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Royal Dragon

By: Charlene Hartnady
Narrated by: Stella Bloom,Sebastian York
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Dragon Shifter Novel

Dragon shifters are a dying breed. There are so few females left that if drastic measures are not taken, and soon, it'll be over for the species. The threat of extinction looms.

King Blaze finally accepts that there is no other option but to evoke an age-old tradition. The Hunt.

The eligible dragon shifter males must hunt a handful of females. It's first catch, first serve. The biggest problem is that the females are human. Despite feedback to the contrary, Coal thinks they are weak and breakable. In his opinion, not capable of surviving the hunt, let alone the mating that will follow. He doesn't believe that a lowly human is capable of birthing him a royal heir, so why has his brother, the king, tasked him with claiming one?

He can't believe this is happening to him. Especially when most of the males in their tribe are willing to accept one of these puny females. Not him. He's never rutted with one and doesn't have any desire, whatsoever, to rut with one in the future, let alone mate and impregnate one. Claiming one of these females will not be an easy feat considering there are three other dragon tribes vying for the opportunity. How the hell is he supposed to do all of this when he doesn't want to come within a mile of one of these unsavory creatures? Guaranteed HEA!

The story contains strong sexual themes/language and is not intended for listeners under the age of 18.

©2016 Charlene Hartnady (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

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VERY EROTIC

Royal Dragon had so much potential. The premise of the storyline is a good one. But the story is only one dimensional. The story is under developed and so are the characters. With that said I did enjoy it. This is a very erotic story and I really liked the H/H. I will read the next book in the series in hopes that the storyline is more developed.

Narrators were OK but they needed to let the female narrator do all of the female speaking parts and the Male Narrator do all of the male speaking parts instead of each one reading a chapter.

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Too vulgar, not enough character development

The story had potential but didn't reach it. If you just want to read about the characters sex and how big it is then I suppose it's okay. If you are you looking for a story you might try elsewhere.

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Well....

I know I may get flack for this but I think they could've left Sebastian out of this one. Stella out performed him. I am all for the York train believe you me but for some reason he didn't bring it this time. I found myself distracted by his portrayal of the female lead and even the male. A little on the monotone side actually. Maybe he wasn't into the work ,Idk but I was disappointed with it. I actually checked to see if he narrated book two and when I seen he was i cringed😖. Dang it!

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* Yeah, but it was super-cheap, sooo... *

I can't in good conscience knock a story when I paid less for it than I do for my morning venti lattes, so I won't go hamm on the negatives. Interesting (but not exactly original) plot, my first dragon story, good narration...typing that makes my eye twitch a little because I tend to avoid all things Sebastian York.

Still, though. This new generation of RHs, menages, and dark romances continue to drill one primary lesson into my brain: it doesn't matter that I feed the homeless on weekends, or that I smile at every person I pass, or that I always pay for the person in line behind me. The female leads have this commonality...it's a b*tchy, self-serving narcissism that is completely disregarded by their multiple rich or well-endowed or charming suitors because the women are oh, so stunning.

So, then, where lies the lesson and hope for people like me?

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Human females: helping save dragons from extinction, since 2016

Julie is down on her luck, but doesn't expect to be dragged off by a dragon and forced to run in the Hunt. Coal is a Prince of the Flame Dragons who is ordered into the Hunt for a female by his brother and King, Blaze. The competition for these few human females is fierce; they may be all that stands between the dragons and extinction. And that's about as deep as this book gets. Having said that, its fine for when you want that total escape read - when you don't want to engage your brain.

Bloom is fine as a narrator. Really like York's voice, period. But - I'm so used to hearing it with a contemporary story, that I don't know how to feel about him reading a "paranormal".

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A must listen to book

This was amazing and exciting, totally worth listening to. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone. Amazing story and narrators was awesome.

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Kind of Blah

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I love Sebastian York and PRN. So, I thought this was going to be a fantastic book. It wasn't only not fantastic. It was just blah. The story was rushed, characters were not developed at all. The story started out strong, and then, suddenly half-way through, it felt like the author just wanted to finish it and rushed it to the climax and end.

Even with Sebastian York, I wouldn't bother with this book.

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always the same

why do u all make the chicks be such cry baby little bitches. and so STUPID. makes me hit the fast forward every time its the chick.. hope u do better. make them stand up and stop being so STUPID..

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Female lacks trust for more than half the book

If you like your lead female to be wishy washy and untrusting then this book is for you. I don't mind some of that but for more than half the book I start getting really ticked off and can't finish it because I can't stand the fact that they are to emotionally stunted to trust their instincts. I would rather have a story that tells you of the relationship developing and no pissy females moaning and groaning about their past and why they don't trust. Yes life sucks at times, but pull your big girl panties up and quit be selfish about things being about you.

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Missing the rest of the series

Charlene Hartnady, when will the rest of this series be available in audible?
#SebastianYork the perfect Male vocal for the strong Dragon characters.
Please finish the series.

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