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Devilishly Sexy

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Michael Archer isolated himself for 33 years and now struggles to fit into the modern world as he learns current demon-slaying protocol. He rescues a woman from what he thinks is a suicide attempt, but fashionista Liza McLane is actually possessed and popping Benadryl to silence the demon. Michael and Lizaas subsequent attempts to have a passionate affair are marred by Lis...more

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Published May 29th 2012 by Kensington

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Aug 04, 2012 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars

He couldn't suppress the low growl of satisfaction as he thrust, plunging deep in one smooth stroke, fully, to the hilt.
"God, that feel so good," he groaned, his eyes rolling in their sockets with pure exaltation.
His rough words were answered with a low, desperate moan that filled him with more delight.
It had been far to long. No man should have to go so long without this. This moment of pure ecstasy. And he wasn't too humble to know he was damned good at it. Damned good.
He pulled out, posit...more He couldn't suppress the low growl of satisfaction as he thrust, plunging deep in one smooth stroke, fully, to the hilt.
"God, that feel so good," he groaned, his eyes rolling in their sockets with pure exaltation.
His rough words were answered with a low, desperate moan that filled him with more delight.
It had been far to long. No man should have to go so long without this. This moment of pure ecstasy. And he wasn't too humble to know he was damned good at it. Damned good.
He pulled out, positioning himself again, his fingers tightening around the thick girth in his hand, heavy and hot. A fine shaft, if there ever was one. He couldn't help taking a moment to admire it in his hand. Beautiful. An old, dear friend.
Then he sank it in again with unerring accuracy. Deep to the hilt. And that was all it took.
He remained totally still, allowing himself to feel that moment of total surrender. The shudder, a tiny, almost imperceptible quiver, then complete release.
He stared at the limp body pinned to the wall by his sheer, unrestrained strength. Eyes closed, head flung back, lips parted in a silent cry.
Now that was true beauty.
Finally he pulled out, and before the object of his determined onslaught could start to sag into a boneless, spent heap, he grasped his powerful shank for the very last stroke. The most satisfying of them all.
With a powerful sweep of his arms, he struck and a gush of warm stickiness covered his hands, his forearms. Even his chest and face. He didn't care.
He watched with a strange combination of pleasure and utter dispassion as his target's head disconnected from his body, flying through the air. It rolled across the cracked and oil-stained concrete and came to a wobbling stop under a parked car.

Yeah...I almost fell over laughing on that one...my dirty little mind was in the gutter the whole time! This is the first 2 pages of Devilishly Sexy and it only gets better from there. Beautiful, sexy Liza McLane is the editor-in-chief for HOTS magazine...she loves what she does, just NOT who she does it for. DEMONS! In order to control her a demon has possession of her and keeps her from having a normal life.
In walks devilishly handsome Michael Archer who works in the mailroom at HOTS...well not really. Surprise, surprise~he's a demon slayer.
When the two of them come together, Liza will do anything to have a relationship with Michael. And Michael will tempt whatever fate has in store for him to be with Liza. What will happen when each discovers what the other does or has had done to them in Liza's case? Well you're just gonna have to read Kathy Love's Devilishly Sexy to find out...They say the Devil wears Prada~in this case "the Devil wears whatever the heck she wants"...(less)

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Jun 21, 2012 Nicole rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012, review, paranormal-romance

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I was so excited about this book, mainly because the Young Brothers Series were some of my first and favorite PNR reads, and Stepp Sisters Trilogy were fun and sexy contemporary reads. But for some reason, the 2nd Devilishly book just didn’t work for me.

Michael is back among the world and looking to kick a lot of demon ass. Instead, things have changed in the years he has been frozen, and killing demons on the street is no lo...more Review originally posted here: http://thebookpushers.com/2012/06/18/...

I was so excited about this book, mainly because the Young Brothers Series were some of my first and favorite PNR reads, and Stepp Sisters Trilogy were fun and sexy contemporary reads. But for some reason, the 2nd Devilishly book just didn’t work for me.

Michael is back among the world and looking to kick a lot of demon ass. Instead, things have changed in the years he has been frozen, and killing demons on the street is no longer acceptable. In an effort to help Michael learn the new ways, he gets put in the mailroom of Hot! Magazine, keeping tabs on the demons in the organization. After just a few days on the job, Michael finds Liza and everything changes. He isn’t sure what exactly her deal is with the demons, but he knows there is something special about her.

Liza refused to sign over her soul, so instead she is possessed by the most annoying demon imaginable. She doesn’t want “Boris” to be able to read Michael, so once they start to pursue a relationship, she begins drugging the demon with allergy medicine. Unfortunately, as she and Michael get closer, the demons become more and more skeptical of her. Will Liza and Michael be able to make a real go at it before Liza’s soul gets sent to hell?

The premise of this one had such promise, but it all seemed to fizzle out fairly quickly for me. I did like a few things, and the beginning with having Michael adjust to life after being frozen for a few decades was really well done. However, it wasn’t a theme that was carried very far into the book. I liked that both Michael and Liza were trying to keep hidden the fact that they knew about the paranormal world from one another. It was fun to see them dancing around the subject, and was one of the stronger aspects of their relationship. And while I’ve come to expect some funny and hilarious situations from Love, other than Liza’s possession and a few one-liners, there wasn’t the same level of fun that I found so charming about the Young Brothers series.

The book started off a bit slow, and didn’t really seem to pick up much steam the further I got into it. While the world-building was well done and a different take on demons than we normally see in mainstream fiction, it was also one that didn’t seem to hold my attention as well as others. I kept waiting for that spark, and I just never saw it come through on the pages. Then, once the truth came out between Michael and Liza, it seemed as if the book ended somewhat suddenly with a perfect HEA.

