Private Demon (Book #2) by Lynn Viehl. © 2005 Signet. ISBN 9780451217059. Paperback. Paranormal Romance. 304 pages. $7.99 US. [ Purchase ]
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From the publisher: “Night after night, Jema Shaw’s dreams have become a haven for Thierry Durand. But his nocturnal visits have placed her in danger and brought her between two ancient enemies: the Brethren and the Darkyn.”
Jema is a delicate sickly heiress, who works in a museum (and owns it), while Thierry had just been put together by Dr. Keller from If Angels Burn and is not completely sane yet from all the torture and betrayal he suffered. This is Part two of the Darkyn series.
This book was a delight to read. The romance between Theirry and Jema was slowly developed, and the suspense and action in the story was nicely done. We got a continuation from the first story in the series which also helped us get to know the players from that story and how they impacted upon the hero and heroine of this story.
I think the author found her rhythm in this book, she finally settled on this series being a mixture of romance and paranormal with the romance playing a secondary yet influential part in the story. There are many surprises in the story which always keep you on your toes. The themes in the first book are developing in the second and the stories are a continuation of each other. Very dark, gritty, modern, but with elements of the past deftly woven into the framework, this story stakes its claim on the vampire paranormal romance, giving us a different kind of vampire lore.
