Rurik by Lauren Smith – a Review

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DESCRIPTION

A dragon’s prisoner… or his deepest desire? 

The fiercest of a royal line of Russian dragon shifters, Rurik Barinov spends most days defending his family’s homeland from rival clans. By night, sins of the flesh — drinking, dancing, and sex — keep his volatile warrior dragon in check. Barely. 

With his choice of mortal women to bed, he has no interest in changing his bad-boy ways — until a creature of molten sex poured into a tiny red satin dress steps into his nightclub. A jagged edge of raw desire nicks the impenetrable armor around his heart. 

Charlotte MacQueen has been told since childhood to stay in school, live a normal life. Leave the family business — hunting down dragons — to her brothers. But tonight, she’s shed her chemist’s lab coat and infiltrated enemy lines to bag a dragon of her own. 

She never expected sexy, all-too-wicked Rurik Barinov to capture her, body and soul — the perfect weapon to use against her brothers. Or that she’d fall for the brave, battle-scarred dragon shifter who covets her heart like the most precious of jewels. 

REVIEW

5 out of 5 for this reader folks!

Well hot dayum .. seriously .. HOT DAYUM!  I am quite certain if I was reading a paperback copy and not an e copy, the pages would of lit up.  This book was simply that hot and awesome!

Rurik by Lauren Smith (seriously Lauren, you are one of the quickest turnover authors out there .. we never have to wait long ..lol), is the third book of her “Brothers of Ash and Fire” and it is the best one yet!  A paranormal romance, this novel concentrates on the third brother of a dragon shifter family and the journey to finding his mate without losing what he so preciously guards .. his family and their secrets.

Rurik Barinov is a dragon shifter who is absolutely fierce, dominant, hot and the best kind of bad boy a reader can find in a book boyfriend.  He has no time for love, only for living wild, battle, and protecting his family at all costs.  Love??  Pfftt, no way!  No time for that useless emotion as having a mate will make him weak, and Rurik refuses to be weak.  That is until a sweet little mortal walks into his club, and makes him understand what this kind of weakness is really about.

Charlotte MacQueen is tired of her brothers constantly over protecting her and keeping her in the dark on so many issues that concern their family and that of the dragon shifters.  She is a biochemist by trade (and boy, she is a smart one at that) and has come to the club to find the one dragon that no one can seem to get a grip on .. Rurik.  She wasn’t expecting the instant bond, the instant pull, the instant “I am ready to break all the rules for you and I have no clue why!”  She is determined and perhaps a little naive in her approach, but soon enough, there is nothing or no one that can protect her from the grasp Rurik soon has her in.  The thing is, she isn’t really sure she wants him to let go either.

SO BOOM!  Right from the beginning you are thrown right into the story.  No major build up, but Rurik and Charlotte didn’t need one.  That is how perfectly matched these two are.  Rurik captivated me in the previous two books, so I admit I was very much looking forward to his story, and Lauren absolutely delivered.  I strongly recommend you read the first two books as it is a ongoing story with focus on different leads.  You will see the growth in the dragon brothers, and you will also see a strong healing begin from past sins.

I think Lauren Smith has single handedly turned me into a serious dragon shifter lover.  The world she creates and the story weaved among the lore, is refreshing and pretty believable.  I have decided she is not allowed to ever complete this series, and she is not allowed to give up writing paranormal!  MORE PLEASE! 🙂

HAPPY READING! 🙂

Reviewed by Rachel

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