While they are investigating, they manage to re-ignite the old flame and let Karl get over his issues. They get to have their obligatory supernatural soft-core sex scene, with him feeding her some of his milder adrenaline rushes to give her an extra thrill. The storyline progresses along, with Hope having to deal with her attraction to the dark side of her powers before they can bring everything to it's final resolution.
Ultimately this is a romance novel, and if you come into it with any expectations for anything else you will be disappointed. The characters are cardboard, the dialogue is stilted, and the action contrived. The pity is that the premise of the novel — which is what attracted me, by the way — could have been interesting if the characters and their lives had been the real focus and the world of the supernatural not just another exotic locale in which to put a heroine and her manly man.
This time the jewel thief happens to be a werewolf, and the international gangs have supernatural powers, but Personal Demon proves that a bodice ripper by any other name is still a bodice ripper. For those interested, you can pick up a copy after its release date of March 25th, 2008, either directly from Random House Canada, through Amazon Canada, or through another online retailer.
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