The Duchess and the Dragon

by Carie, Jamie

• ISBN13: 9780805445350
• ISBN10: 0805445358
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: B&H Fiction

Summary

Rising romance novelist Jamie Carie's second book,The Duchess and the Dragon,tells the epic story of two unlikely soulmates who live worlds apart but soon meet and turn each other's world upside down. Drake Weston, Duke of Northumberland, is accustomed to a life of royalty until a tragic mistake followed by murderous rage results in his darkening character and sudden flee from England. With a hoarde of money on which to survive, Drake hops a ship of indentured servants to America but is duly robbed and taken ill by the merciless sea voyage. In Pennsylvania, Serena Winter is a humble, devoted Quaker on a mission of mercy, ready to tend the sick people aboard a ship that has just arrived from England. Taken by Drake's air of dark mystery after he begins to serve as an apprentice to her silversmith father, Serena falls in love and is excommunicated by her fellow believers when she accepts a non-Quaker's marriage proposal. Not knowing Drake's history, Serena is later shocked to discover her new status as a duchess. What follows are hard truths and softening hearts, romance triangles, webs of deceit, and ultimately, the power of grace, love, and passion. Endorsements: What a charming and uplifting read. Once started, I could not bring myself to put it down. Drake Weston has lived all his live preparing to be named the fourth Duke of Northumberland. Little did he know that the man he had believed all his life to be his father had different plans. In the aftermath, Drake Weston, becomes a indentured servant heading for the colonies of America under the name Drake Winslow. He is taken in by a Quaker family and is introduced to a live of peace, contentment...and love. Love, in the form of 26-year-old Serena Winters. What ensues is truly a story of discovery about oneself. A discovery of spirituality and of purpose and the meaning of true love. A world completely foreign to Drake Weston. The story is well-paced and well-written and very effectively draws one into the world of 17th Century life. Through Drake's challenge to reconcile his prosperous upbringing with the common life introduced to him by his new bride, the reader also comes to challenge their beliefs and perceptions of things. Again, a thoroughly entertaining and uplifting read. It is a story of courage and nobility and devotion, not usually associated with the 'traditional' formulaic romance. An absolute treat.--Darlene Oakley The Sunpiper Book Review

Author Biography

Jamie Carie is the author of Snow Angel, winner of a 2007 National "Best Books" Award and a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year nominee. She lives with  her husband and three children in Indianapolis.