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Lords of Magic #2
Stefan of Caeli
HE SEARCHES FOR ANSWERS…
Dragon shifter Stefan Baudin’s future depends solely on answers from the past. As a boy, his mother willingly walked out of his life, escorted by a small contingent of unknown soldiers. Over a century has passed and the hole in his heart has never filled. Now a hundred questions entwine with the mystery…but the journey will lead him into dangers he never expected and to a woman who enthralls him as no other.
SHE SEARCHES FOR APPROVAL…
Isabela Florin is the only female in the Caeli Guard. She has fought her way up the ranks, determined to be the best. In so doing, she hopes to recapture the attention and respect of her parents—even if it means spying on the one man who awakens her desires. However, the commander of her kingdom has other plans for her: Marriage, so he can steal her magic and become the most powerful ruler of their time.
TOGETHER, CAN THEY FIND HAPPINESS BEFORE DEATH FINDS THEM?
When Stefan and Isabela meet, neither want to admit the attraction brewing between them. But as they work together to defeat the evil surrounding the kingdom and to find the answers Stefan seeks, passion boils to the surface until they are forced to make a choice: die together or sacrifice their happiness for the chance to live. In the midst of betrayal and civil unrest, will the lovers be consumed? Or will love, in fact, conquer all?
Dragon shifter Stefan Baudin’s future depends solely on answers from the past. As a boy, his mother willingly walked out of his life, escorted by a small contingent of unknown soldiers. Over a century has passed and the hole in his heart has never filled. Now a hundred questions entwine with the mystery…but the journey will lead him into dangers he never expected and to a woman who enthralls him as no other.
SHE SEARCHES FOR APPROVAL…
Isabela Florin is the only female in the Caeli Guard. She has fought her way up the ranks, determined to be the best. In so doing, she hopes to recapture the attention and respect of her parents—even if it means spying on the one man who awakens her desires. However, the commander of her kingdom has other plans for her: Marriage, so he can steal her magic and become the most powerful ruler of their time.
TOGETHER, CAN THEY FIND HAPPINESS BEFORE DEATH FINDS THEM?
When Stefan and Isabela meet, neither want to admit the attraction brewing between them. But as they work together to defeat the evil surrounding the kingdom and to find the answers Stefan seeks, passion boils to the surface until they are forced to make a choice: die together or sacrifice their happiness for the chance to live. In the midst of betrayal and civil unrest, will the lovers be consumed? Or will love, in fact, conquer all?
306 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 2, 2016
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About the author
Aurrora St. James
20 books72 followersAurrora St. James is the author of sexy romances. Her second book, Gavril of Aquina, received Honorable Mention for the 2015 RONE award for best fantasy/sci-fi romance.
As a teen, she started reading her mom’s romance novels and developed a love for the happily ever after they promised, sexy heroes and the heroines who always got into too much trouble. Now she loves to incorporate all that magic and mayhem into a story where love can overcome anything.
She currently lives in the Florida jungle with her wonderful husband a Duz, a psycho on four legs, and a brontosaurus. Aurrora loves to hear from her readers. You can find her at Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, or www.aurrorastjames.com.
As a teen, she started reading her mom’s romance novels and developed a love for the happily ever after they promised, sexy heroes and the heroines who always got into too much trouble. Now she loves to incorporate all that magic and mayhem into a story where love can overcome anything.
She currently lives in the Florida jungle with her wonderful husband a Duz, a psycho on four legs, and a brontosaurus. Aurrora loves to hear from her readers. You can find her at Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, or www.aurrorastjames.com.
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March 17, 2024
I just couldn’t like Isabella. She’s a selfish girl with rich girl trouble and thinks everyone else’s problems are just not as bad as hers. She has zero empathy, and she thinks nothing of the prisoners’ conditions (which are awful) until she gets to know Stefan. Before that she couldn’t care less if people got tortured, as long as she wasn’t the one doing it. How was she in the guard, again? I understand her motivations, but it made no sense she was the only female guard. Nobody wanted a woman in the guard. She’s in the guard because the plot needs her to be, but there’s no explanation for her being there. She just is.
I didn't like Stefan. He acted like a misogynistic prick a lot of the time. And the rest he was beating himself up for the death of his friend who killed herself. Trigger warnings for suicide are needed. It's brought up a lot, and I didn't like the way it is handled.
There were some inconsistencies, like Stefan’s eyes changing to gold at some point, then back to green, and the most jarring of all, Valko’s age. The portrait of the royal family is described three times (twice in this book and once again in Niko's, in a scene copied almost verbatim from here), and both Valko and Corina are described as children in it. Yet he was the one to retrieve Felicia before Corina was even born. He must have been one hell of a precocious toddler. If this book went through an editor, they were terrible at their job.
