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    Dragon Reunion (Dragon Hearts 8)
    Dragon Reunion (Dragon Hearts 8)
    Dragon Reunion (Dragon Hearts 8)
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    Dragon Reunion (Dragon Hearts 8)

    By Carole Mortimer

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    DRAGON REUNION is the 8th and last took book in USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, paranormal dragon shifter series, DRAGON HEARTS.

    When billionaire Maddox Wilder’s helicopter develops engine problems it forces the pilot to make an emergency landing in North Wales. With a heavy layer of snow on the ground, and a temperature approaching zero, Maddox seeks shelter in the local inn after his pilot volunteers to wait for the arrival of an engineer needed to make the necessary repairs.

    But Maddox doesn’t remain at the inn for long, somehow feeling himself drawn toward Pendragon Castle perched high up on a nearby snow-covered mountain. Which is odd in itself, because the castle isn’t shown in any of the maps for the area Maddox brings up on line. But the innkeeper assures him that Pendragon Castle exists and has been the property of the Pendragon family for centuries.

    Within minutes Maddox finds himself standing at the bottom of that mountain, staring up at the medieval fortress, unable to resist that almost magnetic pull drawing him closer and closer.

    Carys Evans is acting as temporary housekeeper for the Pendragon family while her mother recovers from having an operation and Carys can find a fulltime job of her own. It’s as well the job at the castle is only temporary because Carys is a disaster at it. She’s too young, too trusting, too outgoing, too everything for the very private Pendragon family.

    When the very tall, very dark, and extremely handsome Maddox Wilder comes calling Carys is instantly aware of the fierce and immediate attraction burning between the two of them, her whole body suddenly feeling alive and responsive in a way it never has before.

    The Pendragon brothers are less impressed with their visitor but refuse to allow Maddox Wilder to leave until he has explained exactly what he’s doing visiting their castle.

    There is no way Maddox is going to confide in the arrogant Pendragon brothers that the ‘voice in his head’ told him to come here.

    Just as that same voice is now telling him that Carys Evans is the woman he has waited his whole life to meet and that she belongs to him.

    Maddox quickly realizes the Pendragon brothers are hiding a secret that is even more shocking than his own. A secret that totally rocks Maddox’s world and draws him relentlessly toward the truth of who and what he really is.

    More books by Carole Mortimer:

    Dragon Hearts:
    NATHANIEL (Dragon Hearts 1)
    DERYK (Dragon Hearts 2)
    BRYN (Dragon Hearts 3)
    DYLAN (Dragon Hearts 4)
    GRIGOR (Dragon Hearts 5)
    GARRETT (Dagon Hearts 6)
    AERAN & RHYS (Dragon Hearts 7)
    DRAGON REUNION (Dragon Hearts 8)
    Series now complete

    Regency Club Venus:
    BASTIAN’S SURRENDER (Regency Club Venus 1)
    GABRIEL’S TORMENT (Regency Club Venus 2)
    More books to come in this series

    Regency Men in Love (M/M series written as C A MORTIMER):
    Hidden Lover (Regency Men in Love 1)
    Hidden Desire (Regency Men in Love 2)
    More books to come in this series.

    Steele Protectors:
    LOGAN (Steele Protectors 1)
    BRYCE (Steele Protectors 2)
    ATTICUS (Steele Protectors 3)
    ROURKE (Steele Protectors 4)
    HAYDN (Steele Protectors 5)
    More books to come in this series

    Also Available:
    Regency Lovers Series: Books 1-6
    Regency Sinners: Bks 1-8
    Regency Unlaced Series: Books 1-9
    Contemporary Knight Security Series – spin-off to Alpha Series:
    Books 0.5–6
    Contemporary Alpha Series: Books 1-8

    Carole Mortimer has written over 250 books, in paranormal romance, contemporary romantic suspense, and Regency romance. She became an indie author in 2014. In May 2017 she received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times. She is the Recipient of the 2015 Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. An Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author—ever. 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance. She

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarole Mortimer
    Release dateNov 1, 2019
    ISBN9781910597804
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      Dragon Reunion (Dragon Hearts 8) - Carole Mortimer

      Chapter One

      Pendragon Castle, North Wales

      Late Afternoon, December 22 nd

      Maddox drew in a sharp breath as he once again felt a stirring of the something that had brought him to the bottom of this snow-covered mountain. Gazing up at the gray stone fortress perched halfway up that rocky terrain only seemed to increase the mental pull, urging him to go to the very doors of the edifice itself.

      To Pendragon Castle.

      The keeper of the local inn where Maddox had eaten his lunch had told him the castle and the mountain on which it stood had been owned by the Pendragon family for centuries.

      Maddox had spotted the castle as the helicopter he was a passenger in had flown overhead. He’d had no idea that just seconds later, the helo would be forced to land nearby after its engine started to make ominous spluttering sounds and the machine began to lose altitude. Once they were safely on the ground, his pilot had called an engineer for assistance. Help was promised to them within the next two hours. The pilot had offered to remain with the helo, and had insisted, when more snow began to fall, that Maddox seek shelter, warmth, and something to eat at the inn in the village.

