Thursday, January 23, 2014

THE DEVIL DEVERE SERIES....ACCORDING TO .....AUTHOR VICTORIA VANE

THE DEVIL DE VERE SERIES....ACCORDING TO  .....AUTHOR VICTORIA  VANE
 
 THE DEVIL DEVERE SERIES - LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST E-BOOK ROMANCE 2012
 
 
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                      CAN YOU PUT THESE BOOKS & PREQUELS  IN ORDER 1- 8?
 

             THERE ARE FIVE BOOKS AND THREE PREQUELS......(SEE BELOW)
 
Ok,  there is one more:
 
A Devil Named DeVere
This one is a compilation of Books 3, 4 & 4.5
 
 "The “Devil DeVere” series is a variation on the rake’s progress, or the rake’s reformation, except that is doesn’t start with said rake as the main character—a device that is amazingly clever on Vane’s part and allows her to circle in on DeVere without revealing too much at the outset… The series is erotic and sexy, and sometimes you want to shake the characters until their teeth rattle, but it is absolutely marvelous... This  one should be read with bonbons. And a   fan!" --Marlene Harris for Library Journal
   
SERIES AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS


                   ALL OF THE DEVIL DEVERE BOOKS MAY BE FOUND:

A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE by Victoria Vane
                   The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012 
With the devil in charge … there could be hell to pay
She needs a protector… Once seduced by whispered promises of a faithless lover, Phoebe Scott is determined to make a name on the Covent Garden stage, but after three years of bit parts, she realizes she'll never achieve her goals on her own merits. Acknowledging her success is dependent on a powerful patron, Phoebe is now resolved to find a protector to secure her future. With this goal in mind, she seeks out the best prospects at London's most notorious brothel.
He's avowed to celibacy… Sir Edward "Ned" Chambers has been lost and lonely since his wife’s death in childbirth. Burdened with blame, he has sworn to a life of celibacy, but after three years, he is inwardly edgy, irritable, and increasingly discontent. Perceiving the cause behind Ned’s unhappiness, as well as the obvious cure, his best friend and rake of the first order, "The Devil" DeVere, is hell-bent to return Ned to the land of the living. DeVere's machinations result in an outrageous wager that could lead Ned to a new love… or land them all in the Tower!
All bets are off in in this racy Georgian romp! (romantic comedy with mature content)
 

THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS by Victoria Vane 
                     The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance
All's Fair in Love and Abduction 
In the second installment of the award-winning Devil DeVere series, Ned's daughter Vesta is preparing for her come-out only to have her world turned upside down when her father returns from London with a bride of his own! Put out that he is so wrapped up in Phoebe, Vesta accompanies her godmother, Diana, to town where she meets and falls instantly in love with the gallant Captain Hewett DeVere. 
"Hew" DeVere, younger brother to Viscount Ludovic "The Devil" DeVere, has returned from the war with plans of selling his commission and settling down. He quickly becomes enamored of the older but beautiful Diana, and barely notices eighteen-year-old Vesta. When Hew fails to respond to her feminine charms, Vesta takes extreme measures to capture the object of her desire, but Hew didn't survive the worst of the war only to succumb to Vesta's wayward wiles.
"You conniving creature! How can you possibly think I could ever love such a spoiled, petulant, self-absorbed, and scheming little wretch?"
Proving the adage that opposites attract, this hilarious romp pits the would-be huntress against the gallant hero in an epic war of wills. (Romantic comedy with mature content)

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW by Victoria Vane
The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012  
Sometimes the Devil is Disguised as a Gentleman...
In this third installment of the award-winning Devil DeVere series, DeVere is finally center stage when Ned, Annalee, and her cousin, Diana arrive at DeVere’s estate for a weekend of horseracing. From the first meeting, DeVere makes his interest in Diana acutely known. Although she sees no harm in a light flirtation, she doesn’t intend to become another notch on his bedpost. Nevertheless, DeVere fascinates her.

