Reviewer: Robyn Roberts
Title: The Devil's Daughter
Author: Laura Drewry
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing
ISBN-10: 0-8439-6048-5
Re-release Date: April 2008
Genre/Sub-genre: Western Historical Romance
Year/Setting: Redemption, Texas, 1881
Overall Rating: 3.5
Sexual Content Rating: Subtle/Sensual
Language (Profanity/Slang) Rating: None/Mild
Violent Content Rating: Negligible/Minimal
Laura's Website:
www.lauradrewry.com
Lucy Firr knows a good deal when she hears one. Snatch a soul and in exchange, she can be free from Hell and her father forever. It doesn’t matter to Lucy that Satan is her father. She wants out of hell and will do whatever it takes. She knows the power of seduction and throws herself at rancher Jed Caine. Too bad Jed is determined to have a relationship based on respect before bedding her. So somehow, Lucy ends up collecting buffalo chips and really working hard. Not the quick and easy snatching she expected.
Funny thing about Jed is all his talk of respect is starting to stir Lucy in ways she didn’t think possible. How can this lowly rancher stir the heart of a girl who doesn’t have one?
Talk about your fiery personalities! Lucy has enough personality for three women. It was surprising, but Jed manages to hold his own against her—most of the time. These two are so opposite that they are almost the same. It was fun to watch them fight each other and try to work each other to their own point of view. Fun and laughs abound as Lucy tries to fit into Jed’s starting up of the ranch.
I was angry for a while in the story at Lucy. Here’s the devil’s daughter coming to take the soul of the nicest man you’ll ever want to meet. I knew there was more than meets the eye, but didn’t expect to end up liking Lucy and cheering for her. I found it interesting that Ms. Drewry seemed to be telegraphing events that would happen later in the book. She alluded to things and I knew I had them all figured out. However, I read the wrong telegram. While she alludes to things, I never saw where they were really going. I was pleasantly surprised by the changes in the story that didn’t meet my expectations. I found the story much better than what I imagined. In fact, during the last chapters, a couple of punch lines came up that had been set up in chapter one. I didn’t realize the setup until I saw the ending of the joke. I laughed so hard and was suitably impressed that an author would set something up at the very start of the story that doesn’t have it’s effect until the end.
I think you’ll laugh and cry along with Lucy and Jed as they try to fight their attraction. She’s willing to hop straight into bed with Jed, and here he is being responsible and wanting her respect first. Isn’t that a devil of a problem to have?
Robyn
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