Product Description

Nothing will stop Cadeon of the Rage Demons from finding the means to atone for the one wrong that haunts him. But once he captures the key to his redemption, the halfling Holly Ashwin, he finds that the woman he thought he could use for his own ends and then forget haunts him as much as his past. Raised as a human, Holly Ashwin never knew that some legends are real until she encounters a brutal demon, who inexplicably guards her like a treasure. Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with him as her protector, she begins to crave the Cade's wicked touch. Yet just when he earns Holly's trust, will Cade be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs - and claim his heart?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4400 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
Kresley Cole has a Master's degree in English from the University of Florida and a lifelong interest in nautical literature and sailing. You can visit her website at www.kresleycole.com.

Customer Reviews

Absolutly fantastic
This is one of the best books i have ever read. Its plot will have you stuck to the sofa making you unable to put it down until you've gotten to the end. I wasn't sure about it at first but after starting to read i couldn't stop. I now look very forward to reading the other books in the immortal series.

Good but not fantastic
I have read all of the Immortals After Dark series and each one was really well written with excellent character development, well handled action scenes and super charged eroticism. However, it is not surprising that after five (or six if you include the anthologised story) smashing stories the standard would drop eventually.
This book is not bad, it just isn't up to Kresley Cole's usual standard. The romance seems rushed, even forced and although there are plenty of fun moments - the action scenes are as good as ever - and there are the usual array of fascinating denizens of of the Lore, it is not enough to cover a somewhat floppy plotline.
That said, I am still glad I bought the book (I just don't re read it like I do the Wroth brother stories)

Great story, bit short in the ending but still great...
I loved this book. I was not convinced that I would enjoy this book considering the lack of Vampires or Lycans but Cade the rage demon really made me change my mind.

Cade is a rage demon who has spent 9 centuries being punished for losing his borthers crown, and Holly doesn't know it yet but she is a halfling (half human, half Valkerie). We know from the previous IAD books that Cade believes her to be his mate, but thinking she was fully human she was forbidden to him. Cade has seemed very superficial in previous IAD books but this latest story has done well to portray him as just in his reserved and stand-offish nature. I also love that Holly is not perfect. She utterly flawed and wonderfully quirky.

One of the main advantages to the world Cole has created, is that it's diverse, full of different species, laws, mythologies, characters and locations. But the added bonus is that she show's no partiality to any of them. The Immortals After Dark Series is building up to the "Ascension", a war that occurs every 500 years. It pits species against species, forces new alliances and does what it's supposed to - thins out the Lore population. Each book in Cole's IAD series is a prequel to the war yet to come and demonstrates how the different species are aligning, that the line between good and evil is very blurred and that anything can and will happen. I cannot wait for the next in the series to come out, and I cannot wait to get to the Ascension....

I would thoroughly recommend this book from Kresley Cole. It's fast paced, well written and doesn't seem forced or cliched. Enjoy...