Destiny's call isn't always gentle. Sometimes it bellows like a beast. The sacred blood of the last remaining Draecna Guardian flows through Hannah MacPherson's veins. She just doesn't know it, and even if she did, she wouldn't believe it. She believes in reality. Nothing else. Widowed by the Iraq war, she's now the best and only veterinarian in the tiny town of Jasper Mills, and she's made it painfully clear to any man foolish enough to try that she is not available and never will be. All she wants is a quiet life in the country taking care of her four-legged patients, and she'll do whatever it takes to preserve that life-including ignoring scammy emails and letters about an inheritance in Scotland. Then Taggart de Gaelson shows up, claiming to know more about her than she ever fathomed. As Hannah's ordained Protector, he intends to retrieve her and enlighten her about her divine calling. The balance of the Continuum depends on the sacred Draecna who maintain the strength of the portals. Only Hannah's touch can release this era's hatchlings from their eggs-the hatchlings destined to take the place of the elderly Draecna guarding the portals.Sworn to protect Hannah from all others who lust for control of the creatures, Taggart must win her trust. But as he battles at her side, she stirs a longing he must never pursue. A Protector is forbidden to love a Guardian-to do so risks everything and no one can protect his precious Hannah as well as he can. As the 2011 winner of RT Magazine's Writing with the Stars contest, this romantic fantasy of dragon-like creatures, shifters, forbidden love, and worlds that exist beyond magical portals will make you laugh, cry, and stay up entirely too late to find out what happens. Escape to Taroc Na Mor and Erastaed with Hannah and Taggart and leave reality behind! Previously published in 2012, this revised edition with its fresh new cover contains additional scenes never before published. Maeve Greyson is a USA TODAY bestselling author, Amazon Top 100 bestseller, Amazon All Star, multiple RONE Award winner, and a multiple HOLT Medallion Finalist.Her mantra is this: No one has the power to shatter your dreams unless you give it to them.She and her husband of over forty-five years traveled around the world while in the U.S. Air Force. Now they're settled in rural Kentucky where Maeve writes about her courageous heroes and the fearless women who tame them. Sometimes her stories are historical romances, time travel romances, or escapist romantasies, but the one thing they always have in common is a satisfying happily ever after. When she's not plotting the perfect snare, she can be found herding cats, grandchildren, and her husband-not necessarily in that order.
