A Little About the Author
C. L. Kraemer is a wanderer, a way of life started
when her father served in the U.S. Marine Corp. She’s carried on the tradition
seeing most of the continental United States as well as Hawaii and Alaska.
Three contemporary romance novels written under the nom de plume,
Celia Cooper: Old Enough to Know Better;
Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Mazatlan; and If Only were gifts from the writing gods. A fourth novel, Cats in the Cradle of Civilization, written
as C. L. Kraemer is her first venture to the mystery genre. Wings ePress, Inc. is the publisher of
these four offerings.
Healthy Homicide, the October 2008 launch book for a new
publishing house, RoguePhoenixPress,
picks up the torch again in the mystery world. In February 2010, she
contributed writings to two Valentine’s Anthologies at RoguePhoenixPress: A
Valentine Anthology, with The Lending
Library and A Different Kind of
Valentine with The Prize.
She completed the base story in a Dragon fantasy series, Dragons Among Us, for RoguePhoenix Press. The second in the
series, Dragons Among the Eagles,
was released June 2011.
Meadows of Gold,
another faerie story, was released March 2011 as part of A St Patrick’s Day Tale. A
novel based on one of the first mass shootings, which took place in Salem,
Oregon in 1981, Shattered Tomorrows,
was released August 2011. Currently in the works for publication is a commuter
book featuring a motorcycle poker run, Joker’s
Wild, and the third in the dragon series, Dragons Among the Ice.
For more information, visit:
www.clkraemer.com
Excerpt
Dragons Among the Eagles by C. L. Kraemer
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Rain thwacked against Aleda's leathery black appendages. Her
arms ached; heck, every muscle in her body ached. This flying thing was going
to take more practice. The continual downpour of the spring night slithered
past her shielded turquoise eyes, bathing her scales in cool refreshment. As
much as she would like to have frolicked in the showers, she was more
interested in landing in one spot, curling up and sleeping for the next four
days. If only…
Cyre winged up to her side.
"You go in first and I'll follow. I want to wash off
the grit of the trip."
Aleda pulled back her lips in a semblance of a smile.
"No problem," she shouted over the wind drafts.
When Cyre's sister, Brittany, had first suggested Aleda
attend the dragon council in China, she'd been ecstatic. Her recent discovery
of her true identity--half human, half dragon--had put her beliefs to the test.
She imagined being around those like her would make her transition simpler.
Cyre and Brittany, full-blooded Celtic dragons, had helped as best they could
by explaining rules of dragon protocol and pointing out the good guys from the
bad guys at the council meetings. By the end of the week, Aleda's fairy tale
illusion had fallen abruptly on sharp rocks. Politics and power were as rampant
in the dragon-shapeshifter community as in the human community.
Brittany was going to spend a night or two in Cyre's den
before continuing her journey back to Scotland. Then Aleda and Cyre would be
faced with the decisions they'd both been putting off since their first
meeting.
She felt the solid rock beneath her talons and breathed a
sigh of relief. The council meeting had been exhilarating, educational and
overwhelming all at once. It was nice, really nice, to be back in the Northwest
of the United States. Aleda stood, getting her land legs then shook the extra
moisture from her body. Placing her talon on the button in the rock wall, she
pushed and the door of the cave slid open. Watching the heavy glass trundle
into the backside of Mt. St. Helens still gave her chill bumps. So much about
the twenty-first century dragon world made her shake her head. How could they
survive with all the advancements humans had accomplished? Knowing the answer
still didn't stop her from asking the question.
The few minutes she'd stood contemplating questions already
asked had given the cavern a chance to air out. While her sense of smell wasn't
as acute for some things, sulfur being one of those, she still hadn't been able
to adjust completely to the acrid aroma Cyre tolerated in his cave.
As she dragged her tired feet over the threshold, Cyre
backwinged his way on the landing. Aleda turned just in time to catch the
wicked twinkle in his eyes.
He sprayed water over the landing, his laughter bubbling
over the surrounding rocks like thunder.
"Cyre! I just dried off! Jiminy!"
Aleda wrinkled her brow and glared at the young gray-green
dragon. His mirthful smirk did nothing to help her anger.
"Hey, you two. Get in here and dry off. I did some
hunting before you got here and there's dinner in the great room. I've had mine
and to be quite frank, I'm exhausted. I'm going to sleep."
Brittany tromped back to the great room and found a warm
spot near the back wall.
Cyre and Aleda located the carcasses of the deer where
Brittany had dropped the bodies. Each took one and moved off to eat, alone,
before settling in for the night. Minutes after devouring their meals, the trio
of dragons were fast asleep, the decisions of the previous week set aside for
the normality of life.
Dragons Among the Eagles
Dragons Among Us opened a door to
the possibility of secret societies, creatures of legend and a whole world
unseen by the human population. The
Dragons story continues when Cyre and Aleda return to Portland from the Dragon
Council in China. For Aleda, returning
to life as usual is not an option. With
all of the turns and twists she has recently experienced “normal” is out the
window. Her newly discovered dragon
senses and the ever present reporters’ curiosity will keep her on the move
discovering just how close to home the Shifter troubles really are. As she realizes how hard it is to keep her
secret life separate from the human world she will have to depend on old friends
to help her mesh the two worlds safely. Dragons Among the Eagles is an excellent
sequel that will hold your attention until the very end and leave you craving
more. Well done Ms. Kraemer for
delivering yet another awesome book!
Worthy of a 5 Angel Eyes rating
L. Nickels
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