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Club Devil's Cove #1

His Devil's Desire

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“Why do I get the feeling that you’re indulging me, Samantha?”
Her eyes widened innocently. “Me, indulge you? You should be so lucky. Oh no, this is all self-indulgence.”

Rhone has ducked trouble many times. As an undercover agent, you see a lot of shit. But this time trouble came wrapped up in an alluringly seductive package.

Samantha Frazer.

She's good with her hands . . . er, at carving wood. She's even better with her mouth . . . huh . . . snippy little thing. Also, her aim is dead centre. She's gunning for his heart, in more ways than one.

From the moment Samantha lays eyes on . . . um . . . all of him, she's hooked. Rhone Greer is mouth-watering. He's also one of the owners of Club Devil’s Cove and the most compelling Dom she’d ever met. He's hot, controlling and hungry . . . for her. Lust and manipulation make strange bed partners as Rhome and Samantha combust between the sheets.

The game is on. Who will bite? Who’ll get devoured?

Unbeknownst, a sinister plot is underfoot and everyone is a target. As ghosts from the past resurface, there is only one question to be asked.

Who will live . . . who will die?

Please note: This book has a cliffhanger ending.

586 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 4, 2017

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About the author

Linzi Basset

145 books820 followers
Author pseudonyms - Isabel James, Kimila Taylor

“Isn’t it a universal truth that it’s our singular experiences and passion, for whatever thing or things, which molds us all into the individuals we become? Whether it's hidden in the depths of our soul or exposed for all to see?”

Linzi Basset is a South African born animal rights supporter with a poet’s heart, and she is also a bestselling fiction writer of suspense filled romance erotica books; who as the latter, refuses to be bound to any one sub-genre. She prefers instead to stretch herself as a storyteller which has resulted in her researching and writing historical and even paranormal themed works.

Her initial offering: Club Alpha Cove, a BDSM club suspense series released back in 2015, reached Amazon’s Bestseller list, and she has been on those lists ever since. Labeling her as prolific is a gross understatement as just a few short years later she has now been published over a hundred times.

“I write from the inside out. My stories are both inside me and a part of me so it can be either pleasurable to release them or painful to carve them out. I live every moment of every story I write. So, if you're looking for spicy and suspenseful, I'm your girl... woman... writer... you know what I mean!"

Linzi believes that by telling stories in her own voice, she can better share with her readers the essence of her being: her passionate nature; her motivations; and her wildest fantasies. She feels every touch as she writes, every kiss, every harsh word uttered, and this to her is the key to a never-ending love of writing.

Ultimately, all books by Linzi Basset are about passion. To her, passion is the driving force of all emotion; whether it be lust, desire, hate, trust, or love. This is the underlying message contained in her books.

Her advice: “Believe in the passions driving your desires; live them; enjoy them; and allow them to bring you happiness.”

Find her also on amazon.com/author/isabeljames in a collaboration of emotional and spiritual tales of discovery written in rich prose.
Click on her website at: https://linzibasset.com/ where you will find upcoming information about new releases, and excerpts from her books. Subscribe to her newsletter and join her on Twitter @LinziBasset or say hello on Facebook.

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472 reviews21 followers
January 7, 2020
This book is part of the box set A Taste of Submission.

Sometimes books are a hit, this one was a miss for me. Linzi Basset starts with a prologue about a (CIA?) operative who supposed to kill a woman and a child and walks out on her job. Strange start, but still okay.
Next (it goes downhill from here), we meet Rhone, who is woken by awful noise and goes to explore stark naked. 🙄 of course, a guy walks into a potential dangerous situation with his pride and joy unprotected!
All right, don’t call me a quitter, I braved on.
Our heroine Samantha turns out to work as a carpenter now. 🤔 wait, what? As I try to wrap my head around this unexpected career switch, I’m thrown into two pages of the most terrible head hopping. You know the kind that leaves you motion sick?
Maybe this is a great book, but I’m not going to find out. DNF
Profile Image for Jay Williams.
243 reviews1 follower
November 29, 2017
This is the first book in a new series & Linzi has another winner on her hands, meet Samantha & Rhone. From the moment she lays her eyes on Rhone she wants him, it is safe to say the feeling is mutual. This story is full of twists, turn & secrets with things about Samantha coming to light. I really enjoyed this book I know some are not happy about Rhone skipping the ssc aspect of BDSM, but I really enjoyed it. It is another facet that added to the story for me just making it slightly dark. I am eagerly awaiting book 2.
Profile Image for Sally.
440 reviews4 followers
August 29, 2022
Ok, I was going to give this book 3 stars as I didn’t like the main characters, I couldn’t connect with them for the first half of the book.
Samantha was just annoying, she had a group of tough ex soldiers that now run a private security company surrounding her, (as bdsm is a main feature within the book, she was literally surrounded by them 🥵) but she kept the identity of the baddie a secret from them 🤯
Rhone who runs the security company and owns the bdsm club was very unappealing, couldn’t connect with him whatsoever.
Now, the last 30% is very good! I was engrossed in the storyline and had to finish, so I’m adding a star for the last 30%…HOWEVER be warned THIS ENDS IN A CLIFFHANGER!!!! If like me you don’t like cliffhangers, do not read.

