OK,
they had me at ‘dragon shifter’. I love dragon shifter stories and this one did
not disappoint, although there is a definite twist to this author’s
interpretation. There is lots more magic involved for one thing.
The
hero is Noah, an ice dragon shifter, who has spent most of his married life as
a Special Forces soldier. The reason? By Council ruling male dragons cannot
live with their families until the youngest child reaches five… And Noah and
his wife, April, have three stair step daughters so they’ve been constrained to
short visits for nine of the ten years of their marriage. But their youngest is
five now and April intends to convince her husband to stay home from now on…
April
is an interesting character in her own right. She is human but comes from a
LONG line of seers and oracles. They practice geomancy – not so much the sudden
vision in the head but the interpretation of physical clues and omens. And
right now April is in denial because the portents are building up, way up, like
disaster in the making up, and she really doesn’t want to know.
Noah
and April love each other deeply. She wants him home to have a father for her
children and a husband for herself. He isn’t sure he can leave the
adrenaline-drenched world of Special Forces. Then he is attacked, both
magically and mundanely, and his family is threatened. Suddenly he knows what’s
important and what’s not.
There
are definite threads laid down for future books. Although this story is safely
resolved, it’s obvious there are more plots, more intrigues and more mayhem on
the way.
Based
on publication date, it appears that To Have & To Hold is the first book in
the series. I haven’t read it and am unsure if there is a series arc but this
one seemed to function well as a stand-alone.
Copy
received from NetGalley and publisher for an honest review.
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