All in all, I wasn’t as satisfied with this book as I had hoped I would be. The fun and sexy feeling that I expected from a Love novel just weren’t there. The romance didn’t live up to my expectations, and instead felt slow to start, and rushed to finish. While the book had a really interesting premise, the execution just wasn’t what I was expecting.
I give Devilishly Sexy a D+(less)

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Aug 06, 2012 Guilty Pleasures rated it 4 of 5 stars

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An classic story of demon’s trying to overtake the earth and a band of warriors picked by God to battle them. WOW! The detail and thought that went into the creation of this book is astounding!

I absolutely loved the main character Michael and how he is trying to acclimate to the new world after an inadvertent mishap thirty-three years ago. Then to meet his soulmate who happens to be possessed by the chatty kathy of demons….SWEET!

I’ll let you the reader fi...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Ellie rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Devilishly Sexy by Kathy Love
Grade: C+

“It was bad enough that she had to be possessed by a damned demon. But somehow she’d managed to get taken over by a demon who was gay, bitchy, boy crazy, and sounded remarkably like Uncle Arthur from Bewitched. Was it really a mystery why she didn’t get laid?”

Liza McLane used to be the editor-in-chief of HOT! the number one fashion magazine in the world and used to have a fabulous life. Then Satan started his demon restoration project using HOT! as his headq...more Devilishly Sexy by Kathy Love
Grade: C+

“It was bad enough that she had to be possessed by a damned demon. But somehow she’d managed to get taken over by a demon who was gay, bitchy, boy crazy, and sounded remarkably like Uncle Arthur from Bewitched. Was it really a mystery why she didn’t get laid?”

Liza McLane used to be the editor-in-chief of HOT! the number one fashion magazine in the world and used to have a fabulous life. Then Satan started his demon restoration project using HOT! as his headquarters and instating Fiona White in charge of the operation. To keep HOT! running up to par Fiona has Liza possessed by a demon to keep her line and keep her working. Liza has figured out that to get any peace and quiet she can drug her demon with large amounts of benadryl and with a sexy new mail worker in the office Liza is determined to finally have a relationship.

Michael Archer has just woken for a thirty three year coma that he was put in by a demon he was trying to destroy. Michael is having a hard time adjusting to the new world that he has been thrown into and the new way things are done at the D.I.A. or Demon Intelligence Agency. No longer able to kill demons on sight Michael is assigned to the mailroom of HOT! magazine where he meets Liza McLane. Liza is like no woman Michael has ever meet before and he’s drawn to her immediately. Michael knows Liza’s possessed by a demon and he’s willing to do anything to help the woman who has come to mean so much to him.

Devilishly Sexy is the second book in this series by Kathy Love but can be read as a stand alone without any problems. This is a very cute book and has some amazingly funny one liners. I found myself snickering a lot throughout the entire book. I also found myself rolling my eyes at a lot of the book for being too cute and funny. This is a great book to read when you need something light, fluffy and don’t want to actually use your brain.

This is a book about demons that doesn’t take itself or its characters seriously. Liza drugs her demon with benadryl so she can get laid without him around and Michael arrives straight out of Saturday Night Fever with bell bottoms and jive slang. He says ‘Dy-no-mite’ in the beginning and it’s just so bad that it’s hilarious. I could never figure out if I was laughing because things were so funny or so ridiculous.

I honestly can’t decide if this book is horrible or genius nor can I decide if I want to keep reading more about what happens at HOT! magazine. This is a great book for a vacation or if you need something to cheer you up. The characters and storyline are over the top and will keep a smile on your face the whole time you are reading. (less)

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Feb 15, 2013 A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: review-requested, home-library, kensington, romance, urban-fantasy, paranormal

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Michael Archer is a man out of time, a Demon Slayer and one of The Brethren. However, a nanosecond of inattention meant a demon was able to freeze him with a curse, a curse that lasted for 33 years. All he wants is to go back to slaying demons, but times have changed and Michael needs to get with the new program of trying to save the people who have lost their souls instead of instantly killing them, a program he doesn’t believe in. Until he meets and has an instant attraction to the editor-i...more

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May 29, 2012 Charity rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-n-romance

Devilishly Sexy- 3.5 HOOTS
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This story definitely seems to be part of a series, although I couldn’t find a series name. This is one of those reads that’s a little cheesy, a little eyebrow raiser, and a little fanning all rolled into one.

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Jul 02, 2012 Christi Barth rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book has a hero you'll instantly fall in love with, and a heroine you (and the hero!) want to save. It kept me turning the pages because I honestly couldn't figure out how the author could give me a happy ending. Lots of fun demon-y goodness, laughs, and (spoiler), it does deliver a very happy ending!

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Sep 04, 2012 Amy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

I was rooting for the demons.

Needless to say I wasn't wowed by this book. I found it hard to get into and had to force myself to plod through it. It did pick up towards the end, but not enough to make me anticipate or even want to read the next book in the series.

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Jun 18, 2012 Nocturne Romance Reads rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fun contemporary
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Jun 06, 2012 DavinciKittie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance-urban-fantasy

Review coming soon! The overview is I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped to. The main characters were good, but the pace dragged with the secondaries and antagonists. 3.5/5

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Oct 01, 2012 Ursula rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: series

A romance dressed up in the supernatural. A quick read.

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Jun 22, 2012 Nora-adrienne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Devilishly funny and entertaining!

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Kathy Love has been labeled "a character-driven author, who prefers complex subjects that add an emotional, humorous edge" by Romantic Times. Originally from Maine, she now resides in Maryland with her husband, chatterbox three-year-old daughter, Emily, and Squiggy Piggy, a very sweet guinea pig.

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