Thea Harrison
Author of Dragon Bound
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
She writes romance as Amanda Carpenter and paranormal as Thea Harrison.
Series
Works by Thea Harrison
Rogue Charms (American Witch, #2) 7 copies
Outlaw Magic (Elder Races, #10) 4 copies
Camping with Tiago 1 copy
Grace's Inheritance 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Harrison, Teddy
- Other names
- Carpenter, Amanda
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- waitress
receptionist
office manager
director of development and research
novelist - Short biography
- Teddy Harrison has traveled extensively, having lived in England and explored Europe for several years. Now she resides in northern California. She adores animals and currently resides with several small pets that have very large personalities.
She experienced waitressing as a teenager, and wrote her first book, a romance, when she was nineteen and had sixteen romances published under the name Amanda Carpenter. She took a break from writing to collect degrees in Philanthropic Studies and Library Information Science, and a grown child. She has been a penniless graduate student, and a single mom, who worked as a receptionist, an office manager, a director of development and research, an activist for a non-profit consumer rights organization, but her first love has always been writing fiction. She's back with her paranormal novels as Thea Harrison. - Birthplace
- England, UK
California, UK - Disambiguation notice
- She writes romance as Amanda Carpenter and paranormal as Thea Harrison.
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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Reviews
This is one of my favorite Elder Races novella's to date. I wouldn't have pictured Aubrey as a hero, but he definitely pulled it off. The romance in HUNTER'S SEASON packs a lot of punch, mainly due to Harrison's elegant pacing. She sets up a well written backdrop, then zooms in on the couple to let their emotions develop. The balance of power and personalities in this story are particularly interesting. Once again, Harrison has written sex scenes that are not just hot but perfect for her show more characters. Borderline five stars, if I come back and re-read it in the future, it will definitely get that extra star. show less
Ugh. So much fun. This one is about a Vampyre and a shape-shifting Gryphon (the old time-y spellings are awesomely silly, right?), and they love each other and then the end is so goddamned anticlimactic I was actually stunned. I mean, look, these books follow a formula that works because plot doesn't generally matter with writing this funny (funny on purpose; I'm not laughing at the writer's expense), but you can't build up to a huge thing and then resolve it in a page and a half.
And now show more I'm gonna go read the next one. It's about a Djinn and The Oracle. WHAT. show less
And now show more I'm gonna go read the next one. It's about a Djinn and The Oracle. WHAT. show less
My Review
What a BLAST of a good summer time this book turned out to be! If you are looking for the perfect summer or beach themed read, then this book needs to be at the top of your list. I just couldn't get enough of this one and Dragos and Pia just had me laughing all over the place. We see Dragos and Pia becoming new parents and have a infant son but what surprises them is that he is starting to shift into a baby dragon and we get to see a POV from the baby and it was FIRE!!! I don't show more think that I have ever seen that in a romance before and it just had a refreshing feel seeing life through his eyes and how he is looking at things, it was quite different. I loved seeing them searching for treasure as a family, there were blends of some danger here and there, and the LAUGHS were so infectious. I loved the adventure that their son gave them and he is only a baby lol And seeing the parenting styles of Dragos and Pia just worked so well. Poor Pia though, some of the scares that she goes through this book was endearing and just hilarious in so many ways. But she just goes with it, and you just know that she is going to be the BEST of mama's. I can't wait to see this little boy grow in the rest of the series.
Overall this book delivered on all scores and I couldn't get enough of the charm and laughs and adventures!!!! show less
What a BLAST of a good summer time this book turned out to be! If you are looking for the perfect summer or beach themed read, then this book needs to be at the top of your list. I just couldn't get enough of this one and Dragos and Pia just had me laughing all over the place. We see Dragos and Pia becoming new parents and have a infant son but what surprises them is that he is starting to shift into a baby dragon and we get to see a POV from the baby and it was FIRE!!! I don't show more think that I have ever seen that in a romance before and it just had a refreshing feel seeing life through his eyes and how he is looking at things, it was quite different. I loved seeing them searching for treasure as a family, there were blends of some danger here and there, and the LAUGHS were so infectious. I loved the adventure that their son gave them and he is only a baby lol And seeing the parenting styles of Dragos and Pia just worked so well. Poor Pia though, some of the scares that she goes through this book was endearing and just hilarious in so many ways. But she just goes with it, and you just know that she is going to be the BEST of mama's. I can't wait to see this little boy grow in the rest of the series.
