Wednesday, November 3, 2021

"Dragon Freehold" by T.M. Baumgartner

"Dragon Freehold" by T.M. Baumgartner


Current Tags

dragon, magic, thief, adventure, romance, fantasy, slow burn

Categories

Fantasy / Action & Adventure

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Author's Description

In Harbor Crag, dragon magic protects the city, and the greedy duke controls the dragons. Lisette climbs the tower with a perfect plan: steal the duke's money to pay her shop's taxes. But a second thief complicates everything, plunging her into the dragon warren. Bargaining with the dragon could end Lisette's life, or save them all. As Lisette races to finish her quest, she gets unexpected help (and a little attention!) from the mysterious thief. New episodes every Tuesday & Friday!

Why I Chose it

I'm cheating a bit today by picking one of my own stories, but I'm currently hosting a virtual NaNoWriMo write-in and I don't have the energy to search through what's available.

But honestly, I really love this story! It has a watchmaker who gets stuck helping a grumpy dragon when all she's trying to do is make things better for her community. And she's falling for a thief, who may also be a mage -- and everyone knows mages are trouble. Plus, someone has chained the dragons...

[34 episodes so far, with 9 updates in the last 30 days.]

Who Might Like This

Are you a fan of high fantasy with underdogs trying not to fall in love? And dragons? This could be your thing!

Unrelated Griping

I don't mean to accuse anyone of gaming the system, but there's some dude who has dumped at least six novels on Vella that are really low quality. None of the stories have more than one or two thumbs-up (and most have none, which as I mentioned before, is usually a really bad sign).

Yet somehow today at least two of his stories have crowns indicating they've been faved.

I call bullshit.

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Who am I?  Hi! I'm SF/F author T.M. Baumgartner. I also publish cozy mysteries as Tess Baytree. People who know me in real life call me ...