Pearls or Dragons

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I hesitated to buy this book because of some of the reviews but I'm glad I did because I loved it! The things I loved: Pearl is a sexy mature woman over Most of the well known writers of this genre are over 40 so I don't understand why they are trying to recapture their youth by having every main female character be barely legal with a man who is at least 10 to 20 years older. These writers act like life for sexy women ends at 18 to The sex scenes between Pearl and Asim was hot!

They are sexy adults who know what they want so they don't have to do all the silly, predictable foreplay the less sexually advanced so called heroines have to go through. Asim doesn't have to teach Pearl anything sexual. It is truly refreshing to see two people enjoying each other without hangups.

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Pearl is a strong woman without whining. I am so sick of these youngsters whining about how hard their life is and crying at the drop of a hat. Pearl took lemons and made limoncello. They make sense and the rules are incorporated excellently in the story. They really lead into the next book In the series. Asim tells different stories to twin dragons, after Pearl trased them, to make them understand how earth women really are, not the weak creatures the dragons expected. This also leads into the next book in the series. The reader is not left hanging. I am so happy that Pearl got her mate and happiness.

She is a sexy woman in leather pants, boots, white cropped hair who has a taser and a rifle full of buckshot and not afraid to use it. Smith for writing a book with a couple in their prime who know what they want and go after it! The remainder was a re-print of a book I already had paid for. Made me wonder if it was a sneaky way of making the page count higher so the price point looked more realistic. The story itself was ok. Due to the length, the details seemed lacking vs previous books by this author. To me, this was more a novella than an actual book.

The Dragon Lords of Valdier. Extremely well written book s full of descriptive settings of alien planets, all kinds of alien life and outer space etc. And the best part This is a book that I did not want to put down and the same goes for the other books in the series! Pearl's Dragon is about Pearl, who is an older human woman, fiercely independent and a grandmother, and Asim, an older dragon warrior who has pretty much given up on finding his mate! But fate and the Goddess have other plans and when Asim's dragon senses his mate, who happens to be Pearl, things get "quite" interesting!!!!

This story shows that you're "never" too old to find love and the person, or rather Dragon, of your dreams! Pearl is Riley's grandmother and we met both women back in when 'Choosing Riley' was released. Yes, after all that time I was looking forward to Pearl's story. I knew her battle scarred warrior carried her off from Riley's wedding. Life moved on for all these characters and Riley now has two sons. Riley's sister is mated to Viper and they have children.

But there was a huge gap in Pearl's story. That was a factor but not the main one. Having all this promotional data on other books and counting them in the pages was another problem. I'm tired of authors doing that. Now if this story was on Kindle Unlimited I wouldn't have complained as much. So Pearl is happily mated and all Asim and Pearl do is tend the animals and babysit. And we only learn that through a few stories. I assume that's fulfilling although Asim wasn't happy with his chores.

I sort of expected a hardened warrior like Asim to teach warrior skills and Pearl would be right there with him teaching self defense. What they were trying to teach the twins was a one off, but something they'd excel with. I might have given a better rating if the twins came back with their mate since Pearl's Dragon featured them just as much as Pearl and Asim. I've read Abducting Abbey. All of those are promoted in the back. And while the Easter story links to Pearl's Dragon, I've read enough of the Dragonlings with various holidays to know I'm not interested.

I see her next book out is 'Twin Dragon's Destiny' which features the conclusion of the twins from this book. Barrack and Brogan which should have had their story in this one. Make it a full novel instead of a novella. I did see that next book it says here: The book is 4 pages, according to Amazon. Someone needs to fix this. Montana Publishing April 24, This author is starting to wear me out. This book has no real plot. I know her plots and character development are often weak Please, please, please learn how to develop your plots and characters.

Your writing is decent most of the time but you are not growing as a writer. This book felt like a rip off. It is a non-book. The story ends at 50 percent of book length. The rest of the book is just excerpts of the previous books in the series that I already owe! I feel VERY mislead and disappointed. I am returning for a refund.

