"adventure, sexual tension and love in a fast moving story"
If you have not read Ms. Nour's first book set on planet
Volarn, there are some minor points of disorientation, but
none that will affect your pleasure in reading the story
if you enjoy Futuristic romances. I recommend reading
LOVE'S CAPTIVE, the first book of the series to get full
pleasure from HEART OF THE DRAGON. Eric, a Green Beret from Earth was MIA when his sister
Olga was taken to Volarn as a bride. The Moyd (space
traders) thought to boost her peace-of-mind by assuring
her that he was healthy. Instead they find him a tortured
prisoner and near death; so decide to bring him aboard
their ship to heal. Their plan is for him to visit his
sister and return to Earth after a few months. One of the Elite Gerta fighting force, Kasha is a warrior
as well as Princess of Volarn. At first skeptical of a
puny Earthman's abilities as a warrior, Eric's skill in
hand-to-hand fighting is impressive and he joins in the
Gerta training sessions with the princess and the king's
cousin. Kasha is attracted to Eric and plans to seduce
him into an affair while he is on Volarn. Eric knew the moment he saw her that Kasha was his
soulmate. He knows she is attracted to him and their
friendship and mutual respect as warriors is obvious; so
he cannot understand her stubbornness in refusing his
marriage proposal. The mutual attraction between Eric and Kasha sizzles but
the course of true love does not run smoothly. When Kasha
has Eric going on a security patrol with her, she hopes
for a romantic interlude but instead of romance she got
something she didn't bargain for. After a difficult
journey, they end up rescuing a baby basaim -- a dragon-
like creature thought to be extinct. Will
becoming 'adopted parents' bring them closer or will
dragon drool and feeding add another obstacle to true
love? I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the basaim and the humorous
antics of an overlarge 'pet' in the castle. HEART OF THE
DRAGON has adventure, sexual tension and love in a fast
moving story. Although an enjoyable story, there are a
few scenes that I felt gave a feeling of lack of
consistency but not enough to throw reader out of the
imaginary world. There is one major point I had difficulty accepting. Olga
is a secondary character in LOVE'S CAPTIVE and Eric is
found and therefore rescued from Earth because he is
Olga's brother. Upon reaching Volarn there is a paragraph
of their reunion and telling she is happy, but no other
mention of her in any of the story afterward. I kept
waiting for her appearance or even an explanation of why
she wasn't there. She wasn't even mentioned at his
wedding and I really felt the gap. If she was important
enough for the Moyd to have searched for her brother, I
felt that she should have been mentioned again in the
book.
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Reviewed by Cy Korte
Posted June 12, 2003
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