There used to be dragons in the valley...but they're gone now. And no one knows where they went.
A Queen's Lady with a love of books...
Bookish Lady Celestina once was a favorite of the queen who enjoyed pampering her. The queen is now dead. The new queen's favorite pastime is to hold court spectacles, where she violently maims or slays members of her court who has upset her. Celestina has managed to avoid becoming a spectacle by keeping out of the queen's way. That is, until the battle.
The Beast of Fein...
General Soren Kitmun leads one of the most feared armies in the four kingdoms. It's said the goddess of death can't collect souls fast enough when he's on the battlefield. When his king sends him to defend the neighboring Kingdom of Earst, he never expected to be rewarded with a Queen's Lady turned slave.
A gift he never wanted...
After Celestina's parents commit treason during the battle, Celestina is punished for their crimes and given as a slave to the Beast of Fein. She's magically bound to obey his every whim. General Soren is as beautiful as he is terrifying. He's a man who never breaks a promise, and he's vowed to execute the slave...after he's done playing with her.
As they travel to Soren's homeland, Celestina falls for this complicated man who has both sworn to kill her and has killed to protect her. He's hiding secrets that frighten her. And she's discovering she's not as powerless as the magical slave binding had led her to believe. Uncovering each other's secrets may destroy not only their hearts but also leave an entire kingdom in ashes.
Finding the missing dragons may be their only hope.
Dorothy McFalls resides in an artsy beach community in South Carolina with her sexy sculptor husband and their papillon pup (Iona), crazy rescue collie (Rosie), and mischievous kitten (Suki). An environmental urban planner by profession and wildlife biologist by education, she gave up her day job to devote her time to writing in 2001. She writes romantic adventure fiction, Regency romances, and short stories.
While Celestina is not a silly girl, she still has dreams like one sometimes. She still hopes to find someone who finds her pretty. Don't we all feel that way sometimes?
Book Excerpt
The Last Moonlight Dragon
Soren reached out and touched one of the intricate looping braids Trisha had fashioned in my hair before I headed to court so many hours ago. He ran his thumb down the length of the braid. It seemed like such an automatic gesture I wasn’t certain he’d realized he’d done it. “Are we getting you settled, Celestina?” he asked.
I nodded. It wasn’t the collar that had kept me from talking, but the bundle of nerves that had exploded inside me. I felt shy and tense, which was not at all natural.
“Have you been given dinner?” His thumb kept rubbing my braid.
Every muscle in my body held still, savoring the light tug on my hair his caress caused. “I have.”
“We dined with Patty. The two of them worked together all afternoon, helping Mary prepare a stew. Patty has taken our Sky Girl under her wing and has been watching out for her,” Raya explained.
The corner of his mouth tilted up. “Sky Girl?” Just then a stiff breeze spiraled down the path. “Damn, it’s freezing out. Celestina, you should have a cloak and gloves and a hat,” he said even though all he had on was a thin pair of white leather gloves.
“I’m taking her to the supply wagon to get her all the essentials she’ll need as we travel home,” Raya was quick to tell him.
“Good. Good. And she will be sleeping tonight…?” he asked, his thumb stilled on my braid.
“In my tent,” Raya said.
He dropped his hand from my hair and inclined his head. “Then I’ll bid the two of you goodnight.”
“Did you see what her eyes did just now?” I heard Gray whisper as they walked away.
“I saw them,” Soren answered.
“And?” Gray pressed.
“They…” His voice grew fainter, and I couldn’t hear what he thought of my eyes. The silly girl inside me who loved fluffy skirts and fairytales and tales of moonlight dragons and men who gently stroked my braids hoped Soren thought my eyes looked pretty.
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