Rainek was a thirty year old virgin, tormented by faceless dreams of his unknown mate. Like his two siblings, there was a dragon inside him, but it was that dragon that preached patience to him and refused to let him settle for less than the perfect partner. He had traveled to see if one of six daughters of Queen Leika of the Matriarchy was his intended.

When Rainek woke chained in a dungeon, naked and bound to a wall, he seemed helpless against the legendary beautiful Princess Merena--Queen Leika's sixth daughter--a woman who came to him promising that he would never leave. It was her scent that entrapped him, made him excited for her, made his inner dragon triumphant; he'd found the scent of his mate. But when she came close, he realized the woman whose scent he found irresistible was not this one but some other.

When Merena stormed out frustrated, a small curvy blonde came to attend him. It was she--Tiana--whom both Denith the dragon and Rainek and recognized as mate. Tiana washed him, and tried to keep her distance; but she could not resist him any more than he could resist her. While neither man nor dragon believed they could break the chains, the did break the wall and spirit Tiana away to a cave, where they both subjected her to their separate and combined lusts.

But Tiana is not an ordinary woman. She is not only not the peasant she seems, but she carries with her a secret magic. How can she and her mate find peace in a world that is so inhospitible to them both? Dragon's Fire by Tielle St Clare is a shape-shifter story with twists and turns of magic and intrigue, potions and witchery, and especially passion. With two virgin unwed siblings left of Rainek's family, be prepared for more Dragon books in this world of fire.

Reviewed By: Maîtresse
© Sept 2004