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    He’s Fae, member of the mystical tribe traditionally assigned wings and fairy dust. Sent into the Outer World by a messenger of fate, ten years later he utilizes his unique clan ‘signature’, that of fire, to hunt down the wiliest of arsonists.As a professor of Mythology at San Diego State University, Leanan Murphy knows all about the Fae. Named for the Fairy Mistress of Ireland, she’s grown up on their stories.When she and Aidan are brought together by a suspicious blaze, the daughter of the sea and the spirit of fire create unlikely sparks of their own.But there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to this particular arsonist, and the agenda he and others like him are determined to see through.

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     But while touring the Pyramids of Egypt my friends and I are sucked through a tear in reality and hurtled through space. We’re surrounded by exploding volcanoes, killer predators, and wild alien barbarians who want to take us hostage and use us like cattle. My only hope is a smoking-hot alpha dragon with brilliant eyes and giant claws who claims me as his treasured one. He’s powerful, possessive, and willing to fight anyone who messes with his mate. He’s a shifter named Targon, and he’s a Dragon Lord. My knees wobble and my head spins whenever his fiery eyes are upon me. His touch lights a fire in my heart like I’ve never felt before. But there’s danger at every turn, and the other dragons want to repopulate their planet… using my body. This Full-Length Romance Novel contains exotic alien locales, nonstop action, and steamy scenes between a seductively hot dragon shifter and a BBW from Earth. There are No Cliffhangers and you’re guaranteed a Happily Ever After! Book One of The Dragons of Theros Series.