title: Dragon Actually (Dragon Kin)
author:  G.A. Aiken 
description: Originally from Long Island,<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author<b>G.A. Aiken</b>has resigned herself to West Coast living, which involves healthy food, mostly sunny days, and lots of guys not wearing shirts when they really should be. Writing as Shelly Laurenston, she is also the creator of the wickedly funny Pride series for Brava. For more info about G.A. Aikens dangerously and arrogantly sexy dragons, go to<b>gaaiken.com</b>.
zlib_text: Closer and closer the two �iers came, and more and more Bobbin
  had to admit that it did look like a dragon. A huge red, �ying
  dragon, coming along the line of peaks, coming directly toward him
  and his soarwagon.
  Fear washed up and down the gnome’ s spine, a compelling,
  sweating fear that was like cold �ngers gripping him. Then a voice
  spoke to the gnome. “ Who are you?”  it asked, seeming to be right
  beside him.
  Bobbin gasped and looked around, this way and that, trying to see
  who had spoken. The dragon was a half-mile away now, and there
  was no doubt in the gnome's mind that it was, indeed, a dragon.
  Again the voice at the gnome’ s shoulder asked, “ Who are you?”
  “ Bobbin,”  Bobbin said. “ I… I'm a gnome. Are you really a… But of
  course you are.”
  “ Bobbin,”  the voice seemed to purr in the gnome’ s ear. “ Just keep
  coming, Bobbin. You will have no further doubts, in a moment or
  so.”
  Whether it was Bobbin's own numb hands trembling at the control
  strings, or some vagrant current of air