Dragon Whispers: Six Tales of Dragon Adventure and Lore

By Charity Tahmaseb

Here be dragons … six of them.

 

Often mercurial, preternaturally perceptive, always inscrutable.

 

What if you had to barter for your village while tied to a stake? Or if the one thing you always wanted—a dragon of your own—was forever denied? Where might a midnight chase through a stately hotel lead?  

 

From adversary to lover to devoted friend, from epic to urban fantasy—follow six heroines as they encounter six very different dragons. They'll barter and bargain, chase and be chased, and in the end, learn the true meaning of dragon's bane.

 

Dragon Whispers gathers together the dragon stories from The (Love) Stories for 2020 project:

 

Aleag the Great

Knight at the Royal Arms

Fire and Ivy

Dragon's End

Heart Whisper

Dragon's Bane

Let the adventure begin!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charity Tahmaseb
• Release date: Oct 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393149804

Charity Tahmaseb

Charity Tahmaseb was a 2003 Golden Heart finalist, and one of her short stories was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is the co-author, with Darcy Vance, of The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading, and lives in Minnesota. Visit her at thegeekgirlsguide.com/wordpress.

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