Flint

Dragon Brides #9

by Kate Rudolph

Dragon lord Flint's hunger for excitement leads him to Intergalactic Dating Adventures who promise to find him a mate who matches his own fiery desires.
Human Liza has no idea aliens exist - or that she's been talking to an alien dating agency for months, pouring her hear out about her abusive home life. When she finally begs for help, Flint's right there... but she has no idea why. And when he teleports her away from home she's sure she's being abducted.
In her desperate bid to escape, Liza sends them hurtling down to a dangerous watery planet full of monsters eager to eat her... or worse. Liza refuses to rely on any man, even if her accidental kidnapper is a better option than a wild water dragon. But as she and Flint are thrown closer together, sparks and flames fly amidst the chaos. Soon Liza's questioning whether she wants to go home again.
Maybe abduction isn't such a bad thing, after all.

Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Aliens

114 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2023

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Reviews

[kymagirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dragon lord Flint (H) seeks adventure and love through the Intergalactic Dating Agency. When he rescues Liza (h) from her abusive home on Earth, she's bewildered, thinking she's being abducted, not realizing that she's been confiding in an alien dating agency about her home life and Flint is the help being sent to answer her plea for help. Liza is so feisty with Flint who she's convinced must be some kind of trafficker and inadvertently causes their journey to take a perilous turn on a dangerous planet, where Liza's independence clashes with Flint's protective instincts. Amidst chaos, things heat up between Liza and Flint, and she starts questioning her desire to return home. Loved how Flint gave Liza a beautiful travel adventure to all the places he loved in the universe and still understood her need to see Earth beauty too, and that she was finally going to get a loving family. Hot and steamy human-dragon shifter fated mates romance with plenty of action, humor, danger, adventure, and an accidental abduction.

[Gleeful Goblin Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gleeful Goblin Review: I love this series so stinking much and this addition to it was no exception. Flint the MMC reminds me a lot of Fejo from The Clecanian series by Victoria Aveline and I mean that in the best possible way. Flint is a little bit of a roguish player type but he's seen his brothers all mated now and even a semi devoted adventurous bachelor now longs for something more: "Flint groaned. Maybe there was something to that thing his brothers had done. The Intergalactic Dating Agency. The Royal Matchmaker. He would never have considered it before. He was happy in his adventurous single life. Women on every planet. Adventures wherever he chose to find them. New spaceships with shoddy controls. He could have everything. But maybe it was time for something else. He wasn't ready to settle down and hang up all of his adventuring gear just yet. But the Intergalactic Dating Agency had a solution for that. IDA Adventures. It was for people who didn't just want their match delivered to them. For people who wanted a bit of intrigue. A bit of an escapade. For people exactly like Flint. He logged into his account and saw he had a message waiting. Not just a message. A mission. The agency had matched him with a woman on Earth, a human, desperate to get out of her situation. She was begging for rescue, wanted someone to sweep her away."

Enter our FMC Liza who lives with her verbally and emotionally abusive alcoholic dad and dreams of safety. She gets a bit more than she bargained for with her messages to the mysterious IDA. Flint sweeps in to what he thinks is a suave rescue, freaks the absolute life out of Liza who thinks she's being kidnapped, she presses THE MOST WRONG BUTTON on his spaceship and sends the both of them hurtling into zany adventures and steamy chemistry galore. The book is a ton of fun and the characters are thoroughly enjoyable so it makes for a speedy but satisfying read. 5/5 Stars.

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[Toni · Rating 5 out of 5]