Overall this book delivered on all scores and I couldn't get enough of the charm and laughs and adventures!!!! show less
“I’ve got to give myself one thing. Mom never did tell me not to steal from a dragon. No doubt she thought it was too flaming obvious to mention.”
I'm not a huge Paranormal Romance fan, but this one had such a popular rep I couldn't resist - plus, dragons. Pia Giovanni, a half-breed (Half-human and Half-Wyr) has to deal with the consequences after being caught stealing from a powerful pure-bred Elder Dragon. Hilarity, romance, and fun times ensue.
First, Pia. She's a fun heroine with show more spice and spunk but also compassionate. She was a fun person to stay in the head of, although the author did sometimes switch to the domineering and even spicier Drago's POV. Both points of view rocked since both worked. I like when authors build up a relationship with humor instead of insta-love lightning strikes. Hello, Ilona Andrews? Prime example of making it work and making readers care while the characters are developing their feels.
So, both are strong as individual characters and I could be glued to any scene where they act on their own, but their relationship absolutely sizzled. Funny when it was needed, hot when it was needed, they never grew stale. In fact sometimes PNR or romance stays at its best in the beginning, exciting stages when they are just flirting with taking the plunge...happy to say in this case their relationship just kept keeping better. Yes, it was hot, but yes it also felt deep and true and sweet. Romantic bliss.
Throwing in the dragon lore of Dragos being addicted to his treasure until he finds something even more valuable kept the nods of dragon up. I loved what Pia ended up being - was trying to guess, but it was a surprise. And the little "white dragon" - be still my heart. Throw in fun side characters of his team and the a creative enough villain and you have a full casted book of great characterization who keep the plot flying by. I have to say that while I dug Trick's relationship with Pia, I'm not a big fan of hers compared to the others and couldn't get into the second book with her story though.
The writing style isn't shabby either -
“You took a 1962 penny,” Dragos said. His teeth were gritted. “You left a 1975 penny. It’s no replacement.”
She stared at him. “Oh my God, it’s scary you noticed that.”
Yes we have the typical stuff like domineering and stalkerish males (which are still fun, I don't care), and the wealthy and powerful elite (hey, it just WORKS still with a lot of romance, okay?), and we have little element of surprise because as romance readers we know that if the author doesn't give us a happy ending a pitchfork or two may come out and they wouldn't dare, but the point was the journey worked so well with everything, stereotypical or not, that it was a great ride and one of the best PNR out there. show less
I'm not a huge Paranormal Romance fan, but this one had such a popular rep I couldn't resist - plus, dragons. Pia Giovanni, a half-breed (Half-human and Half-Wyr) has to deal with the consequences after being caught stealing from a powerful pure-bred Elder Dragon. Hilarity, romance, and fun times ensue.
First, Pia. She's a fun heroine with show more spice and spunk but also compassionate. She was a fun person to stay in the head of, although the author did sometimes switch to the domineering and even spicier Drago's POV. Both points of view rocked since both worked. I like when authors build up a relationship with humor instead of insta-love lightning strikes. Hello, Ilona Andrews? Prime example of making it work and making readers care while the characters are developing their feels.
So, both are strong as individual characters and I could be glued to any scene where they act on their own, but their relationship absolutely sizzled. Funny when it was needed, hot when it was needed, they never grew stale. In fact sometimes PNR or romance stays at its best in the beginning, exciting stages when they are just flirting with taking the plunge...happy to say in this case their relationship just kept keeping better. Yes, it was hot, but yes it also felt deep and true and sweet. Romantic bliss.
Throwing in the dragon lore of Dragos being addicted to his treasure until he finds something even more valuable kept the nods of dragon up. I loved what Pia ended up being - was trying to guess, but it was a surprise. And the little "white dragon" - be still my heart. Throw in fun side characters of his team and the a creative enough villain and you have a full casted book of great characterization who keep the plot flying by. I have to say that while I dug Trick's relationship with Pia, I'm not a big fan of hers compared to the others and couldn't get into the second book with her story though.
The writing style isn't shabby either -
“You took a 1962 penny,” Dragos said. His teeth were gritted. “You left a 1975 penny. It’s no replacement.”
She stared at him. “Oh my God, it’s scary you noticed that.”
Yes we have the typical stuff like domineering and stalkerish males (which are still fun, I don't care), and the wealthy and powerful elite (hey, it just WORKS still with a lot of romance, okay?), and we have little element of surprise because as romance readers we know that if the author doesn't give us a happy ending a pitchfork or two may come out and they wouldn't dare, but the point was the journey worked so well with everything, stereotypical or not, that it was a great ride and one of the best PNR out there. show less
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