Bedevil

by Penelope Fletcher

After a car accident strips Ebenezer Royale the use of his lower limbs his high flying lifestyle comes to a crashing halt. When Boudicca Cane wanders into the wrong place at the right time, they strike up an odd friendship that blossoms into love. Their relationship isn’t conventional, bloody bonkers at times, but it works. When they pause their sexy time to come up for air, they discover the Cane and Royale families are struggling to adjust. Boudicca’s adoptive father doesn’t like change, Ebenezer’s brothers either lust after or despise her and his parents suspect her of being a gold digger. As life takes a turn for the better, odd, inexplicable things happen, all leading back to the woman of Ebenezer’s dreams. Black animals circle the house, a mysterious stranger stalks her reflection in the mirror, and apples float by an unseen force. Eben and Bo believe getting their families to rub along is the only thing standing in the way of everlasting happiness. But a powerful force has turned its evil eye on the mismatched couple. Between food fights, curses, and Shakespearian verses, will Boudicca and Ebenezer get their crazy ever after?

Genres: Disability

734 pages, Paperback

First published April 16, 2014

About the author

Penelope Jade Fletcher is a British author of genre romance. She has a number of international digital bestsellers, reaching the Amazon Kindle UK Top 100 chart in early 2011 with her third book, and the Barnes & Noble Nook Top 100 chart later the same year with her fifth.

Debuting at twenty two years old in 2010 with young adult fantasy Glamour, Penelope predominantly writes romance novels with supernatural elements, but recently penned a historical western, and has a regency romance in the works.

Penelope has independently sold over 100,000 eBooks. She loves nothing more than reading. Writing comes a close second.

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

I rarely say this, but: this book was too much. Too much drama, too many plot points, too many stories, too many aspects of characters and families to put into one book. Here’s a romance! His family is complicated! She’s been with his brother (very briefly)! He’s getting used to his paralysis! She works for his family company! SHE’S A WITCH! SHE’S MEANT TO BE WITH AN AMERICAN WARLOCK! THERE’S A WITCH BATTLE A-COMIN’!

Also, I like sex and erotic content, but it seemed like they spent 100% of their time in bed. The sense of time was completely off-kilter.

Also also, I love epilogues, but good god, don’t try to fit the next six books in the series into one extra-long chapter.

[Prez · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorites

This is always a story I go back and re read. The love story between both characters is pretty hot. Their banter, friendship and lust really made me connect with characters. Add the element of witchcraft/supernatural and it had me hooked. They deal with hero paraplegia pretty well. There’s no miracle cure, and in that sense it’s realistic. The supernatural aspect doesn’t overshadow that aspect of the acquiring the disability and finding new normal.

[KI · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so different. The plot was so weird and so good. I have been reading romances for a while but this one really surprised me.

[Jennifer Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an AWESOME read! I've read all of Ms. Fletcher's books. I was really impressed with Burn and it inspired me to write my novel but when I read Bedevil my head blew up. It exploded in a world of magic, love and hatred. Bedevil blew my freakin mind. The one thing I've noticed about Ms. Fletcher is that every new book she comes out with is better than the next. I loved Eben and Bo. I have a disabled son who is two and this book helped me in so many ways i can't even describe to you. I realised my son might have to go through the same things Eben does. So I kinda feel prepared in a way. Yes there are a couple of typos but thats okay with me. And if you're not not up to date with British slang than look past it because the gist of the novel is overwhelming. It took me one whole night of depriving my duties as mom to finish this book not because its an easy read but because it's addicting. A wonderfully written novel. Thank you Penelope! You did good Girl!!!

[Despina · Rating 4 out of 5]

What can I say about this book, first let me say I give it 4 1/2 stars and that I freaking love this author's writing. This is the 2nd book I've read and I love the characters she writes about, and their stories. I want to write more, but some books are better not spoiled. All I can say is try it, you can't help but love the people in this story.

PS This is standalone, I wish more of her books were stand alones...