Title: The Gargoyle’s Captive (A Deal with a Demon #3)
Author: Katee Robert
Publisher: Trinkets & Tales LLC 2023
Genre: Romance
Pages: 185
Rating: 3/5 stars
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Where It Got It: Library
Spice Rating: 8
Grace is a monster hunter who went into her demon deal with eyes wide open. Years ago, her mother made the same choice and was never seen again, and the answers Grace seeks can only be found in the demon realm.
She doesn’t care that she’s auctioned off to a gargoyle. She doesn’t plan to stay with him longer than strictly necessary.
Unfortunately, she didn’t read the small print of her contract.
Every time she tries to escape, Bram catches her and brings her back…to his bed. Where things get heated very quickly in unexpected ways. Grace doesn’t mean to give in, to stop fighting. But the moment she does, she starts to forget what brought her to this place and what her goals are. After a life starved of pleasure, she’s all willing to let Bram seduce her again and again…
At least until the past comes calling.
Another hard romance book dealing with dubious consent and past traumas. This entire series is really about past traumas and confronting them. These aren’t my favorite Katee Robert books, but I do enjoy these slim books as explorations of romance. In this one, Grace was a really hard person to relate to, but I was rooting for her the entire time. Bram was a much more interesting character to me and I wanted to learn more and more as the pages unfolded. The big twist was pretty well foreshadowed, and yet, I still found it very appropriate to the storyline.
A Deal with a Demon
#3 The Gargoyle’s Captive
#5 The Demon’s Bargain
#6 The Demon’s Queen
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