Dragon Song by Shirley McCoy
Shirley grew up in Baton Rouge, LA and started writing at an early age. Always talkative, when she was eleven she began to put her thoughts on paper, writing stories inspired by some of her favorite writers, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Madeline L’Engle. As she grew older, she developed a love of romance and in 2009 she decided to try her hand at paranormal romance. The result was The Smoke and the Flame and its sequel, The Wind and the Fire. The Smoke and the Flame is the first novel she ever completed, although she has written several unpublished screenplays. Her novel, If the Shoe Fits, was featured at the 2017 Louisiana Book Festival to Shirley’s great delight. Her latest novel, Dragon Song was featured at the 2024 Louisiana Book Festival and Shirley was beyond excited.
Shirley graduated from Nicholls State University where she majored in History and minored in English. Since graduating (she doesn’t like to think about how long ago that was) she has worked at some of the best libraries in the Baton Rouge area. She makes her home there and enjoys spending time with family members. She also loves seeing movies, reading, and going to the movies with her niece in her free time.
Currently, Shirley is hard at work on her newest venture, titled Welcome to Niceville, in which a girl wakes up in 1955 with no memory and no idea how she got there.
A little bit about Author Shirley McCoy…
Inspiration to start writing…
Dragon Song Blurb
Shirley’s favourite scene from Dragon Song…
“You make it sound so simple.”
“It is.” When she widened her pretty brown eyes at him, he shrugged. “At a certain point, it becomes that way. After you have trained and done the best you can to prepare, then all you can do is place your fate in the hands of the gods. Entrust yourself to them and do what you are meant to do. I—” He stilled. “Quiet,” he snapped.
At first, she heard nothing then a rushing wind reached her ears. An instant later, a gorgeous sapphire dragon bulleted out of the mouth of a remote cave. In the distance, the dragon banked and wheeled in the darkening sky. He circled above the mountains a few times, then descended back into his dark lair.
In all her life, Morgan had seen only two dragons, Rownar and one other. She could not help her fascination with this one, particularly since they were about to kill him. Or at least try to.
Abruptly, she couldn’t quite manage to move. “Connor, either this dragon is a lot bigger than I remember dragons to be, or it is larger than “you said. Are we really going to try to kill that?”
He tossed her a roguish grin. “Yes, we are.
Shirley’s other works…
If the Shoe Fits
A story of three women: two bound by blood, one destined to be queen.
For Celina, the magical night she met her prince ended in disaster, not happily ever after. Held captive by her family, she fears for the kingdom and the prince she loves.
Juliette is shocked to discover the glass slipper worn by Prince William’s true love fits her foot. Now at the palace, she plots to escape the trap she finds herself in. Will the prince’s handsome aide Robert Weston be a help or a hindrance to her plan?
Rosalind is furious she lost her chance for a royal marriage. Left to guard her stepsister, she manages the family estate with an attractive but antagonistic steward who sympathizes with Celina’s plight.
With the kingdom threatened from dark magic within the palace itself, the three sisters must choose where their loyalty lies, with love or with power.
The Crystal Flame
Finn Hale has fire in his blood. He is its lord but not its master. If he can’t learn to control his power, he will go insane. For years, he has searched for someone who will restore the balance and peace he and his kingdom once had. Now Finn has found her. And she is more beautiful than he could have imagined.
Lyssa Jensen was born with a dangerous ability; she can create snow and ice. When she caused an unnatural winter to fall, she fled her fractured kingdom. Now known as the Snow Queen, Lyssa lives alone in her frozen mountain palace. Until he came, rash as he is handsome, with a mad proposal…
Fire melts ice and ice douses fire. Any feelings between them could have deadly consequences. How will Finn and Lyssa learn to control their powers when they can’t even control their own hearts?
All I want for ChristmasÂ
Seven-year-old Casey Lillian Ingram wants one thing for Christmas. Her mommy and daddy back together. She never expected to meet Santa, but when she does, she seizes the opportunity to ask him for the one present she has to have. When he tells her that such a thing is beyond his power, Casey does not take it well. Not at all used to hearing the word no, she steals his sleigh and heads to the North Pole, knowing her parents will follow. Also hoping they will rediscover their love for each other and for her along the way.
Casey’s parents, Holly and Sam, are desperate to find her and with Santa’s help the three of them travel to the North Pole. Will Holly and Sam find Casey? Will Casey return home? Will the Ingram family reunite? Join Casey on an exciting Christmas adventure in All I want for Christmas.
The Last DescendantÂ
Dr. Thomas Avery is the last direct descendent of Merlin the magician. He is the most powerful mage on the planet, but is he the only one? Thomas enlists scientist, Dr. Jessilyn Matthews, to help him find out. Yet, it is not just a desire to discover whether he is the only person on earth with magical power that drives him. Baylor, ruler of demons and all that is dark, is rising after 1000 years. Only Merlin was able to defeat Baylor and his dark forces, but at the price of Camelot’s destruction and the death of King Arthur. Thomas dares not face Baylor alone. He must find others, others with power, give them training and convince them to fight. It is the only way to push back the dark, restore the balance and ensure that light rules for the next millennia.
When Dr. Jessilyn Matthews got a call from Dr. Avery asking if she was interested in doing some research together, she had no idea what she would be getting into. Founding a magic school? Building an army? Starting a passionate affair? These possibilities never occurred to her. Yet, for Thomas she embraced them all, for Thomas and the light.
With Baylor holding ever more sway over the students attending the newly founded Avery Institute, and with the dark rising, she can only hope her faith and the faith of the other descendants will be enough to defeat Baylor and his dark forces once and for all. Enjoy the romance, fantasy and adventure of The Last Descendant.
