Red Hot Dragon (Dragon Heat #2)
by Lolita Lopez
Blurb:
Griffin
Cadogan is shocked to see Avani Monroe, sworn enemy of his dragon family, walk
into his gym. With his mating phase soon approaching, Griffin is curious as to
why she has to come enemy territory knowing the risks. Not only does she
surprise Griffin and his cousin, Mad, by coming to enemy territory, but what she
wants is borderline insane-Griffin must help her have a baby.
After
her mother's line was annihilated by the Knights, Avani accepted her duty to
ensure the continuation of their unique dragon breed. She's searched the dragon
registries and Griffin is the most likely candidate for her crazy plan. Working
up the courage to approach a man who considers her an enemy wasn't easy but she
manages to calmly lay out her carefully orchestrated plan.
But
Griffin isn't about to agree to her harsh terms. If she wants him to father her
child, he intends to play an active role in his offspring's life, not simply
walk away as she requires. Shocked by her instant attraction to him, she agrees
to his terms. Once together, they realize their connection is about more than creating
a child, but that happiness is short-lived when Mad suddenly disappears.
Knowing the dragon slayers are behind it, Griffin must risk it all to save the
ones he loves.
Review:
The
second book in the Dragon Heat series was a good read, but I was a bit disappointed. Reading the blurb for this story I had a
great expectation for a wonderful story, but I wasn’t as thrilled with the way
the romance unfolded and how the couple came together. While there were some interesting action
moments and certainly plenty of sexy scenes between Griffin and Avani, I found
the emotion of the romance to be a bit lacking—or perhaps superficial is the
best way to describe it. I will continue
this series because the premise is engaging and the stories are well written,
but I continue to hope for something a bit longer, allowing for the deeper
emotions to develop.
The
story revolves around Avani's life-changing decision to continue her species by
seeking out a genetic match to father a child with her. She has no desire for a mate or partner and presents
the entire situation to Griffin as a business arrangement. Though he initially resists the idea, his own
desire for family leads him to accept her proposal with a few caveats—he will
not give up rights to their baby. With
some of the issues unresolved, they sequester themselves in Avani's underground lair and let the mating
heat they are both experiencing led where it may. Only as they spend more time together, both of
them begin to question their determination to remain apart and decide to give
their relationship a chance beyond slaking their lust and accomplishing their
goal.
When
Avani and Griffin come together it is definitely erotic and heated. The passion between them is nothing to
dismiss and they certainly go at each other with a lusty determination. There are certainly moments that I needed a
cold drink just to allow me to keep reading, but I didn’t feel much of an
emotional connection between them, until suddenly there it was. There didn’t seem to be much of a development
of their love; they just went from an intense attraction to each other to being
in love and deciding to mate for life. I would have liked a bit more time for
love to grow or at least allowing us to experience that growth as there was a large time gap in the story, but overall they were sexy enough for me to accept the sudden
changes.
In
the end, this story was a short, hot read to fill a cool fall evening. With all the action of dragon battles,
sexiness of two dragons in heat, and the happy ending I look for, Red Hot
Dragon was a well written and heated erotic novella. Griffin and Avani were interesting
characters with depth and intelligence, perfectly matched and able to come
together in love once they stopped letting old fears hold them back. Though the
emotional connection was a bit abrupt for my preference, I can see that the
couple was meant to be and the love was certainly there in the end. Overall I can say this was a good read and
well worth getting lost in for a few hours.
It was also interesting to get to see some of the characters I loved in
the previous story in the series and learn more about them. I am looking forward to finding out what will
come next in the Dragon Heat Series.
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