And even though dragon-shifter populations skewed male, maybe he’d have another daughter soon, too. He and Tasha had talked about trying for another child once her bar and restaurant was up and running.
His dragon spoke up. Well, it opens today. Besides, we had that couple month break after the birth and definitely need to make up for it. So maybe we should start practicing a little more, so when we don’t need condoms anymore, we can knock it out of the park right away.
Brad mentally sighed. That’s not how it works, and you know it.
Still doesn’t mean we can’t do a little more practicing, just for fun.
Thankfully, Tasha tapped the microphone at the front of the bar area, preventing him from replying to his beast.
Mia moved a little and adjusted her position at her mother’s voice, but didn’t wake up.
Tasha’s voice came over the speakers. “I want to thank everyone for coming today to celebrate the grand opening of the Butterfly Bar and Grill—the butterfly a symbol of change and transformation, which I hope we can do here in some small way. It really has been a joint venture between humans and dragon-shifters to get this place up and running. And in a way, that’s perfect because my aim is to help us get to know each other better. Not only humans and dragon-shifters, but also the clan members of both StoneRiver and PineRock. To celebrate this grand opening, we’ll have words from both of the clan leaders. So give a warm welcome to our first speaker, David Lee from StoneRiver!”
Applause went up. Brad’s gaze went to David, but the dragonman was staring at some human female Brad only vaguely recognized.
His dragon said, She’s the sister of Gabriela Santos’s human male.
That’s right—Tiffany Ford. She’d been helping Tasha with the bar and restaurant prep.
Although the longer David stared at the female, the more Brad wondered if she were his true mate.
Jon Bell thumped David on the shoulder, and StoneRiver’s leader smiled and went up to the stage.
As he gave his welcoming remarks, Tasha snuck to Brad’s side. He gave her a quick kiss and murmured, “You did it.”
“Of course.” She kissed Mia’s cheek. “All of this is for her, after all, to give her a better future. I would’ve fought off tanks to make it happen.”
He snorted. “I didn’t realize you had superpowers now.”
“Of course not, silly. But not for lack of trying.”
They grinned at one another, and pure happiness rushed through his body.
Then their daughter squirmed a little, and they both stared at her as she settled back down. Wrapping his free arm around his mate’s waist, Brad took a second to memorize the moment. After all, he stood inside a place signaling possible change for the two most important people in his life. Sure, it was only the beginning. But with Tasha and Mia at his side, he would do whatever it took to protect the people he loved.
Thank you for reading! I hope you loved Brad and Tasha. The next story in the Tahoe Dragon Mates series will be The Dragon’s Weakness, which will also be on Clan StoneRiver. When David Lee spots his true mate—a human female named Tiffany Ford—at a special opening ceremony, he makes every effort to stay away from her. Pursuing a human mate caused trouble in his family’s past before, and he won’t risk his clan. However, as she spends more and more time on StoneRiver to help run the business of one of his clan members, David’s resolve weakens. Can he break the curse of his family when it comes to true mates?
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Kelderan Runic Warriors #1
Leader of a human colony planet, Taryn Demara has much more on her plate than maintaining peace or ensuring her people have enough to eat. Due to a virus that affects male embryos in the womb, there is a shortage of men. For decades, her people have enticed ships to their planet and tricked the men into staying. However, a ship hasn’t been spotted in eight years. So when the blip finally shows on the radar, Taryn is determined to conquer the newcomers at any cost to ensure her people’s survival.
Prince Kason tro el Vallen needs to find a suitable planet for his people to colonize. The Kelderans are running out of options despite the fact one is staring them in the face—Planet Jasvar. Because a group of Kelderan scientists disappeared there a decade ago never to return, his people dismiss the planet as cursed. But Kason doesn’t believe in curses and takes on the mission to explore the planet to prove it. As his ship approaches Jasvar, a distress signal chimes in and Kason takes a group down to the planet’s surface to explore. What he didn’t expect was for a band of females to try and capture him.
As Taryn and Kason measure up and try to outsmart each other, they soon realize they’ve found their match. The only question is whether they ignore the spark between them and focus on their respective people’s survival or can they find a path where they both succeed?
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Author’s Note
I hope you enjoyed Brad and Tasha’s story! It took us to another clan near Tahoe and begins the first of three books set on StoneRiver.
I hinted at the next book in the epilogue—it’ll be about StoneRiver’s leader David Lee and Tiffany Ford (Ryan’s little sister). I had originally planned to release this in January 2021, but I overbooked myself this year and had to push it back. I will release The Dragon’s Weakness in 2021, but I’m still deciding the exact date. (I’ve written a lot of dragon-shifters in 2020, so I’m taking a one book break with my sci-fi romance series before diving back into them again!) You can always keep up-to-date on my website or with my newsletter.
And now I have some people to thank for getting this out into the world:
To Becky Johnson and her team at Hot Tree Editing. They always do a fantastic job.
To all my beta readers—Sabrina D., Sandy H., and Iliana G., you do an amazing job at finding those lingering typos and minor inconsistencies.
And as always, a huge thank you to you, the reader, for either enjoying my dragons for the first time, or for following me from my longer books to this series. Writing is the best job in the world and it's your support that makes it so I can keep doing it.
Until next time, happy reading!
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About the Author
Jessie Donovan has sold over half a million books, has given away hundreds of thousands more to readers for free, and has even hit the NY Times and USA Today bestseller lists. She is best known for her dragon-shifter series, but also writes about elemental magic users, alien warriors, and even has a crazy romantic comedy series set in Scotland. When not reading a book, attempting to tame her yard, or traipsing around some foreign country on a shoestring, she can often be found interacting with her readers on Facebook. She lives near Seattle, where, yes, it rains a lot but it also makes everything green.
Visit her website at: www.JessieDonovan.com
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the writer’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
The Dragon’s Charge
Copyright © 2020 Laura Hoak-Kagey
Mythical Lake Press, LLC
First Digital Edition
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ISBN: 978-1944776145
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