The story drags for what seemed like forever, the first half was really boring. And that sex scene in the dungeon, amidst all the filth, was not hot, was not romantic, it was disgusting. But hey, she wanted to get laid so badly she was thinking about it when he lay wounded and she feared for his life, hours after she was sexually assaulted. Tha wasn't treated well either.
I didn't like Stefan. He acted like a misogynistic prick a lot of the time. And the rest he was beating himself up for the death of his friend who killed herself. Trigger warnings for suicide are needed. It's brought up a lot, and I didn't like the way it is handled.
There were some inconsistencies, like Stefan’s eyes changing to gold at some point, then back to green, and the most jarring of all, Valko’s age. The portrait of the royal family is described three times (twice in this book and once again in Niko's, in a scene copied almost verbatim from here), and both Valko and Corina are described as children in it. Yet he was the one to retrieve Felicia before Corina was even born. He must have been one hell of a precocious toddler. If this book went through an editor, they were terrible at their job.
The story drags for what seemed like forever, the first half was really boring. And that sex scene in the dungeon, amidst all the filth, was not hot, was not romantic, it was disgusting. But hey, she wanted to get laid so badly she was thinking about it when he lay wounded and she feared for his life, hours after she was sexually assaulted. Tha wasn't treated well either.
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August 7, 2023
This was my first time reading this author and I picked it up because I was feeling fantasy. I enjoyed the story, it is part of a series but can be read individually. I would recommend reading the previous book to understand the world, as I felt I was getting lost in some parts. The story is multi-POV, but the majority of the book is the H/h POV, but some parts were from other characters (which sometimes felt overkill). But over I enjoyed the book, loved all the characters, and might pick up the next book when I again feel fantasy.
December 28, 2024
3/5 STARS! I love dragons & magic & unique worlds, & this had all of that. BUT, this is book 2 (which can be read as a standalone) & I felt like if I would have read book 1, it would have added way more context to these characters, so I heavily recommend reading book 1 first. This is steamy & I liked the female characters a lot, & the plot was super fast paced. I had fun with this, & did like it a ton.
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July 18, 2023
DNF at 84% it was dragging on I was so damn bored
August 6, 2023
The insta love is too much. They hate each other for 2.5 seconds and then are madly in love the next. There isn’t much build up from hate to love. The plot is very anti climactic. The book could have focused on building their relationship first and then add a conflict. Too many exs jumping into the mix.
July 22, 2018
After I read the first book in the series beginning of this week, I couldn't wait to get my hands on Stefan. It's interesting to hear how his story "line jumped" in front of Nikolai's and I feel it makes sense too (but of course I need to read his story to decide and I really can't wait!). As in Gavril's book I had as much fun reading about the side characters than the main ones, even though the story this time is darker and crueler because the bad things are not gone and in the past but happening right at the moment. I was spellbound and couldn't put the book down and again fell hard for Rhys, my absolute favorite. But the dragons caught my heart too and I was biting my nails in parts, it was so exciting and breathtaking. And so romantic and sweet. And she was SO not the damsel in distress, I adore that! At the end it was a little bit too much happy pink clouds rainbows for me, but then, it is romance, it is fantasy, I can live with it. But now I want to know more about what happened in Stefan's home while he was away! I hope Nikolai's story will be out soon!!!
Merged review:
After I read the first book in the series beginning of this week, I couldn't wait to get my hands on Stefan. It's interesting to hear how his story "line jumped" in front of Nikolai's and I feel it makes sense too (but of course I need to read his story to decide and I really can't wait!). As in Gavril's book I had as much fun reading about the side characters than the main ones, even though the story this time is darker and crueler because the bad things are not gone and in the past but happening right at the moment. I was spellbound and couldn't put the book down and again fell hard for Rhys, my absolute favorite. But the dragons caught my heart too and I was biting my nails in parts, it was so exciting and breathtaking. And so romantic and sweet. And she was SO not the damsel in distress, I adore that! At the end it was a little bit too much happy pink clouds rainbows for me, but then, it is romance, it is fantasy, I can live with it. But now I want to know more about what happened in Stefan's home while he was away! I hope Nikolai's story will be out soon!!!
