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Prince of the blood, heir to the dragon throne, Prince Rhodan is not pleased to once again, at his 
father’s command, be attending the coming out of another young prospective bride. He his quite content to spend his time winging through the air on the back of the Lady Orent, the black dragon he is bound and telepathically linked to through his blood.
His first meeting with Lord Valer’s youngest daughter Xantrianna, or Rianna, does not portend well for any future relationship. And when Rhodan has a run in with her sister Arianna, the one women he truly wishes to avoid, and learns of his own cousins promise to that women that he will marry her…well, that just tops it off. He escapes to the shore on Orent’s back to pace of his anger at his cousins plotting and to rationalize away his strong reaction to Rianna.
Rianna, born of human and fae blood, is pacing her room, angry at the insolence of Prince Rhodan, and trying to rationalize away her strong reaction to his nearness while they danced. Her sister determined to have Rhodan for her own, has Rianna kidnapped and taken away on a pirate ship.
Rhodan and Orent seek the help of those with the fae blood to find and rescue Rianna, and they will have to battle the pirates who have taken her. That is, if they can find her before she is destroyed by the dark forces called down by Arianna and her mother.
Terri’s Pray’s Dragon Prince is an adventure, romance and delightful fantasy. The Lady Orent adds humorous relief with her witty inner dialogue with the prince and an elegant element of fantasy to this tale of magic and romance. Terri promises a second book to complete the adventures of Rhodan and Rianna. I hope it will be out soon, because like those Saturday Matinee’s this one is a real cliffhanger.
-Charlene Austin © August 2004 (chars@writersandreadersnetwork.com)
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