DRAGON LORD FLINT craves adventure. So he goes to the Galactic Dating Agency to have them find him someone of like mind.
Liza is 24 and still at home. Her father has kept her and her younger sister as slaves. But now her sister is out of the house. Now she thinks she might be able to find a job and move away from her father. He tells her she's to pay him a thousand bucks for rent. She calls the IDA and just tells them her woes.
The IDA sends a message to Flint about a human female needing rescuing. So off he goes. Only problem is he is having an issue flying his ship. He really needs to read the manuel. Maybe later. He arrives on earth and finds her. He beams her up and she panics. When she sees a big red button her mind goes to EMERGENCY!!! She hits it a few times. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!! She hit the teleportation button!!! He needs to find out where they are? A volcano planet!!! He may be a dragon but he can be burnt!! And she is even more delicate than he!!!! Oh so not good!! He was hoping for a planned adventure. Now they were on a surprise mystery destination adventure. But he has a ship to repair. She manages to get out of the ship through a rip in the wall and is kidnapped bu a water dragon/shark man. He yells MATE at her!! Oh no!! Flint rescues her then they get away from that water dragon/shark. She goes her way leaving Flint behind. Although she wouldn't mind if he were along. Wait what is she thinking? She meets a woman named Savannah and discovers she's from Earth. Flint finally catches up with her.
Poor Flint can't figure out why he has this need to protect her much less keep her in his sights! He wanted adventure....he got just that!!! But....will he actually survive it!?
A funny story with lots of chuckles and Aaaaaaaaaws!!!.

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[Debbie Orazi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a paranormal shifter Intergalactic Dating Agency romance.

I loved this sweet and steamy story. The characters were complex and the story was a page turner. Highly recommend!

Liza is a human who grew up protecting her younger sister Erica from their abusive father. She is desperate to get out of her situation and unknowingly submits a request to the IDA Adventures website asking to be rescued.

Lord Flint of Vemion is a dragon shifter. He is the adventurous carefree playboy brother of the triplets.

Flint is tooling around in his newest spaceship when he gets matched to Liza and decides to help her. He teleports her into his ship and she freaks out. He manages to attach a translator to her before she runs to the control panel hitting the big red teleportation button sending them to a planet covered in ocean. He manages to land the ship on a tiny island and when they go outside she is attacked by a sea creature and gets dragged underwater. Flint dives in after her and fights the creature. They manage to get into an underwater cave system where she stalks off and gets found by another human Samantha who is mated to one of the sea creatures. Flint finds her and they are shown how to get back to their ship. She insists on going back to Earth because she is worried about her sister. After talking with her sister she sees Flint and decides to leave with him. He then takes her on trips to different planets and they get their HEA.

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[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captivating addition to wonderful series, characters and adventure will entice you
This is a wonderful addition to the series and I loved the two main characters, from earth is Liza, and from the Dragon Lords her Alien rescuer Flint. The initial meeting is somewhat confusing and there is a instant that Liza believes that she had been abducted by sex traffickers which horrified Flint who wondered what life she had been living to think such things.
He had come at the call of her rescue beacon; it was his belief that she wanted to escape from her planet to a better life possibly even finding a mate. However, it seems that she was taken by surprise and had acted on instinct, then the ship had crashed and Flint had been trying to ensure that his beautiful passenger was not hurt too badly.
As they work together to repair the ship and to leave the planet which he had not actually known about and then to take her to his home, he hoped that possibly they might find they are ideal mates for each other. Unfortunately, Flint could see that this was not going to be easy as she was in distress and the fact that she fights his only attracts him even more.
You will love this story and will be eager to discover the outcome.
I assure you that you will love every moment of this book it is simply a fantastic read.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to reading any future publications; keep up all their wonderful writing.

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[Nikki Brooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liza has done her best to protect her sister from their fathers wrath. She shielded her from the worst of his behaviour and now her sister has gone and got herself a boyfriend just like him! When her father gives her an ultimatum that she just cannot fulfil, Liza pours her frustration out into her online "blog". Little does she know just how far that information will travel and what alarms will start ringing!

Flint loves travelling the universe and having adventures. But when he is sent on a rescue mission he didn't realise that his rescuee didn't actually know about the rescue, or that he was an alien! Our boy Flint may not be the smartest of our MMC's but he has a heart of gold and a thirst for adventure and love is the biggest adventure of them all. Especially when it involves an independent, intelligent and sassy Earth girl.

I loved the fact that Flint was all about consent and Liza having all the choices she needed. She was very much the powerful one in this relationship. He never used his size, power or abilities against her. In fact he was willing to let her go back to Earth and helped get her there. He still hung around to keep an eye on her and make sure she was safe though.

Short, snappy, smexy and another great episode in the IDA series.

