CARNAL DREAMS - April Reid

Enchanted Series

Amber Heat - www.amberquill.com/AmberHeat

ISBN: 978-1-60272-175-3

December 2007 – Heat Level 2

Erotic Fantasy Romance

New Caledon, Avalonia; other locations on Traber  -   the future

Ashlyn Marie Toscano is the eldest daughter of High Wizard Galatyn Priam Toscano.  She has a fairy-dragon friend named Pepper.  Losing her virginity to the Pan-surrogate at Beltyn didn’t awaken her magic and she has been declared unmagical, good only for being a wife.  But, when her father announces to whom she will be married, Ashlyn is horrified.

Dragonshifter Basil Greenstorm d’Vortimer is a king’s warrior in Cymbria, his homeland. His dreams have been haunted by a woman and he thinks perhaps to find her in Avalonia.  The dreams are highly erotic and he hopes that dream lover does exist.  Ashlyn has had the same dreams and cannot stomach the idea of coupling with the one chosen for her.  She goes off to think.  Basil’s wings are singed when he flies into a magic barrier and he only has time to resume human form before crashing into the sea.  Not long after, Ashlyn finds him.  Recognizing each other is no guarantee of future happiness and when they are beset by bandits, neither may survive.

In this world of magic, kings and wizards do not always play by the rules and dragons are forbidden in Avalonia.  If Ashlyn refuses to obey her father, her sister, mother and stepmother could be held up to ridicule and ostracized from all they hold dear.  Basil and Ashlyn are willing to die for each other and they know that in order to be together, they might have to take on the whole of  Avalonia, including the king and her father.

CARNAL DREAMS is a fantastic fantasy.  April Reid gives readers a love story that transcends any and all boundaries.  Basil is rugged and heroic.  Ashlyn is not a damsel-in-distress.  Dire situations bring them together --- first in dreams --- then in reality.  Greed and deceit threaten any possibility of happiness, but they will not give each other up.   Sultry and steamy, CARNAL DREAMS is not to be missed.

Maggie Anderson