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How to date your dragon - a southern love story

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I've been reading Molly Harper's books for over ten years now and she never ceases to surprise me. She has an incredible sense of humor and a knack to build interesting female and male characters that will keep me engaged throughout each of her books. The first book I read was 'Nice girls don't have fangs' and I connected instantly with the main character who is a librarian that gets turned into a vampire after the town drunk idiot mistakes her for a deer while walking home, shots her and lets her to die on the side of the road. While Molly's first and most famous series is concentrated around vampires, now she decided to go into a different direction: dragons! 'How to date your dragon' was a great surprise, not only for the change of subjects but because I decided to purchase it as an audio book. I can only say that this added an extra flavor to the book. We have the main characters, Jillian Ramsay, brought to life by the narrator Amanda Ronco...

Welcome to Ordinary - a vacation spot for Gods and creatures alike

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Being a cop is difficult but being a cop in a small city where Gods come to take a vacation adds a new meaning to the word stress. So welcome to Ordinary! Let your worries behind, embrace a new life, a new name and mingle among Gods, creatures, vampires, werewolves and humans alike. If you need a place to stay Hades runs a cozy B&B down the street. Looking for a new suit? Zeus is the guy for you, his fancy shop is worth the money. Want a souvenir? Why don't you buy a wooden sculpture from Odin? Need someone to supervise your kids? Ares runs the local kindergarten. In the evening you can go grab a beer and something to eat at Hera's pub, play pool with vampires and werewolves and meet the town law enforcement family - the Reed sisters. Police chief Delaney Reed and her sisters Myra and Jean are the main characters in Devon Monk's 'Ordinary magic' series. All three of them possess special skills suitable for their jobs. Delaney, the oldest, is the bridge f...