[Melanie S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trust the IDA

Flint, daredevil dragon-shifting alien, uses his status as Lord and his wealth to roam the galaxy in search of adventure. He thinks the IDA is some king of adventure club, and signs on. Mission: rescue a damsel in distress. Challenge accepted. Enter Liza - browbeaten, abused, desperate human drudge. She thinks the IDA is some kind of online support group and pours out her troubled heart: her abusive drunken Dad, her hopeless attempts to escape his control, her fears for the younger sister who did get free - by marrying the first guy who came along (Liza knows this will turn out badly, since men are all like Dad...) So Flint's one-alien rescue mission is really a kidnapping, right? Liza goes down fighting, Flint can't help but adore her even as he dodges blows and her attempts to get loose. It's kinda funny, and kinda sad; and the best part of this romance is watching Liza get her head on straight. HEA is a last-minute, nick-of-time thing and getting there is the adventure of a lifetime for one dragon lord alien, and one lucky human. The story has kind of a "bare bones" feel, and more in-depth interaction would have made it better, but I liked it well enough.

[BatDuckie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast paced
Dragon shifter x Human
Aliens👽
Space Travel

I wanna preface this by saying I haven't read any of the others on this series. The first one is on my tbr; I'll have to go back and check it out.

This was a cute, fast-paced novella. I enjoyed our heroine, Liza, and her strong sense of protection for her family and her life. Despite being abused by her father, she continued to take care of her younger sister until she wasn't needed anymore. Then, after getting kidnapped by aliens in a rescue attempt (that she wasn't aware she sent out a beacon for), she held her own against the unknown.

Flint, our dragon shifter alien, was a bit of a himbo. I liked that he didn't push Liza into being his mate. He let her make the decision. We love a man who gets consent first 👏🏻

I loved the space travel and all the exciting things we got to see. I wish we had gotten more time with his family and brothers. I'll have to check out the others in the series; the one before this is Flint's brother Knox.

Thank you to the author and her team for the chance to ARC read this.

[Karen Nastasio · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great addition to a fabulous series and who doesn’t love a hero that’s crushes into your life and saves you. Liza is a human female that loves her family but her father’s drunken abuse has he talking to IDA thinking it’s a support group and pores her heart to them and when she begs for help and want out they grant her request but she knows nothing about or has any idea that aliens exist until she is kidnapped. Flint is a Dragon Lord who loves an adventure and wants a mate that matches his desires and so he joins the Intergalactic Dating Agency ( IDA )hoping for a match and soon gets told to go get his match who needs help badly and so his mission is to save a damsel in distress but when she fights him he is thrilled and turned on by how feisty she is but she tells him he cannot kidnap people. There is drama, danger, abuse, kidnapping, funny banter and desires, hot and steamy times makes this a great book. How does it all turn out in the end and do the get to have a future together or not.

[Judy Gittleson Hendrickson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Liza was so done with her fathers abusive nature now that her sister was able to leave the house for a life of her own. Liza had been exchanging messages with counselors at IDA, hoping for some help in getting away. All of a sudden she is aboard a space ship with a hunky huge alien... kidnapped? Then found out IDA was the Intergalactic Dating Agency and Flint was her mate. The characters are fantastic and the first few days of being together was quite the adventure. Water dragons, danger all around, finding another human, and more kept the pages turning. Plenty of steam, surprises, rules changing, and a possible mate that is all hers. Loved the storyline as the two find themselves falling for each other, especially when she can use his fire. Can she make it in a family life that is large and tight-knit after growing up in her abusive one? Great ending.

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[Guadalupe Cosme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flint is a dragon Lord that loves adventure, and excitement. He applies for a mate, at the Intergalactic Dating Agency. Liza is on earth, and she has no idea aliens exist. She has been talking to the Intergalactic Dating Agency for months. She wishes to be rescued, and taken away from her abusive home. Flint goes to earth to pick her up. Liza thinks she is being kidnapped. She fights Flint, and punches him on the jaw. She presses the wrong button on the ship panel. They land on a water planet. The water monsters are determined to make Liza their mate. Flint, and Liza struggle through to get off this planet. Will Liza believe that she is Flint's mate? She does not rely on any man. I enjoyed reading this story. The storyline flowed well. The characters were realistic, and likeable.

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[Goddess of Chaos · Rating 4 out of 5]

"It's an offer from fate, not a command."

