Ashemnon’s demonic hunger for Madeleine Dean’s pure, vibrant soul has tormented him throughout every lifetime she’s lived on earth. Now, thanks to her desperate father, he has a blood-tight contract in hand. Soon, her soul will belong to him. All her life, Maddie has been haunted by strange occurrences, hallucinations and increasingly intense nightmares. As her ex-boyfriend walks away, she can … she can almost hear the pieces of her life falling around her. And then she falls–literally–into the arms of a stranger who’s the first and only person to understand.
Ash meant to pluck her soul, not sweep her off her feet. Yet the moment they touch, the temptation to seduce her again and again is more than he can resist. Despite the risk, he finds himself succumbing to her charms. And, impossibly, falling in love.
Then Ash learns the reason it’s taken centuries to get to this point: He’s not the only one with a claim on her soul. Heaven and Hell are in a tug of war–and Maddie’s the rope. Control wrested from his hands, Ash can only wait for her to make a choice that will damn one soul to Hell…or damn her own.
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I received this book from Entangled Publishing
The cover first drew me in, then the synopsis. It’s a quicker read-on the shorter side of novels-but was a really good read. I feel like any longer would have taken away from the book; for the story told it was the perfect length.
Ash is a demon with a claim on Madeline’s life. He has his whole life but can’t touch her soul until her 25th birthday. Even when she turns 25, he holds off on taking her for a few years and allows her to live her life. After Maddie is dumped, she runs into Ash and they have an instant connection. They grow close together over the course of the book while Ash is being hounded to take her soul.
I enjoyed their romance quite a lot. It was hot but so cute as well. Alpha demon loving and protecting the innocent human.
I give it four stars because at times I was a bit confused as to what was going on with her soul. Between the contract, the angels, the new deal…it all blended together and I think I’m still confused as to what occurred.
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Too steamy for my liking. Not for those who want the sexual thoughts to be a sideline. This book makes them the focus of the story.
I liked the characters as they were tangible and real. I’d like to have seen some additional development of their relationships to each other as well as their respective worlds, but overall this was a solid and engaging read.
I really love Cherrie Lynn’s contemporary titles, but didn’t know she had a few paranormal titles among her books, so when I had the opportunity to read this, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it.
Ash is a demon. His job is collecting souls, and he makes a chilling deal to obtain someone’s soul. Madelaine. He has to wait a while before he can do it, but when the time comes, he gets himself in some hot water with his superiors for hesitating to take what he has a contract for.
When Madeleine meets Ash, she thinks they are just a casual one night thing, but she finds herself wishing he’d come back. She doesn’t know what he is, but she does know he’s a fabulous lover. If you’ve read Cherrie Lynn before, you know she can write a steamy scene, and there’s plenty of them in Far from Heaven.
Ash and Madeleine are great together, but they have to go through a whole lot before they can even think about being together — after all Ash was going to come for her soul!
There’s a real great level of scary tension whenever the demons and angels are on the page and I absolutely loved that about this book. The story is nicely crafted because at first I had no idea how they could possibly get out of the dilemma they faced. I did like how everything was wrapped up in the end.
This works well as a standalone. It’s easy, steamy, just a little scary, and grabs you right from the start.