Tracy’s review of Winter Kiss (Dragonfire #4) by Deborah Cooke
For millennia, the shape-shifting dragon warriors known as the Pyr have commanded the four elements and guarded the earth’s treasures. But now the final reckoning between the Pyr and the dreaded slayers is about to begin…
The mysterious Dragon’s Blood Elixir gives immortality to Magnus, the Pyr’s greatest enemy, and his minions-so it must be destroyed. Outcast from the Pyr because of his own dangerous impulses, Delaney will do anything to vanquish Magnus-and vows to complete a mission which will either redeem him or end his suffering.
But his plans don’t take into account his sudden firestorm-or the hot- tempered Ginger Sinclair. The firestorm reforms Delaney closer to his old self. And when Ginger learns about Delaney’s scheme, she cannot resist a strong man with a noble agenda.
Delaney was seriously injured in a previous book and taken by the Slayers. He was given the elixer and he soul was darkened – in a way that he feels is unredeemable. But since he wasn’t dead he was able to resist the control that Magnus had over him. He chose to sell all of his belongings and live alone because his plan was to find the elixer and destroy it once and for all – knowing he’ll die doing it. But the night before Delaney is to attempt the destruction of the elixer his firestorm appears. It is the time when he and his mate come together and it only ends when the woman is pregnant. Delaney decides that to leave his mate with a baby Pyr is the way he’ll be remembered. Only things don’t work out the way Delaney plans.
Ginger, his mate, is a happy woman. Life hasn’t been all she’d hoped but it’s been good. She’s moved back to her grandmother’s farm to try and improve the farming there. She and Delaney get together for a torrid night of passion and then Delaney leaves. Not one to give up easily she follows him. She takes some chances that I thought any other woman might see as ridiculous but I had to admire her tenaciousness. Delaney was not going to be a one night stand. But what Ginger discovers, dragons, shakes everything she knows about life.
Ginger and Delaney have some serious stuff to work out but in that time Magnes needs to be destroyed, Delaney needs to deal with his issues and the elixer needs to be gone, once and for all. Easier said than done.
I thought this was a pretty good addition to the Dragonfire series. None of the books have been all butterflies and rainbows and that’s been great. There are series obstacles to get over for this couple, as there has been in past books, but it’s been very consistent. Cooke really writes her dragon shapeshifters as great men and ones that you really would want to be friends with. While I did feel at points that Delaney should give in and just give up his mission I had to admire his determination to complete it.
For Ginger’s role I found her to be very upbeat and determined as well – determined not to let Delaney destroy himself if there was a better way to do things. She was a strong-willed woman and one I felt was perfectly matched to Delaney’s stubborness.
Overall a good paranormal read.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5
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