6 member(s) found this review helpful.
Read this book straight through... a little darker than usual for this author but, I enjoyed it immensely.

Erin T. wrote on 7/2/2008...
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I am normally not into this genre of romance, but I had read a handful of Erin McCarthy's contemporary romances and loved them. I really liked this book a lot. I can't wait to read her other paranormal romances. This one was a definite must read and is going on my keeper shelf!!!
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Enjoyed this book a lot. Couldn't put it down as I couldn't guess how it would end. Marley Turner, one of the book's main characters, was a likeable, reality-based heroine. Damien, her antagonist, was a dark, brooding stuffy hunk that was about 200 years old due to a deal with the spirits. Takes place in the plantations around New Orleans. Highly recommended!
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have a very small list of books that i cannot finish. This is now on that list. Her other books usually have humor to help them along. This one doesn't even have that. Her main characters in almost all her books are basically the same character. I have serious doubts that i will ever buy one of her books again. Erin McCarthy is getting more and more disappointing to me the more books i read.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is the first in a series of books about demon servants, charged with the task of promoting sin amoung humans for their master's dark purposes. It was darkly fascinating and deeply disturbing.
The bulk of the book is told in two parts--one an account of the past, told either through letters or the characters themselves, and the other in modern times. In New Orleans, circa 1790, we learn that Damian du Bourg is a selfish, cheating, semi-abusive husband to Marie. In addition to this, he makes a deal with a demon that gives him immortality in exchange for his servatude. That is, he shall spend eternaty encouraging the sin of lust amoung all he meets. Even shy, frail Marie succums to his irrisistable lure--to her ultimate doom. In present day, Damien is simply trying to get by, quietly repenting for his sins while doing enough to satisfy his demon master. As it turns out, this means throwing sex parties. Marley, a reserved and moral school teacher, shows up on his doorstep looking for her sister who disapeared after one such party.
I was very suprised that the author managed to redeem Damien as much as she did. I still find his history disturbing in the extreme, but not something I couldn't get past. Marley is fairly easy to relate to, though a little bland. The plot is quiet, no action to speak of, and yet I was never bored.I wish we were given more background on the demons themselves, but the author seemed more intent on character developement. Overall, this was quite a page-turner.

Kathy J. (
vamps-n-stuff) - Fort Campbell, KY wrote on 7/15/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Awesome book! Could not stop reading it. Read in 1 day. 5 stars

Rachel D. (
Evalee) wrote on 6/2/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this one. It was quite different from her other work. Really sensual.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Normally I like her books but this one was boring.......I didn't like the characters at all, honestly I couldn't finish the book. Maybe someone else will like it.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this book! It is a used concept but with a new twist! The characters are engaging! I didn't want to put this book down until it was done!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is truly a talented author. I have never read any of her works before. I loved it from beginning to end and hope to read her other works in the future. The character development is exceptional and truly draws the reader into the story.