For Halloween, I want to be a…
Doesn’t everyone? Think of the perks – the pointy hat with the veil on the end (haven’t you always wanted one of those?); the floaty dresses made of satin and velvet and brocade; staff to schlep the dry cleaning. A turreted castle with every luxury at your fingertip. Legions of princes doing the Entry Interview with Dad to get to court you – as well as the occasional pauper with aspirations.
And a dragon.
Not on your list? Well, dragons were always on mine. I’ve always wanted a lean mean fighting machine of my own, a fabulous fabled beast that looked jewelled in the candlelight. Who wouldn’t want a man who could turn in on when he wanted to, one who kept a golden treasure hoard of his very own, one always ready to rip out throats in defense of his lady love.
Who had to be – if you check your fairy tales – a princess, a virgin or a damsel-in-distress. I’m not much for being in distress and we won’t even talk about the other option.
I’ve always been fascinated with dragons and now I understand why I always wanted to dress as a princess at Halloween. It was my favourite costume – my mother and I routinely argued over a princess’s needs for boots, a hat and mitts, maybe (on snowy Halloweens) a jacket under her flowing gossamer gown. I knew that such things, although warm, would trash the ethereal princess look, but never won the argument. (Being six years old bites.)
Maybe that’s why I don’t have a dragon of my own yet. They must be picky, these dangerous dudes who breathe fire and have a taste for maidens. They must be worth the trouble, despite their tempers and their inevitable damage to the upholstery. So, I’ve created a world of dragons of my very own in a new series of fantasy romances called Dragonfire.Â
They’re sexy hunks, these shape shifting dragon dudes, and I’m having a lot of fun telling their stories. You can meet Quinn, the first one of my Pyr dragon warriors, in February ’08Â in KISS OF FIRE.
Even better, add a comment here and you can win the drawing for an Advance Reading Copy of KISS OF FIRE! They look like this.
Signed,
Deborah Cooke
Fairy Princess
Hi Deborah!
These sound sooooo good! I look forward to reading them.
Laura
Oooooo, this series sounds like chocolate, yummy!!!! Love dragons! Can’t wait to read it.
Sounds good! Looking forward to checking them out!
Oh..I LOVE dragon stories!! Something about them just sucks me it too…I guess I just want to be a princess…
Just peeked at your site and your dragon shifter sounds yummy.
Sounds great, cannot wait to read it. Your site looks great.
My girls always want to be princesses and that is fine with me. It is less dress up clothes i have to buy.
Kiss of Fire sounds great!
Don’t mind me. I’m just stroking that cover again. Purty, purty stuff. And I agree, the series sounds great.
Me, I wanted to be a princess dragon superhero. Alas.
This sounds so exciting. I can not wait to get it and read it.
I always wanted a Dragon as a friend, not sure if I wanted one as a lover…
I think that is one of the BEST COVERS evah. And I am not a cover ho like some…
I just love this cover for this book. It’s great. I always enjoy reading about dragons as well – especially of the sexy variety.
I have to admit I always preferred the idea of being a dragon to being a princess. Love the book cover.
Oh, Deirdre, they’re only dragons when they fight. Otherwise, they’re MEN — which works for me in a big way.
So, Sybil, who’s the kid? My princess dresses came out of the dressup box and were never that fab – plus I had short short hair as a kid.
Deborah, the innocent bystander on this blog
I agree, fantastic cover. Can’t wait to read it, Deborah. I love all kinds of paranormal creatures, but especially dragons. They can be arrogant and self-centered, but just need some tender stroking to give you their undivided attention, lol.
I much prefer the dragons of fiction (The Obsidian Trilogy, the Pern series, and several others) rather than the folklore ones–after all magical and/or thread killing dragons are much more interesting than those that just want to eat maidens!
Great excerpt on her website, too. Love paranormals, and the dragon warrior storyline definitely has me interested in reading more.
I would soooo love to win a copy of this book! I’ve read all her older paranormals and loved them all!
This series looks fabulous but I wonder why doesn’t the princess ever get to be the dragon… why is it one or the other?
I really think the cover gods smiled down upon you. Luurve that cover.
Me? I never wanted to be a princess. All those dresses and cold jewelry? *shudder* I wanted to be She-Ra (or one of her counterparts). She got a flying horse and a sword. Yeah-baby. 😛
Did you say dragon warrior??!!? I’ll be whatever I have to be to get the attention of a dragon warrior. Name it… and I can be it! 😀
*looks up* uh oh. Another Christine…. 😮 !
Hi Deborah! I want to be a princess too! and have a huge dragon! heh. That would be SO cool.
Your book sounds amazing and I would LOVE to win a copy! 😀
sexy drgons are always a plus in my book!
Yowwwwwzzzzzer!! I’ll take him and an ARC for when he’s sleeping!!! 😉
That cover is great… and the winner is a lucky person!
It is great that authors are so versatile… I know you also write historicals 🙂 which I love!!
I’ve been so waiting for this one to come out. Love dragonlore, love fairy princesses and love the cover of this book!
Hello. My name is Gwen and I’m a cover ho.
((hello gwen))
I admit to being in
lovelust with several cover models. Nathan Kamp chief amongst them. I was doing okay resisting the lure of buying a book simply because ol’ Kampy was on the cover. I could walk past him in a grocery store or book store and resistlookingdrooling.And then it happened. Deborah’s Kiss of Fire cover came out. All my good work until then completely wasted. I backslid until I was not at zero, but at -7. I don’t know when I’ll be able to recover my good sense. I keep hoping that one day I’d run into the cover model responsible for KOF’s cover. Hey – I can dream.
Can’t you just see that swagger in his walk? ::sigh::
I’ve never read a dragon story before. But it does sound good.
Love the cover!
Dragons?!! Yay! I heart dragons! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for winning this ARC 🙂
I absolutely love dragons. Can’t wait to read the story
Hi Deborah,
I told you all the reasons why I should win the ARC on your blog. I thought they were very good reasons and I’m bummed I didn’t win. Perhaps I’ll win here. I sure hope so as I’d love to win and read KISS OF FIRE. It appeals to me greatly.
Can’t wait to read it!
Oh I love that cover!
I love dragon stories! That cover is so awesome. Can’t wait to read it!
How sad is it I am sitting going Deborah? Who the hell is deborah? Jesus woman pick a name!
No idea who the kid is, as with most pic things I blame gwen. Although whoever is it I hope the picture is suppose to be on the internets. Yes I have to keep an eye on Gwen.
Since this posted what a week ago and I am just now noticing I really do a good job on that huh?
Hey I even told her yesterday she could post something about putting together the perfect cover model or was it man.
All I know is it involved actors I would assume mostly not dressed. le sigh, the things I put up for others general amusement.