The Dragon's Demon

In this world, there are three realms: Heaven with the Angels, middle or Ordinary with humans, and Hell with demons. There is also an Ethereal Force made up of both extremes that test souls teetering between Heaven and Hell.

Eve Sinclair and her brothers are on the demon side of this force. Older siblings James and Duncan find “Evil Evie” to take on things that don’t concern their world. They carry out an audacious prank on their kid sister and then realize the danger in which they may have lured her.

Commander of the dragon legion, Ranton is the youngest son of the Queen, Carmaron. He has also been entrusted with the care of an egg; his younger brother and his future king to be exact. When the precious egg goes missing, he tracks it and finds much to his confusion, a beautiful demon protectively cradling his contented little charge. He is determined to discover the names of the guilty culprits who stole the egg. Eve challenges in the most unexpected ways and he is looking forward to extracting the information from her.

Readers will certainly feel the heat in this veritable scorcher. Ms Harte has a way of building sexual tension, fanning flames until they sear and keeping the fire fed. Very nice in a romance with a dragon shifter.

Time and again, when one is reading this author’s stories, we are struck with her deft handling of a short story to make it into something fantastically complete and detailed enough to truly satisfy.

We are introduced to the interesting idea of rivalry between Heaven and Hell. What’s more, demons, at least as represented by Evie, James, and Duncan, are not quite as evil as we are accustomed to thinking. Their role as part of the Ethereal Force is of helping to keep balance. Dragons are a law unto themselves since they have no souls. Therefore, they are not subject to either side though they may have some relation to the warmer climes of Hell.

Ranton is a very dominant male as is only right for one of his kind and one of his authority. He is terribly predatorial and it is with some glee that we find him affected by Evie’s particular talents...she is very good at her job and it often takes a physical turn. However, our hero is quick to regain advantage when he gets help from an unexpected source. It is actually the latter that may give some discomfort in concept since the leap from juvenile to maturity is compounded by the accepted guardianship of this entity.

THE DRAGON’S DEMON leaves us with tantalizing questions regarding Duncan and James who are punished for instigating the uproar they have caused between the Dragons and the Angels. There is indication that they are taken well in hand. Exactly how well would require that the author expose their predicaments in another tale of two.

November 2007