New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a sizzling Lords of the Underworld story about an iron-willed sovereign and the somber beauty who melts him with a glance
Possessed by the demon of Misery, Cameo isn't allowed to experience joy. If she dares, her memory is wiped clean. With no other recourse, she sneaks into a land more fantastical than any fairy tale, determined to find the one man with the key to her redemption.
Lazarus the Cruel and Unusual rules his kingdom with a single unwavering focus: to build his army and annihilate his enemies. Nothing distracts him - until Cameo. He is relentless in his quest to make her smile and seduce her into his bed.
As dark forces conspire against them, threatening to destroy the fragile bond they've forged, the once-calm Lazarus grows crazed. Every heart-stopping kiss and wicked touch causes Cameo to teeter on the brink of happiness. But if she falls, she risks forgetting him forever...
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A searing Lords of the Underworld tale by New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter, featuring a beastly prince and the wife he will wage war to keep.
He is ice...
Puck the Undefeated, host of the demon of Indifference, cannot experience emotion without punishment, so he allows himself to feel nothing. Until her. According to ancient prophecy, she is the key to avenging his past, saving his realm, and ruling as king. All he must do? Steal her from the man she loves—and marry her.
She is fire...
Gillian Shaw has suffered many tragedies in her too-short life, but nothing could have prepared the fragile human for her transition into immortality. To survive, she must wed a horned monster who both intrigues and frightens her...and become the warrior queen she was born to be.
Together they burn.
As a rising sense of possession and obsession overtake Puck, so does insatiable lust. The more he learns about his clever, resourceful wife, the more he craves her. And the more time Gillian spends with her protective husband, the more she aches for him. But the prophecy also predicts an unhappily ever after. Can Puck defeat fate itself to keep the woman who brought his deadened heart back to life? Or will they succumb to destiny, losing each other…and everything they've been fighting for?
My first review of The Darkest Promise and The Darkest Warrior
My Review:
I loved reading these books again! I've only read them the one time, and it's now been years since those one times, so all I really remembered was that they ended up happily together, even if I couldn't really remember how. But I couldn't wait to find out!
A searing Lords of the Underworld tale by New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter, featuring a beastly prince and the wife he will wage war to keep.
He is ice...
Puck the Undefeated, host of the demon of Indifference, cannot experience emotion without punishment, so he allows himself to feel nothing. Until her. According to ancient prophecy, she is the key to avenging his past, saving his realm, and ruling as king. All he must do? Steal her from the man she loves—and marry her.
She is fire...
Gillian Shaw has suffered many tragedies in her too-short life, but nothing could have prepared the fragile human for her transition into immortality. To survive, she must wed a horned monster who both intrigues and frightens her...and become the warrior queen she was born to be.
Together they burn.
As a rising sense of possession and obsession overtake Puck, so does insatiable lust. The more he learns about his clever, resourceful wife, the more he craves her. And the more time Gillian spends with her protective husband, the more she aches for him. But the prophecy also predicts an unhappily ever after. Can Puck defeat fate itself to keep the woman who brought his deadened heart back to life? Or will they succumb to destiny, losing each other…and everything they've been fighting for?
My first review of The Darkest Promise and The Darkest Warrior
My Review:
I loved reading these books again! I've only read them the one time, and it's now been years since those one times, so all I really remembered was that they ended up happily together, even if I couldn't really remember how. But I couldn't wait to find out!
These are some of the last full length books in the original series, the Lords of the Underworld, since by this point, most of the lords have had their story. But boy, was a lot packed in these penultimate volumes, I just loved it!
The Darkest Promise, yeah, Cameo's book was so great to read, because she's another one whose demon makes life really hard, that she can't experience happiness, doesn't remember it if she does manage to feel it. Not a great situation! But Lazarus, he does have a way with her. Though I'd totally forgotten how much a role Pandora's Box played in their story!
We did get the beginnings of Gillian and Puck in previous books, she's been a part of the series since book 3, and Puck was introduced in book 9. And for the longest time, the fandom was begging for her and William, but in the end, I do think that her and Puck worked out better, and William does get his happy ending, so I'm happy!
Loved reading these books, and I've almost finished my reread of this series, which, finally, since I started it in 2022, I'm pretty sure!
Author: Gena Showalter
Series: Lords of the Underworld #13, 14
First Read: June 14th, 2017, June 29th, 2018
Author: Gena Showalter
Series: Lords of the Underworld #13, 14
First Read: June 14th, 2017, June 29th, 2018
Read: February 1st, 2nd, 2024
Source: Own
Reason Why: Rereading, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Books!
Publisher: Harlequin HQN
Published: June 13th 2017, June 26th 2018
Source: Own
Reason Why: Rereading, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Books!
Publisher: Harlequin HQN
Published: June 13th 2017, June 26th 2018
The Darkest Promise:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
The Darkest Warrior:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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