Dragon's Mate (Dragon's Blood M.C. Book 1)
Blurb: Dane has been searching in vain for his sister for five years. She vanished with a violent biker gang and now no matter what he does, he just can’t get close enough to find her. After a violent altercation with a gang of thugs hell bent on killing his friend Chance, Dane is at his wit's end, and he wonders if he will ever be able to piece his life back together. Everything changes when this large man literally charges into his life and saves him from certain death at the hands of the Night Whispers gang. He is swept into the strongest arms he’s ever known, and safety feels, for once, like more than just a daydream. Alrick Keith is an enigma to Dane. He’s a biker, Dane’s greatest fear, but he is also kind and brings Dane a sense of peace. Dane is still determined to find out what happened to his sister and he is willing to put himself in danger’s path to do it. Will Dane survive the same forces that have taken his sister or can Alrick get there in time and claim his forever love?
Alrick Keith has been on a quest from his Dragon King, searching for his forever love. When Calum, his Chieftain, found his mate at a café in Laramie, Wyoming Alrick had hope that maybe his love wasn’t far behind. Finding his mate about to be devoured by a wolf shifter was not a part of the plan. Once the threat is dispatched, Alrick is loathe to let Dane out of his sight. Alrick must tread lightly, between the biker gang and his dragon secret he can’t risk overwhelming his already stressed mate. However, danger lurks, and a rogue gang is setting its sights on Laramie and Alrick’s mate. Can Alrick save his mate and have that real chance at forever?
The Dragon’s Heart can defy any odds.
Series: Dragonstone Triology
Author(s): CK Gold
Length: 213 pages
Publisher: Lovelight Press
Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Gay /
Notes:
Blurb: Gangsters killed his family... and now the only man standing in the way of his revenge is the one who stole his heart years ago.
Over a decade of street fighting and brutal intrigue have left Fang, a gang enforcer, with few allies and even fewer friends. He has no time for love -- his loyalties are already complicated enough. His lone connection to a brighter past is Birch, the orphan he saved from the slums when they were boys. And when Fang lost his family, it was Birch who taught him how to survive.
Yet vengeance has its price. Fang let Birch, the best thing to ever happen to him, slip away in exchange for power. Now Fang is a lieutenant in the gang that murdered his family. All he has to do is wait for his chance. But a kiss that shouldn't have been, at a meeting that shouldn't have happened, forces Fang to decide what really matters.
Should he keep his cover or listen to his heart and join the man he loves?
When Fang's boss orders him to steal a magical stone from a royal ship, Birch demands Fang hand it over to him instead. The stone represents more than just wealth: it is the symbol of a people fighting back against the corruption running rampant through their nation. The poison that cost Fang his parents and Birch the only home he's ever known.
Fang is caught between the ultimate reward -- dueling his parent's murderer -- and his fiery passion for Birch. But the dragon stone has its own ideas. Its power recasts not just Fang's body, but his dilemma.
Will Fang choose power over love? Or will he leave behind the ghosts of the past and find love with Birch?
Warning: This adventure contains steamy sex scenes, fast-paced fights, naughty language, and a HEA! Read to the end for a preview of the next tale!
Series: (Dragon Sun + The Sun Dragon's Flight)
Author(s): Liv Rider
Length: 106 pages
Publisher:
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay /
Notes:
Blurb: Now available in one bundle – Dragon Sun and its companion short story The Sun Dragon’s Flight.
Dragon Sun:
Dragon shifter Griffith Rees finally meets the man who ignites his mating instinct—presumed human Noah Tine. But Noah has powers Griffith’s never seen, and Noah discovers he might not be so human after all. But is Griffith ready to open his heart to love? And does catching the man who killed his partner mean sacrificing Noah?
The Sun Dragon’s Flight:
When Griffith takes Noah to his family’s secluded lake house to learn how to shift for the first time, a flying lesson turns into a mating flight. But the Sun Dragon isn’t a force to play around with, and Noah may be deep over his head. Can he learn how to control his dragon with Griffith’s help?
Series: (Dragonlinked Chronicles Book 1)
Author(s): Adolfo Garza Jr.
Length: 449 pages
Publisher:
Genre: Young Adult / LGBTIAQ MC / Fantasy /
Notes:
Blurb: Many will be acceptable candidates, truth be told, and eventually, there will be hundreds, even thousands of dragonlinked. But there will be one who is first.
All fourteen-year-old Aeron wants to do is make his father proud, but the biggest bully in the Caer constantly torments him, he has yet to be allowed to practice his craft of choice, and he’s trying to ignore the increasing reports of deadly nahual attacks. When Aeron is finally invited to be an accepted in Magic Craft, things seem to be going his way.
