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“Suspenseful & seductive! Aleatha Romig weaves a powerful storyline filled with deception and sizzling chemistry that is impossible to put down.” - USA Today Bestseller Louise Bay I'm Everett “Rett” Ramses.New Orleans is my world, my realm, and my domain.After what I've done, some people say I’m the devil.I say I'm a man who knows what he wants, and nothing stops me from getting what I desire.I took New Orleans, and now I want Emma O’Brien.As the daughter of my father’s rival and sworn enemy, her fate is to be my wife.Emma is in my world now.It's time she makes a deal with the devil.Have you been Aleatha'd?Enter the dangerous and mysterious world of New Orleans in this all new full-length romantic suspense novel, DEVIL'S DEAL. For a sneak peek into their first meeting with no spoilers, check out the enticing prequel, “Fate’s Demand” available everywhere.Enemies to lovers, arranged marriage, age-gap, noir, and dangerous romance are all together in this electrifying story. Rett and Emma’s intriguing story begins with DEVIL’S DEAL, book one of the Devil Series Duet, and concludes with ANGEL’S PROMISE. Don’t miss a word of this new and exciting duet.
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I usually really like this author and while I didn't dislike this book, it didn't knock me over, either. It followed a really familiar style that I've read a thousand times before and because of that I found a lot of the story elements had me rolling my eyes a little and feeling like I'd been there, read that. I will say that after all the usual cliches were out of the way in the first part of the book, I enjoyed the second half a little more. I read the prequel to this book, Fate's Demand, in an anthology I'd purchased and it was one of the top short stories included so I was excited to read this novel. It ended up being a slightly darker read where the rich, handsome, alpha anti-hero gives the female lead the best orgasms she's ever had (of course - because he's so alpha male and good looking and with such a presence that even the mere thought of him makes everyone's panties burst into flames). See what I mean by been there, done that?One dark and mysterious night, Emma, our beautiful, independent, smart and fierce heroine (in case there's any misunderstanding, I wrote that description with a lot of eye rolling because she's got a bit of a case of 'not like other girlz, y'all!') is swept away by Rett after he appears at the venue she's at. He makes her sing halleluiah on a table (or something like that) and then whisks her away to his mansion in New Orleans because don't ever forget, he's filthy rich. Oh, and he's the king of the criminal underworld. Nothing happens without his say so and without his knowing and yada, yada, yada because as I said above, this is a familiar story line. Having recently found out her background isn't what she was raised to believe it was, more bombshells are dropped as Emma is told that she's the only child of a former NOs crime boss. Because of this, Rett says Emma was born for him, we're told several times that she'll be his queen and that she now has to marry him. It an absolute groundbreaker, she pretty much goes along with this and only throws in a few token 'no's. Why? Because it's Rett Everett and he's the bee's knees. Did I mention he's wealthy, good looking and baaaaad.Anywho, the book follows their brief meeting and relationship as Emma adjusts to the information bombs thrown her way about her familial heritage while being utterly captivated by Rett. Tidbits of information are revealed and the book ends in a cliffhanger that made me a teeny bit angry more than anything, even though the big reveal wasn't overly surprising. I enjoyed the jealous, possessive and dominant nature of Rett and the story showed a lot of promise, but like I said above, there wasn't really anything here that wowed me which I hate to say because I really like this author. The steam factor was cliche because it was built around a somewhat unbelievable 'even though I hardly know him, he's just so intense and good looking and protective that my undies slide off all on their own' while Rett articulates exactly how good hitting the sheets will be with him. You know, because it'll be his mission in life to make her come like a freight train while giving her everything she wants in life. So yeah, the instalust was laid on pretty thick.Okay, so now I'm going say my piece on what didn't completely work for me in the book on top of the above bits. This is more for my reference for when the next book comes out so ignore as you will. Firstly, in trying to make Rett sound aloof and domineering, his speech was often overly articulated which made his dialogue a wee bit jilted and over the top. There were quite a few pearlers in the book that had me rolling my eyes. Here's one by Emma (which will probably make some readers one-click - you're welcome :) - '...you should know that just because you make me wet and are capable of providing my body pleasure doesn't mean you'll ever have my heart.' Just in case you hadn't picked up on the fact that Rett is magic in the bedroom, it's articulated for us. Yay! Then there was Rett's pointing out that Emma (while speaking to Emma, I might add) was the daughter of a king and a wh*re. Yeah, he said that. And she didn't punch him in the junk, which I certainly wanted to do when he said that trash. But it gets better. He also said, '...as the daughter of a wh*re, you're perfect to not only handle my desires but to also find pleasure in them'. I'm sorry, but WOT? Ah yes, because her mother was in the sex industry (and we're led to believe later that it wasn't entirely by choice to add insult to injury in this gross statement), Emma would naturally be predisposed to being crazy about sex and being able to take whatever kink he throws at her because that's exactly how arousal and prostitution work. Are you for real??? Seriously. Eff off with that rubbish. I don't care that it's fiction; it's a ridiculous statement. It gets even better when a bit later during one of his inner monologue he ponders if Emma's mother had passed on her affinity for being talented in entertaining men. SHEESH. And let's not forget this gem: 'Emma was a queen with the regal touch of a wh*re'. What the ever-loving firetruck??? To be fair, by this stage I was laughing at some of this stuff.Just as I've repeated several elements here, the book did the same, with themes and certain phrases brought out several times. For instance, there was a lot of lips curling. The characters were either smiling or had wind maybe? There were little pops of history included here and there that I actually found interesting but oddly placed. As for how Emma got information throughout the book, it was from a spirit talker! I kid you not, one of the servants could apparently speak to spirits so she was able to tell Emma bits of information.Then the author did the whole borderline Stockholm Syndrome thing that so many weaker darker reads do where the victim ends up acting and feeling as though they're in the wrong and go out of their way to let the heroes know how much they care for and appreciate them. Emma even thanks Rett for 'waiting' until she was ready. What a sweetheart to not force her, because you know, that's actually sexual assault ffs. Some of this scattered here and there made the book tread awfully close to victim blaming. Then there was Rett making Emma use a blindfold to show that she trusted him and could be submissive. I didn't mind this but after she suffered a traumatic event where she was blindfolded, he left her blindfolded. And after said event, he was angry at her because... wait for it... he told her that if she was going to lose her life it would be by his hands, so when she could have died, he was cranky about not only the fact he might have lost the opportunity to carry out on his promise but that he almost killed her himself by shooting her because she was tied to a chair naked and it made him angry. None of which was of her choosing. Run, Emma lololol. Even though he tells you theirs strength in being submissive (LOL again).The book was a fair read but I'm not sure if that's enough to hook me into the next book when my TBR is slowly taking away my will to live as it is. I didn't mind it but a few things made me stabby, some of the turns of phrase were just strange and it almost became a book on gaslighting rather than a darker read with a dominant alpha. Next time I want to insult someone, though, I very well may tell them they have the regal touch of a wh*re'. Flippin' dead.
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