Smith Sinclair guards the gates to the darkest corners of Charleston, and I need access for a story. Despite my best efforts, he stonewalls me at every turn, toying with me and making outrageous demands. He’s arrogant and unapologetic, and refuses to play fair. Yet I find his brazen confidence and scathing honesty irresistible. Staying away from him isn’t an option. Not for me. But Sinclair isn’t … me.
But Sinclair isn’t the only danger lurking in the shadows. And as he distracts me with pleasure, each lead I chase drags me deeper into a sinister plot.
In the end, I’m bound to make a choice that could cost one of us everything.
While Bound can be read as a standalone, it is the third book in The Devil’s Due series and is best enjoyed after reading Depraved and Delivered. Bound has no cliffhanger.
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Eva Charles
Bound (The Devil’s Due Book 3)
I’m really enjoying this book
I would recommend that u read book1&2
Only so u can get an introduction to smith and others. With that being said let get into this delicious read.
I loved the story content I felt that Author Eva really takes you in this world we’re u no that when u are done reading you will be Pfening for more.
Smith&Kate story was good.
This is what I look for when I’m reading
Is the characters are going to speak to me ?
Yes it did.
Will I want to keep reading until the end?
Hell yes!
Overall I enjoyed reading this book
Sorry no spoilers here.
Do I recommend this book to anyone.
My answer is Yesss.
I voluntarily read this my review.
The beautiful, but eerie Live Oak trees of Charleston, draped casually with Spanish moss, gave an air of darkness and secrecy to “Bound,” Eva Charles’s third book in The Devil’s Due series. I loved the first two books and this one is just as suspenseful, wicked and seductive.
Kate never knew her mother but she dreamt of her often and visualized things they would have done together if life had taken them down a different road. She wanted to use her investigative and writing skills to compose an article that would make her proud, and I was intrigued by her dogged quest for the truth. Charleston had a small town feel and the people were very welcoming, but became tight lipped when asked questions they didn’t want to answer, and all she got from Smith was an intense glare from his cold, dark eyes.
The chemistry between Smith and Kate was intense and I couldn’t wait to see how they dealt with their growing attraction. Smith sensed that Kate was inexperienced and he was concerned that his lifestyle would be too much for her to handle. The sexual tension kept building whenever they were together, and it was only a matter of time before they gave into their desires. He never thought about the future but Smith felt that Kate belonged with him in his life and in his world. He didn’t trust easily and he lived to protect himself and JD and his family from harm, danger and from secrets being exposed. Can he trust Kate, or is she only after a story that could be dangerous to all of them?
This is the third book in The Devil’s Due series, and the story of Smith, and Kate. When Kate is writing a story, and she meets Smith trying to get her answers, they have an immediate connections, and sparks fly. This was a great read, the characters had combustible chemistry, and the story kept me engaged. This was dark, twisted, intense, steamy, dirty, and a must read!
If you were as intrigued as I was about the mysterious Smith Sinclair from The Devil’s Duet, wonder no more. It’s finally time to find out all about this man!
Who wouldn’t be drawn to this man? He’s the epitome of the strong, silent type. He exudes sex appeal and danger but has this unexplainable softness to him that you just can’t put your finger on. He’s that forbidden fruit you know you shouldn’t have, yet you can’t seem to avoid indulging in it anyway. He’s standoffish, not always a nice guy, and fiercely protective over those he’s close to. But though there are several times in this story you might not like him as much, Smith has a subtle charm and vulnerability you won’t be able to discount. Trust me, he’s worth the wait.
You can’t help but feel for Kate the minute you meet her. She’s had it rough in so many aspects and it would be easy for her to give up the fight. But her determination and drive are admirable. I love her tenacity. She has a good heart and a sassy mouth. Smith doesn’t really know what to do with her.
These two bring new meaning to love/hate relationships. Almost every encounter between them is explosive in one way or another. The push and pull between them is apparent from the beginning, and their chemistry is always sizzling hot. These two ignite the pages, but it’s not all about the heat. This twisted tale will keep you enthralled until the last page and definitely isn’t for the faint of heart. I absolutely loved it and I can’t wait to read the next book in this series.
Smith Sinclair, even his name sounds commanding. And commanding, demanding, and all being is exactly who this man is, inside and out, professionally and privately. But this is what it takes to be the man in charge of so many lives in so very many different worlds.
Smith is head of security for The Wilders. A job he’s earned and one he takes to heart. When he’s tasked with eliminating a threat to the family and business, he’s taken aback with the source of contention, Kate McKenna. The luscious redhead is a weak spot. And Kate is just as affected. Smith assaults her every sense of being. But he’s the connection to answers she needs. She’ll do anything for those answers.