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AmazonGlobal Ship Orders Internationally. Amazon Inspire Digital Educational Resources. It was reported that the Chinese government decided against using the dragon as its official Summer Olympics mascot because of the aggressive connotations that dragons have outside of China, and chose more "friendly" symbols instead. Sometimes Chinese people use the term " Descendants of the Dragon " simplified Chinese: The dragon was the symbol of the Chinese emperor for many dynasties.

During the Qing dynasty , the Azure Dragon was featured on the first Chinese national flag. It featured shortly again on the Twelve Symbols national emblem , which was used during the Republic of China , from to The ancient Chinese self-identified as "the descendants of the dragon" because the Chinese dragon is an imagined reptile that represents evolution from the ancestors and qi energy. The coiled dragon or snake form played an important role in early Chinese culture.

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The character for "dragon" in the earliest Chinese writing has a similar coiled form, as do later jade dragon amulets from the Shang period. Ancient Chinese referred to unearthed dinosaur bones as dragon bones and documented them as such. The C-shaped jade totem of Hongshan culture c.

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Gilded-bronze handle in the shape of a dragon head and neck, made during the Eastern Han period 25— AD. From its origins as totems or the stylized depiction of natural creatures, the Chinese dragon evolved to become a mythical animal. The Han dynasty scholar Wang Fu recorded Chinese myths that long dragons had nine anatomical resemblances. The people paint the dragon's shape with a horse's head and a snake's tail. Further, there are expressions as 'three joints' and 'nine resemblances' of the dragon , to wit: These are the joints; as to the nine resemblances, they are the following: If a dragon has no [ chimu ], he cannot ascend to the sky.

Further sources give variant lists of the nine animal resemblances. The head of a crocodile. The neck of a snake. The palms of a tiger. And it hears through its horns, its ears being deprived of all power of hearing. Chinese dragons were considered to be physically concise. Of the scales, 81 are of the yang essence positive while 36 are of the yin essence negative.

Initially, the dragon was benevolent, wise, and just, but the Buddhists introduced the concept of malevolent influence among some dragons. Just as water destroys, they said, so can some dragons destroy via floods, tidal waves, and storms. They suggested that some of the worst floods were believed to have been the result of a mortal upsetting a dragon. Many pictures of Chinese dragons show a flaming pearl under their chin or in their claws. The pearl is associated with spiritual energy, wisdom, prosperity, power, immortality, thunder, or the moon.

Chinese art often depicts a pair of dragons chasing or fighting over the flaming pearl. This description accords with the artistic depictions of the dragon down to the present day. The dragon has also acquired an almost unlimited range of supernatural powers. It is said to be able to disguise itself as a silkworm , or become as large as our entire universe.

It can fly among the clouds or hide in water according to the Guanzi. It can form clouds, can turn into water, can change color as an ability to blend in with their surroundings, as an effective form of camouflage or glow in the dark according to the Shuowen Jiezi. In many other countries, folktales speak of the dragon having all the attributes of the other 11 creatures of the zodiac, this includes the whiskers of the Rat , the face and horns of the Ox , the claws and teeth of the Tiger , the belly of the Rabbit , the body of the Snake , the legs of the Horse , the goatee of the Goat , the wit of the Monkey , the crest of the Rooster , the ears of the Dog , and the snout of the Pig.

In some circles, it is considered bad luck to depict a dragon facing downwards, as it is seen as disrespectful to place a dragon in such manner that it cannot ascend to the sky. Also, depictions of dragons in tattoos are prevalent as they are symbols of strength and power, especially criminal organisations where dragons hold a meaning all on their own.

As such, it is believed that one must be fierce and strong enough, hence earning the right to wear the dragon on his skin, lest his luck be consumed by the dragons. Chinese dragons are strongly associated with water and weather in popular religion. They are believed to be the rulers of moving bodies of water, such as waterfalls, rivers, or seas. The Dragon God is the dispenser of rain as well as the zoomorphic representation of the yang masculine power of generation.

