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Tales of the Djinn #2
The Double
What if the man you loved had a double?
That’s the challenge Elyse faces when a flying carpet lands her and her new djinn lover in the glorious city he calls home. Cade’s people need help recovering from a curse, but this isn't the only problem they’ll have to fix. Cade’s trip to Elyse’s world created a duplicate of himself, a not-quite carbon copy who firmly believes he’s Cade’s superior.
Arcadius has no patience for modern women, much less for males foolish enough to love them. If only Elyse’s aid weren’t necessary to catch a sorcerer who’s abducting his city’s youth! Being forced into her company is making him too aware of her attractions.
Elyse expects “Commander” Arcadius to be easy to resist. He’s arrogant, insensitive, and a chauvinist—making it obvious he doesn’t think much of her. Then, bit by bit, she sees past his prickly exterior. Arcadius is who Cade used to be before they met. If she fell for one man, there’s no guarantee she won’t fall for the other . . .
Book 2 in the Tales of the Djinn
That’s the challenge Elyse faces when a flying carpet lands her and her new djinn lover in the glorious city he calls home. Cade’s people need help recovering from a curse, but this isn't the only problem they’ll have to fix. Cade’s trip to Elyse’s world created a duplicate of himself, a not-quite carbon copy who firmly believes he’s Cade’s superior.
Arcadius has no patience for modern women, much less for males foolish enough to love them. If only Elyse’s aid weren’t necessary to catch a sorcerer who’s abducting his city’s youth! Being forced into her company is making him too aware of her attractions.
Elyse expects “Commander” Arcadius to be easy to resist. He’s arrogant, insensitive, and a chauvinist—making it obvious he doesn’t think much of her. Then, bit by bit, she sees past his prickly exterior. Arcadius is who Cade used to be before they met. If she fell for one man, there’s no guarantee she won’t fall for the other . . .
Book 2 in the Tales of the Djinn
248 pages, Paperback
First published October 24, 2014
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November 30, 2017
DNF, just didn't hold my interest
September 27, 2018
I actually liked the first half of this book better (the Guardian).
January 26, 2015
What could be better than one sexy man? How about two of the same man?
In THE DOUBLE, the story continues with Cade and Elyse trying to solve the djinn's situation with half of Cade's world still frozen in stone. Cade's original self, Arcadius, is still giving Elyse a hard time. Elyse doesn't meet the requirements for a beautiful and desirable djinn female. Except now Arcadius is experiencing their sexual interludes vicariously, which makes it difficult for him to ignore Elyse.
Ms. Holly writes some of the hottest ménages. When Cade, Elyse and Arcadius finally come together, it is explosive. Ms. Holly must be a voyeur in real life. This is the only explanation in how she writes threesomes with one person directing the other two lovers so well. Elyse and Arcadius sexing it up whilst Cade is giving directions is smoking hawt. When both Cade and Arcadius take Elyse at the same time, it's surprising Elyse doesn't pass out from pleasure.
Ms. Holly cleverly creates two characters who are so similar yet are different. They started as one person, and now as two, they literally can do twice as much. In the story, there are questions of if one is merely a clone of the other, and how does one bring these two back into one whole entity? Does it even need to happen? If Cade and Arcadius were to become one again, will Elyse be left behind, Cade disappearing into Arcadius?
Whilst the tension in the relationship between this triad is going up and down, there is still a city to save. Cade and Arcadius are still considered leaders in the djinn world. Running a city isn't easy, especially as young beautiful djinn seem to be disappearing. With the problems piling up, it brings Cade and Arcadius in alignment. With their agreement about Elyse's usefulness, it helps to ease the strain between the three.
Surprisingly, it's easy to distinguish between Cade and Arcadius. Ms. Holly does a great job of creating her characters. They are individuals in spite of their origins. The switching between djinn and human world works well because it gives the djinn world a more exotic and sensual feeling. The human world, whilst exciting and modern, comes across as more hectic and chaotic. With the descriptions of each place, a reader can easily visualize the opulence in the djinn palace--flushed with golden embellishments and colourful fabrics. Ms. Holly's depiction even includes the olfactory sense, which conjure up frankincense and sandalwood. New York is gray, busy and permeated with the smells of car exhaust and pizza. This dichotomy shows how different the djinn differs from humans.
With such a wide gap, setting up Cade and Elyse to develop into a loving relationship is a nice touch. Throwing in a third makes it even more complicated and it's interesting to see how Ms. Holly resolves this relationship struggle. This erotic romance is recommended for ménage lovers who wish a man could be double the fun.
