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A Dark Kings Novel – Book 15
St. Martin's Press  
ISBN: 978-1-25018-289-9
May 2019
Fantasy Romance

Vlad, the King of Copper Dragons, whose nickname is V, remains miserable. After centuries of torment and induced sleep, he has regained his memory and his sword, the one weapon necessary to the immortal Dragon Kings' future. His weapon can find the clans of the Dragon Kings. Long ago the clans were all sent to another realm for safety during the war with the humans. But V's sword is not reacting to his magic. He needs to discover why, because when he reclaimed the sword, the Dragon Kings learned of the Others, a mysterious group of both Light and Dark Fae and Druids. The Others combined magic can overpower even a dragon, and they instigated V's loss of memory, a loss that still causes him self-doubt.

Claire is a nurse at her best-friend Sophie's clinic. Sophie has found the love of her life, Darius. Sophie (She) told Claire to quash her ONLINE texting relationship, and Claire agrees--the guy is playing games with her. Besides, V, Darius's friend, always attracts her attention when she sees him. So far all of her relationships have ended badly or been non-existent from the start, so she is leery about beginning a new one. She believes a new one is already doomed.

With the many issues facing them, it is hard to see how Vlad and Claire are ever going to unite even when passion overwhelms them. Posts from the blog  (Mis)Adventures of a Dating Failure  show up between a few chapters. The blogger explores what love means and the difficulty of finding ‘the One,' the forever person. These posts have relevance to what is going on in V's and Claire's minds. Characters from many other  Dark Kings  volumes play important roles in this story. The Dragon Kings' story, threading through and uniting all the volumes, builds the tension within this novel as war looms. It involves the Light Fae Rhi, the Dragon King she still loves, and the approaching battle between the Light and Dark forces that continue to threaten the Dragon Kings. Among the foes is the evil Fae Queen Usaeil who continues her pursuit of Con, the King of Dragon Kings, and her desire for ultimate power.

Robin Lee

 
   
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