This is the story of a journey to Southern California, home of the American Dream, in search of fame and fortune. An Australian couple of mixed German-Chinese origin with their six-year old son Maximilian leave their settled life in Sydney to move to California. The boy's Mandarin name is Xiaolong, meaning Little Dragon, and the dream of his mother is that he will one day become the number one golf player in the world. She has contacted Tiger Woods' first professional coach who is supposed to take the boy under his wings, and she is determined to make her dream come true. The book follows Maximilian's exposure to playing junior gold, the highlights and pitfalls along with the emotional ups and downs of children involved in competitive sport, and their parents' sometimes conflicting and contradictory expectations, culminating in an account of Maximilian competing at the Junior World Championship in San Diego. But 'The Dragon Mother's Dream' is more than a book about golf. Part travelogue and part parenting memoir, it is a journal about living in one of the most privileged places in California. It documents the everyday realities and idiosyncracies of the contemporary American way of life, recorded with great precision and attention to detail by an Australian writer of European roots and - sometimes satirical, often ironic - sensibilities. At the end of the book, the mother's dream takes an unexpected twist.

Diana is free from her curse, but her troubles aren’t over yet. Their shadowy foe behind the attacks still lurks somewhere in the city, along with their minions, the Wights. The only clue Luca and she have is Mia, their friend who was controlled by the Wight. The trail leads them into the depths of the city where horrors unknown even to Luca await them. To add to their predicament, a visiting royal has arrived, complete with an entourage of trouble. The pair of royals must balance their duties with their investigation, along with the emergence of a recent spate of attacks that have sent parts of the city into panic. As the danger grows Luca and Diana take comfort in each other’s arms, but will their love be able to outlast even death? KEYWORDS: paranormal romance novels 18+, dragon wrath dragon marked, paranormal romance with humor, paranormal romance comedy paranormal romance hea, paranormal romance series for adults adult books, dragon shifter adventure fantasy romance mates, fantasy romance steamy dragon shifter romance series, new adult, paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror, free, free book, free ebook, ebook, free novel, series, female protagonist, novel, alpha male, hero, fiction, women's fiction, racy, free romance novel, seduction, sexy, sensual, contemporary, demon, werewolf, shifter, shapeshifter, wolf, dark fantasy, vampire, undead, immortal, ghost, witch, sorcery, dragons, epic, elf, god, dragon shifter romance, medieval paranormal romance, dragon wife, dragin, magic

Shadows lurk in the darkness of the bright kingdom, and the ill winds they bring threaten to topple everything. Diana Bray finds herself not only the mistress of a whole kingdom, but the mate to a handsome king. Unfortunately, her role as the mother to the heir has been stripped from her by their treacherous foe. Other enemies mumble among themselves at her failure to procure the much-needed child, but her mate, Luca, will hear none of it. Luca and she go in search of a release from the curse and find themselves presented with a set of tasks. To complete them means to free her, but to fail is certain death, and not the pretty kind. While they face the trials a new foe arises intent on stopping them from putting right the wrongs by whatever means possible. KEYWORDS: paranormal romance novels 18+, dragon wrath dragon marked, paranormal romance with humor, paranormal romance comedy paranormal romance hea, paranormal romance series for adults adult books, dragon shifter adventure fantasy romance mates, fantasy romance steamy dragon shifter romance series, new adult, paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror, free, free book, free ebook, ebook, free novel, series, female protagonist, novel, alpha male, hero, fiction, women's fiction, racy, free romance novel, seduction, sexy, sensual, contemporary, demon, werewolf, shifter, shapeshifter, wolf, dark fantasy, vampire, undead, immortal, ghost, witch, sorcery, dragons, epic, elf, god, dragon shifter romance, medieval paranormal romance, dragon wife, dragin, magic