Flint may not be looking for forever, but the bit of fun he's after doesn't include the misunderstanding he adventures his way in to.

Liza wants to escape her life, but there's a world of difference between venting to a chat bot and a knight in shining armor swooping in to the rescue... or maybe they are just worlds apart.

Liza's dysfunctional family situation has reached an all time low, but sometimes it's when life can't get any worse that we are willing to take a daring chance, or an unthinkable risk, and if we are truly lucky it leads to something fantastic.

I really like the adventure these two have as they sort through their misunderstanding. It adds to the story in fun ways.

I was gifted with a copy of Flint and chose to share my thoughts .

[Christal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is my favorite story in this series! Flint signs up with the Intergalactic Dating Agency (IDA) to find his mate. Afterall, his brothers and cousins were successful using the IDA. Liza is living in a bad situation with an abusive father so she's been venting to what she thinks is a support group but is really the IDA. Flint ends up teleporting Liza up to his ship. This is where the fun begins as they end up crashing on a planet with monsters who could eat her. They get through that situation together and grow to care for each other but when Liza decides she wants to go back to Earth, what can Flint do? Especially since Flint knows Liza is his mate. There lots of adventure and steamy loving and all ends up happily.

[Manda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lisa's life has just gone from bad to horrible when she is kidnapped by an alien. Determined to fight for her freedom even when it feels like she shouldn't.

Flint's life is one high octane adventure after another, which is just how he likes it. Definitely not wanting to find the one and settle down. However the feeling of isolation and missing out now his brothers are mated is beginning to get to him.

When he is offered the adventure of rescuing a female from Earth he didn't realise it could be the adventure of his life. Worse still when the female wants nothing to do with him.

A wild, unexpected, passionate ride.

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[Christine Biesheuvel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Abducted Into An Adventure!
Following his brothers into finding a mate – or at least somebody to have an adventure with – through IDA, Flint abducts an unsuspecting human female into his ship. Her antics out of desperation send them out into space and onto another planet. Liza is very attracted to Flint, but wants to go back to earth and her sister, but he knows that she is his mate. The attraction wins in the end.
It was a fun read, but Liza’s spontaneous actions are to me not very realistic. Therefore just a 4* rating.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[chesirern · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flint by Kate Rudolph is Dragon Brides book 9 in the Intergalactic Dating Agency series. First let me say that Kate Rudolph is a fabulous author. Her books are well written with excellent and well developed characters and story lines. Flint is no different. I absolutely adored Flint and Liza and cheered for them throughout the story. Flint is a daredevil looking for love and Liza is looking for a way out of a bad situation. Of course Liza has no clue that she is escaping with an alien dragon. Of course this leads them on an adventure. What a ride the story was! I definitely plan on reading more books by Kate Rudolph. Check this one out if you have not.

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flint is another steamy Dragon Shifter romance from author Kate Rudolph in the Intergalactic Dating Agency’s storyline.
MFC Liza is a feisty little thing and not living the best life in her father’s house.
Sending out a plea for help not realizing its to the IDA, Flint who happens to be joy riding in one of his brothers spaceships receives the message and heads for Earth to rescue her.
Turns out she is his mate and doesn’t want rescuing by a weird alien!
Lots of adventure, chuckle moments, spice and bonding ensues which made Flint a very pleasant read.

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[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love Dragon Shifter romances, and this was a great book. Flint is a dragon-shifter who constantly craves excitement. Liza is looking for any way out of her abusive father's house. She inadvertently calls for help from the Intergalactic Dating Agency, and the message gets to Flint, so he teleports her into his spaceship. This is where their adventure begins. Liza takes a little time to see Flint, a good guy who only wants what is best for her. I enjoyed this book! She gets to fly with her dragon, and they get a wonderful HEA.

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[JLH · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liza wants to get away from her father's hold. She is 23 and wants to go... right? So she complains for her need for adventure to the IDA the Intergalactic Dating Agency. Why didn't she know that? (Shrugs) Adventure is Flint's name. The excitement, action and stories he will tell his family. That's what's this book's about. From Liza's need to punch creatures in the nose to pressing the red button more than once in the spaceship. Good thing he's a dragon and she's sparked protectiveness. Funny and very good read.