Sounds strange how I didn’t really like this book….but I will have to read book 2 to find out what happens 🙄 you never know I might enjoy this one
Profile Image for Ida Jolley.
739 reviews16 followers
August 10, 2019
OMG, this book was fantastic. It is an amazing and interesting read. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what was going to happen. There is suspense and intrigue. Love and hate, sex, BDSM that was something you can only imagine. Samantha was a sniper who wanted to finally get out of that line of work, but her boss Adam Baxter would not let her. He always had a job he wanted her to do for him, but it wasn’t for the country to be safer, it was his own list of enemies he wanted killed. And now it was Rhône, a man Samantha has fallen in love with. And he had the perfect incentive to keep her under his control by holding her sister captive. A sister who was supposed to have died along with the rest of the family. Not knowing how to escape this madness she had to fake a killing, and then tell them about who was manipulating her. All she wanted was to free her sister and the little girl, but at what cost. The book is awesome, and I can’t wait to start book 2. A definite read. 5 stars.
Profile Image for Annie.
203 reviews2 followers
December 5, 2019
I wanted to like this more...

Rhone, where do I start.
He doesn’t deserve Samantha.
He’s an ungrateful SOB.
I won’t be continuing with this series.
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4,282 reviews35 followers
November 5, 2017
Rhone Greer is battle hardened and weary from years of undercover work. His security company is top notch and thriving. His new club, Club Devil's Cove, is just about ready to open. Samantha Frazer is an artisan carpenter working on the club's new bar. She's also a former CIA paid assassin with ties to Rhone though neither of them know it when they first meet and sparks fly. She's sassy, bratty and gives Rhone a run for his money. He is determined to tame and bed her. Secrets come to light giving Rhone every reason to mistrust Samantha. He refuses to believe her even when presented with evidence of her truthfulness.

Rhone and Samantha are fire and gasoline together. Their interactions are incendiary. The subplot is intriguing and edgy. There are characters from Club Alpha Cove series that crossover to this book but the new characters introduced are intriguing. I look foreard to their stories.
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688 reviews8 followers
November 8, 2017
I've said this with most of Linzi's books but 5 stars is not enough. Her books are always so very well written! The characters are described so well you can picture them and you cannot help but love and cheer for them. This one will keep you on edge the whole time and will end leaving you needing more! You finally think you've figured out what's going on and another curveball comes at you! Despair, pain, loss, betrayal, corruption, hope, love, loyalty, chemistry and spicy heat is what you'll get!
Profile Image for Carol.
231 reviews6 followers
November 6, 2017
Wowsa amazing

Wowsa amazing start to club devils Cove ,
Love the chemistry between Rhone and Samantha
This book has suspense , sexual heat , chemistry that will ignite fire . Enjoyed reading this 1st part of His Devils Desire .
Rhone is hot for Samantha but doesn't want to be , also he is not sure if he can trust her yet .
Samantha is also in heat for Rhone . Is also worried about if her Sister is still alive or not .
Wondering if in the end they can put there distrust a side come together to fight the evil that is lurking .
Need to read this amazing story

Profile Image for Judy Karsh.
50 reviews
November 11, 2017
I have loved every book I've read by Linzi Basset, and this book is no different. Rhone has been one of my favourites since his days at Club Alpha Cove and to see him with a feisty sub at his own club is awesome, Samantha definitely gives him a run for his money...and doesn't back down when he goes all alpha bear on her!! Samantha knows she loves Rhone, early on in their relationship, but Rhone has trouble getting past her former occupation. This all leads to a fiery relationship, full of sparks, flames and shooting stars!! My only negative for this book, is the many sentences that have missing words or the wrong word was used (similar spelling) eg. light sconces were written as light scones. I still look forward to part 2, and the rest of the series. Kudo's Linzi, on another great series start!!!
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116 reviews2 followers
December 4, 2017
Great new series

