Cole
He guards a secret. She means to discover it.
Cole Barton
is a sentry, living alone at the edge of a lake, keeping away all who
would run afoul of the monster that lurks beneath its depths. At least,
he keeps all away until Jude Drake arrives and refuses to be run off.
The sexy, powerful, gold dragon shifter is more than a match for his own
giant beast, and she seems intent on uncovering the secrets he wants to
keep hidden. Even more unsettling, the lake monster is calling her,
wanting to use her to break free from the sorcery that imprisons him.
Cole would never allow his old leader to do that to any woman, but he’s
particularly insistent that Jude not fall prey to the monster’s trap.
Something about the gold dragon calls to Cole’s soul. The lake monster
can’t have her. Cole will see to it, even if he has to deny his own
heart and push Jude away.
Never again will he lose anyone he cares about to the monster.
Jude
Drake knows why her cousin keeps sending her off to settle trouble
around the country. Two gold dragons are too many for a single
territory. Jude wants to settle down, though. She’s tired of her nomadic
life, tired of cleaning up problems she had no part in making. She
needs her own ground to rule, and with this lake territory she’s come
to, she thinks she might have found it. The ground speaks to her, and
she can see herself putting this broken clan back together. This is
where she belongs, she’s sure of it—on this lakeshore, with this surly
cabin rental manager.
Now if only she could convince the man and
the land to give up their secrets and let her make her place here, she’s
sure she could be happy.
Cole is the first book in Emilia
Hartley’s Keepers & Legend series. Like all Emilia’s books, this one
is steamy romance with a strong female lead, a super-hot male shifter,
and a satisfying HEA. It can stand alone but is even better when read in
connection with the others.
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