      Maddox had done just that, but once his meal was eaten, boredom and curiosity had led him to searching online on his cell phone for the name of the castle they had flown over. Except he hadn’t been able to find any castle listed or shown on the maps of the area. Which was when he had questioned the innkeeper.

      The very starkness of Pendragon Castle gave it a beauty that called to Maddox like a siren’s song.

      He still had no explanation as to why that draw had been so strong, but it had been enough for him to brave going out in the snow again after pulling on his long cashmere overcoat and walking the short distance from the village to the bottom of this mountain. His handmade leather shoes would probably never recover from this trek through the four inches of snow that had completely covered the rocky terrain and blown into drifts a foot or so deep in some places.

      Close up, the castle was every bit as big and imposing as it had appeared from the air. Built of those huge blocks of weathered gray stone, it had defensive turrets at the four corners of the crenellated fortification, with a flat parapet above the huge front doors. There was another, equally as imposing ten-foot-high wall built about and protecting the whole of the medieval structure.

      The Welsh flag, a red dragon on a green-and-white background, flew above the two huge wooden doors at the front of the building. There was another flag beside it of two rampant golden dragons on a green background. Could that be the Pendragon family coat of arms?

      Maddox instinctively knew that it was.

      Those same instincts which had made him a billionaire businessman?

      No, this was different.

      Because the feelings he had right now went bone-deep.

      It was almost as if Maddox somehow recognized the gold-and-green flag, as well as the castle in front of him.

      Which was impossible. As far as Maddox was aware, when he had lived in England before his move to the States some years ago, he’d never had reason to visit North Wales. The business meeting he had attended these past few days, which had necessitated him being in the area, was the first time he ever remembered being in Wales at all.

      The wisest thing to do would be to walk away and ignore whatever was urging him to cross those last few feet that would bring him to the huge wooden doors, allowing him to ring on the old-fashioned bellpull beside them.

      Most especially so when Maddox still had no idea why the desire to do so had gripped him so strongly and refused to let go.

      He doubted that any of the Pendragon family would welcome a complete stranger ringing their doorbell in the middle of a snowstorm. Especially as Maddox had absolutely no explanation as to why he felt compelled to do so.

      He really did need to turn around and leave.

      There was nothing for him here. Sadly, there had never been anything for him anywhere. He had no parents living, nor any siblings or other relatives. Nor had he ever married or had children of his own. He was alone and had been so for a very long time.

      As a consequence, there had never been anything or anyone that gave purpose or anchor to his life. Oh, there had been plenty of women he bedded over the years, but he had never cared enough for any of them to feel he wanted to spend the rest of his life with them. Over time, even those transient relationships had begun to pall until he simply lost interest.

      Possibly because somewhere inside him, Maddox knew he was waiting for something?

      Or someone.

      The one woman who would complete him.

      If he couldn’t have that, find her, then he would rather not bother.

      Instead, he spent most of his time accumulating millions upon millions of dollars from his many successful businesses, until those millions had become billions and billions. Which, as Maddox had no one to leave the money to, would ultimately be received by numerous charities around the world he had named in his will.

      At least someone would benefit from his death.

      Except, as Maddox had discovered, even dying wasn’t as easy as everyone seemed to think it was, and a life lived alone could become a burden rather than a pleasure.

      But it seemed fate, or whatever other deity might be in charge of his future, had decided Maddox would continue to live on in this solitary purgatory until they decreed otherwise.

      He couldn’t say he was unhappy with his life per se—how could he claim that when he had enough money to buy and do whatever he wished!—he just felt as if he was living in some sort of limbo. Waiting. Always waiting. Not just for that one woman to complete him, but for something else. What that something could be, he had no idea—

      Home.

      Maddox froze as the sound of that deep and familiar voice resonated inside his head.

      He could go for months, years sometimes, without the voice, as he had come to call it, making so much as a murmur. Then, out of the blue, he would hear random words advising him what to do. Buy. Sell. Walk away. After a time, he had learned not to dismiss those instructions, because they were invariably valid ones.

      But home wasn’t an instruction. It was a statement.

      Home, the voice repeated firmly.

      Surely it couldn’t be referring to Pendragon Castle? A place Maddox had never seen before today couldn’t be called home.

      Maddox’s brow creased into a puzzled frown as he once again stared up at the looming fortification. Nothing about it was familiar to him. Absolutely nothing. And yet he could feel an ache in his chest as he looked at those two pennants fluttering together in the cold December snowfall.

      The Welsh flag.

      The Pendragon family crest.

      Chapter Two

      A loud pounding sounded on the bedroom door of Grigor and Gayle’s suite within Castle Pendragon.

      Oh for fuck’s sake! Garett swore loudly on the other side of that door when the couple ignored him. Will you two stop fucking for five minutes and open this bloody door! This last demand was accompanied by Garrett’s fist beating repeatedly against the wooden barrier.

      How does he know that’s what we’re doing? Gayle didn’t budge from her position of straddling her husband’s naked thighs, Grigor’s cock buried to the hilt inside her heat.

      All the brothers’ emotions are linked, Grigor reminded with a smile, his hands on her hips urging

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