I read a book ages ago that started off with a pregnant woman dying. All I remember after that is that she lived with shapeshifting dragons until she was forced to leave, and found more humans. I vaguely remember something about the humans being magical, but that's about it. I read this book roughly 14 years ago, but it could well be older than that.
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3Just reading the headline made me think of Patricia C. Wrede's Dealing with Dragons, but the rest of the question probably rules that out.– Jim GreenCommented Dec 6, 2012 at 13:19
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Rachel Hartman's Seraphina has shapeshifting dragons who pass as human, and a young woman protagonist, but (2012) it's too recent.– eac2222Commented May 11, 2020 at 19:56
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The Elvenbane (1991) by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey, perhaps?
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1YES! That is one of my favorite books, I actually own the trilogy. Ms. Lackey wrote two more with Andre Norton. In order, the Halfblood Chronicles includes: The Elvenbane, Elvenblood, and Elvenborn. I had to wait a long time for that last one...but they finally came out with it and it's pretty good.– user45906Commented May 20, 2015 at 19:00
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1As a caution, the third book ends on a huge cliffhanger and the forth book may or may not ever be released. Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 15:23
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1@dAVIDw 1/6 links on stack exchange are broken. And if those answers used this "lazy" fix then they would still be useful, instead of useless. The Wikipedia summary is good, It hits on every point in the question and provides enough a summary that it can help others decide if this is the book they were thinking of or not... dying pregnant women (this is not explicit), child raised by dragons, forced to leave, meets magic humans. And its public domain, with the attribution naturally coming from the link.– QuestorCommented Aug 20 at 16:06