"When two people pretend that they are some on different there is no telling what can happen"

Sydney Johnson quit her job as a policewoman to become a private investigator. Then she spent two years taking night classes studying 3D software in hopes of getting a job at Virtual Lexigen, Inc. She had lost her brother under mysterious circumstances and after a lot of research she knows that Virtual Lexigen had something to do with it. So she was going to get a job at Virtual and find out what happen to the software program that her brother had refused to sell to them the day before his death.

In an effort to learn more about the gaming business from the player point of view, she goes online and plays Dragon's Heart. Using the online name of Skylar, she meets Kered, an experienced player who offers to teach her everything she needs to know. In the process the relationship between Kered and Skylar gets hot and heavy, but Skylar or Sydney does not have time for romance. She's on a mission.

Jake Trask works for Virtual Lexigen. He is trying to get to bottom of what happened to the "code in common" that his friend had before he died. When Sydney comes to work for Virtual he has one more thing to worry about. He is immediately attracted to her but senses that she is up to something. It doesn't take Kered (Jake) long to realize that the Sydney is really Skylar. He can't wait to get to know both personalities better.

Who killed Sydney's brother? What will Sydney do when she finds out that Jake is not all he seems?

DRAGON'S HEART is a novel filled with action, intrigue and hot passion. This is a novel that you won't want to put down once started. Ms. Michelle has the ability to hook a reader from the first line and this novel is no exception. Jake and Sydney are one hot, capable couple. Nothing can stop them when they work together. I hope there are sequels coming. A great read for any time.

Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted May 3, 2004

Summary

Necessity demands some sacrifices...

Sydney Johnson is living a double life. No, make that a triple life. The demand for answers forces the ex- policewoman/Private Investigator to seek a job undercover at Virtual Lexigen, a software design company. She hopes to find the link between the exorbitant amount of money Lexigen offered her brother for his computer gaming code and his suspicious death.

In an effort to learn the computer gaming business from the players' perspective, Sydney goes online as 'Skylar' and meets 'Kered', a generous gamer who offers to teach her to play Lexigen's top rated video game, Dragon's Heart. Online camaraderie between Skylar and Kered starts to get hot. When Kered asks to meet her, Sydney refuses, knowing her double life, as Sydney Jones, Virtual Lexigen's Assistant Art Director, won't allow her the freedom she needs in a face-to-face relationship.

But the heart has demands of its own...

Jake Trask has his own agenda for working at Lexigen. He needs to know why the owners of Lexigen won't take "no" for an answer when it comes to a computer code he helped write years ago. Working undercover as Jake Taylor, he needs all his wits about him to get close to the company owners. Going online as Kered, Jake discovers the hot and talented Skylar, a woman with as many layers as he himself has.

And now, Jake can't believe the irony when he discovers Lexigen's sexy new employee, Sydney Jones, is really his cyber Skylar—the woman who made him believe in relationships again. He goes after Sydney full-throttle, but as Jake Taylor, VP of Marketing for Virtual Lexigen, not Kered. He wants Sydney more than he imagined possible, almost as much as his quest for answers.