Ned gave her a meaningful look. "I hope you'll take extreme care in any dealings with him. He is ruthless and calculating when he chooses to be and has a strong predilection to manipulate and exploit the vulnerabilities of others—when it suits his purpose. He just can't help himself. It's not that he's evil incarnate, or anything like that; it's just that he has low tolerance for weakness, incompetence, or buffoonery."
Diana lifted her brow. "You know I am no fool, dear Edward. I take full responsibility for my actions and have already made clear what I am willing and not willing to sacrifice."
Although DeVere is outwardly arrogant, ruthless, unpredictable, and manipulative, the private man is quite another creature—intensely loyal and fiercely protective of those few he cares about. Diana also maintains a false front to the world. Her twelve year marriage is a mockery and she feels unfulfilled and undesirable which makes her all too vulnerable to DeVere’s dangerous charm. After events take an unexpected turn, Diana' most erotic fantasies become reality when she seeks comfort and affirmation in the devil's arms. But little does she know that the fire he ignites within her will burn long after she leaves Woodcote Park. 
 

The Devil's Match  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EXD7QK2 

                                   THE DEVIL'S MATCH by Victoria Vane
The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012  
                                     The devil is the true tempter of women
In this fourth installment of the award-winning Devil DeVere series, Diana has come to London as her goddaughter's chaperone. Wanting to avoid her erstwhile lover at all costs, she nevertheless has no choice but to appeal to DeVere for help when Vesta mysteriously disappears. Although once nearly consumed by her passion for DeVere, four years has reduced the former inferno to bitterness and ashes.
Ludovic's time abroad has only served to deepen his debauchery. He's become jaded, world-weary, and bored. He also recognizes with self-annoyance that the marks of his discontent have only increased upon a certain person's arrival in London. When Diana makes her appearance in his den of iniquity in all of her glorious self-righteous fury, he suddenly feels alive again.
"Damn you to hell, DeVere!" she cried, jerking out of his hold. "Yes, I want you now, but I would despise myself for it the moment we finished."
"Why?" he asked, confounded.
"Why? Because I once confused passion for deeper feeling. I won't make that mistake again."
"But don't you remember how it was between us? I can bring you rapture. You know that. What harm is there?"
She scoffed, "Surely the same words the serpent whispered to Eve."

While DeVere is once more hell-bent to have Diana back in his bed, she will do whatever it takes to bring him to his knees.
A DEVIL'S TOUCH by Victoria Vane
The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012  
This short erotic installment in the award-winning Devil DeVere series can stand alone as a complete story, but also serves to bridge The Devil's Match and Jewel of the East (Salime and Simon's story).
In her last month of pregnancy, Diana, Viscountess DeVere, has barely settled into her new life and role as "the devil" DeVere's wife, when her increasingly restless husband receives an urgent summons to London. When Diana inadvertently discovers a message he received from a known courtesan with whom he was formerly linked, she fears her marriage is over before it has begun.
They were barely three months into a marriage that had begun on rather shaky ground. Was it possible that for him, the novelty of it had already worn off? This had always been Diana's greatest fear, for Ludovic was a man with a voracious sensual appetite, one he had honed with years of endless variety and constant, unrestrained indulgence. Diana, on the contrary, had known only one true lover—this same perplexing man who was now her husband—the one who had made her heavy with his child…and now left her alone in a cold bed.
 

JEWEL OF THE EAST by Victoria Vane
             The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012 
Maimed by Misfortune… Healed by Love…
In the fifth installment of the award-winning Devil DeVere series, DeVere once more plays the unlikely cupid by bringing together Simon (The Trouble with Sin) and Salime (The Devil's Match), two injured souls who find ultimate healing in each other's arms.
His wounds run deep…Having once lived his life only for larks, laughter, and ladies of easy virtue, Captain Simon Singleton has returned from war a shambles of a man. Although free from six years of captivity, he's still fettered by fears that confine him to a life of seclusion. 
Her scars are well-hidden…Once the crowning jewel of the most lavish brothel in London, the exotic Salime finds her reputation and livelihood destroyed by a bitter rival. With a closely guarded secret stripped away, she fears no man will ever desire her again. Seeking aid from one who once saved her life, she accepts a proposition to become a companion to his war-scarred friend. 
But love is the eternal cure…When circumstance brings these two damaged souls together, fate ignites a love story worthy of the Arabian Nights. (mature content warning).
 

