I love romance authors who love to make fun of themselves. Gena Showalter is one of these. Her characters often joke about their favorite romance novel stories, and how their fantasies could play out 'in real life.'I started and finished Heart of the Dragon in the same day... Hey, I am on vacation! It was a good read. Funny, endearing, not too unbelievable (and by that I don't mean I think it could actually happen, but that I was able to sink into the story without the thread being broken by randomness that didn't fit.)
This story takes place in dual worlds - Modern
day Manhattan, and a mystical underworld beneath the sea... Atlantis. But - instead of this great city of super-advanced, intelligent beings that sunk because of a cataclysmic event, Atlantis is instead the hiding place of mythological beings
like the dragons, vampires, and minotaurs. They were placed there by the Gods in an attempt to hide the mistake of their creation. And so they live, guarding their existence from humans.
Of course, our heroine just happens to be marching through the Amazon jungle trying to find her brother who has become entangled in a plot to steal riches and magic from Atlantis (he is completely innocent to be sure). She slips through the portal, and the being responsible for the protection of the realm falls for her... hard(double entandre implied), and cannot kill her as is his duty. They go back and forth, and like any good
romance novel traipse between his world and hers, until they reunite and save the day.
It's a fun read, and the first in a whole series based in a world where Atlantiens exist. To any paranormal romance novel enthusiast, I recommend.
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