Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon: A Novel of the Embraced

Sparks’s pleasant third Embraced fantasy romance (after So I Married a Sorcerer) pits gentle elven healer Gwennore and heroic dragon shape-shifter Silas Dravenko against an evil shifter, an ancient curse, and their own fragile hearts. Queen Freya of Norveshka, the land of dragons, is desperate after the death of her children and has been ordering her royal guard to bring her replacements. Gwennore tries to save King Leofric’s daughter, Eviana, from being kidnapped by one of the queen’s dragon guards, and is taken in Eviana’s place. The dragons think the queen is cursed like other Norveshki rulers before her, but Gwennore’s psychic ability to diagnose illnesses suggests Freya’s madness comes from poison. She teams up with sexy Norveshki general Silas to find the truth—a plan complicated by their growing feelings for each other. As with Sparks’s previous books, a tangled plot resolves with ease after the efforts of the determined lovers and their friends. Fans of Sparks’s lighthearted romances will feel right at home here. Agent: Michelle Grajkowski, 3 Seas Literary Agency. (Apr.)