DEVIL IN THE MAKING by Victoria Vane
The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012 
                                          Every Devil Has A Beginning... 
In this first of three prequels to the award-winning Devil DeVere series, we meet Ludovic, Ned, and Simon as youths in this riotous Georgian romp written in the tradition of Fielding's Tom Jones.
Since their first meeting at Westminster, Ned, Simon, and DeVere had forged an iron-clad bond that had maintained them through nearly six years. From the outset, Ludovic's scandalous family secrets had set him apart from the other aristocratic scions as an "untouchable." Deny it as he tried, the ugly truth remained that his mother was indeed the biggest whore in England, and his presumed father, the viscount, no less than a pox-ridden madman.
Likewise, Simon Singleton's poetic proclivities had instantly made him the bullies' mark, and even Edward Chambers' great size had served as little deterrent for the upper classmen's taunts when accompanied by adolescent awkwardness and a broad North Country drawl.
By the end of the first form, however, DeVere's finely honed shell of arrogance, Ned's increasing brawn, and Sin's rapier wit, had given birth to an unholy triumvirate that came to wreak perpetual and unchallenged havoc upon Westminster School. Now, it appeared their illustrious reign had come to an inglorious end.

Intent on serving up revenge on their tyrannical schoolmaster, a prank with the king's lion goes comically awry, leading to a startling chain of events. 
THE TROUBLE WITH SIN by Victoria Vane
               The Devil DeVere Series- Library Journal Best E-Book Romance 2012 
This second prequel to the award-winning Devil DeVere series is a comedic romp featuring aspiring poet, Simon "sin" Singleton.
The Trouble with Sin … Is the devil within… Sin has lived only for larks, laughter, and ladies of easy virtue, eluding defying, and flouting all manner of authority until his impetuous misdeeds finally catch up with him.
Ned asked, "Are you not still bound for the clergy, Sin?"
Simon heaved a deep sigh. "It is my dear Mama's fondest wish for me to join the church, but I fear my nature is quite incompatible with a theological vocation. I have searched deeply, and cannot seem to summon an inkling of pious sentiment, which makes me an exceedingly poor candidate for the clergy."
"Even so, why would you wish to dirty your hands with something like this?"
"The answer is simple, Ned—I need the money."
"But you receive a more than adequate allowance."
"That he mostly squanders on women of easy virtue," DeVere drawled.
"Admittedly," Simon confessed, unabashed. "But now my father has reduced my quarterly and demands a full account of every ha'penny. I tell you, it is humiliating in the extreme! Unless I wish to live under such a yoke for the next three years— which I positively do not— I must make my own living. If I must travail for my bread, how better than by the fruits of my pen?"
"So you seek to combine your love of poetry and lewd women by writing poetry about lewd women?" Ned replied dryly.
Simon clapped Ned on the back. "Precisely! Don't you see the ironic beauty of it?"
"What do you suppose will happen when your dear, devout mama gets wind of this?" Ned asked.
"I have taken every precaution to ensure my anonymity." Simon retrieved the book from DeVere. "My contribution to this little work is, and shall forever remain, a well-kept secret."
The wage of Sin… is twenty-five percent of the net! It seems a fantasy come true when Simon is offered an independent income by combining his two great passions— poetry and lewd women. Unfortunately, maintaining anonymity may be much harder than he thought…
 

 

