THE DEVIL IN HER BED
by Kerrigan Byrne
(St. Martin’s Paperbacks, March 9, 2021, $7.99).
They call him the Devil of Dorset. He stands alone, a man of undeniable power. Moving in and out of shadows, back alleys and ballrooms, he is unstoppable and one of the Crown’s most dangerous weapons. However, when he sets his sights on the undeniably beautiful Countess of Mont Claire, Francesca Cavendish, he doesn’t realize that he has met a match like no other.
True love wears no disguise.
Francesca is a countess by day and stalks her prey—those responsible for the death of her family—by night. What she does not expect is to be thrown into the path of the devil himself, the Earl of Devlin. She has secrets of her own and he seems determined to lay them bare. Can her heart survive finding the love of her life and losing him when all is revealed?
Oh,
what a stunning finale! The Crimson Council, the secretive occult
society is crushed and the last of The Red Rogues finds her perfect
match.
He's
known as the Devil of Dorset, but unknown as a gentleman of many
disguises. Chandler works for the Crown and Francesca Cavendish is a
woman he knows is a fraud. After all, he's a master of deception, and
it takes one to know one. He's determined to discover why she's
pretending to be the Countess of Mont Claire, only his interest in
this woman goes beyond his investigation.
Francesca
is a resourceful woman and wants to finally solve the mystery of who
ordered the massacre which killed all the people she loved. As the
sole survivor, she's getting close to finding the perpetrator. With
her reputation in tatters, will she succeed in finding closure?
I've
enjoyed the previous novels in this intriguing series, but this one
is exceptional. Lies and deceit are uncovered, as the strength of
friendship is enforced as Francesca comes face to face with Chandler.
However, all is not at it seems because both are masquerading as
aliases...who have met before on more than one occasion.
The
heroine and Red Rogues are familiar characters and each complement
the others with their skills and intelligence. Surprisingly, Cecilia
and Alexandra men; Redmayne and Ramsay, play an active part in
helping to bring down the Crimson Council and sending the man
responsible for the massacre to the gallows. Therefore it's no
surprise, Ms Kerrigan's writing kept my attention the whole duration
of the book. The well thought out narrative, along with added humour
make this a novel and series I'll want to read again.
***arc
generously received courtesy of the publisher St Martin's paperbacks
via NetGalley***
