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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Ancient Guardian

Ancient Guardian, July 2023
Ancients Rising #9
by Katie Reus

KR Press
ISBN: 163556218X
EAN: 9781635562187
Kindle: B0B9RLJRDR
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"The alpha dragon shifter finds his home and heart!"

Fresh Fiction Review

Ancient Guardian
Katie Reus

Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted June 27, 2023

Romance Paranormal

Orion is a dragon shifter who awakes from a long hibernation to find himself in a strange world. He learns that dragons had tried to take over and nearly destroyed the earth in the process, so he is understandably reluctant to reveal the truth about what he is. Hiding his identity from the group of humans he has been befriended by, this ANCIENT GUARDIAN doesn't expect to fall for one of the human females.

Surviving in a small community, Violet Robichaux is a doctor with limited supplies but works hard to protect the people of her community. When Orion shows up, she falls fast and hard for the man, not knowing the truth about him. Violet and her sisters welcome him and his protection in their little world. Soon visitors arrive with their own magic and abilities. Still, it is soon necessary for an alpha to claim the territory before a group of dangerous vampires manages to take it over first.

ANCIENT GUARDIAN by Katie Reus is an amazing read. Orion's backstory is heartbreaking and after he escapes, he loses his new family to a disease that he feels guilty he couldn't protect his people from. His past hasn't really let go of him, but can Violet's love and the respect of his new family make him believe in the future?

Multiple romances develop in addition to Orion and Violet, though those two are the characters you want to give a good shake. Violet's sisters manage their romances in a more, shall we say, less subtle way. Additionally, there is a little rescue puppy that turns Orion into a marshmallow. There is so much going on and new characters are introduced in this magical New Orleans setting, including a panda bear shifter, some wolves, new humans, and more. Get your hands on a copy of ANCIENT GUARDIAN and enjoy the danger, the drama, the fun, the steamy and sweet romances, and everything in between that Katie Reus brings so vividly to life.

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SUMMARY

He lost everyone he ever loved before…

Alpha dragon shifter Orion woke from his millennia-long hibernation into a different world—and found a band of humans struggling to survive. He’s been living among them, secretly keeping the predators away, but he’s kept his true identity hidden from everyone. Until an enemy threatens everything he’s come to love, including the human female he’s obsessed with. The female he can never have but will sacrifice everything for.

Now he has to step up and be the Alpha they all need…

Violet fell hard and fast for the stranger who joined their small farming community after The Fall. He lives with them, works alongside them, but there’s something different about him that she can’t quite put her finger on. When a group of visiting supernaturals upends everything in her community, she discovers he’s been hiding a huge secret. But that’s the least of their issues. If they don’t claim their territory and eliminate the growing threat outside their borders, there won’t be anything left to fight for.

Author note: Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone, complete with HEA and no cliffhanger


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