                       The Devil DeVere Series 

                         COMMENTARY FROM VICTORIA VANE
I think every writer dreams of creating characters who are larger than life, those so strong and intriguing that they can carry an entire series, even if not the primary focus of it. But Ludovic ”the Devil DeVere” who began as a rakish sidekick, became all that and then some. I never knew when I dreamed up my “HANGOVER” inspired novella  A WILD NIGHT’S BRIDE that one story would become two, and then three, and then four, all because of one secondary character. Hence, the birth of THE DEVIL DEVERE series, four scorching hot intertwined Georgian era romance novellas involving six main characters all connected through the devious Ludovic, Viscount DeVere. Now, without further ado, here is a brief  introduction to the books and  characters.
 
PRESENTING THE  DEVIL DE VERE NOVELS SERIES REVIEWS .........
From  Arlena's Blog page: http://arlenasbookreviews-arlenadean.blogspot.com,
Amazon, Barnes, Shelfari, Booklikes, Librarything & Goodreads
 
 
                                                 The Devil in the Making     Prequel # 1- DeVere’s story

Author: Victoria Vane
Published By: V. V.
Age Recommended: Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Review:

"Devil in the Making" by Victoria Vane was a beautifully written short story of where it all begins...the early years..illustrated prequel of 'The Devil DeVere Series). The main characters...'young Lord Ludovic DeVere, Edward 'Ned' Chambers, Simon 'Sin" Singleton and Charles Fox' were all known for their pranks really causing you to only laugh out loud. You will see how each one of these friends will met...the trouble they got into...omg at the university in the Georgian, England. "Breaking into the King's menagerie, facing the wrath of the headmaster at school, facing the unholy wrath of his father and ultimately the wrath of the King, all part of the life of Devil DeVere and the story continues....this is where I say you must pick up "Devil in the Making" to find out just what all will come out from this good read. There will be a part of the read that will let you know of the what and why of the relationship between DeVere's mother and father and questions will be answered to the why DeVere is the man he is.

I don't want to leave out the beautiful color illustrations are simply wonderful that Ms. Vane gives the reader a pure description of each of the characters. This read will definitely have each reader wanting more of Ms. Vane storytelling of the 'The Devil DeVere Series.'

If anyone is in for a good read that will unfold with humor and some bit of seduction in a delightful way..."Devil in the Making" would be recommended to you...especially if you plan to pick up the series.

Prequel#1- DeVere’s story

Prequel#1- DeVere’s story


Prequel#2- Simon’s story

                                          The Trouble With Sin   Prequel # 2  Simon's Story
Author: Victoria Vane
Published By: V.V.
Age Recommended: Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Review:

"The Trouble With Sin" by Victoria Vane was another one of this author's Devilish Vignette #2 romance series that was beautifully done in her own way of writing and storytelling. In this short read we find the three friends back together again which as we all know will only lead to mischief during their younger years. I found this read making me laugh so hard at some of the things that were going on from these guys, especially Simon, with his love of life and the women. SIMON LOVED HIM SOME WOMEN! Now, we see that Simons' allowance has been partly cut off by his father, so he must earn a living to make up this difference and so he could keep up with his style of living. "He loves poetry, women...now calling himself a poet...and writes lewd verses for a 'bawdy house'...For Simon found a way to earn needed coins by writing salacious poetry...really highlighting each of the ladies special charms." OMG! What happens when Simon's mom and dad well... now, I will stop here and tell you to pick up "The Trouble With Sin" to see how this author writes such a colorful adventure way that only Ms. Vane can do leading us up to want more! The characters that were added in the short read will be very captivating keeping you turning the pages where you will be anxiously waiting to see just where this author will take us... and only waiting for the next series...'The Jewel of the East.' I can't hardly wait to see what Ms. Vane has in store for us next.

Thank you for a good enjoyable read of "The Trouble With Sin" Ms. Vane. 
 
