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Wolves of Stone Ridge #0
Warming Up To the Ice Dragon
Stefan Renaldo’s ski trip to Steamboat Springs was supposed to be a fun vacation with friends. Instead, he ends up alone and injured on the mountain. Even as Stefan fears he’s going to die of exposure, he sees something that must surely be the product of his pain-addled mind. A dragon. He wakes in a warm bed and being cared for by Kazeem, a sexy recluse. Needing surgery on his leg, he can’t stay. In the hospital, Stefan hears from his friends how crazy possessive and aggressive his rescuer is. While fleeing seems like a good idea, why can’t he get the mountain man out of his mind?
53 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 24, 2017
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January 24, 2018
This author is capable of writing a decent book. This is not one of them. And so short! It's more pamphlet length than short story length. I was reading, flipped to the next page...But there wasn't one. I thought for a moment that there was something wrong with my Kindle. Zero character development and too many loose ends. And although the cover indicated this story was linked to her Wolves of Stoneridge series, that was completely false — zero connection. Were it free, it would be difficult for me to recommend this book.
(Note to author: please stop using the word "chute")
(Note to author: please stop using the word "chute")
December 3, 2017
Started out great...
Warming up to the Ice Dragon started out great. The ending however felt very rushed and thrown together. It was like it had to end in 10 pages or less and it was quickly put together. I love Charlie Richards but this could have been great. If the ending was lengthened and plot holes were explained then I would gladly change my rating. Not her best work though.
Warming up to the Ice Dragon started out great. The ending however felt very rushed and thrown together. It was like it had to end in 10 pages or less and it was quickly put together. I love Charlie Richards but this could have been great. If the ending was lengthened and plot holes were explained then I would gladly change my rating. Not her best work though.
September 16, 2020
2.5 rounded up.
It was just tooooooo short.
It was just tooooooo short.
November 12, 2025
Found this book when I was looking for a book for a specific book bingo prompt, and it was quit fun. Short, but fun. I'm going to check out the other books, a Google search told me that there are a lot of them in this universe, and I'm very curious.
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March 25, 2018
Mountain fall
Stephan was rescued by a dragon. They were mates. It took a while to get together because of distance and Stephan's friends. The only thing missing is the rest of the story.
Stephan was rescued by a dragon. They were mates. It took a while to get together because of distance and Stephan's friends. The only thing missing is the rest of the story.
September 10, 2018
It’s so freakin’ short it’s not even funny. I wanted to see development. But there wasn’t enough. It’s so rushed it’s not even worth the read.
For this one, i’m real disappointed.
For this one, i’m real disappointed.
October 16, 2018
This story went way to fast... Why the rush??? It could have been much more developed.
September 6, 2023
I'd recommend only reading this if you can get it for free (I did on Scribd as part of my subscription). I would have been super pi$$ed if I actually paid for this.
In a nutshell
Human suffers horrific sci accident
Compound femur fx
Enter dragon shifter who thinks its a great idea to move critically injured male human to his cabin so he can what? Put a bandaid on his booboo?
Human begs for hospital. Fu&k yeah! I would too. If I see a bone sticking out of my leg!
Dragon, who hates people, lives in the middle of nowhere, somehow has satellite phone and calls for help
Human goes to hospital
Dragon follows
Human's friends show up at the hospital.
They think dragon is a dick.
Because he is.
Dragon is escorted off property by security
Dragon sulks at home for several days
Human goes home with cast.
Dragon shows up, declares him his mate, provides uninspired BJ, and pounds human's "chute"
All in 53 pages. The first like 45 are cabin and pre hospital so you're almost convinced the poor guy is going to bleed to death or go into shock before he can get some real medical help.
I mean there wasn't anything inherently wrong with it. There were no typos. It had a plot (kinda, I mean hey, its 50 pages, what kind of a plot can you really have). I simply didn't like it. You know when you read a good short story, one that's super well written, you just want to see the characters again. Hope for a longer version, novella or even a full novel. You wonder about their back story and what's in store for their future. I had not one iota of interest in either one of these characters. Nada. Zip.
In a nutshell
Human suffers horrific sci accident
Compound femur fx
Enter dragon shifter who thinks its a great idea to move critically injured male human to his cabin so he can what? Put a bandaid on his booboo?
Human begs for hospital. Fu&k yeah! I would too. If I see a bone sticking out of my leg!
Dragon, who hates people, lives in the middle of nowhere, somehow has satellite phone and calls for help
Human goes to hospital
Dragon follows
Human's friends show up at the hospital.
They think dragon is a dick.
Because he is.
Dragon is escorted off property by security
Dragon sulks at home for several days
Human goes home with cast.
Dragon shows up, declares him his mate, provides uninspired BJ, and pounds human's "chute"
All in 53 pages. The first like 45 are cabin and pre hospital so you're almost convinced the poor guy is going to bleed to death or go into shock before he can get some real medical help.
I mean there wasn't anything inherently wrong with it. There were no typos. It had a plot (kinda, I mean hey, its 50 pages, what kind of a plot can you really have). I simply didn't like it. You know when you read a good short story, one that's super well written, you just want to see the characters again. Hope for a longer version, novella or even a full novel. You wonder about their back story and what's in store for their future. I had not one iota of interest in either one of these characters. Nada. Zip.
May 13, 2018
Warming Up To the Ice Dragon is an even shorter version of the standard Charlie Richards' romance.
On what was supposed to be a fun trip to go skiing with his friends, Stefan has an accident. Alone and frightened, he thinks he may die until he's rescued by aknight dragon in shining scales.
Kazeem has been looking for his mate for a long time, and to find him in such a way is surprising, but he has no time to ponder fate as he must hurry to ensure Stefan survives.
These two have some issues. Stefan knows nothing of paranormals. Kazeem isn't really good with humans. Will Stefan's suspicious friends make Stefan discount the mate-pull and run away?
Read the rest of my review on Romantic Notions Rainbow Spectrum Book Reviews
On what was supposed to be a fun trip to go skiing with his friends, Stefan has an accident. Alone and frightened, he thinks he may die until he's rescued by a
Kazeem has been looking for his mate for a long time, and to find him in such a way is surprising, but he has no time to ponder fate as he must hurry to ensure Stefan survives.
These two have some issues. Stefan knows nothing of paranormals. Kazeem isn't really good with humans. Will Stefan's suspicious friends make Stefan discount the mate-pull and run away?
Read the rest of my review on Romantic Notions Rainbow Spectrum Book Reviews
February 25, 2021
really too short story, kaz had extreme words to stefan's friends, but kristof started by treating his best friend's savior really badly, even claiming that he was at fault for his skiing accident,
serously...
serously...
October 27, 2017
A sweet short, fast developing and above all unfinished romance.
October 30, 2017
This was a short-short read from Charlie. I enjoyed it, and I'm kind of hoping the story line might expand via the Wolves of Stoneridge connection.
April 27, 2018
A short story where Stefan has a skiing accident and meets Kazeem, his mate.
After getting separated Kazeem tracks down Stefan for their happy ending.
After getting separated Kazeem tracks down Stefan for their happy ending.
May 16, 2022
Okay this was nice, kinda rushed but this was a short story so whatever. I enjoyed it
September 15, 2025
Nice short
This was a nice little story. There wasn't much to it. I have questions so many questions...wish it was longer
This was a nice little story. There wasn't much to it. I have questions so many questions...wish it was longer
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