Dragons Prefer Blondes [Paperback]

Candace Havens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 7, 2009

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Second in the paranormal series featuring the Caruthers sisters, party girls who save the world-between cocktails.

Alex Caruthers is a sassy socialite who knows when it's time to turn in her dancing shoes and kick some serious dragon booty. But when Ginjin-the dragon warrior who's tried to kill her numerous times- chooses her as his mate, Alex finds herself in a situation that's too hot to handle.

For help she turns to Jake, head of Caruthers security-and a total hottie in a suit-and asks him to pose as her boyfriend. Their relationship might be fake, but Alex can't deny that one touch from Jake makes her burn hotter than any dragon could.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Candace "Candy" Havens is a best selling and award-winning author. Her novels include Charmed & Dangerous, Charmed & Ready, Charmed & Deadly, Like A Charm and The Demon King and I. She is known for writing strong female characters, who save the world, but aren't exactly perfect. She is a two-time RITA, Write Touch Reader and Holt Medallion finalist. She is also the winner of the Barbara Wilson award.

Candy is a nationally syndicated entertainment columnist for FYI Television. A veteran journalist she has interviewed just about everyone in Hollywood from George Clooney and Orlando Bloom to Nicole Kidman and Kate Beckinsale. You can hear Candy weekly on 96.3 KSCS in the Dallas Fort Worth Area.

Her popular online Writer's Workshop has more than 1000 students and provides free classes to professional and aspiring writers.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade; 1 edition (July 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425227804
• ISBN-13: 978-0425227800
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #978,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Candace "Candy" Havens is a best selling and award-winning author. Her novels include "Charmed & Dangerous", "Charmed & Ready", "Charmed & Deadly", "Like A Charm," "The Demon King and I"and the upcoming "Dragons Prefer Blondes." She is known for writing strong female characters, who save the world, but aren't exactly perfect. She is a two-time RITA, Write Touch Reader and a two-time Holt Medallion finalist. She is also the winner of the Barbara Wilson award.

Candy is a nationally syndicated entertainment columnist for FYI Television. A veteran journalist she has interviewed just about everyone in Hollywood from George Clooney and Orlando Bloom to Nicole Kidman and Kate Beckinsale. You can hear Candy weekly on 96.3 KSCS in the Dallas Fort Worth Area.

Her popular online Writer's Workshop has more than 1000 students and provides free classes to professional and aspiring writers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars kick-butt urban fantasy, July 8, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragons Prefer Blondes (Paperback)

Socialite Alex Caruthers lives a dual life. First she runs nightclubs around the globe and second she is a dragon slayer Guardian, hunting down the Ahi predators who attack humans. Her world is filled with no free moments for romance beyond a quickie and the irony of believing only a crazy person would become a Guardian.

Dragon warrior Ginjin stuns her when he declares her to be his soulmate. They have not had what might loosely call an amiable relationship as he has tried to kill her on several occasions. She informs her new paramour that he is too late. She insists she is already in a heated relationship with the head of security, Jake before she is forced by powers much greater than her to accept her enemy as her bed partner. The only problem with the queen of one night trysts is Jake raises her desire way beyond that of the heat any dragon can muster.

The latest Caruthers sisters' kick-butt urban fantasy (see THE DEMON KING AND I) is fast-paced and filled with plenty of action as readers will enjoy the heroine's musing asides re life's unfair complexities. Alex feels like she jumped from the fry pan into the fire after she announces Jake as her fiancé whose kiss heats her soul (let alone her body). Filled with jocularity, Candace Havens provides another entertaining romp as dragons may prefer blondes, but this blonde prefers a human hunk.

Harriet Klausner

1.0 out of 5 stars Reptitive and boring, November 17, 2011

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hentai18ancilla "Dani" (Emerald Isle) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dragons Prefer Blondes (Caruthers Sisters) (Kindle Edition)

I've never read anything else from the author however this book seemed to be the offshoot of a well established series given how she kept mentioning other characters and going on and on about how great they are and what they've done. The character development was zilch and the romance seemed spring upon the two leads. And the dragon does not really play a part in any of it-and I honestly felt HIS character was more developed! The dragon speaks for about a solid paragraph but in that one paragraph I feel real credible emotions and a good background is established. In comparison the heroine is boring as is her partner. Everything seem straight out of fantasy barbie for them. And I do mean everything. Boring read, waste of my money.

5.0 out of 5 stars I love all of these books. They are true release for stress, October 29, 2011

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nanric - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragons Prefer Blondes (Paperback)

I love ending my day by reading a Candace Havens book. They are total fantasy and fun. They move quickly and I find they relieve stress.