Kiss of Fury by Deborah Cooke

Right, I have just finished Kiss of Fury.  It is the 2nd in the Dragonfire series.  This story follows the path of Alex Madison and Donovan Shea.  Alex is a scientist who has been instrumental in designing a vehicle that runs on salt water.  The Slayers found out where she and her partner Mark where designing their car and sought to destroy their creation.  Donovan Shea is a dragon shape shifter who is a warrior for the Pyr which look to protect humans and aid the humans in repairing the earth that they have damaged.  The Pyr have been told that three of them will experience 'firestorm' which is their chance to find a specifc mate and come together to create a baby that will follow in his father's footsteps.

Obviously Donovan experiences a firestorm with Alex.  They both have trust issues that they need to deal with.  Donovan's issues go back to his first love Olivia who manipulated him into taking a 'Dragon's Teeth' from a dragon's hoard and giving it to her.  Donovan found out about her deception and confronted her where he turned into a dragon in front of her and sent her raving mad.  He believes that he is a loner and does not want to accept a long term relationship with Alex, except as a procreation result. 

The Slayers are still after Alex because they know that she has a back up model of the "Green Machine" and they want to make sure that she has the chance to gather all her backups so they can destroy everything.  Donovan steps in to protect her and their attraction for each other grows.  There is a lot of denial until Alex decides to accept her 'good dragon'.  Donovan stills fights his feelings for Alex and it isn't until he loses another scale that he realises the extent of his feelings for Alex.

Without wanting to give out too much of the story line, there are lots of battles between good and bad dragons, lots of different characters, a speaking house, a beautiful female dragon who is the prophetress of all Pyr, the awakening of a old dragon, the saving of a brother and the joining of a couple who are destined to be together.

Did I like this book?  Very much so.  I like Deborah Cooke's books.  She does a great job of intermingling different story lines and even though it is hard to imagine a world with shape shifting dragons and vehicles that run on salt water, she makes everything plausible and believable.  Her characters have much depth and separate identities and when she adds a new character she crafts them so that you are able to remember their personality and it makes you want to follow their story.  I look forward to reading the next in the series "Kiss of Fate".