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Book Blurb

Every story has a beginning…

Dragons. Angels fear them and demons follow them. Formidable beasts of incredible power, they fight each other to the death for dominance. But dwindling dragon numbers cause alarm among the angelic ranks. Surely when the dragons have finished killing each other, the victors will search elsewhere for conquest… maybe even the Upper Realm.

Roland, an angelic artist of significant talent, doesn’t know what to believe. Part of him longs to see a dragon in person, and his peaceful life of contentment is wearing thin. He wants passion, desire, adventure, and love. He gets more than he bargained for when he and his sister are ambushed and captured by demons, and they bring him to a creature who surpasses Roland’s wildest imaginings.

But the mighty dragon Asagoroth is not all that he seems. Something sparks between him and Roland. Something neither anticipated. Something that will shake the cosmos to its core.

 

 

Book Review

‘On Wings of Passion’ is a fascinating origin story for Roland, an artist angel, and Asagoroth, a mighty dragon, set in a world with three realms – upper, middle, and lower. It was written after ‘On Wings of Thunder’ (which I read many years ago) but is, chronologically, set before the events in the (now) second book of this series. ‘On Wings of Passion’ tells the beginning of a love for the ages between two beings who “should be enemies” but instead become lovers. They face the wrath of the angels who try to keep them apart by any means necessary.

 

Roland is the odd one out among the angels living in the upper realm. As an artist he is “allowed” to see things differently, but only up to a point. Angelic law prescribes what is allowed and what is forbidden, and it is extremely rigid. In this world angels felt more like the bad guys – rigid, cruel, arrogant, and self-righteous. They are more like the christian old testament might imagine them, much like their unrelenting boss, a god of vengeance and “an eye for an eye” kind of justice. Order and structure are everything, and they hate the disorganized demons of the lower realm with a passion grounded in principle, not reality.

 

Roland struggles with these unyielding societal restrictions from the beginning. He is supposed to become the mate of a military angel, but once he has fallen for Asagoroth he asks himself: “Should he sacrifice the chance at passion for a guarantee of contentment?” He faces colliding loyalties and a choice between staying with the angels or following his heart. Roland suspects how this will end, but he does have one hope: “When their [angels’] life was utterly spent, they faded from existence, often with the hope of rebirth sometime in the future.” Even though I remembered what happened in the second book, it was heart-rending to watch Roland and Asagoroth be torn apart.

 

Asagoroth is in a fight for dominance, since there can only be one dragon in the universe. He is the lord of the demons, and I expected him to be the cruel one, not the angels. He is a typical dragon in many ways – a mighty fighter and a lover/hoarder of gold and jewels. But he is also a being of deep feelings, and once he finds Roland among the angels he has kidnapped, Asagoroth knows that Roland is his and nothing will stop him from ensuring they are together.

 

If you like epic sagas of love between the most unlikely partners, if dragons fighting for their mate are your thing, and if you are looking for the beginning of a fantastic series, then you will probably love this book as much as I do. Highly recommended!

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 179 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	02-February-2021
Price	$3.99 ebook, $7.99 paperback
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/Wings-Passion-Saga-prequel-ebook/dp/B08NFCPTP3/