A hill with a hidden secret. A single night with a sensual promise. A fate awaiting our young heroine in the arms of a handsome and seductive stranger. For Diana Bray, fate has given her a normal life. Normal, that is, until a stranger comes into town with a handsome smile and a strange, eager glimmer in his blue eyes. He offers the town’s young inhabitants a chance at a king’s treasure if they will heed an ancient, long-forgotten tradition: climb Dragon’s Hill during the night of the Blood Moon. Diana is reluctant to participate for more than one reason, but the handsome stranger convinces her to join the throngs of greedy adventurers. She finds herself the victor, but the stranger has more to offer than a valuable trinket. Before she can collect her reward she’s whisked away into a fantastical new world of magic, mayhem, and a dragon king with lustful eyes for her alone. In this new world Diana learns that her fate is to bring forth an heir for the dragon kingdom. She isn’t so sure about this arrangement, and there are other powers in play who couldn’t agree more with her. Some of them are dying to stop an heir from happening, even if that leads to murder. Trapped in the middle of lust and power, Diana finds herself falling for the hungry eyes of the dragon king, but will she survive long enough to consummate their love? KEYWORDS: paranormal romance novels 18+, dragon wrath dragon marked, paranormal romance with humor, paranormal romance comedy paranormal romance hea, paranormal romance series for adults adult books, dragon shifter adventure fantasy romance mates, fantasy romance steamy dragon shifter romance series, new adult, paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror, free, free book, free ebook, ebook, free novel, series, female protagonist, novel, alpha male, hero, fiction, women's fiction, racy, free romance novel, seduction, sexy, sensual, contemporary, demon, werewolf, shifter, shapeshifter, wolf, dark fantasy, vampire, undead, immortal, ghost, witch, sorcery, dragons, epic, elf, god, dragon shifter romance, medieval paranormal romance, dragon wife, dragin, magic

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Dragons are real! If you can sweep your mind clear of conventional thoughts and beliefs and bask in the wonder of the creation blending rhythms of magic, creativity and love, then perhaps you will believe that dragons have always existed, and I have talked with the Dragon Mother. In my mind's eye, I recalled every detail of her splendid form -- grace, elegance and beauty in her every movement. The woman known as the Dragon Mother was exquisite and refined, radiating the wisdom of the ages. A thunderous roar jolted me out of my pleasant musings. A metallic screech sent me leaping to my feet. Terror grabbed me as I looked up into the fiery eyes and grimacing mouth of a ferocious golden dragon. The Dragon Mother had arrived. What transpired was a journey to the In-Between where the Dragon Mother taught me about life's rhythms, the flowing universal forces, and the magic of dragons. They protect, they can destroy, and they may vanish for centuries, but they are always with us. Come travel with me to the In-Between. A dream? A vision? Or real? As the sea-salted air blew the gossamer curtains, I knew.

A young woman who makes a decision that could change her life for the better.

A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST AND KIRKUS BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF 2019 Award-winning author Michael Swanwick returns to the gritty, post-industrial faerie world of his New York Times Notable Book The Iron Dragon’s Daughter with the standalone adventure fantasy The Iron Dragon’s Mother. Caitlin of House Sans Merci is the young half-human pilot of a sentient mechanical dragon. Returning from her first soul-stealing raid, she discovers an unwanted hitchhiker. When Caitlin is framed for the murder of her brother, to save herself she must disappear into Industrialized Faerie, looking for the one person who can clear her. Unfortunately, the stakes are higher than she knows. Her deeds will change her world forever. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The tale of a young wizard and his adoptive mother, a dragon.

For some men, walking the path of their destiny may take two thousand years. But for others, it may only be a journey of a single night. In the third book of the Age of Dragons series, the journey continues through the fantastical world of beloved fantasy, where dragons are real, and dreams—and nightmares—come true. On a September evening in 1931, John and Jack, two of the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, discover a plea for help on an ancient medieval parchment—which is not only addressed to them, but seems to have been written by their friend, Hugo Dyson. Before they can discover the origin of this strange book, Hugo walks through a door in time and vanishes into the past. And just like that, the world begins to change. The only hope to restore the proper order of things lies in a forgotten island at the edge of the Archipelago, where a time travel device left by Jules Verne must be used to race through history. But even if all of the legendary Caretakers from past and present are able to answer the oldest mystery in the world and save Hugo, there may be darker forces gathering against them with a greater crisis at hand. The last stones are falling from the Keep of Time, and an old enemy in a new form has acquired a terrible weapon: the Spear of Destiny, which can be used to command the shadows of anything it touches—even the Dragons. The Shadow King, combined with forces of a new enemy, may be unstoppable now. The only hope is Rose Dyson, the Grail Child. She may be the only one to assist the companions on their desperate quest and find the only weapon capable of defeating their enemies.