 
 
Book # 1

Author: Victoria Vane
Published By: Breathless Press
Age Recommended: Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5

Review:

"A Wild Night's Bride" by Victoria Vane was a fun, erotic and sexy short quick read with a good plot. I can not put it any other way...maybe adding some historical romance. Let me say first that this novel is for the mature audience. I was even found to laugh out loud many times throughout this novel. You will find there are three characters...Phoebe, Ned and DeVere that will keep you very well entertained turning the pages to see what was going on next and omg that sex scene between the two being so sizzling hot. Now, I know you are probably wondering just what all this is about...and all I can say is it was because of DeVere, that all of this happened...what happened...well, you will have to pick up "A Wild Night's Bride" to find out just what 'The Devil Devere' has done.

You will find that this author has a unique writing style that will balance all of the sexiness and humor to give the reader a well written read and yes, I would recommend "A Wild Night's Bride" as a excellent read.

A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE

IND'Tale RONE nominee
IRC Reader Choice Best Historical Nominee
   
  
 
                            The Virgin Huntress  (Hew and Vesta’s Story- romantic romp)
                                                                       Book # 2

Author: Victoria Vane
Published By: Breathless Press
Age Recommended: Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Review:

"The Virgin Huntress" by Victoria Vane was a home run for me. I really enjoyed this erotic romantic novella. When Lady Vesta decides to go after what she wants....she gets it. I loved this novel! Yes, Lady Vesta could be seen as childish and very spoiled but that was OK with me because in the end she get it and so does Captain Hewett DeVere who I found was 'brave, funny and downright scandalous!' I found myself laughing out loud, say wow, and even sighing....of it all....you will only have to pick up "The Virgin Huntress" to see what I mean...they were both were__?___....and that poetry...omg! Check this novel out. All of the characters...even the servants played a very definite role in this well written script. And yes, their was Devil DeVere...as always causing some kind of mischief.

I will stop because I don't want to give too much away...other than to say if you are in for a dashing good read with a historical scenes and romance you have come to the right place and that is why I would recommend "The Virgin Huntress" to you as a excellent read. This is a series...so after reading this one check out #3. I believe there is a total of four of these novels by this author. Oh, I don't want to forget to tell you that this author...has illustrations and they are really beautiful. Be sure to take a look at them.

THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS

IND'Tale RONE nominee
 
 
                                       The Devil You Know (Diana and DeVere part I)
                                                                        Book # 3 
Author: Victoria Vane
Published By: Breathless Press
Age Recommended: Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Review:

"The Devil You Know (The Devil DeVere)" by Victoria Vane was another good erotic historical romantic read. This was 'The Devil DeVere Series #3. All I can say is that this author hit another home run delivering a awesome well captivating story. I simply loved it! I believe to really get the understanding to what all is going on or has gone on you will need to pick up Series one and two, however, it's still a good read either way. Yes, you will find the sex scenes very lustful...but still tasteful. Remember this is a Adult Read! This particular series was involving DeVere and Diana first meeting. "The Devil You Know" is a read...filled with 'humor, debauchery,
drama, tricks, and even murder ... and yes hot steamy sexy scenes...wow!

The characters...from DeVere, Diana, Edward, Annalee, Reginald, Hewitt, Caroline, Polly, James Johnson, Colonel O'Kelly, Dr. Stone, Sir John Gooding, Pratt to a few others all made this such a awesome read that I was unable to put down until the end. Will this first meeting with DeVere and Lady Diana possible be something going on between them or will their be misunderstandings that will take them farther apart? Now this is where I say you must pick up "The Devil You Know" to find out what will happen. After you do find out I am sure you will get the next series #4 and I am sure there will be icing on the cake with this last series.

"The Devil You Know" was full of 'drama, darkness and passion' and if you haven't picked up this read...please do so...you will not be sorry and yes, I would recommend this novel as a excellent read.

