Don’t make the devil angry…
Luke Thorne loves having one hell of a good time. As the ruler of every dark creature to walk the earth, he certainly has more than a bit of a bad side. He lives for danger and isn’t the type to lose his heart—mostly because he doesn’t have one. Then she walks into his life.
Mina James is seduction in the flesh, a perfect temptation that the devil himself couldn’t … himself couldn’t pass up. Too late, Luke realizes he’s let a real siren into his life, a woman who is bent on using his dark powers to free herself from hidden enemies. Since Luke isn’t the type of man to be used, he should walk away from her, but…something about Mina draws him close.
Soon he’s realizing that she isn’t who she appears to be. Not dark and cold, but burning red hot. Mina is a woman fighting for her life—and the Lord of the Dark suddenly finds himself in an unlikely role…hero. Luke isn’t going to let her enemies destroy Mina. He will fight heaven and hell to keep her. But in the end, the secrets they both carry may just rip apart a love that should never have been…
There are Bad Things in the world…very, very bad. Are you ready for them?
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Luke is the ruler of the dark. He enjoys a fine whiskey and likes his life. All paranormals belong to him and he rules with an iron fist. He’s practically invulnerable and no one would dare to come after him. He doesn’t need anyone. Or does he? Because when he meets the woman of his dreams, Mina, he realizes that maybe he doesn’t love being alone.
Mina knows she has power, but she doesn’t know how or exactly what she can do. The little she does know she uses to her advantage. She wants something from Luke, and she’ll use everything in her power to get it. But what happens when you pit the most powerful man in the world, aside from his twin brother, against a floundering newbie? A story of a hot collision mixed with tons of action and intrigue. Luke isn’t the only one who wants her and as Mina is being hunted, she learns exactly how powerful he really is.
I’ve loved everything I’ve ever read from Cynthia Eden and The Devil in Disguise is no exception. I enjoyed the story building and introduction of characters that make up this world. I love dragons and all things mythical and this book gave me that. I also loved the way this story played around with The Little Mermaid. How cool is that? Everything that happened was entertaining and alluded to a bigger story and I know I’m going to love reading the rest.
This series has it all! The only thing you will want at the end of this book is more more more!!!
Cynthia Eden is always a great read. And theses bad guys are good at bad. Wicked romantic
I really loved this story. I wasn’t expecting the plot twist, even though when it came I felt ridiculous for not figuring it out. It was hot, and sweet, and sad, and hot. Great story line, and I enjoyed all the little twists and turns. HATED the bad guy (but that’s the point lol.)
I have read it twice (!) Which I RARELY do. Love it.
3.5 stars
Negatives & Positives
Started out fast paced, intriguing and grabbed my attention. Then, unfortunately, the repetition of mental thoughts started. There was constantly something going on to keep you reading, but that repetition kept up throughout the rest of the story and really bogged it down.
Both main characters were interesting, but would have been even better with a little more action added to them and less talk about them. Hmmm, that’s not clear. What I’m trying to say is there needed to be more ‘show’ of their characters & less repetitive thoughts about their character. That said, even the supporting characters in this story are very interesting.
There was a lot of action, suspense and a bit of mystery.
The romance is definitely adult, but a bit cheesy and often sappy. This did not help with the character build of Luke Thorne.
All in all I liked it, but I admit I was a bit disappointed.
I was good, but could have been really fantastic.
I don’t remember seeing any typos, etc.
bookshelves: adult, mystery, paranormal, romance, suspense, 1-owned-all
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Short but good. I would read other books with these characters.
Loved it
My Thoughts – 5 out of 5 Unicorns – I loved it!!!
***I bought this September 9th
The cover is pretty amazing! I like it!!
This is the first book in the series, and also the first book by Cynthia Eden that I’ve read even though I own 10 of so of her books already. This is for adults only due to the violence and steamy content.
This book had me from the start. I was compelled to read it and not put it down. I will definitely be reading more of Cynthia’s work. She weaves a fantastic story that pulls you into the story. I love when a story does that. Mina and Luke were both people who should not be stereotyped. People are not always good or always evil though are sure people can be one or the other most of time. I definitely don’t want to give any of the story away though.
If you love paranormal romance and an assortment of paranormals, then I think you do not want to pass up this book! Fantastic read!! Can’t wait to read the next book!
I liked that the romance part included compelling feelings and sacrifices rather than only sexual attraction. The plot was intriguing and there were lots of conflict and angst which made it a rather fun read.
I really enjoyed these characters. It seemed a bit too fast for them to only have one book. I’m nervous to read the following book because it follows different characters. I liked it a lot though.
Loved this book. Not what I expected.
Love this book great read!
Although it was entertaining, I didn’t feel much of a connection to the characters and thought the plot was too contrived in spots. The author could have given a better feel for characterization and chemistry between the two female and male characters. The story relied too much on plot.
Didn’t finish. Got Bored
love this series! good exciting and loved the characters! all 6 books were really good with the last I htink as good or better than book one.
This is a great read if you like a thoughtful bad boy.
Could not really get into it…like others before it
Loved this whole series
Loved it!
Loved it. Thanks