Summoning a Dragon

by Lori Whyte

A little unexpected magic might be just what he needs to find his mate...

When a self-proclaimed wizard decides to summon a dragon on a blustery winter solstice, Lisa's roommate drags her to the event. She's happy to discover Malcolm, the sexy Scotsman she's been drooling over, at the gathering too. The attraction between them is palpable… until the strange magic spell sweeps over them and inexplicable things start to happen.

But dragons aren't real, are they?

And, more importantly, how can she still be drawn to Malcolm after discovering he might actually be a mythical creature?

Please note: This short Christmas story was first published exclusively in the Love is... Winter Romance anthology in December 2016. Release as an individual title will be in 2017.

Genres: Paranormal

93 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

I <3 writing sexy romances--sometimes with a dash of fantasy and magic!

Reviews

[Ingrid Stephanie Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Title: Summoning a Dragon  
Series: A Scottish Dragon Shifter
            Christmas Short Story  
Release Date:  #AlreadyReleased
Author: Lori Whyte
Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan
Genre: #PRN   #DragonShifter 
My Score:   #5Stars☆☆☆☆☆
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     I just love Christmas Time, all the decorations, the smell of the trees, Caroling, baking of cookies. Than I sit down with my hot chocolate, cookies and read this phenomenal Christmas story. It's just beautiful.
     Lisa Olson was happy to be with the professor on this archaeological dig on the Drake family's land. He left leaving Lisa in charge of the students. With the holidays some of the student left, but one student says he's a Wizard with a magic spell he could bring forth a dragon. On Winter Solstice Lisa and a few students went in freezing weather to see if the dragon would appear.
     Malcolm Drake  is a Sexy Scotsman and a Dragon Shifter. He and his two brothers trade off all the time and stay on their Family Estate because humans only live 60, 70, 80 years and then of course they died and the next brother started his years to watch over the estate. Just so happens it was Malcolm turn, he finally found something he's been looking  centuries for. How could one Dragon be so lucky?
     A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book and my comments here are my honest opinion.

[Linda Levine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Summoning a Dragon. I love paranormal romances and this one was well written. You have Malcolm who is a sexy Scottish dragon who along with his brothers is trying to keep the secret of their existence from the public. Lisa is there on an archaeological dig. She has no interest in the dragons takes going around but she is attracted to Malcolm. She doesn't expect to get direct evidence that they exist. These two have a real chemistry and connection and I really enjoyed the story.

I am voluntarily reviewing a copy I received.

[J. Dorner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice little romance. Goal-oriented woman meets man. Man turns into a dragon. Woman becomes his mate. HEA Christmas.

The Scottish accent-written words may be difficult for some readers. I wish the description of the dragon was more detailed. But, it is a short story, and that means there's only so much room.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summoning a dragon is a fun, sexy short story. if you like paranormal romances and especially dragons at Christmas, you should definitely read this. It was a great little story to put you in the holiday mood. I will certainly be looking forward to stories four Malcolm's brothers.

[Nicole Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant quick read.

Magic, dragons and love what more can a person ask for.
This book has a great story line that gets you straight into the book. Even though it is a quick read nothing has been left out.
Would I recommend this book YES

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this short novella. You can read my full review on my WordPress blog, Flora's Musings...

So, what did I like about it?
Lori Whyte is a new to me author, I got this story for free via instafreebies.com by signing up for Ms Whyte's newsletter quite some time ago and I’m so glad that I finally got around to reading it. I found this short novella engaging and very easy to read. I liked Ms Whyte’s writing style, the cute premise of this tale – I appreciate the fact that both her main romantic couple, Malcolm and Lisa, had fancied each other for the previous few months before the setting for this novella. It meant that Ms Whyte didn’t rely on an insta-love situation but cleverly implied that we'd just missed a lot of the build up to the romance; the stolen glances, the fluttering hearts, the secret smiles.

I do enjoy a bit of smut and although the sex scene here is not the most explicit one I've read, I did find myself swept away with Malcolm and Lisa as the story is certainly not lacking in passion. I understand that in a novella sized story, the word count is vitally important so an author has to decide what will progress their tale. I liked both of our main characters – Malcolm Drake and Lisa Olsen – their personality traits engaged me from the start. I would definitely read other stories about this Scottish dragon-shifting family.

Summoning A Dragon didn’t make me shed any tears but it did put a few smiles on my face and I definitely felt the titillating tingles. Yes, it is short but it’s well written, sweet with a wee bit of sex, oodles of sexual anticipation and passion and a beautiful HEA ending.

So, ummm, was there anything I disliked about it?
I really did enjoy this book, the only reason that I didn’t rate it 5 stars was the length; I feel uncomfortable giving such a short novella 5 stars as there wasn’t enough time (pages) for character development.

So, basically what I’m saying is...
I think that Summoning A Dragon is a classic feel-good paranormal romance story. I’d recommend it to fans of quick romance reads with a paranormal theme.

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received this as a gift and decided to give it a shot. This was a very short read. I again have to say just an okay read. The story was short and little growth in a romance.

[Pat Raab · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and sweet.
Most enjoyable.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice paranormal short story. I haven't read about dragons before but I might consider giving it a try.

Found this book in one of the Prolific works newsletter.

[Barbara Parslow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast read nice little short.