Paradox
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Author: Rosemary Laurey, J. C. Wilder
- Publisher: Ltdbooks
- Release Date: October 2002
- ISBN-10: 1553165810
- ISBN-13: 9781553165811
- List Price: $20.99
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryIn FLY WITH A DRAGON, selected as the virgin sacrifice to the ravening dragon, Myfanwy waits as Arragh, the Dragon of Cader Bala, approaches across the sacred grove. But Arragh comes not to destroy, but to carry her off to his home and fate, far, far better than death. In HEART OF THE RAVEN, Dani is a young woman who is sold into slavery to an Overseer of the Realm. As she is taken from the only family she's ever known, Dani makes the decision that no man, Overseer or not, could possess her heart. Little does she know that he holds the key to her heart, as she does his. |
Customer Reviews
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Two fun stories
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I really enjoyed both of the books. Both introduce you to unique worlds and of course have some steamy scenes.
these stories start dark but end up light and sweet as coconut cream pie
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If these hadn't been free...I'd be upset. But they were free to me, on my Kindle, so I guess I can't complain.
PARADOXES contains two novellas by two authors. They're similar in that they both start with some very grim situation - in one, a girl tied to a tree as a village's sacrifice to a dragon and in the other, a girl sold in slavery to a foreboding traveler - but quickly transform into very sweet, positive, gentle sexual scenarios. Both books had a bait-and-switch quality to me, where I started out reading one book and somehow ended up in another. They are erotic, and feature prominent sex scenes, which are of the "lavish the lady with exquisite care and see to her pleasure above all things," type.
FLY WITH A DRAGON by Rosemary Laurey is the first, much shorter novella about a virgin tied to a tree and left in a sacred grove as a sacrifice to a dragon. Myfanwy was selected because she was nearly the only virgin left in her backwards, medieval-style village - all the other girls took steps to make sure they weren't eligible. She's terrified, but she doesn't need to be: it turns out that dragons are technologically and culturally advanced creatures whose biggest quirk is a strong dislike for body hair. After the fright of her journey to the dragon's home, Myfanwy's only challenge is deciding which luxury to enjoy first: hot water, good food, a comfortable bed, loving sex.
HEART OF A RAVEN by J.C. Wilder maintains its dark atmosphere for a little longer than the first novella. Dani is a vagabond, who has spent her short life traveling aimlessly with her nasty, brutish father and brother. Her life is unspeakably horrible; her father keeps her in chains so she can't run away, and she sleeps on a grass mat under her father's ramshackle wagon even in freezing weather. Meanwhile, her father and brother drink and gamble. When two wealthy travelers stop for a while at the campfire, Dani's father and brother think that they can use loaded dice to cheat the gentleman out of their gold; instead, the travelers win again and again. Broke as he is, Dani's father sells her as a slave to the gentlemen in order to cancel out his debt.
For a short while Dani is uncertain of her fate with her new master Haaken, but soon enough he spots a birthmark on her back singling her out as "the one" who can break his family's curse. Haaken is cursed to spend his days as a raven unless he can "find his true love and learn the importance of love." He tries to break the curse by cheating, thinking it will be enough if he marries Dani and makes sure she lives in luxury, but it turns out that to break the curse he has to make an emotional breakthrough, too.
Interesting in a good way
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I don't normally go for romance but this was free. Turned out to be a pleasant surprise.
An okay read
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This is an easy and exciting book for the 18 to 22 crowd, otherwise the characters and storylines are predictable for those 30 and beyond. I would have enjoyed this book more if I were in my twenties.
Two steamy tales that will leave you burning for more
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In Fly with a Dragon by Rosemary Laurey, Myfanwy has been chosen as the next virgin sacrifice to the dragon plaguing her village. Terrified of what is to come, but standing brave in hopes of saving her home, she is prepared to make a bargain. What she finds out when Arragh claims her is unlike anything she expected. Now comes the time for an awakening like Myfanwy never expected.
Who would have ever thought a dragon could be so sexy? Arragh proves everything we know about dragons may not be true in this tantalizing fairy tale. Laurey has woven her own world of dragons that is sure to capture the senses of her readers. Arragh needs Myfanwy to save his kind and his home. As she discovers all those stories she's been told about dragons aren't true, she is free to give herself over fully to this sensual new world. Readers will thrill at the fiery love that develops between Arragh and Myfanwy as she learns to Fly with a Dragon.
In Heart of the Raven by J C Wilder, Dani's entire life has been one of imprisonment. Sold as a slave to the Overseer, by her own father, she swears to gain her freedom at any costs. Haaken is cursed, forced to spend much of his life in the form of a raven. Time is running out for him to find the one person who can free his soul forever. Now he must convince Dani to willingly give herself to him so they can both be free.
Curses which can only be broken by true love... this is a fairy tale so many of us love. What could be better than love conquering all to save a soul? Here Wilder explores this concept with a passionate story in which a life can only be redeemed by the Heart of a Raven. Haaken is desperate to liberate himself from the binds of the curse. Dani is strong willed and determined to be free at any costs. What they come to learn together, at great delight to the readers, is that sometimes only by total submission of the heart can a person ever be free.
I love how each duo of tales in the Paradox books by Rosemary Laurey and J C Wilder center around one element of nature. Here we experience pleasures of the wind by spending time with a dragon and a raven in a truly sensual and fascinating pair of tales.
© Kelley A. Hartsell, December 2006. All rights reserved.
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