KISS OF FIRE
Deborah Cooke
Signet Eclipse
ISBN: 978-0-451-22327-2
February 2008
Paranormal Romance

What an absolutely fabulous new series!!!! I was completely enthralled with Deborah Cooke’s new dragonfire book KISS OF FIRE. There have been so many new paranormal books and series released lately that I really did not know if I was going to enjoy this one. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.

Sara Keegan is an accountant who recently resettled herself to Ann Arbor in order to take over the running of her Aunt’s mystic shop. With the recent deaths of her parents and aunt, there is nothing much to hold her anywhere. She is a strong lead female character, practical and interesting to follow. Sarah does not really believe in the supernatural, but is open minded enough to not be scared away until she understands what she sees. Because she just KNOWS that the person who just tried to kill her was NOT sent away by a dragon. No sir-ee, that was definitely NOT a dragon who scared away the would-be murderer.

Quinn Tyrell has been a loner almost all of his life. He has never trusted any of his own kind, the PYR (dragons). He has been betrayed too many times and does not know whom to believe in, so he will not trust anyone but himself. When he meets up with Sara, he is struck by the firestorm (the PYR’s mating sign) and knows that she is the one for him. It is not only fate and omens which bring these two together but a true partnership and understanding of the other, that makes their love real. Sparks DO fly when they first meet, literally, figuratively and permanently.

I really liked the world and character building of this book. The plot and sub plots, Sara and Quinn and the secondary characters were all well thought out and constructed. I felt that although I know there are more books coming in this series, this story was fully developed and I do not have to wait for another book to feel fulfilled. So many of the series today are cliff hangers or one LONG story sold as multiple books as opposed to a self contained book. I know the next book is going to be linked with KISS OF FIRE, but it will stand on its own just fine. As a beginning of a new paranormal series I absolutely adored KISS OF FIRE and anxiously await to read the next book, not because I have to in order to figure out what is going to happen, but because I WANT to because the writing was so good and the development pulled me into this world. Kudos!

Reviewer: Sarah Silversmith
Rating: 4 ½