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

IND'Tale RONE nominee
The Romance Reviews Best Erotic Historical nominee
Night Owl Reviews Top Pick
The Romance Reviews Top Pick
LR Café Best Historical Romance nominee 2012
Two Lips Reviewer's Choice Winner 2013
 
 
The Devil’s Match   Diana  DeVere   Part 2
Book # 4

Author: Victoria Vane
Published By: Breathless Press
Age Recommended: Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5

Review:

"The Devil's Match" by Victoria Vane was the conclusion of 'The Devil DeVere Series #4 and did I get the icing on the cake...from this great ...YES! This author was able to portray all the research and history so often making you feel that you were actually there...and let's not forget about the beautiful illustrations that were presented. In this read you will get all of the what, why, who and how that comes out and lets the reader see the whole picture...especially of DeVere and Diana. "The Devil's Match " was another novella..with fun, fast paced, and Yes erotic...as the two characters 'learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness. All of the original characters...from DeVere, Diana, Hew, Ned, Phoebe, Vesta, Polly, Pratt, Salime to the rest were simply wonderful...in their deliverance being well developed...realistic and even engaging. What I really like from this last series was that we learn of DeVere's painful past, and we finally understand what turned him into such a cynical, debauched libertine..(devil) that only Diana could tame. With saying that I will stop and just say you must to pick up "The Devil's Match" to see for yourself how this author brings in all out to the reader. Ms. Vane did a excellent job with this fabulous series and as I said earlier... this last novel puts the icing on the cake.

To the author... thank you for such a wonderful read that I couldn't put down until I had read the whole series...and would I recommend: "The Devil's Match" my answer would be YES! Would I recommend the whole series? ...my answer again would be YES!


THE DEVIL'S MATCH

IND'Tale RONE nominee
Two Lips Reviews Recommended Read
 
 
                                                                 A Devil’s Touch 
                                                    Diana & DeVere vignette Part 3
                                                                     Book # 4.5
Author: Victoria Vane
Published By: Breathless Press
Age Recommended: Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Review:
"The Devil's Match" by Victoria Vane was the conclusion of 'The Devil DeVere Series #4 and did I get the icing on the cake...from this great ...YES! This author was able to portray all the research and history so often making you feel that you were actually there...and let's not forget about the beautiful illustrations that were presented. In this read you will get all of the what, why, who and how that comes out and lets the reader see the whole picture...especially of DeVere and Diana. "The Devil's Match " was another novella..with fun, fast paced, and Yes erotic...as the two characters 'learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness. All of the original characters...from DeVere, Diana, Hew, Ned, Phoebe, Vesta, Polly, Pratt, Salime to the rest were simply wonderful...in their deliverance being well developed...realistic and even engaging. What I really like from this last series was that we learn of DeVere's painful past, and we finally understand what turned him into such a cynical, debauched libertine..(devil) that only Diana could tame. With saying that I will stop and just say you must to pick up "The Devil's Match" to see for yourself how this author brings in all out to the reader. Ms. Vane did a excellent job with this fabulous series and as I said earlier... this last novel puts the icing on the cake.

To the author... thank you for such a wonderful read that I couldn't put down until I had read the whole series...and would I recommend: "The Devil's Match" my answer would be YES! Would I recommend the whole series? ...my answer again would be YES!

Note: I just got this from the author: I am continuing the series...I hope to have the next vignette out by Valentine's Day(2013). It's A DEVIL'S TOUCH, a short story of Diana and DeVere 3 months into their marriage. It's very erotic and very intense! It also serves as a bridge to JEWEL OF THE EAST that I hope to release by late spring.

                                                                  
A Devil Named DeVere....The Devil DeVere Volume II
 (Books 3, 4 & 4.5)
Title: A Devil Named DeVere
Author: Victoria Vane
Published: Breathless Press
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Series: The Devil DeVere #3, # 4 & #4.5
Rating: 5
Review:

"A Devil Named DeVere" by Victoria Vane was a combination of this series book 3, 4 and 4.5 novels. These were all short stories that fitted so well together giving the reader a full length read.

