By: Cecilia Gray
Genre: Romance
Publishers Summary:
Alexis isn't afraid of much. She's never met a cliff she didn't want to climb or a waterfall she wouldn't plunge over. Yet when her fiancé leaves and takes her daring edge with him, she swears off love....
Until one wild night out at San Francisco's latest hard-to-find, impossible-to-get-into new club where she discovers more than just a stiff drink awaits her inside, because the owner of this club is the sexiest man she's ever met--and the most dangerous.
A few hundred years ago, Jason made a very bad bargain with a very vengeful goddess. Now it's time for him to pay up, either with his soul... or his heart. And when one long look at Alexis makes him understand just how hellish a life of unrequited love could be, suddenly the alternative doesn't sound so bad.
Only it turns out, the alternative isn't just hellish--it is hell... and Alexis is the only one who can spring him loose. If, that is, she's brave enough to try...
This book was given free for review and I have to say that this kind of plot I tend to stay away from. The Harlequin paranormal romance drivel they tend to shoot out 24/7, where the guy has some paranormal problem that only the human girl can fix, etc' etc'. There are very, very few of these types of books that I'll read and they have to catch and drag me in from the start.
I'll admit this was one of them.
The beginning had the nice quick pace that I like to find, no wasting time, or hello my name is..., but it never slowed down. Ever. There in which lies the problem unfortunately. The too fast pace of meet and greet between the main love interest was like speeding down a street that dead ends at a brick wall only to find out the breaks have been cut. The pace could have been better even for a novella. Quick bursts from one thing to the next isn't my type of story.
Nevertheless, the humor was nice and the underlying problems Alexis is faced with is great to see as well. The character development of Alexis was surprising for a short story, but the others fell a little flat for me. Over all it was a nice little read, but not something I'd pick back up.
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