Dane is a supernatural consultant engaged by Agent Jacobson of the SupFed to investigate reports of dragons interfering with plane routes in New England. When he arrives on the scene, Dane discovers an adult male copper dragon deep in the throes of dragon fever, and four kits of different clans, with an unhatched egg. The kits have been fiercely defending their adoptive father, and Dane is all the more perplexed. Dragons are known to abandon their kits as soon as they can fly--being highly territorial creatures. More puzzling, is how the adult could have collected so many different kits.

Mercury, it turns out, discovered government labs experimenting on dragon kits and eggs and began destroying them and rescuing any orphans he could find. He was raising four kits and the egg before he fell ill of dragon fever. Dane's magic is strong enough to teleport them all to his warded estate. He's furious at the treatment of the dragons, and can't wait to take it out on Jacobson whose behavior is highly suspicious for being involved.

This is a sweet and innocent love story between Dane and Mercury. Dane has a considerable amount of magic, prompting Mercury to guess his origin. Dane's used to beings being attracted to his power, and not himself. He's accustomed to using a glamour to cover his less-than-human physical traits. He's quite taken with handsome and heroic Mercury, and is rapidly endeared to the kits, who are all little fierce personalities. Mercury has magic himself, but he is sure no one like Dane could be interested in himself, a barely fit dragon with four and a half wild (nearly feral) charges. He hopes to recover before one of his kits accidentally burns Dane's home to the ground. This is the beginning of the series, and we get a great insight to these engaging characters, the stakes, and the battles that Dane chooses to join, to ensure no more dragons are being tortured or experimented upon.

On the page we only see some mild affection, but there's potential for a loving relationship to grow between them, as Dane makes it clear he'd love to assist in raising the kits, and helping them learn to control their magic. I'm looking forward to reading on in this series.

A tender family story with some truly wonderful characters and interactions. I'm looking forward to seeing where they head in the following books!

This is a fun little novella that was a pleasure to read. It was entertaining and made me smile quite a bit. It’s only about 95 pages so it’s quite a short read.

Dane is the premier consultant in cases of a supernatural nature. So when a case of dragons tangling with planes comes up on the Federal Bureau of Supernatural Investigation’s radar, it’s referred to him. Dane immediately uses his magic to track down the dragons. His first encounter is an amusing one.. he discovers baby dragons in a forest! The reason that they are running amok seems to be a sick father Dragon!

Without a second thought, Dane gathers them all up and “magics” them to his home. He brings in a doctor and a friend to help with the kits. His house rather quickly becomes chaotic! Each of the kits has a very different personality with individual quirks. This was what made this book most enjoyable for me!

Lumie is an odd little toddler dragon who seems to be able to break through any magical wards and boundaries. Nickel is a little fighter and is fiercely protective of his father! Mercury – the adult dragon is very ill with dragon fever and as he recovers it becomes clear that things in their family are not what they initially seem!

There’s a bigger mystery within this novella… and I’m not going to spoil it for you. Suffice to say there’s a lot more going on than one dragon family simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

There is a queer relationship in this novella It begins very subtly and is quite sweet.

All in all, this was enjoyable and there’s another installment coming!

I read Mell eight years ago and remember enjoying the stories but this one was a miss for me. I liked the dragon lab plot but the entire romance was very rushed and completely unbelievable. The excuses each made in their head felt juvenile and just there to have some sort of conflict. Neither made any sense as both were supposed to be these rare, very special, and magical beings. Also, since the MC had such strong magic, there wasn’t ever any real sense of suspense in any of the fights. Also, the MC’s heritage was not very well developed. The whole thing just felt rushed. This seems to be a reprint of another one from LT3 Press closing, as there appears to be a full series previously published.

I remember enjoying the few paranormal gay romances I had read from Mell Eight years ago, but did not like this one. I feel that this novella could have benefited from more editing, for its repetitive statements, for too much detail in some aspects and too little in others, for vague characterization. What I did not feel was a connection between the main protagonists; their relationship was too much lust-at-first-sight to have developed into cohabiting and co-parenting in a matter of days (weeks?).