"An intriguing time travel!"

Alizon felt as if the medieval village of Markesew had thrown her away twelve years before as a virgin sacrifice to the dragon of Devil's Mount. It was just pure luck that the dragon didn't eat her. Now she saves the virgins that are made to come up to Devil's Mount for sacrifice by demanding more and more of the villagers' sheep. These sheep are what she feeds the dragon. Alizon has made quite a little cozy place for herself and the eleven virgins who came after her. All she wants is revenge on the town who threw her and the other virgins away. She is very bitter about this and never fails to remind the virgins that the town really doesn't want them any longer. All they have is each other.

Meanwhile George, a modern day wrestler who goes by the name of The Saint, is stressed to the max with mothers threatening to sue him because their sons try his wrestling moves at home and get seriously hurt. Athena, George's sister, finds an ancient crystal and decides to try to hypnotize George into chilling. The trouble is she chills him too much by sending him to the ancient village of Markesew to save Alizon from the dreaded dragon. Now the problem is how George is going to actually accomplish this. What does he know about killing a dragon, but for Alizon he'll do anything. What George also doesn't know is Emoni, Alizon's very best friend, is also casting the same spell around the same stone in order to save her 12-year-old daughter from being the virgin who goes in sacrifice to the mountain. This is how George is pulled back to the medieval town of Markesew in the first place.

I've been a fan of time travel romances for years and this book exemplifies the very reason why I enjoy them so much. I was hooked on this book from the very beginning and avidly devoured it far late into the night in order to find out exactly what happens to Alizon, George and the eleven virgins. I'm happy to say that I was sighing with happiness with the ending to this highly recommended and quite captivating time travel romance.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted June 28, 2002

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Summary

Sometimes, slaying the dragon is the easy part.

The medieval village of Markesew was besieged, its virgins demanded in tribute to a filthy dragon, so when St. George the Dragonslayer arrived from modern times -- in his silver pants and lace-up boots -- his task was clear. Being a professional wrestler didn't qualify him for the job, but a sword and imagination were all he needed... or so he thought, until he came up against the mysterious mistress of Devil's Mount.

Twelve years ago Alizon had been sent to die in the jaws of the serpent. Too tough for dragon teeth then, she'd never surrender to some foreigner in shiny hose now. She feared first for the secret world she'd built atop her mountain... but as St. George approached, Alizon realized it was not the dragon's armor he had come to pierce, but the scales around her own ferocious heart.