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[Emily Pennington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dragon to the Rescue . . .

Dragon Flint is hoping to find his mate and uses the services of the Intergalactic Dating Agency to help in his quest. Liza, who is a human being abused by her father, has been telling her story to sympathetic listeners she thinks are part of an abuse hotline. Actually, she has been talking to the Dating Agency! When Flint decides to help her out, she panics and causes them to crash on a dangerous planet. Looks like he is going to get that adventure he was craving! Will he be able to keep her safe from the deadly predators? Will the two of them end up falling in love? Or will she insist on returning to Earth?

[Indie · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it !! love this series !! this is Flint's story.. love Liza and Flint... a fast paced adventure drama... Liza is living a hard life.. she just wants to escape... the IDA... she's been talking to them thinking they are a support group or something... Flint is a trill seeker.. he just got a new space ship and didn't even bother to read the instructions.. and off he goes on his rescue mission... misunderstandings.. a crash landing on a water world... and more... so good !!!.

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[Kristine L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fint signs up with the Intergalactic Dating Agency (IDA) to help find his mate. Liza is living with an abusive father so she has been talking to a support group but it's the IDA. Flint shows up and teleports Liza up to his ship. They end up crashing his spaceship on a water planet. This has lots of adventure, humor, and spicy scenes, and the bonding between the characters is sweet and has some tender moments. I loved the story.

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[Iluvbks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now this is how an abducted female should act. She fights back, screams and runs off. This book was a fun read. The female character has grit. She is feisty yet she stays in a bad home situation. I liked how she wanted to stay for her sister and I how she came to a different realization later on in the book. The male character was not sure what was going on. He did grow a lot in the book. I have not read all the previous books and was not lost in this story. Such a fun read.

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[Cynthia Khan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is Book 9 of Intergalactic Dating Agency starring dragon Lord Flint and Human Liza. Well that is one way to make your wish come true, scare yourself, find danger before being rescued, and an adventure with an alien mate that is an honorable dragon that is super hot and everything you never knew you wanted. I can’t wait to see what the next dating match has in store for the next couple.

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[Brenda Moser · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a well written book with strong characters in Flint and Liza and the Intergalactic Dating Agency. The author does a great job developing the story and takes you into their lives with a fated mates adventure filled with drama, danger and kidnapping. Add in the humor, fun banter and a steamy romance and she delivers a terrific read.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and are freely given.

[Christina Standridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic addition. Flint is a Dragon Lord and is looking for some adventure. He signs up at the Intergalactic Dating Agency to find a mate that wants adventure too. Liza has been talking to someone she doesn't know about escaping her abusive home. Liza is human and doesn't know that aliens exist until Flint shows up to "rescue her". Their adventure begins.

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[Didi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flint has always been adventure seeking much to his family’s dismay. A message thru the IDA, from a woman seeking help has him rushing to earth. Liza desires an escape from her unhappy life. However she wasn’t expecting a hot alien to “kidnap” her! I loved how tender and patient Flint was wooing Liza into realizing she is his fate. Fun adventure and steam.

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[Jeanéva Christie]

Intergalactic dating adventure.
Liza thought she was making posts to a support group. She certainly did not expect to be kidnapped from Earth in answer to her latest post. Now she's on the adventure of a lifetime with Flint, a dragon Lord. Flint was more than ready to provide the earthling with an adventure. What he wasn't expecting but was ever hopeful of was a mate. This is a story with plenty of adventure and steam. I quite enjoyed it.

[Jenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

From Accidental Abduction to Adventure

Liza just wants an escape from her father’s house - she just doesn’t expect it to take the form of alien abduction! Flint thought he was rescuing Liza - turns out, she didn’t know rescue was coming, let alone her alien mate. This story was a fantastic romp through space, with action and adventure coming from all directions. I love Liza’s spirit and Flint’s sense of humour and adventure was a blast to read. A fun and fast story.

[Sara Munoz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Book 9 in The Intergalactic Dating Agency Book Series (Dragon Brides) has an intriguing story with intense characters who are interesting, strong, and intense. These characters have unique personalities, believable scenes and a well-constructed world. This story has alien abduction, action, adventure, twists, turns, chemistry and love.

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