BEDEVILED – Maureen Child
Signet Eclipse
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-22576-4
ISBN-10: 0-451-22576-7
January 2009
Paranormal Romance

Castle Bay, California - the Present

Maggie Donovan’s ex-boyfriend is eaten by an ugly creature not of this world. When Maggie sees the carnage, she grabs the pendant around the creature’s neck, beating it until the pendant breaks causing gold dust to swirl around the room, destroying the creature. As the dust settles over Maggie, she feels strength coursing through her body. She returns home to find a strange man in her kitchen. Culhane introduces himself as a Fenian warrior for the Fae. He informs her that she has come into her power, and can help defeat Queen Mab to free all of the men of the Otherworld and become their queen.

Maggie is caring for her twelve year old niece, Eileen, who thinks Culhane is “cool”, but Maggie thinks he must be crazy even though she is breaking things at a touch and tends to float! It is imperative for Culhane to convince her of her destiny to save his world. It is the pixie Bezel’s job to train Maggie, but Bezel sees little hope that the human can defeat Mab. With demons trying to steal her power and her life, Maggie knows she must train to beat them. Culhane and Maggie are very attracted to each other, but Culhane tries to keep his mind on what he must do to save his people. Will Maggie be able to defeat Mab, and will she nab a sexy faery in the process?

BEDEVILED is a very humorous and imaginative out-of-this-world story of faeries, demons, and other strange creatures. The dialogue is laugh-out-loud funny, and Eileen is an especially enjoyable pre-teen. Secondary characters will be suspected of being demons trying to steal Maggie’s Fae strength which creates some tension in this enjoyable tale. The feisty Maggie is not so sure she wants to be a faery queen. Culhane is the silent, masterful type who finds Maggie undeniably appealing -- even if she is a human!

An entertaining story, BEDEVILED is sure to appeal to romance readers who enjoy a good laugh along with handsome, sexy faeries and the unusual characters that populate this tale.

Marilyn Heyman