The two battle each other professionally and physically. When highly unlikely events occur, Smith believes Kate is on to something.
When their privates lives unfurl, Kate is introduced to a part of Smith that both scares and intrigues her. He frees her, he strengthens her, he’s slowly claiming her.
As unknowns force his hand and he makes a decision to stand by Kate, everything he believed strikes him full on with betrayal, which is unacceptable. Betrayal that could end long time friendships and potentially put family at risk.
But when Kate appears to be in danger, Smith refuses to shut her out. Time and old secrets are dangerous enemies. Two men trying to save her, both dark and dangerous in different ways. One wants her heart, the other her soul.
The story had some intense moments revolving around troublesome issues. It makes you step back and think about them.
I enjoyed how Charles kept Sinclair’s character real. He was open, honest, and upfront on the man he was. There was no sugar coating of the true man.
This story will grip your senses, take you down a dark path, and hopefully gain some perspective and respect of other worlds.
I loved this book! Sinclair Smith is such a jerk but I absolutely loved his character so freaking much. This book was so good and Eva Charles is such a talented writer.
Let me tell you a little story about meeting Eva Charles at a book signing this past October. I **may** have stalked her a bit from across the room because I was supposed to be assisting another author at the event.
You see, I needed to find the perfect opportunity to try to get Eva to spill some details about Smith and what to expect in Bound. But I got not a damn thing other than “you’ll just have to wait until February!” And wait I did.
And holy hell was Smith and all his alpha manly gloriousness worth it!
I loved the dynamic that developed between Smith and Kate. How he tried to keep his distance but just couldn’t. How his heart and brain conflicted between loyalty and love, and how love won out in the end.
I knew Bound would leave me breathless, but I wasn’t expecting the perfectly timed plot twists and turns coupled with the bite of religious overtones and obligations.
Bound is heady, dark, dirty, sexy, twisted, brilliance! And I loved every minute!
Eva Charles writes a sensual, suspenseful and riveting story. I liked the characters, Smith and Kate and enjoyed all of their interactions. From the moment Smith and Kate meet, there is a strong attraction between them and all their heated chemistry nearly combusts. Smith works in security and by nature he is a protective guy, but he goes on overdrive when he discovers someone is after Kate. Smith is a big dominating guy but he doesn’t scare Kate.
Kate, a reporter comes to Charleston with the hope of uncovering a good story. She is investigating some ruthless people and they are not happy with her snooping. Kate doesn’t have a lot of confidence with men but she is tough and feisty where her job is concerned. This is the first book I have by this author and I enjoyed it so much, now I want to read all her books.
4.5 stars
This is the third book in the Devil’s Due series and the first book I have read by the author. It can be read as a standalone but I am going back to read the other two books. Kate is a woman of conviction who is after a story that will earn her the Nobel Prize that she feels her mother should have won. However, things are not looking well for her as she is off to uncover a seemingly underground society which is being guarded by Smith Sinclair. Smith is a former military man with special skills. He is who he is in the sense that what you see is what you get. He is doing what he can to keep Kate off of the story but she is wreaking havoc on his sense of being. Kate is also not immune to the way Smith’s southern charm is affecting her. The bottom line is Kate is willing to do anything to get the story she is after which leads her to a very precarious position. After everything that Smith and Kate have been through, will he shut her out when it all hits the fan? This is one slow build, high intensity storyline with betrayal, drama, loyalty, danger and steam. I look forward to reading more from this author. I volunteered to read an advance copy of this book.
So Steaming HOT!! This story will take you down a dark path with some twist and turns along the way. Smith and Kate are sizzling together. Their intense story keeps those pages turning until the very end with some shocking and explosive reveals. Get ready for a long journey between these two, but the story is so worth it. I’ve read the other 2 books in this duet and they are all just as equally good as this one. I loved Smith and couldn’t wait to get his story and their was no disappointments here for sure. Looks like we will be getting another book of more happenings in Charleston and I can’t wait.
Happy Reading Everyone!!!
Reviewed by Jeanette Oglesby
So Steaming HOT!! This story will take you down a dark path with some twist and turns along the way. Smith and Kate are sizzling together. Their intense story keeps those pages turning until the very end with some shocking and explosive reveals. Get ready for a long journey between these two, but the story is so worth it. I’ve read the other 2 books in this duet and they are all just as equally good as this one. I loved Smith and couldn’t wait to get his story and their was no disappointments here for sure. Looks like we will be getting another book of more happenings in Charleston and I can’t wait.
Happy Reading Everyone!!!
Now I’m torn between JD and Smith haha. How hot are this authors characteers.
