Black Heart

Dragon Brides, Book 2

By: Moira Kane

Narrated by: Katherine M. Kaye

The story of a beauty and a beast reimagined.

Mara never dreamed of escape. Not really. How can a bird caged all her life ever think to fly? When a chance opportunity presents itself for the princess of Dunhill to flee her upcoming marriage and the cruel family that arranged it, she spreads her wings. But fate has other plans.

After narrowly surviving an encounter with the fabled Beast of the Blackwood—a dragon that stalks the forest that separates Dunhill from neighboring kingdoms—she finds herself in the unwilling company of Baron Gannon Black. He is mercurial at best, downright rude at worst.

The Black estate is teeming with secrets and the brusque baron is none too keen for Mara to unravel the mystery of the Black line. But hiding himself from the princess becomes impossible as he learns she is much more than the timid, bland daughter of the king. Can he keep her cloaked from the family that seeks to drag her back to her prison of etiquette and expectation or will her presence bring the long kept secrets of the Black family to light?

CW: Adult scenes and mentions of abuse.

©2021 Moira Kane (P)2022 Moira Kane

A great retelling of a classic

This is a new author to me, and I throughly enjoyed this great reimagined telling of Beauty and the Beast with a great added twist of Dragons. I like the dual POV, but not having a male narrator I sometimes lost track of whom the speaker was. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Good book to relax with.

This is a great tie in to book one. Standalone and easy to follow with well written characters. the references to the couple from book 1 are greatly appreciated that helps tie in the premise and connection within the larger world to see a bigger picture as the series goes on.