(original review from April 2016 - second read was as enjoyable. I especially loved how Isabela does so much of the rescuing, not at all a damsel in distress)
Merged review:
After I read the first book in the series beginning of this week, I couldn't wait to get my hands on Stefan. It's interesting to hear how his story "line jumped" in front of Nikolai's and I feel it makes sense too (but of course I need to read his story to decide and I really can't wait!). As in Gavril's book I had as much fun reading about the side characters than the main ones, even though the story this time is darker and crueler because the bad things are not gone and in the past but happening right at the moment. I was spellbound and couldn't put the book down and again fell hard for Rhys, my absolute favorite. But the dragons caught my heart too and I was biting my nails in parts, it was so exciting and breathtaking. And so romantic and sweet. And she was SO not the damsel in distress, I adore that! At the end it was a little bit too much happy pink clouds rainbows for me, but then, it is romance, it is fantasy, I can live with it. But now I want to know more about what happened in Stefan's home while he was away! I hope Nikolai's story will be out soon!!!
(original review from April 2016 - second read was as enjoyable. I especially loved how Isabela does so much of the rescuing, not at all a damsel in distress)
August 30, 2019
Reviewed by Lori
Book provided by the author
This is the second book in the Lords of Magic series. I was lucky enough to read the first book in the Lord of Magic series and because of that this book was so much more enjoyable then if I tried to read it as a standalone. I think if the reader chooses to read out of sequence, that’s fine they will be able to follow along with little difficulty.
Shape shifter books are fun to read because its fun to think about someone being able to become something else. When magic is added to the mix, I am in heaven, and I'm usually hooked .
I loved Stefan. I had read the third book in the series first so I got to meet his twin brother Nico. I was very curious about Stefan because he seemed much more sensitive then Nico. He is sensitive, smart, strong, and very tenacious, which served him well throughout the book.
When I first met Isabela in the third book I wasn’t sure if I was going to like her just from our brief introduction, but when I got to know her in this book, I found myself liking her more. At first I thought she was hard, unyielding, and masculine. She’s not really that, she’s soft and sensitive on the inside. She’s loving, smart, and determined. I give her a lot of credit for wanting to be a guard with all men. She has to be a strong woman to be able to survive in that environment. I wouldn’t want to be training with a bunch of men and be within an all male environment. I give her a lot of credit.
There are secondary characters that helped carry the story along, I wont mention any more than that because I don’t want to give any of the plot away. I just hope another book is being worked on with those characters getting their own happy ending.
I like the twists and turns the author takes the reader on throughout the book. It kept me entertained. It was a fast read as well.
Give this book a try, I think the reader will enjoy getting lost in the Lords of Magic series.
Book provided by the author
This is the second book in the Lords of Magic series. I was lucky enough to read the first book in the Lord of Magic series and because of that this book was so much more enjoyable then if I tried to read it as a standalone. I think if the reader chooses to read out of sequence, that’s fine they will be able to follow along with little difficulty.
Shape shifter books are fun to read because its fun to think about someone being able to become something else. When magic is added to the mix, I am in heaven, and I'm usually hooked .
I loved Stefan. I had read the third book in the series first so I got to meet his twin brother Nico. I was very curious about Stefan because he seemed much more sensitive then Nico. He is sensitive, smart, strong, and very tenacious, which served him well throughout the book.
When I first met Isabela in the third book I wasn’t sure if I was going to like her just from our brief introduction, but when I got to know her in this book, I found myself liking her more. At first I thought she was hard, unyielding, and masculine. She’s not really that, she’s soft and sensitive on the inside. She’s loving, smart, and determined. I give her a lot of credit for wanting to be a guard with all men. She has to be a strong woman to be able to survive in that environment. I wouldn’t want to be training with a bunch of men and be within an all male environment. I give her a lot of credit.
There are secondary characters that helped carry the story along, I wont mention any more than that because I don’t want to give any of the plot away. I just hope another book is being worked on with those characters getting their own happy ending.
I like the twists and turns the author takes the reader on throughout the book. It kept me entertained. It was a fast read as well.
Give this book a try, I think the reader will enjoy getting lost in the Lords of Magic series.
May 23, 2016
Aurrora St. James's Lords of Magic book 2 "Stefan of Caeli" is wrought with intrigue, hidden secrets and romance. Stefan Baudin twin to Nikolai Baudin, King of Semar, has lived in the dark concerning his mother and her heritage. He hopes that on his quest to find her, he will find answers about the fateful night she left. What he finds is so much more. Isabela Florin is the first female in the Caeli guard looking for her father's approval of her achievements. When it seems that even a place on the Guard is not good enough, she aims higher. She aims to be the Keeper and the one sure way to get her there is to make sure she works hard enough that the Sentinel will look past her being a woman. The opportunity arises but does she have what it takes to carry out his orders?