December 8, 2014
This is book 2 of the Tales of the Djinn: I have to say it did start off a little slow for me but I knew that if I continued to read I knew I would not be disappointed and I wasn't it didn't take long for me to get really hooked into this story . I don't know what I would do if the man I was in love with was split in half I don't think I could resist long. I really like how they were able to give Elyse the confidence that she needed . The love scenes in the book are just WOW .If you are looking for a great story to read with lots of twist and turns then Pick up this series it does not disappoint . I can't wait for the next book.
What if the man you loved had a double?
That’s the challenge Elyse faces when a flying carpet lands her and her new djinn lover in the glorious city he calls home. Cade’s people need help recovering from a curse, but this isn't the only problem they’ll have to fix. Cade’s trip to Elyse’s world created a duplicate of himself, a not-quite carbon copy who firmly believes he’s Cade’s superior.
Arcadius has no patience for modern women, much less for males foolish enough to love them. If only Elyse’s aid weren’t necessary to catch a sorcerer who’s abducting his city’s youth! Being forced into her company is making him too aware of her attractions.
Elyse expects “Commander” Arcadius to be easy to resist. He’s arrogant, insensitive, and a chauvinist—making it obvious he doesn’t think much of her. Then, bit by bit, she sees past his prickly exterior. Arcadius is who Cade used to be before they met. If she fell for one man, there’s no guarantee she won’t fall for the other . . .
Book 2 in the Tales of the Djinn
What if the man you loved had a double?
That’s the challenge Elyse faces when a flying carpet lands her and her new djinn lover in the glorious city he calls home. Cade’s people need help recovering from a curse, but this isn't the only problem they’ll have to fix. Cade’s trip to Elyse’s world created a duplicate of himself, a not-quite carbon copy who firmly believes he’s Cade’s superior.
Arcadius has no patience for modern women, much less for males foolish enough to love them. If only Elyse’s aid weren’t necessary to catch a sorcerer who’s abducting his city’s youth! Being forced into her company is making him too aware of her attractions.
Elyse expects “Commander” Arcadius to be easy to resist. He’s arrogant, insensitive, and a chauvinist—making it obvious he doesn’t think much of her. Then, bit by bit, she sees past his prickly exterior. Arcadius is who Cade used to be before they met. If she fell for one man, there’s no guarantee she won’t fall for the other . . .
Book 2 in the Tales of the Djinn
October 22, 2014
Tales of the Djinn: The Double starts off where Tales of the Djinn: The Guardian ends and while it could be read standalone I believe you will enjoy it that much more for having read Tales of the Djinn: The Guardian first.
Emma Holly transports you into a fantastic world of magic, mystery, and erotic delights. This is a world I will revisit over and over again. This is a can’t miss page turner but not for the faint of heart. Ms. Holly takes you places you’ve never gone before. This is a fairy tale for grown-ups. Absolutely wonderful.
Emma Holly transports you into a fantastic world of magic, mystery, and erotic delights. This is a world I will revisit over and over again. This is a can’t miss page turner but not for the faint of heart. Ms. Holly takes you places you’ve never gone before. This is a fairy tale for grown-ups. Absolutely wonderful.
December 8, 2014
This book took me awhile to get into, but once in I was hooked. I had a slight disadvantage as I didn't read book 1. I found this read a little hard because I didn't know what a Djinn was so I used my dictionary for some things. The story was actually very well written and fun to follow Elyse and her lovers, and I loved the ending. I'm so glad I signed up for this, I won the book on a "Goodreads first read giveaway! Thank you so much for the book!!
December 19, 2014
If I could remove the execrable sex scene from the middle, this story would rise to three stars. In in that scene one of the characters clearly says NO, and is ignored by the protagonists, so I call it rape. In this way I am led to dislike the protagonists, so I removed both this book and the first one from my library. Just ugh.
February 1, 2015
wonderful conclusion to the guardian. love the characters. the plot, a new dimension world to explore. I also like how the protagonists may still come back as the banishing them was left open ended. hope this means we will be experiencing more stories from this world
October 28, 2014
A great story, although I was a little thrown by the reasoning for that hot little bdsm scene..... not that anyone really needs a reason
June 10, 2015
These stories have a different feel from the Hidden series. I'm enjoying them, they are more deep, more emotional, more suspenseful.
Bought from kobo.
Bought from kobo.
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