Heart of the Dragon (Atlantis, Book 1) | Gena Showalter

Heart of the Dragon (Atlantis, Book 1) | Gena Showalter | Phenomenal Paranormal Reading!

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	Heart of the Dragon (Atlantis, Book 1) Gena Showalter HQN Books, 2005 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 30 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Another Winner!

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.

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Phenomenal Paranormal Reading!

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.

Couldnt put it down

I intended to purchace another book Gena Showalter book when i wlaked into Borders this morning. But they did have "the stone prince" so i settled for this one.
I havent put it down since. i didnt exprect if to be this good really. But it was the characters that really got their hooks into me. They were real but not overly so that you knew the author was trying to hard.
The other Showalter book i read was "the pleasure slave" and i really loved it, one of my upper most top fav's, it was great but i think this ones even better,Its more mythical and i like that in a book.=)
I highly recomend this and any other Showalter book, you wont regret them at all!

i cannot wait for the follow up to this book "The Jewel of Atlantis" i will be reading that as soon as it comes out in Febuary.

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Heart of the Dragon has it all!

While running for her life through the Amazon jungle, Grace Carlyle accidently finds herself running through a portal that leads to another world. She soon discovers that Atlantis is more than just a myth. Plus, it's inhabited by shape-shifting dragons. Darius en Kragin is the leader of this people and the Guardian of this particular portal. His duty is to kill any traveler who comes through the gate, a duty that he has never failed at, until he sees Grace.
For some reason he can't bring himself to kill her. Instead, he imprisons her in his palace. Darius tells himself that it's only because he needs to find out where Grace got the dragon
necklace that she's wearing. When Grace manages to escape, Darius goes after her. In the process of getting her back, he discovers that there is a conspiracy between humans and vampires to take over Atlantis and steal it's wealth. A conspiracy which has already claimed the life of Darius's mentor, leaving control of the other portal in human and vampire hands. Now Darius has to come to grips with his feelings for Grace and wrest control of the portal from the invaders.

Heart of the Dragon is a paranormal romance lovers dream. It has it all: vampires, shape-shifting dragons, Atlantis, sexy love scenes, and emotional intensity. Within the first 3 pages, I cared about Darius and wanted his happiness. I didn't stop rooting for him until the story was over. Grace is spunky without being grating, and was the perfect heroine for
Darius. Add to this a cliffhanger for a future story featuring Atlantis and the Dragons. Gena Showalter delivers another winner with Heart of the Dragon!

Melissa
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If you like Donna Kauffam, you'll like this book.

If you like Donna Kauffman, you'll like this book. The writing style is similar. Light in fantasy and light in sensuality or heat in the romance.

The plot of this book was a little interesting. Although, the Atlantis theme is getting a little tiresome in most books, the Dragons make the book standout.

I was not sure if this book will have a sequel or not. The conclusion of the book left it open as to where the book of Draca is, and what plans the Vampire King could have against the Dragons. Also, who would be the next Guardian of the mist to the other Portal into Atlantis.

In some ways the whole concept of Fantasy creatures like Dragons using Kelvar vests was kind of amusing.

Here's the basic plot. After Darius's family gets wiped out, he becomes one of the Guardians of the Mist, those who guard Portals from the Surface to Atlantis. Basic they're there to kill any travelers through the portal, be it man, woman, or child. Many centuries later, Grace is looking for her brother and stumbles accidentally through the Portal. But she is wearing one of the Guardians of the Mist's amulets. So instead of decapitating her right away he brings her to Alantis to interrogate her about where she got the necklace. From there the plot thickens with Vampires who hate the Dragons and Humans who want to rape and pillage Atlantis to sell on Ebay.

It was nice and light fantasy romance read. I probably would read a sequel to this book if there was one. Although, I think this Harelequin line are only suppose to have non-series books. I would definitely reccomend this book.

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