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His family slaughtered in far-off China, young Jacob Cato finds sanctuary in a Xi Lin temple. There he heals and learns to be strong.
Now, Jacob wishes to join his care-takers as a full member of the temple and is told he must first return to his homeland and make peace with his English inheritance.
At Evelyn Stanton’s lavish wedding, the bald-headed Chinese monk striding down the center aisle is shocking. Watching that man dispatch three groomsmen, unarmed, then learning he is the long-lost heir to the Earldom of Warhaven and the new groom, is even more so.
But Evelyn Stanton isn't the typical blushing bride. A fully realized woman, she isn't about to marry the very non-English Jacob Cato just because she was betrothed to him when she was six.
At the sight of the very beautiful and very English Evelyn Stanton, Jacob's body begins burning with an unexpected passion and the past he thought forgotten takes new form. The murderer who slaughtered his family and left him for dead will pay. His lawful English heritage will be claimed and he will have the woman who is rightfully his.
Jacob Cato has come to make his peace. How that peace will come, is about to be decided.
REVIEWS:
"...hypnotic..." ~Romance Reviews Today
"An exotic and emotional historical romantic tale of self discovery... Stunning and highly evocative..." ~ParaNormalRomance.org
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MEET JADE LEE:
Jade Lee, a USA Today bestseller, has two passions (well, except for her family, but that's a given). She loves dreaming up stories and playing racquetball, not always in that order. When her pro-racquetball career ended with a pair of very bad knees, she turned her attention to writing. An author of more than 30 romance novels, she's decided that life can be full of joy without ever getting up from her chair.
- Sales Rank: #405454 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-10-04
- Released on: 2012-10-04
- Format: Kindle eBook
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Ok, but not recommended.
By Jane
STORY BRIEF:
Jacob and his family went to China when he was 10. Someone in England hired bandits to kill his family. He survived and was raised by monks. He wanted to become a monk, but they sent him to England to resolve issues from his past before doing so. Jacob was heir to the earldom of Warhaven. After his father's death, the uncle became earl and the uncle's son Christopher became heir. As a child, a marriage had been arranged for Jacob and Evelyn. Now, Evelyn is to marry Christopher. Jacob arrives in England during the wedding ceremony which is stopped due to the confusion of Jacob's arrival. Jacob and Evelyn are drawn to each other, yet she still loves Christopher. Jacob is drawn to both being a monk and staying in England. Jacob is skilled in martial arts fighting, and there are some scenes showing his fighting skills.
REVIEWER'S OPINION (INCLUDES SOME SPOILERS):
At times I wanted the story to be over. I wasn't drawn in enough. I wasn't surprised or delighted or smiling. The issues and characters were similar to other romance novels. Another problem was the unresolved plot issue. The reader never learns who hired the killers, and no justice is done. I am wondering if the author: (1) couldn't think of an interesting motive or killer, (2) just got tired of writing and ended the book early, or (3) plans a sequel. Having a sequel to resolve this particular plot issue does not appeal to me. I would prefer a sequel about other characters, not to finish this first story. In addition, the ending concerning the couple was odd, leaving questions in my mind. I would have liked an epilogue describing the couple's life, locations and finances in the future.
DATA:
Story length: 292 pages. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 4. Total number of sex scene pages: 18. Setting: unspecified time probably early 1800s England. Copyright: 2008. Genre: historical romance.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
An exotic and emotional historical romantic tale of self discovery
By Leslie Tramposch
I read my first full length romance novel in the early 70's when I was a mere teen. The story was of Lucy Waring, a young English girl raised in a Chinese mission after the death of her missionary parents. The tide in that country had turned against the "foreign devils" and one minute Lucy is stealing to feed the mouths of the younger children, the next she finds herself in Regency England at Moonrakers, the home of the Falcons where she becomes torn between the desires to two men, a noble of challenged sanity who can provide for her every need and a commoner whom she loves but can't begin to understand. The story was MOONRAKER'S BRIDE by Madeleine Brent (Peter O'Donnell) and it remains one of my all time favorites today.
I mention this because style and subject matter of THE DRAGON EARL brought back me to that long ago favorite. Jade Lee has brought that exotic flavor that I loved so much in MOONRAKER'S BRIDE back Regency England. THE DRAGON EARL is however destined to join it on my keeper's self based on its own merits. It is an incredible tale of self discovery for both the hero who has lived a life very different from the one he was born into and the heroine who is trapped by the very life she's been expected to lead since birth.
Mere moments before Evelyn Stanton say's "I do" to her betrothed Christopher Cato, the future Earl of Warhaven, the wedding is disrupted by a Chinese monk. Evelyn is shocked to discover that the man is not Chinese at all, but white. He claims that he is Jacob Cato, Christopher's long lost and presumably dead cousin, the true heir to the Earldom and that he is here to claim his promised bride.
The youngest of the family of solicitors who served the Cato's had been a childhood friend of Jacob's. The man before them had shared memories of their times together.
