From This Day Forward: Dragon Shifters of Derkesthai Academy by Mackenzie Lucas

From This Day Forward is the second story in the Derkesthai Academy Dragon Shifter series--a hot contemporary paranormal romance series with mystery and suspense elements where dragon shifters hunt a magickal hoard thief who threatens to bring down the entire dragon mage race. In the small town of Mystic Springs, only love and betrayal can show true character and the best signs are those hidden. Join April and Noah as they fight an unidentified evil who threatens everything they value.

Noah Easton, a Special Forces dragon shifter, escapes the torture of a hoard thief bent on stealing dragon hoard stones and their elemental power from the mages who possess them, but the situation becomes personal when the hoard thief targets April, the woman he loves. He must return to his hometown of Mystic Springs to protect his own hoard from a magickal threat he cannot identify before he loses everything.

April is a modern day oracle. She reads tea leaves and just about anything else that can predict coming events. However, past abandonment issues make her resistant to reading her own signs. But when evil comes to Mystic Springs, April must face her biggest fears of abandonment and betrayal in order to save what’s most important to her. Only by studying the past and owning her future can she stop a magickal criminal who threatens to steal everything she’s ever loved and destroy the one dragon mage who holds her heart always and forever.

Overall rating:  ★★★★ Rockin’

April and Noah are soul mates.  They live in a magical town with their three daughters and April’s grandmother. April is an oracle and Noah is a dragon. While April runs a teahouse and cares for their children, Noah is a special forces captain.

April’s special gift was tasseography reading tea leaves-although most forms of divination came easily to her.  So of everyone in her family, she was considered the most well-rounded, the oracle-the one who could pull the full picture together to read all the signs-even those not visible.

While on a mission Noah is betrayed by a member of his team and is turned over to the enemy.  He is tortured and interrogated by an agent called the Fox. His missing in action was reported to his wife.

Dragon bred, born, and trained…his sense of sight, scent, and hearing were well beyond the human norm and made the bed.

Noah escapes and returns to his family.  He is there to protect them from the rogue dragon that is killing dragons and their families to steel their heart stones. April knows it is time for Noah to stay with his family.

Choose me.  The tiny voice clamored, echoing in her heart…searing the scarred tissue of her soul again.

April must choose to trust with her heart and soul.  When their daughters and her grandmother are taken captive by the Fox they must use that trust to save their them.

I’m yours.  Always. Trust me, the dragon spoke, a rough whisper.  Not out loud, but through her mind.  Sure. Gentle. Commanding.

Once again good triumphs or evil and the good guys win.

“April, I need you to relax, honey.  Everything is going to be fine. Trust me.”

Hero –Captain Noah Easton: 4 stars
Heroine –April Easton: 4 stars
Steam: 4 stars 
Plot: 4 stars 
Cliffhanger: No

Would I recommend this book: Yes! This was an interesting twist on super naturals living in our world.  The author presents them as powerful beings that live their lives like ordinary people.


Would I read other books by this author: Yes! I wonder where the author will go next with this series.

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