There are four major Dragon Kings , representing each of the Four Seas: Because of this association, they are seen as "in charge" of water-related weather phenomena. In premodern times, many Chinese villages especially those close to rivers and seas had temples dedicated to their local "dragon king". In times of drought or flooding, it was customary for the local gentry and government officials to lead the community in offering sacrifices and conducting other religious rites to appease the dragon, either to ask for rain or a cessation thereof.

The King of Wuyue in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was often known as the " Dragon King " or the "Sea Dragon King" because of his extensive hydro-engineering schemes which "tamed" the sea. According to Chinese legend, both Chinese primogenitors, the earliest Door and the Yellow Emperor Huangdi , were closely related to 'Long' Chinese dragon.

At the end of his reign, the first legendary ruler, the Yellow Emperor, was said to have been immortalized into a dragon that resembled his emblem, and ascended to Heaven. The other legendary ruler, the Yan Emperor, was born by his mother's telepathy with a mythical dragon. Since the Chinese consider the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor as their ancestors, they sometimes refer to themselves as " the descendants of the dragon ".

This legend also contributed towards the use of the Chinese dragon as a symbol of imperial power. Dragons usually with five claws on each foot were a symbol for the emperor in many Chinese dynasties. During the Qing dynasty, the imperial dragon was colored yellow or gold, and during the Ming dynasty it was red.

During the late Qing dynasty, the dragon was even adopted as the national flag. Dragons are featured in carvings on the stairs and walkways of imperial palaces and imperial tombs, such as at the Forbidden City in Beijing. In some Chinese legends, an emperor might be born with a birthmark in the shape of a dragon. For example, one legend tells the tale of a peasant born with a dragon birthmark who eventually overthrows the existing dynasty and founds a new one; another legend might tell of the prince in hiding from his enemies who is identified by his dragon birthmark.

In contrast, the Empress of China was often identified with the Chinese phoenix. Worship of the Dragon God is celebrated throughout China with sacrifices and processions during the fifth and sixth moons, and especially on the date of his birthday the thirteenth day of the sixth moon. Dragons or dragon-like depictions have been found extensively in neolithic-period archaeological sites throughout China. The earliest depiction of dragons was found at Xinglongwa culture sites. Yangshao culture sites in Xi'an have produced clay pots with dragon motifs.

A burial site Xishuipo in Puyang which is associated with the Yangshao culture shows a large dragon mosaic made out of clam shells. The Hongshan culture sites in present-day Inner Mongolia produced jade dragon objects in the form of pig dragons which are the first 3-dimensional representations of Chinese dragons. One such early form was the pig dragon. It is a coiled, elongated creature with a head resembling a boar.

Chinese literature and myths refer to many dragons besides the famous long. The linguist Michael Carr analyzed over ancient dragon names attested in Chinese classic texts. Fewer Chinese dragon names derive from the prefix long Chinese scholars have classified dragons in diverse systems. For instance, Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty canonized five colored dragons as "kings".

Further, the same author enumerates nine other kinds of dragons, which are represented as ornaments of different objects or buildings according to their liking prisons, water, the rank smell of newly caught fish or newly killed meat, wind and rain, ornaments, smoke, shutting the mouth used for adorning key-holes , standing on steep places placed on roofs , and fire. Each coin in the sets depicts one of the 9 sons, including an additional coin for the father dragon, which depicts the nine sons on the reverse.

The early Chinese dragons can be depicted with two to five claws. Different countries that adopted the Chinese dragon have different preferences; in Mongolia and Korea, the four-clawed dragons are used, while in Japanese dragon three-clawed dragons are common. The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty emulated the Yuan dynasty rules on the use of the dragon motif and decreed that the dragon would be his emblem and that it would have five claws. The four-clawed dragon would become typically for imperial nobility and certain high-ranking officials. The three clawed dragon was used by lower ranks and the general public widely seen on various Chinese goods in the Ming dynasty.

The dragon, however, was only for select royalty closely associated with the imperial family, usually in various symbolic colors, while it was a capital offense for anyone—other than the emperor himself—to ever use the completely gold-colored, five-clawed Long dragon motif. Improper use of claw number or colors was considered treason, punishable by execution of the offender's entire clan.