His life is thrown into complete chaos, however, when he discovers an enormous egg, and unable to ignore its desperate cries, he helps the creature struggling within to hatch. Powerful magic bonds them together, mind and soul, and he wonders how he is going to care for her. Will he be able to do so and keep up with his Magic Craft lessons? And when she’s full-grown, how in Yrdra’s deepest hells will he keep a four-thousand pound dragon a secret?
Aeron’s search for answers in his now drastically changed world will lead to surprising discoveries and revelations, dangerous and distressingly close encounters with nahual, and the possibility of a greater, more fulfilling purpose for him—if he survives.
In DRAGONLINKED, volume one of Dragonlinked Chronicles, author Adolfo Garza Jr. introduces readers to the world of Lethera, where magic and a nascent Industrial Revolution will be the backdrop for several tales about dragons, their newly discovered roles, and the brave souls who are their bond-mates.
Note: Dragonlinked Chronicles is a young-adult fantasy series that is lgbt-friendly.
Series:
Author(s): Selina Coffey
Length: 330 pages
Publisher: LT3 Press
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Menage /
Notes:
Blurb: Elokon and Siron have yet to find a mate.
Elokon became the alpha of his tribe three months ago, and since then, the human towns nearby have sent a dozen women in tribute, and even the women of nearby dragon tribes have sought them out. Elokon’s tribe is powerful and any dragon would be pleased to bear a child of his bloodline.
But neither he nor Siron has seen a single woman that awakens the mating instinct. At long last, the High Dragon has passed down an edict: find a mate, or Elokon will be stripped of his power and banished. There is no place in the Dragonlands for an alpha who will not carry on the old bloodlines.
As the third daughter of an impoverished Earl, Adelina has no dowry and no prospects.
Desperate not to become a priestess, she makes a plan: when the High Dragon’s court comes for their historic meeting with the human king, she will be so alluring that she can steal the heart of one of the richest noblemen at court. She has worked late into the night, sewing herself a dress that will catch anyone’s eye.
During the festivities, she knows she can tempt someone into an indiscretion…
But much to her shock, that someone isn’t human. Furthermore, it’s not one someone, but two. And now that they’ve found their mate, Elokon and Siron aren’t planning to let her go.
Author's Note: This book contains mature language and themes, intended for adults only!
This is a standalone novel of 30,000 words with HEA.
Series: The Dragon Shifter's Mates, 1
Author(s): Eva Chase
Length: 218 pages
Publisher: Ink Spark Press (November 15, 2017)
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Reverse Harem /
Notes:
Blurb: The last of her kind. Four hot alpha mates. A legacy of bloodshed.
When Ren Landis goes looking for excitement on her 21st birthday, getting kidnapped is a little more than she bargained for. So is finding out that shifters exist—and that she’s one too. As the last of the dragon shifters, she’s got a role to fulfill: Take the alphas of the four shifter groups as her mates and unite all shifter kind. No pressure, right?
Too bad Ren’s fate isn’t as simple as getting it on with four scorching-hot guys. Someone is out for dragon shifter blood, intent on finishing the massacre they started years ago. If Ren can’t figure out how to kickstart her buried powers, her life’s about to go down in flames.
*This steamy new reverse harem paranormal romance series is intended for readers 18+. Expect sexy situations, intense action, ongoing storylines, and a quartet of alluring wolf, bear, jaguar, and eagle alpha shifters you’ll wish you could make your mates.*
Series: (Starcrossed Dragons Book 1)
Author(s): Erin Bedford, JA Cipriano
Length: 324 pages
Publisher:
Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Paranormal / Reverse Harem /
Notes:
Blurb: One woman. Three men. All Dragons.
A sexy, action-packed reverse harem that will make your toes curl!
Maya Rose has a problem. She's the last in her line of dragon shifters, and if she doesn't produce an heir soon, it could be disastrous for her kingdom.
In order to remedy this, her father, the king, has gathered the greatest heroes from across the lands, and set them on a quest to not only save the kingdom, but to win Maya's love.
Should they succeed, they will become her husband and rule by her side. Should they fail to win her love, death is the only answer.
But with so many dashing men willing to do anything to win her hand, how is a girl to choose?
Then again, no one ever said she had to pick just one.
After all, the fate of the realm is at stake, and maybe this time, more is merrier.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT a love triangle. What you'll find inside is a reverse harem featuring hot sex, adult themes, dragons, cool weapons, action, adventure, a wise-cracking heroine, and much, MUCH more.
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