As a reporter for True News, a national supermarket
tabloid, Hope Adams has a nose for trouble. For half-demon
Hope, it's a talent she comes by honestly. While covering a
story with a promising werewolf twist, Hope is approached
by Benicio Cortez, CEO of the powerful Cortez Cabal.
Benicio asks Hope to help him sort out some minor gang
trouble in Miami by infiltrating a gang of young
supernaturals who've been giving him trouble. Since Hope
owes the Cabal a favor, she jumps at the chance to settle
the debt. Besides, the assignment could be fun. Hope feeds
off chaos and an undercover assignment with a gang could
give her a harmless outlet to work off a little steam.
Once in Miami, Hope passes the gang initiation and fits in
with no problem. The gang runs a trendy nightclub and is
excited to have Hope with them. As a rare expisco demon,
Hope's talent for "reading" people is a valuable tool for a
gang that targets and robs the uber-wealthy patrons who
frequent the club. The chaotic lifestyle is a good fit for
Hope and she allows the freedom it brings to wash over her
like a drug. But like all addictions, the coming down part
is a bitch. Two gang members are kidnapped -- one is a young
magician Hope has become involved with -- while a third
member is murdered. It seems the Cabal is sending a message
to the gangs to back down.
Reeling from shock and worry, Hope finds herself counting
on a man who's proven himself to be less than dependable --
ex-lover Karl, a loner werewolf and jewel thief who walked
out on Hope months before. Karl joins Hope in her search
for the missing gang members. It's a search that leads them
straight to Cabal headquarters and the Cortez family. The
evidence seems solid, but Hope and Karl are part of a world
where nothing is as it seems. Their investigation uncovers
a plan that could change the supernatural world as they
know it. Hope and Karl find themselves not only fighting
for their lives, but the lives and life-work of those they
hold dear. The structure of the supernatural world will
crumble around them if they can't find and stop the madmen
responsible.
PERSONAL DEMON is another great read from one of the
masters of urban fantasy. Fast-paced plots and concise,
well-drawn characters define Armstrong's work. Her world-
building and continuity are flawless. I never miss one of
her stories.
In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, Kelley
Armstrong has created a scintillating realm where the
supernatural and the human coexist on the edge of darkness,
romance, and eternity. Now Armstrong tells the captivating
tale of a young woman with an insatiable lust for danger.
She can’t help it. It’s in her blood.
Tabloid reporter Hope Adams appears to live the life of an
ordinary working girl. But in addition to possessing the
beauty of a Bollywood princess, Hope has other unique
traits. For she is a half demon—a human fathered by a demon.
And she’s inherited not only a gift for seeing the past but
a hunger for chaos—along with a talent for finding it
wherever she can. Naturally, when she’s chosen by a very
dangerous group for a very dangerous mission, she jumps at
the chance….
The head of the powerful Cortez Cabal—a family that makes
the mob look like amateurs—has a little problem in Miami: a
gang of wealthy, bored offspring of supernaturals is getting
out of hand, and Hope is needed to infiltrate. As spells,
astral projections, and pheromones soar across South Beach,
Hope weaves her way through its elite hot spots, posing as
upscale eye candy and reading the auras of the clientele—and
potential marks.
As it turns out, Hope is a little too good at this job. And
soon she’s in a little too deep, needing to be bailed out by
her jewel-thief werewolf ex-boyfriend and by the Cortez heir
himself. And when a killer goes to work, Hope is among many
targets at the pinnacle of Cabal rule. For a woman who
didn’t know what she was getting into, there’s only one way
out: it’s time for Hope to unleash her most potent primal
instincts—and open herself, mind and body, to everything she
most fears . . . and desires.
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