Dusky Duke and the Gypsy Pirate Princess (24 page)

The doors slid open and Luke marched across the reception area. At his office door, he turned back to Todd, “And find out who she is. I want to know everything. From what she ate for breakfast and what she wears to sleep in.” Luke ignored Todd’s smirk and went into his office. Whoever she was and whatever her game, he would know all about it soon enough.

In the land of Chambere, mindmagic and dragons do exist. Unlike most fairy tales that start in the beginning, this one starts in the middle.  Because, sometimes to really tell a story, one must begin somewhere else. And so ... Once upon a time there was…

Captain Traven cannot believe his rotten luck. First some kid steals his horse, and then he is arrested for treason. Before he knows it, a beautiful DreamLady convinces him to abandon his post and take the kid to White Dragon Tower in the heart of the dangerous Shadow Mountains. She claims it is a matter of life and death. While he spends his days dragging the kid across country, with everyone and their brother trying to kill them, he spends his nights stealing kisses from his DreamLady and praying every moment that she is real, and not just a figment of his imagination.

Captain Traven is Reya’s last hope. They have to reach White Dragon Tower, before the man that impersonates her father catches them. Unexpectedly, Reya finds herself falling for the big, arrogant Captain, and wishing with all her heart that he could be her champion forever.

Safety encased in White Dragon Tower, Traven and Reya face their biggest challenge. They must convince the Magic Masters to aid them in revealing the Allure that impersonates Reya’s father without revealing their forbidden relationship. They struggle to face the coming heartbreak when Reya will be expected to marry another.

Master Jarock, a hired assassin, travels into the Shadow Mountains He is plagued by a young gypsy girl, Indigo, who believes she must follow him, and will not be persuaded to leave him alone. The closer they get to White Dragon Tower, the closer they become. But all of that changes when Indigo discovers that Jarock has been hired to kill Traven and Reya.

Master Jarock struggles as he settles into the daily live as the Master of White Dragon Tower. The thing that makes it all worth it is Indigo. But when Dragon Slayers invade the Shadow Mountains and Lilly disappears, Jarock and his grandfather sat out on a dangerous mission to find her.

Levi, the seventh Earl of Barrows, is sent on a mission by his mother to find the assassin who killed his father and two older brothers. In his travels, he encounters a beautiful gypsy girl. When she saves his life, he realizes that she is under a persuasion and vows to find a Magic Master to release her. Between escaping from murdering thugs, the chaos created by Cara’s “dog”, and Cara’s distrust of all persons male, Levi struggles to protect her and to get her safely to White Dragon Tower. But as they enter the Shadow Mountains, Levi and Cara fall into the hands of the Dragon Slayer. Master Hawkins compels them to serve him, and kill the white dragon. Soon all of their fates are in the hands of the dragons.

Kya Lind’s first childhood was spent in the beautiful Ozark mountains of Northern Arkansas where her brothers and sister listened to her tell stories for hours. Her second childhood was enjoyed in the rolling prairies of the Missouri river basin where she danced and sang with her children. For her third childhood she intends to spend it on the sunny Atlantic beaches of Florida with her grandkids building sandcastles in the sunshine. “Never grow up- Just start your next childhood.” Words to live by.