Light Dragons 03 - Sparks Fly

Dragons
    STEAMED , A Steampunk Romance
    CROUCHING VAMPIRE, HIDDEN FANG ,
    A Dark Ones Novel
    ZEN AND THE ART OF VAMPIRES , A Dark Ones Novel
    ME AND MY SHADOW , A Novel of the Silver Dragons
    UP IN SMOKE , A Novel of the Silver Dragons
    PLAYING WITH FIRE , A Novel of the Silver Dragons
    HOLY SMOKES , An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel
    LIGHT MY FIRE , An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel
    FIRE ME UP , An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel
    YOU SLAY ME , An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel
    THE LAST OF THE RED-HOT VAMPIRES
    EVEN VAMPIRES GET THE BLUES
    Contemporary Romances
    IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME
    BLOW ME DOWN
    HARD DAY’S KNIGHT
    THE CORSET DIARIES
    MEN IN KILTS

Katie MacAlister
Sparks Fly
    A Novel of theLight Dragons

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    ISBN: 978-1-101-58521-4
    Copyright © Katie MacAlister, 2012

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    ALWAYS LEARNING
    PEARSON

To my darling agent, Michelle Grajkowski,
    because she needs a Baltic book all to herself

Dear readers,
    There’s nothing worse than joining a party midway through it, when everyone knows who everyone else is, and what funny things they did before you arrived, and worse, you’re too late for the really good canapés, and are left with only a Vienna sausage skewered to a sweet pickle and soggy cracker.
    Because I hate being stuck with the soggy cracker as much as everyone else, I make sure that pertinent information about characters is included in each book, so that new readers should be able to pick up any book and enjoy it without having read any previous volumes in the series. This book is no different, but I know that some readers prefer to consult a concise table of who’s who, and for that reason, I’ve included a little cheat sheet of characters, locations, and other fun facts in the back of the book.
    If you are a longtime reader of the dragon novels, you can nibble on your tasty roast beef and caramelized onion vol-au-vent canapé, and smile knowingly at all the latecomers to the party. If you are new, and wish to forgo the soggy cracker, you can consult the information at the back of the book as needed.
    Whether you are a new reader or old, I welcome you to this, the third volume in the Light Dragons series, and hope you enjoy the latest shenanigans of all the wacky dragons, demons, Guardians, and assorted other folk who insist on being a part of the