It sometimes seems that Bertie is flirting with him – or is it just Arthur’s imagination? Arthur can’t be sure. He hires Arthur on the spot and Arthur can’t deny the strong attraction he feels for his new boss.Īs the days progress, Arthur tries to make sense out of his feelings for his boss. Once back in his human form, we learn that Bertie, our dragon-shifter, is a brilliant (and sexy!) historian in the process of writing a book about the now extinct Red Dragon and he’s in need of someone to assist him in organizing his research and his books.

But of course, the dragon doesn’t eat him (which would have made for a very short story). Jones greets Alex while in his dragon form and Alex, who’s more than a little freaked out by the enormous dragon in front of him, fears that Dr. Philbert Jones ( “but please, call me Bertie”). The book starts out with a job interview – young research assistant Arthur MacArthur is interviewing for a job working for a Dragon-shifter, Dr. In the world where this book takes place, all of the magical creatures (called “Beings” in the book) have recently come out of the closet: Fairies, Elves, Werewolves, Trolls, and Dragons. But this is the first dragon shifter book that I’ve read and found it to be not only original but also very well done. I’ve read many shifter books over the years. He is completely at the mercy of the boy, even when the boy is depicted in the story as his servant.” ~ Dr. “Within this story, it’s clear that the dragon is the weak one.

A Boy and His Dragon by R. Cooper