We find from this read that DeVere is quite young and besides that most of the young ladies he was around was out more for his money and title. Now, we find DeVere has some 'trust' issues that bothers him then he meets Diana. This wonderful story will really pick up where we find is Diana now falling for DeVere's charms? Will Diana be able to trust DeVere? Will DeVere be able to resist the love he has for Diana? This novel really gets into the romantic love story of this man
'Viscount Ludovic (AKA Devil DeVere) and Diana. This is hot and steamy reading! This author really works her magic in the wonderful well written read by giving the reader one digital book with three stories...'The Devil You Know, The Devil's Match and The Devil's Touch.' Be ready for "rakes, scandal, wounded hearts, seduction, and passion" all in one wonderful title: "THE DEVIL NAMED DEVERE that I would definitely recommend as a excellent read.

 
 
                                                Jewel of the East (Simon and Salime) 
                                                                          Book 5 
Title: Jewel of the East
Author: Victoria Vane
Published: V.V.
Series: The Devil DeVere #5
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Review:

"Jewel of the East" by Victoria Vane was this author's series 'The Devil DeVere #5' and it was one interesting read. To really understand all that has gone one in this whole series I would recommend you pick up: THE DEVIL DEVERE SERIES:

A Wild Night's Bride #1
The Virgin Huntress#2
The Devil You Know #3
The Devil's Match #4
A Devil's Touch #4.5
A Devil Named DeVere....The Devil DeVere Volume II (books 3, 4 & 4.5)
Jewel Of the East #5

and let's not leave out the PREQUEL VIGNETTES:

Devil in the Making #1

The Trouble With Sin #2
Ned's Folly#3 coming soon!

Now, getting to "Jewel of the East" was a very easy quick read of Sin and Salime. Now, how did they get together? Simon had once been a womanizer who had shamed his noble family a number of times so his father had him sent to the military service. However, things didn't go
well for him. What happened that sent Simon back home a broken man? Who will come to his aid and help him?

Salime had exotic life until she is kidnapped and then raised in a harem in Constantinople. Then she is recused by DeVere and brought to London and Salime starts a new life. Everything seems to be going well of Salime until she has problems with a 'rival' and so who does she turns to?

We find we have two people that needed help due to "abuses and disappointments they faced." With both of these two people being a friend of DeVere, he decides to help both in the only way he knew to do. Now, what and how could he do this? This is where I say you must pick up "Jewel of the East" to see how this author will bring it all out to the reader.

Be ready for a well written tale that will show what true friendship was for these main characters Simon, Salime and DeVere. I found all of the characters well developed, well portrayed, colorful and very interesting only to give you a excellent read that once you start reading it will be hard to put down until you are finished. I love how this author was able to bring in the poetry and oh those hot steamy love scenes in this romantic story! I did find this read more serious than the other previous series.

If you would like a wonderful historical romance I would definitely recommend you to pick up "Jewel of the East" for a amazing good read. 
       
 
COMING SOON.......................
 
Ned's Folly  
                                                                Diana and DeVere's  compilation
                                          coming late 2014    NEW TRADE PAPERBACK
                                                                      This will include:

           (The Devil You know, The Devil’s Match and A Devil’s Touch)           

                         

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 LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST E-ROMANCE OF 2012 (The Devil DeVere Series by Victoria Vane) 
 

"Reckless hearts, battling wits, and plenty of steam in a wonderfully well drawn Georgian setting.”- NYT Bestselling author Grace Burrowes

"Victoria Vane ignites the Georgian era with her delightful characters and deliciously wicked sensuality." - AllisonChase, author of Recklessly Yours
 

All reviews from the above DeVere's Series can be found on my blog site: http://arlenasbookreviews-arlenadean.blogspot.com.  Please feel free to visit  my site and leave a comment below.

1 comment:

  1. I really enjoyed this series as you can see from the wonderful reviews I have written. If you like historical romances then The DeVere series will be a wonderful read for you. Just sit back and enjoy!

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