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The Devil You Know
Leonie Carlton went to the other side of the world to avoid Mike Racine, because she loved him too much to stay. Their impetuous, fiery physical relationship was passionate and fulfilling, but Mike wasn’t the type to settle down.
After a year working on a coffee plantation in Queensland, Australia, Mike arrives on her doorstep. Despite her resolve to stay cool and distant Leonie is thrown into turmoil by her old lover from the moment he says hello. She knows she can’t afford to fall for him again. But Mike has traveled the world to win Leonie back. The question is, how far is he prepared to go to get her to hear him out?
7,000 words in length, contemporary erotic romance.A Walk on The Wild Side Books publication.
Please note: this short story was previously published in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF HOT ROMANCE. It contains frank language and graphic m/f sexuality, including some domination/submission and bondage.
After a year working on a coffee plantation in Queensland, Australia, Mike arrives on her doorstep. Despite her resolve to stay cool and distant Leonie is thrown into turmoil by her old lover from the moment he says hello. She knows she can’t afford to fall for him again. But Mike has traveled the world to win Leonie back. The question is, how far is he prepared to go to get her to hear him out?
7,000 words in length, contemporary erotic romance.A Walk on The Wild Side Books publication.
Please note: this short story was previously published in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF HOT ROMANCE. It contains frank language and graphic m/f sexuality, including some domination/submission and bondage.
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First published August 19, 2011
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Saskia Walker
151 books355 followersSaskia is British by birth, but because of her parent's nomadic tendencies she grew up traveling the globe--an only child with a serious book habit. She dreamed of being a writer since the age of 12 and finally began writing seriously in the late 1990s.
Saskia's short stories have now been published in over one hundred international anthologies and magazines including Cosmo, and Bust. In the noughties Saskia started working on longer projects and since then her novels have been published by Penguin and Harlequin as well as other publishing houses. To her absolute delight two of her novels won Passionate Plume awards and her work has twice been nominated for an Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award. Her Witches of Scotland series was widely translated and became a Scandinavian bestseller. In 2015 she became a USA TODAY bestselling author. It's been an amazing journey! Saskia is now a full time author and she has many more stories to tell.
Saskia lives in the north of England, on the beautiful, windswept landscape of the Yorkshire moors, with her real life hero, Mark. Mark supports her work through all its ups and downs, and manages to keep her sane and grounded when fiction threatens to take over.
http://www.saskiawalker.co.uk.home.html
Saskia's short stories have now been published in over one hundred international anthologies and magazines including Cosmo, and Bust. In the noughties Saskia started working on longer projects and since then her novels have been published by Penguin and Harlequin as well as other publishing houses. To her absolute delight two of her novels won Passionate Plume awards and her work has twice been nominated for an Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award. Her Witches of Scotland series was widely translated and became a Scandinavian bestseller. In 2015 she became a USA TODAY bestselling author. It's been an amazing journey! Saskia is now a full time author and she has many more stories to tell.
Saskia lives in the north of England, on the beautiful, windswept landscape of the Yorkshire moors, with her real life hero, Mark. Mark supports her work through all its ups and downs, and manages to keep her sane and grounded when fiction threatens to take over.
http://www.saskiawalker.co.uk.home.html
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January 29, 2012
My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book...
This free novella by Saskia Walker was ok by my standard. The Devil You Know is about 20 pages of quickie, as Leonie and Mark’s relationship can be best described before she ran from him.
Leonie had an affair with Mark but fell in love. Mark isn’t the sort to settle down but casual shagging is perfectly ok, which is what Leonie was to him, albeit a really good one. As far as I could understand, they probably worked in the same office. Since she knew she cannot have it all with Mark, Leonie moved to Australia from London to work in a plantation. But her friend kept her updated about Mark on request from her. Now, Mark is here to challange her so-called cool and calm lifestyle. Mark came off as a tad bid manipulative for my choice. Knowing that he never really had any serious relationship in his mind didn’t really endear him to me. But, he wasn’t the only one at fault. From whatever little was provided about their previous relationship (if you can call whatever they had, that), Leonie never protested, until one day she just realized she can never make him settle down.
