I Dream of Dragons by Ashlyn Chase
(Boston Dragons #1)
Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages
Expected publication:
April 5th 2016
by Sourcebooks Casablanca
THE HEAT IS ON
When Rory Arish and his two fiery dragon siblings
are run out of their ancestral Irish home, it seems their luck has run
out—until they arrive in Boston and find a paranormal-friendly apartment
building. Finally, Rory has a place to call
home. There’s only one problem: Rory’s new lair has simultaneously been
rented to an infuriating woman who is as stubborn as she is beautiful
and will not leave ‘her’ apartment matter how steamed he may be…
AND SPARKS FLY
Amber McNally is a down-on-her-luck flight attendant. She
needs this apartment, and not even a fire-breathing dragon with his
Irish charm and scorching good looks is going to scare her away. Holing
up in their respective corners, a battle of wills ensues. Who will be
the first to blink…or give in to their off-the-charts
chemistry and decide to make this unorthodox living arrangement a
little more permanent?
About Ashlyn Chase:
A multi-published eBook author, Ashlyn Chase
specializes in characters who reinvent themselves, having reinvented
herself numerous tiEXC ERPTmes. She has worked as a psychiatric nurse, and for
the Red Cross, and has a degree in behavioral sciences.
She lives with her true-life hero husband in beautiful New Hampshire.
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Biography of Ashlyn Chase
Ashlyn Chase was a registered nurse for
twenty years. During those years she wrote articles for professional
journals and a thesis, but eventually, thank goodness, discovered the joy and
freedom of writing fiction.
Ashlyn considers herself lucky.
Her degree in behavioral sciences is a combination of psychology and sociology,
so she has studied people most of her life. She doesn't have to write
out exhaustive character sketches to understand her characters or predict how
they will behave. That doesn't mean they don't surprise her.
Sometimes they take her on grand unexpected journeys.
Ashlyn has learned to go with the
flow. To enjoy the journey is not only one of her writing goals, but also
a challenge in life. She tries to follow where the story takes her.
Her identified theme involves characters who reinvent themselves. And why
not? She has reinvented herself numerous times—from artist, to nurse, to
hypnotherapist, to author, and she has lived in seventeen different
places. At last, she's all settled down and comfy in New England.
Is there a grand design or do we decide
our own fates? Perhaps if the powers-that-be have a plot, then they also
give us the right to revise it.
EXCERPT:
Amber,
along with the other flight attendants, boarded the plane from Iceland back to
Boston. She noticed a young red- haired woman with her adorable daughter— the
resemblance couldn’t be missed— seated in her first class section. She thought
she heard the woman explaining to the little girl that she could have snapped
her fingers and they would have been home instantly, but she didn’t want the
girl to think that was the normal way to get around. The little girl nodded and
her big, blue eyes didn’t blink, as if the explanation made perfect sense to
her. It made no sense to Amber. She must have misheard. All was going well
until a bit of turbulence ruffled the plane’s smooth path. Amber happened to be
standing next to the mother and daughter’s seats.
The captain
announced over the intercom, “Sorry, folks. We seem to be experiencing a bit of
rough air.” At that moment the plane bounced dramatically, and Amber braced
herself against the passenger’s seat and the overhead bin. “No shit,” she
muttered under her breath. The woman giggled as if she had superior senses and
had heard the inappropriate comment over the engine noise. “Please be sure your
seat belts are fastened,” the captain continued. “Flight attendants, return to
your seats and buckle up. It’s going to be a bit bumpy.” The woman seemed to be
glancing at Amber a little more frequently than she’d expect— almost sizing her
up. Oh well… If she’s going to lodge a complaint against me, it will take the
decision to quit or not to quit out of my hands. Amber had been flying the
skies ambivalently for several years. After high school, she didn’t have the
money for college and didn’t know what her major would be, so rather than waste
her mother’s hard- earned money, she’d decided to go to work. She figured as soon
as she discovered her passion, she could go to college and by then she’d have a
bunch of money saved up for school. Maybe it was time…
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