Dragon
Charmer—taking care of your pesky dragon problem—for a price.
Business is good for Alice, right
until her dragon goes crazy and bites off her arm. To make matters worse, a
tall, dark stranger kills the cash-cow dragon before her eyes.
Instead of dying from her wounds,
Alice finds herself under the tender care of Bade, a gentle-handed Bulgarian
far from home with secrets in his satchel.
If they can scratch each others
backs, the secrets might live on and Alice might still have a job. She’s never
backed down from a challenge, but she’s in for more than she bargained for with
the tall, dark stranger.
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About
The Author:
Stephanie Beck is a fulltime
mom, busy writer and ameture speller.
She's been writing
since she was fifteen. Her first novel, "Love on the Mats" was a
graphic, heartwarming tale of a wrestler and a cutie coed which was lovingly
edited by the c-squad basketball team on the long bus rides throughout the
season. They were all sure it would be published and it still has a home in a
folder...somewhere.
Stephanie Beck loves
romance and all things romantic, heart warming and usually funny, though a more
serious piece will find its way in occasionally.
In her spare time she
knits and sews, walks the dog, plays with her three wonderful children and
tries to get her husband to act out the naughty things she researches...oh the
sacrifices she makes for her craft.
Stephanie lives in
Minnesota.
Twitter: @StephBeck123
Excerpt:
People milled about the dock,
many scowling at the ship. The prevailing fashion resembled the practical
slacks and sweaters of his homeland. One especially bearded fellow stepped
forward when the hands lowered the gangplank.
“Well,” he said. “Been a while
since we had visitors, but I reckon my men still know how to unload. What’s
your cargo?”
The captain stepped forward. “This
bloke’s junk. It’s below board. My men will get it ashore.”
“Can’t interest you in a few
days docked?”
The captain scowled. “I’d
sooner spend my coin where the lasses are lovely, the beer flows, and I won’t
be set afire by a dragon.”
The mention of dragons made Bade
listen harder while the crew unloaded his cargo into the waiting hands of the stevedores.
“Well now,” the oldster said.
“We have ourselves a charmer, no sense worrying. The girl is working up on the
hill with Rusty right now. He won’t bother you none.”
Bade spun to face where the
man pointed and his heart froze. A giant red beast with a wingspan at least
five times his height towered on its four legs, circling a tiny woman. He
grabbed his sword and ran for the hill.
“For crying out loud,” the
man said. “She has it handled. It’s what we pay her for.”
Bade ignored him, racing over
the rickety dock to a narrow, pitted main street which ran straight to the base
of giant cliffs. He mounted a long set of crumbling stone stairs, the sounds of
growling and giggling getting louder. He didn’t know what a dragon charmer did,
but Bade recognized an animal ready to pounce. The one on the hill showed all
the signs of losing control.
He crested the hill and confronted
the largest dragon he’d ever encountered. The pure magnificence of its size
humbled him and brought tears to his eyes. How many times had he witnessed a
young one cut down before it reached such wondrous proportions? To see this one
alive and vibrant, even on the edge of homicide, heartened him. He’d chosen the
right home.
A small woman dressed in
bright colors danced around with a shield on her arm. The metal shone in the
sun. Bade cringed as clouds rolled in, his bad feeling amplifying. She knew her
way around a dragon, but the clouds and serpent were about to join against her.
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