While I did not read book 1 in the Lords of Magic series, I did enjoy Stefan and Isabela's story. According to Aurrora St. James, this story is also tied into his brother's story in the third book. This book was full of dragons and magic. What even peaked my interest was the action scenes in which dragons were fighting each other and each had unique abilities. While in most dragon stories, the dragons all have the same abilities or abilities depending on color, it was nice to see that those were not the defining qualities for these characters. The characters themselves also were flirty and had their witty moments as well as intense heart wrenching moments. While the book started off slow, it gained momentum further along clearly showing the author's improvement. I will be looking forward to more works by Aurrora St. James.
While I did not read book 1 in the Lords of Magic series, I did enjoy Stefan and Isabela's story. According to Aurrora St. James, this story is also tied into his brother's story in the third book. This book was full of dragons and magic. What even peaked my interest was the action scenes in which dragons were fighting each other and each had unique abilities. While in most dragon stories, the dragons all have the same abilities or abilities depending on color, it was nice to see that those were not the defining qualities for these characters. The characters themselves also were flirty and had their witty moments as well as intense heart wrenching moments. While the book started off slow, it gained momentum further along clearly showing the author's improvement. I will be looking forward to more works by Aurrora St. James.
June 20, 2016
This was an interesting book with some very cool twists on dragon lore. Aurrora St. James writes some very bad-ass dragons, and I especially liked the fight scenes. It took a little bit to get things set up and for the characters to really get to know each other, especially since they were locked up in a dungeon and being tortured. However, once things started going, they didn't stop. The characters are very powerful, and each is very different. Every single dragon is very different from the next, and it adds in some surprises. Stefan and Isabela are extremely tough, and make an interesting pair. They both find out a lot about themselves in this book, and the stories of their pasts were just as fascinating as their current situations. I'm definitely looking forward to the next book. This one set up a lot of things for the next one, and if it is anything like this, it is going to be intense. Stefan of Caeli is full of powerful magic, thrilling battles, and dangerous secrets! Be sure to check it out. I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
March 31, 2016
What a fabulous fantasy romance. Full of magic, adventure and fights between dragon shifters. Those fights are described so well is easy to picture them. A brave and sexy hero and a kick ass heroine.
Stefan Baudin is a dragon shifter and he is looking for his mother who was taken when he and his twin brother were children. He has heard tales of dragons in the mountains and hopes they might know something. No humans know about dragons, so he must be careful with his questions. He is not careful enough.
Isabela Florin has worked hard to be the first female guard. Now she is looking for promotion. Isabela is determined to make her parents proud of her. When a prisoner is defying all attempts to get him talking, she sees this as an opportunity to prove her value. She will get the answers they want. What she doesn't realise is the Sentinel (Head guard) has his own devious agenda.
I loved every page of this and can't wait to read the rest of the series.
Stefan Baudin is a dragon shifter and he is looking for his mother who was taken when he and his twin brother were children. He has heard tales of dragons in the mountains and hopes they might know something. No humans know about dragons, so he must be careful with his questions. He is not careful enough.
Isabela Florin has worked hard to be the first female guard. Now she is looking for promotion. Isabela is determined to make her parents proud of her. When a prisoner is defying all attempts to get him talking, she sees this as an opportunity to prove her value. She will get the answers they want. What she doesn't realise is the Sentinel (Head guard) has his own devious agenda.
I loved every page of this and can't wait to read the rest of the series.
April 11, 2016
This book just grabs you and sucks you in. The characters are engaging and the dragon aspect is so intriguing. I have to say through out the book I just wanted everyone to find out all the secrets especially Stefan. I was there reading thinking you're so close to finding out, but yet so far. Fate has a funny way of working sometimes. While Stefan is on a mission to find answers he runs into a woman he finds himself instantly attracted to. There are dangers lurking everywhere and others want their death. Can they work together to stay alive? There are a few secondary stories going on that are just as enchanting as Stefan and Isa's story. Over all a very enjoyable read. I had a beautiful picture of the story in my head with all the colorful descriptions of the dragons.
June 14, 2016
A very sexy, tormented dragon shifter and a strong, determined woman who isn’t afraid to fight for her kind - put these two together and one has a very exciting story with a lovely romance added in!
Read full review in the 2016 June issue of InD'tale Magazine.
Read full review in the 2016 June issue of InD'tale Magazine.
August 23, 2017
We all are drawn to find answers.
Some life circumstances leave us hurt and angry. Yet still our heart an soul questions. The quest for those inexplicable solution leads us to hazards beyond our control. Yet also sometimes with luck. It also shows us unexpected blessings. I hope to delve deeper into the magic of this beautiful story soon. As so many questions still await.
Some life circumstances leave us hurt and angry. Yet still our heart an soul questions. The quest for those inexplicable solution leads us to hazards beyond our control. Yet also sometimes with luck. It also shows us unexpected blessings. I hope to delve deeper into the magic of this beautiful story soon. As so many questions still await.
May 29, 2025
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