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Dragon Chained

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2020
2022
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13 chapters
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 The Dragon of 23rd Street*
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The Dragon of 23rd Street*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A YA urban fantasy series by Haley Ryan.

1) Dragon Chained
2) Dragon Hunted
3) Dragon Crowned
Copyright © 2020 by Haley Ryan
Okay, so if I’m being honest, this book happened because I had a wild idea the night before NaNoWriMo.

And nobody talked me out of it.

So I’m dedicating this to everyone who encourages us to believe in our wild ideas and helps those ideas take flight…

This is all your fault.
MY NAME IS KIRA, and I’m a dragon.
May contain spoilers
... And you’re her daughter.”
Comments may contain spoilers
I picked this series up because I met the author.
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Extract (may contain spoilers)
Not bothering to flip on the lights, I padded downstairs into the darkened interior of the bookstore. We only had the one computer, and I hadn’t brought it upstairs yet since closing the shop.

Rummaging around on the usual shelf, I had just closed my fingers over the hard shell of the laptop when a new sound caught my attention. I paused to listen. It sounded like the scraping or scritching of something sharp being dragged over a hard surface, and it sent an involuntary shiver down my spine.

For a moment, I thought it must be Chicken sharpening his claws. But he hated hard surfaces, and would always use either his scratching post or the arm of the couch. Besides, the sound was coming from the back of the shop, and Chicken hadn’t followed me downstairs.

I had choices, I knew. I could race upstairs, lock the door at the top, and pretend I hadn’t imagined some kind of drooling, clawed monster bursting in through the back door and stalking me through the store while slavering for my blood.

Yeah, yeah, I might technically be a dragon, but being alone in the dark sometimes freaked me out just like anyone else.

Or, I could go investigate and realize it was nothing more than the wind blowing branches across a window. Wouldn’t be the first time.

The first few steps would be hard, but they could mean all the difference between a quiet evening of internet searches and being up the rest of the night jumping at shadows because of my overactive imagination. With that in mind, I set the computer back down, rolled my eyes at my stupidity, and marched out from behind the desk.

It wasn’t like there was much out there that could hurt me anyway. At least not in the human world. I was disproportionately strong for my size and healed quickly. If there was a human intruder, I could easily throw him or her out a window.

But it had sounded like claws…

 

Added: 13-Oct-2021
Last Updated: 14-Oct-2022

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 31-Mar-2020
Page Nine Press
Kindle e-Book
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Date Issued:
31-Mar-2020
Format:
Kindle e-Book
Cover Price:
$12.99
Pages*:
276
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Once
Reading(s):
1)   23 Nov 2021 - 26 Jan 2022
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Country:
United States
Language:
English
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From amazon.com:

A dragon, a fae, and a pixie walk into a bookstore…

Sounds like a joke, right? For me, it’s just an ordinary day on the job. At least, it has been ever since my aunt disappeared and left me with her store, her cat, and a whole lot of unanswered questions.

My plan is to stay hidden. Pretend I’m human. Sell books, drink tea, and never ever talk about the dragon.

But it turns out my aunt had secrets, and a lot of those secrets seem to involve me ending up dead. To survive, I’m going to have to learn how to fight, even if it means placing my trust in a total stranger.

Draven is a half-fae assassin who’s as gorgeous as he is irritating, and his motives are less than clear. He might be willing to help me—for a price—but is it a price I’m willing to pay?

And if I accept his help, can I trust an assassin to keep the biggest secret of them all?

The Dragon of 23rd Street is a YA Urban Fantasy trilogy that’s perfect for fans of Linsey Hall, Bella Forrest, and Annette Marie. Grab a copy today if you love snarky dragons, dangerous fae, sweet, slow-burn romance, and non-stop twists!
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  • I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
  • Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
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  • When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
  • Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.






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