He is convinced that he is the true earl. Jacob's grandmother also sees a strong physical resemblance between the man claiming to be her grandson and her late husband.
Pandemonium breaks out as "Jacob" easily dispatches three of Christopher's groomsmen who try to remove him from the church. While the current Earl sputters and consults with Evelyn's parents, Christopher's grandmother proclaims the Monk to be her long lost grandson.
Evelyn appears to be just as furious at the intrusion as her future husband but realizes their marriage will not take place that day. It appears that this man claiming to be Jacob is not going to go away, so while things are sorted out she offers Jacob a room in her home presumably to keep him close until Christopher's father can discredit him.
Jacob's father, the former Earl of Warhaven had chafed at his responsibilities and for reasons know only to him had decide to take his family off to China when he'd been a child of ten. There the family had been set upon by bandits while Jacob had been playing with the young son of their Chinese guide. Both boys had witnessed the murders helpless to intervene. Jacob had been taken to the temple where he had chafed and stewed and waited for his English family to retrieve him. But no one had come. He had later discovered that the bandits had been well paid by someone in England to kill his entire family. He had lived in fear that this person would find out he had survived. His dark secret that he has shared with no one is that when he'd grown and learned to fight at the temple, he had sought out the bandits, killing each one. Still he had not found peace.
Afterwards the Earl's manservant had returned to England family to report that the entire family had been murdered. Christopher's father as next in line had assumed the responsibility and all had agreed he was far more suited to the responsibility than his late brother. The obligation to marry Evelyn and join the lands of both families had passed to Christopher.
Jacob, who thinks of himself as Jie Ke wants nothing to do with the title or the woman. He wants to become fully a monk of the Xi Lin temple. However through what Jacob feels is prejudice against his race by his otherwise holy master, he had been told that he must explore his English roots and find himself before he can be accepted as such.
Evelyn has secretly yearned for the passion her future station denies to her. Even as a child she had relished dancing in thunderstorms. Jacob is powerful and exotic, everything she wants to be but isn't. She is the only thing the can quell the turmoil in Jacob's soul. What does it all mean? Deep within Jie Ke the apprentice monk who cannot seem to find the inner peace necessary to be ordained, is still the child Jacob who had helplessly watched his as his family was murdered and now found that his lifelong quest for vengeance had left him empty. Evelyn soon realizes what the wise temple leader had always known; only Jacob could set himself free. Can Jacob Jie Ke Cato forgive himself, let go of his hatred and his past to at last find peace? Will Evelyn find the courage to give up the security of the only life she ever known and take a leap with a man who had opened her mind and her heart to a world of possibilities?
Though the mystery of who paid to have Jacob's family killed is never resolved, it matters not. The important thing is the pair learn leave the past behind in order to embrace the future. Oh and what a fantastic journey it is! THE DRAGON EARL is a stunning and highly evocative tale of self discovery that leads to a simple truth that defines all human beings regardless of culture. Life should be lived in the here and now. The past is gone. The future awaits. Amen to that. ~ reviewed for PNR Reviews
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Mixed Review... Original Hero but average heroine
By Melissa
Jade Lee has taken a departure from her entertaining Dragon series into the world of Regency England but she kept a little taste of China for her readers. This book is highly original with a hero who is no ordinary English aristocrat. The heroine, however is a little on the bland side compared to him and she is just a little too unsure of herself for too long.
The novel begins with Evelyn's wedding to Christopher the future Earl of Warhaven but before I do's are exchanged, the wedding is stopped by an Englishman wearing a Chinese monk's robes. The Englishman, Jacob, claims to be the Earl. When he was a boy his family visited China and while there, were attacked by bandits, killing all but him. He was raised by Buddhist monks and now is on a pilgrimage to stop the wedding, and let all know he is alive. He does so only because he wants to take his vows as a monk and the head of the monastery has required this pilgrimage.
Evelyn is furious over the interruption of her wedding. Chris is also angry and his father declares Jacob an imposter. However, he knows way too much about the family.
Evelyn is drawn to Jacob right from the start. She was betrothed to him when they were only children and she finds him fascinating. Before the week is out they are engaged in some steamy lovemaking.
Evelyn is wishy washy. She wants to stay true to Chris but also wants Jacob. In fact she wants Jacob in her bed knowing she will go to his cousin without her virginity. I guess she plans to pretend to be virginal on her wedding night. This was a bit troubling for me. Her character seemed selfish. I liked her desire to experience life as more than a countess and her yen to be less than proper was refreshing but not at the expense of people you love.
Jacob is troubled by his past, present and future. He believes his parents were not attacked randomly and this haunts him, he isn't sure if he should be a monk or not, and finally he cannot figure out how Evelyn fits into his future.
This book has a decent ending with a setup for another novel. I enjoyed the mysticism of the Chinese culture that Jade Lee uses to give us glimpses into Jacob's life. His character was deep but Evelyn's character needed some more history and spark. She doesn't come alive until the second half of the novel whereas Jacob is interesting on page one.
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