How this author can keep the dynamics of these characters straight is beyond me...it's amazing. Great storyline and familiar faces.
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5,174 reviews16 followers
December 3, 2017
4.5 stars

Another solid start to a great new series. I loved The first series so it was nice seeing and hearing about some of the characters from it. Looking forward to seeing where this one goes.
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176 reviews6 followers
November 12, 2017
His Devil's Desire (Club Devil's Cove Book1)

As the first book in the new series for the Club Devil's Cove it was different from the rest of the other stores Mrs. Basset has written. The story was quite interesting to a point even gaining a 5* rating from me, BUT, I did have one thing I found hard to deal with with rourks character which was his lack of SSC apperence throughout the story. using BDSM and hateful emotions against Samantha instead of seperating work from the BDSM D/s side. It just hit me wrong reading it. It was still a really great story that I do highly recommend it was just my own personal feeling while reading the story. Can't wait for book two.
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714 reviews35 followers
June 30, 2022
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Samantha was an "Ace" sniper for an elite undercover team of the CIA for years after the brutal murder of her parents and older sister. When she felt her handler, Bulldog, was using her for his own personal vendettas she left and opened her own woodworking shop. Three years and a new name later she is working on the woodwork for a new BDSM club, Devil's Cove, when she meets Rhone. Rhone is hot one minute and cold the next but his dom nature calls to the sub in her and this is one challenge she doesn't want to back down from. Especially not with lives and her heart on the line. Just how far will she go to maintain the life she has built or is a secret from her past worth losing everything?
This was an impulse buy book from BookBub at one point in time or another. I don't know exactly when. I have a habit of randomly getting books suggested to me on there when I go to browse. It's a dangerous game that generally results in 5 more books than I had before.

I love BDSM. Books and otherwise. So I was excited to find that this was a BDSM book. Pushing limits is one thing, but limits shouldn't be crossed. I felt like Rhone crossed some of hers. I wouldn't have been able to do the multiple partners as anyone who has read my romance reviews for any length of time already knows. To each their own.

This is a book that does end on a cliffhanger with no real resolution to the romance. We solved the issue of Bulldog, but everything else is still up in the air. I enjoyed the book, but I don't know if I will be continuing since I'm not a huge fan of cliffhangers without anything really resolved. While it doesn't feel like it stopped at an arbitrary point in the book there was just so much left in the air.

There is hope for the series, don't get me wrong. There are a lot of feels presented in this book and there are lots of sexy scenes. All great things when it comes to a smut book. I loved both main characters, even when Rhone annoyed me. I hope everything works out with Keon. I can't say more than that without giving away things in the book.
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5,150 reviews45 followers
August 23, 2022
Rhone Greer co-owns Club Devil's Cove and is also an undercover agent but this time trouble is much closer and wrapped in a seductive package. Samantha Frazer is good at carving wood but is even better with her smart mouth. When Samantha lays eyes on him she is hooked as he is the most compelling Dom she has ever met. The question is, out of the two of them, who will bite and who will get devoured? It appears that a sinister plot is underfoot and everyone is a target. As ghosts from the past resurface, there is only one question to be asked. Who will live . . . who will die?

I enjoyed this book which was a rollercoaster ride of pleasure, and pain all intertwined into the mystery of who Samnatah's handler was, where her sister was and how she could solve the problem without killing any more innocent people. I enjoyed the way that the love/hate relationship between Samantha and Rhone developed. I also enjoyed the way such a strong and feisty woman was a natural submissive who found it hard to resist obeying when Rhone used his Dom's voice. The ending was definitely a cliffhanger and so you need to read the next book to know what happens next. Contains BDSM scenarios and mature content.
Profile Image for Charlotte.
1,000 reviews
March 10, 2018
His Devil's Desire - A Must Read - Hottttt

If you love hot Alpha males, then this book will sizzle your senses. Linzi Basset's wordsmithing is the best! I felt as though I was one with the characters as the story line progressed. It does have a cliffhanger however Linzi titillates you with a snippet of the next book in the series. I will be reading it too. I am do excited to read all of her books!! Must Read if you like hot steamy sexy Alpha men and all they offer to their loves of their lives. 📚📚📚
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31 reviews17 followers
June 13, 2018
As with any romance series where a book = one couple, some of the pacing for the relationship development is a little quick. I found it a little jarring considering the stakes of entering a D/s or M/s - gotta have trust there & it was lacking in some of the sexy scenes (key to the plot & character development). Kinda ruined them for me - not gonna lie. But otherwise it is well written & the sex/kinky scenes are accurate and delightful! Excited to see if I am still with Leon after finishing book 2.
2,130 reviews11 followers
August 24, 2019
OMG. I am totally hooked on this series. This is the first book I've read by this author and it was a part of the collection A Taste of Submission.

