Author:
Cindy Spencer Pape firmly believes in happily-ever-after and brings that to her writing. A multiple award-winning author, she has published almost sixty novels and stories. When not hard at work writing, she can be found restoring her 1870 house, dressing up for steampunk parties and Renaissance fairs, or with her nose buried in a book. Visit her website: www.cindyspencerpape.com.

Computer science professor Eric Gordon has to find the hacker responsible for a virus on campus. When his investigations show some sort of reptile may be living in the steam tunnels under campus, he turns to biology professor Lori Tremain for help. 

Lori’s life is crazy with her tenure review looming, but she’s too curious and way too attracted to turn down Eric’s request.  Together, Lori and Eric uncover things that their scientific minds can barely imagine, along with a passion they never expected.  She doesn’t have time for love or dragons, but adventure and romance find her anyway.

Dragon in the System

"I'm awake." Eric forced his eyes open wide and regarded the student in front of him. "What's up, Kyle?" He scanned the computer lab where his senior-level students were busily working away on their final projects. It was later than he'd thought. He guessed maybe he had dozed off.


"You look like you pulled an all-nighter, man," the sarcastic twenty-two-year-old told him. Kyle was only a junior, but he was already a terrific programmer. In fact, Eric personally thought that Kyle was probably as good, if not better, than most of the faculty. "I didn't think profs were supposed to do that."


"Yeah, well, crap happens," Eric replied grumpily.


Kyle looked at the three dead Styrofoam cups in the trash can and eyed Eric warily. Then the student tossed his pile of notes back onto his station. "This is serious, dude. We're talking' women problems, aren't we?" He perched on the edge of the instructor's table and raised one eyebrow.


Chapter 42