Kiss of Fire by Deborah Cooke – a Review

Kiss of Fire by Deborah Cooke is her first novel in her DragonFire series.  This series is about two types of Dragon shapeshifters, one called Pyr, who are guardians of the four elements..earth, wind, air and fire.  The Pyr are protectors for humanity against the evil Slayers, who plan the destruction of the human race and the Pyr’s.

This book is about Quinn, who is a Smith, and after hundreds of years living alone, distant form his fellow Pyr’s, he recognizes the firestorm is upon him.  This means that he must find his mate, in order to conceive a child together.  Quinn, must come to terms with his alienation from his fellow Pry’s, as his mate life is threatened by the Slayers, as they do not want a child to be born. We will learn later in the book, how Quinn as a child lost his family, and was mislead to trusting the wrong person.  This caused his distrust of the Pyr’s.

Sara Keegan is an accountant, which she tells constantly tells Quinn, when she meets him.  But she runs a bookstore that was bequeathed to her by her aunt. She actually meets Quinn, when he, in the form of a fire breathing dragon, saves her life, from an attacker when she leaves her bookstore.  Sara actually meets Quinn the next day, and she finds out pretty quick, that he is the Dragon who saved her.  The firestorm is strong between them, and Sara immediately feels the attraction  She learns from Quinn about the prophecy that says the “Smith and the Seer” will produce the Pyr’s only chance to save the earth.  That is why the Slayers want them both dead.  Sara is pretty cool, as she accepts so easily that Quinn and the pry men are Dragon shapeshifters.   She adapts well to each situation, and is also very brave. 

Deborah Cooke has created an excellent series that will continue with the stories of the other Pyr men, who will need their lifemates.  The villains are the Slayers.  In this book, the main villain is Ambrose, who is the one who fooled Quinn early on…. the one Quinn thought was his friend, was in actuality the real enemy.  He was a Slayer, who wanted to turn Quinn as a child to be a Slayer, then decided to kill everyone Quinn cared about along the way.  Quinn does learn the truth from Sara, who has dreams of his life in the past, as she is indeed the seer.    This was an exciting and action filled ending, and a wonderful romance between Quinn and Sara. 

We meet some really good characters in the other sexy Pry men, such as Eric Sorenson, the leader of the Pyr, and the other men, Donavan, Rafferty, Niall, just to name a few, as well as meeting the Wyvern Sophie.  All of them, I am sure will come to play in the future books of the Dragonfire series.  We will also have the Slayers who managed to escape at the end.  This is an excellent start to a new paranormal series, and we can look forward to more sexy dragon shapeshifters.

Reviewed by Barb