A priest and a soldier
A demon and a knight
How can you not wanna read this story from a blurb like that. I was in from the very start of Smith & Kate’s story. Bare in mind this is a long book with a slow burn but definitley worth the wait if you keep reading.
My heart broke for Kate so many times. How can someone have so much negativity thrown at them and keep going?? She did and it landed her right in Smith’s lap. She is tenacious in what she wants and proves she will do just about anything to get it.
Smith has such a commanding personality it was no surprise that he had Kate at this mercy from early on.
The banter and chemisty between these 2 strong willed characters kept me flipping the pages as fast as I could. Throw in the mysterious Father Creighton and by the half way point I was screaming for answers
Told in dual POV these characters will take you on a journey of intrigue, suspicion and danger, with some seriously hot sex thrown in, all the way to the twisted end that you will not see coming.
I am loving this series so far and can’t wait to see what comes next.
A gripping read from start to finish, this will have you on the edge of your seat with the action, drama and suspense….. you will need a fan and a cold shower for the sizzling hot sexy scenes…… it’s also an emotional roller coaster that may well make you stop and think about things.
Smith Sinclair is JD Wilder’s Head of Security, he is also his best friend and they know each other inside out. Nothing is more important to JD than his personal life and his family, that’s why Smith does what he does. When a nosy reporter, Kate McKenna, who JD has had a run in with before, turns up and starts asking questions about his club, he just wants her gone and out of the way, and Smith is the man for the job.
Except Smith likes the fiery red head, she seems to have gotten under his skin like no one else, but trust is a different matter.
Kate is on a story, she needs answers and is willing to do anything to get them. Her attraction to Smith is off the charts, and is willing to do anything for answers from him. They end up spending time together and getting to know one another, until some unusual things start happening, a massive betrayal takes place and families are put in danger. Kate has always turned to religion to help her through things, having been brought up a Catholic and spent lots of time with a Priest who would take care of her in lieu of her family, she finds herself looking for a new church where her reporting skills may be useful. Father Creighton seems friendly and is very happy Kate is at his church and helping out, but soon Kate finds herself in a whole world of hurt she was not expecting.
Kate is a complicated character, her whole life she has been degraded and made to feel worthless, yet she continues to pick herself up and plod on. I really felt for her and everything she had been through and really wanted her relationship with Smith to be good for her. She needed to be loved for who she was, cared for a protected, Smith was that person. She had some psychological issues when growing up that reached into her adult life with Smith also. She is very innocent and naive in her outlook and experience, but wanted more from herself and let herself go with Smith.
Smith is an awesome character, strong, loyal, protective, brutally honest and down to earth. His military training serve him well as he trails Kate keeping an eye on her, popping up in the most unexpected places. But the attraction is undeniable, he finds it difficult to control himself with her, but has to take his time and not frighten her away, he is very much into kink, but knows Kate is very much vanilla, so must push and test her boundaries carefully.
The suspense part and the twist in the story will have you on the edge of your seat. Be warned it is quite dark and brutal, with scenes of violence and abduction. I loved it, an emotional and intense read, highly recommended.
This series has quickly grown to be a favorite of mine! I love how it’s just the right amount of dark, it has so many amazing plot twists, it’s super sexy, amazing action moments and the perfect amount of romance. IT. IS. PERFECTION!! And Smith and Kate definitely followed suite to Gabby and JD!
I really loved Smith in the previous books, but I had no idea I would love him this much! He’s broody, witty and oddly compassionate. I loved how much he cared about Kate even though he “shouldn’t.” He equally cared for everyone around him, and it was so sweet! Then pair him with Kate and there’s this fire we get to see that we didn’t before. Then we have Kate, who is essentially trying to find herself. But, instead, she finds Smith and this amazing city that needs her. I loved this so much. I love how she had a purpose, but ended up becoming an integral part of Charleston.
Eva added some really perfect elements, which was all the better with these plot twists. The added element of faith and what goes behind the scenes in churches was pure genius! I love when topics of today translate into books. It’s so prevalent and not used much. Father Jesse was a truly special character, for so many reasons, and none of the ones you think going into this novel. In fact, most of what you might think when you start reading this takes a complete turn. IT WAS EPIC THAT WAY!!!
As usual, I loved seeing characters from past books. Getting to see JD and his family, his specially relationship with his daughter, and the rest of Smith’s crew. It’s always special to me to continue to see people grow and evolve. We even get to meet some of Smiths family, and they were EVERYTHING I’d hoped for! Add in Kate’s best friend, and we had a pretty amazing secondary character line-up.
I cannot really talk much more about the book without giving too much away, just please go read it!! It has everything you would want in a book!
