Make a deal with the wrong Demon and you’ll always be in his pocket.Nara made a deal with the wrong Demon and now he’s forcing her to do something she can’t do without getting sick. When she can’t deliver, she’s given over to another Demon for safe keeping. She shouldn’t hate Shine as much as she does. It wasn’t his fault the Demon planet is run by a horrible person who refuses to listen to her … who refuses to listen to her when she says she’s not a doctor.
Shine shouldn’t hate the female that was thrown at his feet and told to keep an eye on her. It wasn’t her fault a black hearted Demon runs the planet and thinks he can do whatever he wants to whoever he wants, but there’s something about her that gets under his skin.
Two people who couldn’t be more different find out they have more in common then they expected. When the time runs out, will Nara be able to do what it takes to keep Shine alive?
Note to reader: This is a fast pace Sci-fi romance about aliens living on a Demon planet. This book can be read as a stand alone, but it’s always recommended to start at book 1.
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She has made a deal with the wrong demon and now she needs to deliver or die. Meanwhile he is ordered to watch over her until she does the deal. One but problem is that he is falling in love with her. Can he help her? Can she suceed? Will they both be killed? See what will happen
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I really like this book could not put down until I finished it. I enjoyed the character development throughout the story. Although this is book 2, you can read it like a stand- alone.
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Aside from having a very hard time liking Nara and her purple polymer bomb drama queen antics, I thought this was a terrific story. And I do have to admit that either Nara grew on me by the end or she grew up and stopped being so self-centered. Maybe both, who knows? Anyway, Shine was a dear from the start, and I’m glad he got his HEA. This suspense-filled steamfest is part of a series, and as such didn’t have the level of closure that would normally be expected, but I’m looking forward to reading more about Lotus Adaamus, its charming/scary inhabitants, and their captivating technology.
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Pretty good dialogue, and character development. Typos weren’t very distracting but noticeable. Overall, a fast read.
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Layla Stone’s mind works in mysterious (and good) ways. The characters in her Unexpected and Lotus Adaamas series range from gladiators to telepaths to demons to commanders to mechanics with pixy pistols along the way.
Shine is a Night Demon forced by a more powerful Silk Demon to take on the care of Nara, a Terran. Nara has to complete jobs for Karr, the Silk Demon, before she can be freed, and she makes Shine suffer along with her. As before, the twists and turns of Layla Stone’s mind will keep you guessing along the way.
A mixture of sci-fi and fantasy that worked incredibly well!
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This was a romance that was both a mixture of sci-fi and fantasy that worked incredibly well together. Shine was both a self taught scientist, an inventor and a dark demon. For many years he has lived with the knowledge that he caused his mother’s death. His work was his world until he was forced to care for a female who owed a debt to a psychotic demon. At first he was angry that he was force take take Nara but as she slowly transformed his life with an obsession he knew the he loved her. Nara only wanted to complete her debt and leave but as she helped him change for the better she owed it to him protection as well. This was a twisted story that had me absorbed from the beginning. There was humor, desire and frustration mixed into a tangled web complications before Nara and Shine are able to accept and revel in their love.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The story of Nara and Shine is kinda crazy. Nara is a designer of living and non living things. Shine is a demon just trying to live his life. At first their only connection is a psychopath named Karr.
Though kinda ‘meh’ in some spots, I enjoyed this tale of love. When Shine discovers that Nara is a Numan ( a being he watches a documentary about nightly), his reaction is kinda funny.
I found this journey of love interesting. I would definitely recommend reading the first book of this series, to understand all the players.
This book is worth the read. You will find yourself rooting for Nara and Shine in the end.
Shine, a Night Demon, stood by the acidic ocean to wish his deceased mother a Happy Birthday. Birthdays meant a lot to Terrans, so he remembered her on that day each year. When he returned to his hover craft, Karr was leaning against it. Karr was a powerful Silk Demon, definitely not to be trusted. Karr handed him a bracelet and told him to put it on. Shine refused and Karr forced it on his wrist. A Grummer hovered in the parking lot and, when Karr waved to open the door, Shine saw a Terran with a phaser gun held against her throat by a Red Demon. Karr introduced Alieena — who demanded to be called Nara — to Shine. Nara was a wealthy, nasty socialite type with a very bad attitude. Shine was told he had to keep Nara with him each night and feed her. During the day, a driver would come for her and she would do work assigned by Karr. Until she finished his job he gave her, she could not leave Adaamas. If she tried to escape, the cuff will stop her. If the cuffs were broken, they would both be punished.
This wasn’t really an action-packed story. Poor Shine hadn’t done a thing to be pulled into Nara’s contract with Karr, so he was an innocent bystander! Nara was not a very pleasant companion, although it was Karr that manipulated the deal on her and put her in her untenable situation. Will Shine and Nara be able to find a way out of their predicament? Grab your copy and see how the two of them deal with Karr!
This book was a bit different.
This book was a bit different and very interesting and I love that the reader could have a love/hate relationship with some of the characters. The characters are what makes a story for me if I can have some sort of feelings about them the book is a winner for me and this one was. From the beginning that was so engaging to a very steamy ending. This was a great book to spend time reading. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
I liked this book. The storyline was interesting and kept me entertained. I liked Shine a lot. I felt for him and I thought he was easy to connect with. As for Nara, I found her annoying and quite unlikable. This slow burn romance offers up a blend of drama, tension, emotion and danger.
I’m probably going to be harder on this book than I intend to. There were things I loved and things that I didn’t.
Now I haven’t read the previous book in this series. I felt that there were a lot of details left up to the reader to understand. I have no idea what a numan is – I still don’t, best guess is that they’re a science minded-human? The differences between the demons were not all that clear. There were silk demons and night demons. Near as I can tell the only thing that differentiates them is their appearance? Again I did not read the first book, perhaps that was all explained. New entries into the series don’t seem welcoming to new readers let’s leave it at that.
So, I really didn’t care for the characters at the beginning of the book. They were both Nara and Shine, incredibly annoying and I could care less what happened to them. They grew on me though, like a fungus. The ending was far more promising than the beginning. I would potentially read more into this series. I would do so also in the hope that portions of world-building were expanded upon. To be fair, I am huge on world-building and setting in anything I read. I got a minor taste for it in this book and would really love to see it grow in other books.
Thank you to the author for the opportunity to read it!
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