In present day New Orleans, Heiress Regan Henry is working
up the courage to leave her abusive husband. When she meets
Felix at a party and he gives her a card reading, she finds
the courage within herself. Now moved into an old haunted
mansion, which was once owned by Camille Comeaux, Regan
finds a journal written by Camille herself which contains
some voodoo spells. In a bid to see Felix again and to find
out what she can about the journal's writer, Regan contacts
Felix.
During the 1800s, in New Orleans, Felix Leblanc makes a
deal with the demon of greed in order to become the most
powerful voodoo priest who's able to enchant any woman he
wants. Unfortunately, one such lovely lady, Camille, is
more dangerous than Felix ever imagined, causing him to
become an eternal servant. Now Regan is looking for his
help in ridding her house of the evil spirit haunting it,
and Felix knows he's the only one who can save her from the
evil in her house.
If having a haunted house wasn't bad enough, Regan's ex-
husband is pulling out all the stops to win her back and
her parents are helping his cause by supporting him and
urging her to go back to him. But as Felix helps Regan
fight the spirit invading her house, they grow closer and
closer, until Regan is willing up to give up her soul to
save Felix, and he's willing to give up his life to save
her soul.
THE TAKING is the third book in Erin McCarthy's Deadly Sins
series. Having never read any other books by Ms. McCarthy,
I wasn't sure what to expect. Though the book started out
with much promise, I found that by the time I got about
half way through the book, I wasn't as into it as I was
when I began. Camille's past is revealed bit by bit through
Regan's dreams and I found the constant jumping between the
two got to be a bit much. I would have preferred to have
Camille's story told all at once or perhaps Regan's dreams
could have been longer so we would get more of her story
each time instead of just bits here and there. Overall, I
found the story to be intriguing but not enough to get me
to go out and buy the other books in the series.
My Immortal and Fallen showed Erin McCarthy at her provocative best...
Now she takes paranormal romance one step further with The Taking
Heiress Regan Henry knows that passion can be an illusion, and she keeps her emotions in check-until she falls under the spell of the beguiling Felix LeBlanc. He knows that the rumors that her mansion is haunted are true, and that he's the only one who can save her from the spirits residing there. But the only way he can do it is to sacrifice his last chance at redemption...or risk a love that could consign them both to an eternity of evil.
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