This book gave me goosebumps! Debra@ Janise’s Jivin’ Book Blog
Two men both dangerous to one woman and for very different reasons. This book was so powerful and totally had me on the edge of my seat waiting for what would happen next. It had been a little bit since I read the first two books in The Devil’s Due series but I immediately fell right back into Eva’s author clutches.
When you read a book like this that is part of a series it makes you want to go back and reread the others. That is truly just how good it was.
I like how the story progressed and had such a darkness to it and it did really pull at your heartstrings for some of the tragedy that has befallen some of our characters. When I read a book like this, a work of fiction I know, it still makes me have empathy for how some peoples lives truly can be that tragic.
Well done to our author and I would have loved to be able to give more than 5 stars.
Bound by Eva Charles is the third book in The Devil’s Due series. This is Smith Sinclair and Kate McKenna’s story.
Smith is JD Wilder’s best friend and head of security for The Wilders.
Kate is a beautiful and fiery reporter going after a sizzling story…or at least what she was lead to believe was but that’s definitely not the case. When Kate arrives in town, Smith is asked by the Wilders to get Kate to leave…even though there is crazy hot chemistry between him and Kate. He does it. The fact he finds her super sexy and hot is something else. He can’t act on his feelings.
Kate knows there’s a story so she decides to return and pursue the story knowing that this may put her back in Smith’s line of sight… she doesn’t care. She’s ready to stand up and make everyone take notes- see Kate, she’s here and not going to be shoved down and pushed away like a mistake. There are reasons for why she’s pursuing the story and people better get with the program or get left behind. Smith is someone she didn’t count on. Their chemistry is intense, forbidden, steamy and touching. There is so much more to this story- I don’t want to give too much away but just know, Kate is just perfect. She’s been through so much yet kept getting back up and continues going on, striving. Smith is the perfect man for her- alpha male whose tough with that center of tenderness. Be prepared, this is a long story; it’s a slow burn but needed for there read. Such a beautiful and wonderful story.
My Rating: 4.8 stars *********
Bound to love this book! 5 stars
Both Smith and Kate intrigued me from the beginning, and together their chemistry & banter crackled and sizzled. I enjoyed how the story unfolded with the peeling back of each of their layers. I must say I did not like Kate’s family and had an issue with her feelings of shame and guilt, but I realized they are a part of her. She was strong, smart, sassy, loyal and deserved to be loved, and I felt for her so many times. Smith made me swoon, and I loved that he was a protective alpha and that Kate got under his skin. I was an emotional wreck during the ensuing crisis towards the end of the book and its aftermath. This is an intense, emotional story about a “hard-fought journey to love” between Kate and Smith that I absolutely loved and recommend.
*I received an advanced copy of this ebook from L. Woods PR for my honest review.*
I absolutely loved this book! I was completely intrigued by this story from the very beginning. I loved every single page of it!! Smith works security for the Wilder family. Kate, is a journalist, and curious by nature. Then we have Father Creighton, who wants Kate for himself. Smith and Kate had such a great connection and chemistry, and I loved their banter. This story kept me on the edge of my seat, it’s has twists and turns, hot chemistry, and is one intense read. I absolutely recommend you one-click and read it for yourself, I highly recommend it.
Bound seems to start as a quiet cat and mouse game but you quickly find it’s anything but as the story plays out.
Smith is all gruff and tough and full of business when it comes to Kate McKenna but he never denies an attraction between them.
Kate McKenna is curious by nature and can’t help but push all the right buttons to get so far deep under Smith’s skin the sparks can’t help but fly.
With a twist or two keeping you on the edge of your seat you quickly get so engrossed while your heartstrings are assaulted and even forgetting your surroundings as you gasp for air as it was so hard put it down so I could adult. I was often left planning something quick to throw at my family for dinner so I wouldn’t have to stop reading for too long because I NEEDED to get back to Smith and Kate!
No spoilers here but it DOES dabble on the edge of some dark suspense and it did NOT disappoint! One of my most anticipated reads of this year!
::Sigh:: I find myself hating when an Eva Charles book ends. We’ve seen Smith in action throughout JD & Gabby’s story (Depraved & Delivered) — and if you haven’t read these I would absolutely read them first. While I believe you CAN enjoy this story without them, there is so much you need to see about the Wilders, Smith and yes, Kate before you read this one. All Smith needs to do is run the reporter out of town. It should be easy for him. But there is something about her that calls out to him…makes him crazy and not always in a good way. Kate is a heroine in the making. She’s after a story, she has goals, but she is also a pained little girl in so many ways. It will take a strong man…a strong person to dig deep and bring that girl peace. I really wasn’t sure that Smith was THAT man. This story took some turns I absolutely didn’t see coming and once those turns started, I could NOT put the book down. Eva spins a horrific, tantalizing, steamy and beautiful tale of true evil…and true love and patience.