I love a good suspense novel full of alpha males, strong female characters, intrigue, and steamy sex scenes. This story pulled me in from the start and I couldn't wait to learn of Samantha's history, who was Bulldog, and would Samantha and Rhone find a way to be together. This book does end in a cliffhanger and I've already started reading the next to find out what happens next.
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267 reviews
January 16, 2018
Excellent

I have read Club Alpha Cove and loved the series. This is the same. I am sooo glad that book 2 is out and I can read one after the other.

Rhone and Samantha make the perfect pair. Both have war scars and have shut off the world around them with the exception of a close few. When they encounter each other things explode!!

Be aware this ends in a cliffhanger, but book 2 is out.
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1,182 reviews4 followers
June 18, 2022
When Samantha and Rhone first meet, sparks go flying! But as the story progresses, things really intense.

I love that Samantha is her own person, she reminds Rhone and his friends that while she might be submissive, she's still a bada$$.

There were a few times that I wanted to strangle Rhone and Bracus. While I understand the situation (I really don't want to give anything away) at times they were too rough and untrusting of Samantha.

And just to warn you...that cliffhanger is a doozy!!!!!
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541 reviews
January 2, 2019
OMG, you can say that I was hooked from the first page! I mean Ace is a badass female. Rhone is a hot alpha. Chemistry between them is undeniable. I knew that this book was a cliffhanger, but, I really need to know what happens. Oh, and I do not like Adam/Bulldog at all! Thanks Linzi for writing so incredible, that I am constantly on edge and need to get some answers.
2,012 reviews
June 27, 2019
This author was new to me and I read this book as part of a collection and absolutely loved it. There was hot sex, an intriguing storyline and plenty of action. Linzi Basset knows how to keep her readers attention. There were no hearts and flowers but there was a powerful romance and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
101 reviews
November 7, 2021
Not quite sure what to make of it

I enjoyed the book but the crazy man ending just seemed odd and out of synch with the book. I'm sat here thinking wtf. They kept talking about how dangerous the bad guy was so why didn't they use the top class sniper and put a bullet in him first.?!
266 reviews2 followers
December 26, 2021
Perfect combination

I'm not a true fun of BDSM but I dont dislike it when there's a good story line. This story held the perfect mix, people in the bdsm world that also are working undercover to protect the worl America stand for. There sexual graphic scenes, mysteries, violence, betrayal, passion, and love the perfect combination.
95 reviews
May 2, 2024
confusing but good

Some of the scenes were really good but large parts of the story were unbelievable, especially the beginning meeting between Rhone and Samantha. Their whole story just seems so far fetched, it didn’t really make sense and it pulled me out of the story a bit. Ending on a cliffhanger sucked.
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484 reviews6 followers
November 28, 2018
Love this!!!

Have been waiting to read this series since finishing the Club Alpha Cove series. Love Rhone and Samantha. Such sass and spark. Can’t wait to read more about Keon either.
Profile Image for Carol Hepstall.
551 reviews6 followers
January 16, 2019
Awesome

I absolutely loved it. I was totally captivated by this story. So many lives woven together in a captivating storyline. I couldn’t put it down. I definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a great read
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4,326 reviews
July 6, 2019
Exciting

Ace (Samantha/Sandra) and Rhone - just wow I'm dying to know the final outcome was of this story. Lots of intrigue, and once you find out what Ace can do you'll be shocked.
158 reviews2 followers
February 25, 2020
Amazing book❣️

OMG❣️ One of the best books ever and can’t wait to read the next book. There is no one who reads this book that will be able to put this book down. It has mystery, murder,hot steamy sex, and pure love. Five star book.
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222 reviews3 followers
December 14, 2020
Oooh

If I could be inside this book I totally would be. This is the first book of Linzi's that I've read and I'm so ready to move on to the next in this series20/10 definitely recommended
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