Mark kept reminding her of their ‘old times’ from the moment he got out of the car. He came here to inspect the goods of the plantation (coffee I think) himself... which includes Leonie too. Lol While Leonie makes introductions with the owners of the plantation, where she also lives, she can’t help but think back the quickies they had here and there and the belt he’s wearing and WTF he did with that while they were going at it etc. etc. And when they go upstairs, Mark kept dropping not so subtle hints that he’d come all the way from England for this. Leonie was sooo asking for it even while she was saying how much she hates him, how much she doesn’t want to have sex with him bla bla bla. I was pissed and muttering to myself- yah whatever, get it over with already! Then, before you know it, while the owners wait downstairs, they proceed to have bed squeaking shagging (not my words, it’s in the story!)... Good God! So, why play the ‘I don’t want to shag you’ game Leonie?
After they’re done, she’s so happy that he ‘confessed’ that he came all this way to shag her. *blinks* Really? I really didn’t believe anything serious forming between them, so when they proceeded to the ILU phase and talked about being together, I kept rolling my eyes. Thank goodness it was short! I’ve read only two other SW books and they were pretty good, so I hope to read more of her books later. For this one, 3 stars. If you want a quick hot read, it’s for you but don’t expect anything solid relationship-wise. Trust me, I’ve read other short, freebies where the author made me believe that the H/h belong together. Here, I wasn’t. Sorry about that.
“The Devil You Know” is free and can be downloaded from smashwords. This novella was originally featured in The Mammoth Book of Hot Romance.
This free novella by Saskia Walker was ok by my standard. The Devil You Know is about 20 pages of quickie, as Leonie and Mark’s relationship can be best described before she ran from him.
Leonie had an affair with Mark but fell in love. Mark isn’t the sort to settle down but casual shagging is perfectly ok, which is what Leonie was to him, albeit a really good one. As far as I could understand, they probably worked in the same office. Since she knew she cannot have it all with Mark, Leonie moved to Australia from London to work in a plantation. But her friend kept her updated about Mark on request from her. Now, Mark is here to challange her so-called cool and calm lifestyle. Mark came off as a tad bid manipulative for my choice. Knowing that he never really had any serious relationship in his mind didn’t really endear him to me. But, he wasn’t the only one at fault. From whatever little was provided about their previous relationship (if you can call whatever they had, that), Leonie never protested, until one day she just realized she can never make him settle down.
Mark kept reminding her of their ‘old times’ from the moment he got out of the car. He came here to inspect the goods of the plantation (coffee I think) himself... which includes Leonie too. Lol While Leonie makes introductions with the owners of the plantation, where she also lives, she can’t help but think back the quickies they had here and there and the belt he’s wearing and WTF he did with that while they were going at it etc. etc. And when they go upstairs, Mark kept dropping not so subtle hints that he’d come all the way from England for this. Leonie was sooo asking for it even while she was saying how much she hates him, how much she doesn’t want to have sex with him bla bla bla. I was pissed and muttering to myself- yah whatever, get it over with already! Then, before you know it, while the owners wait downstairs, they proceed to have bed squeaking shagging (not my words, it’s in the story!)... Good God! So, why play the ‘I don’t want to shag you’ game Leonie?
After they’re done, she’s so happy that he ‘confessed’ that he came all this way to shag her. *blinks* Really? I really didn’t believe anything serious forming between them, so when they proceeded to the ILU phase and talked about being together, I kept rolling my eyes. Thank goodness it was short! I’ve read only two other SW books and they were pretty good, so I hope to read more of her books later. For this one, 3 stars. If you want a quick hot read, it’s for you but don’t expect anything solid relationship-wise. Trust me, I’ve read other short, freebies where the author made me believe that the H/h belong together. Here, I wasn’t. Sorry about that.
“The Devil You Know” is free and can be downloaded from smashwords. This novella was originally featured in The Mammoth Book of Hot Romance.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 21, 2013
Book quality is in the eye of the beholder. I say these because I didn't like this book but my reason is premise not story quality. This guy didn't value her. They were fuck buddies for all intents and purposes. She realizes she loves him and decides that she's worth more than he sees she's worth. So she leaves. Continues her current career in a new direction and jackass decides that he was wrong and wants her back. But instead of apologizing and asking forgiveness, he goes in like an arrogant ass and gets her all hot and bothered which makes her admit that she still has the hots for him. But her desire is filled with shame at her lack of self control with a guy she thinks is there to pick up where they left off! I just couldn't handle this story because she's not empowered in her sexuality. She's ashamed of herself and that just wasn't cool to me.
January 12, 2012
2 stars – Contemporary Erotic Quickie
December 31, 2012
Short read with no development but lots of hot scenes between the couple. Not enough to hold my attention.
October 1, 2011
A good quickie read.
March 20, 2012
A quick short read
June 7, 2012
"Yes, I believe in second chances.."
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