The Darkest Kiss (Lords of the Underworld, Book 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Gena Showalter
Publisher: HQN Books
Category: Book
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0373772327
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780373772322
ASIN: 0373772327
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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She has tempted many men… but never found her equal.Until now. Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never known pleasure. Until Lucien, the incarnation of death—a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. He draws her like no other. And Anya will risk anything to have him. But when the merciless Lord of the Underworld is ordered by the gods to claim Anya herself, their uncontrollable attraction becomes an anguished pursuit. Now they must defeat the unconquerable forces that control them, before their thirst for one another demands a sacrifice of love beyond imagining.…
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 OMG! This book is incredible! A MUST read! December 1, 2008
This book is absolutely amazing!! A definite must read for all of you who like Greek mythology, gods and goddesses, or paranormal romance.
Lucian, dealer of Death, houses the Demon of Death inside him as punishment for opening Pandora's box. Being the dealer of Death, Lucian's job is to deliver souls to either the pearly gates of heaven or the fiery pits of hell. Knowing that he can never love because he might someday be called to deliver her soul, Lucian makes sure that he will never appeal to a woman again, or so he thinks. Anya, the goddess of Anarchy and disorder is captivated by Lucian and follows him where ever he goes. Finally showing herself to him, she tries to win him over but to no avail since Lucian believes she is messing with him because no one would find him attractive. After their first encounter, Cronus appears to Lucian demanding Anya's death or he'll make his friends suffer. Thus begins the game of tag between the two, since he does not really want to kill her because he is attracted to her and much to his amazement she does not give up her quest to win him over. In the end, he must decide who is more important to him or find another way to make the Lord Titan happy without losing all that he loves.
This is an incredible book, the sex is sizzling! This book captures your attention and you love the characters instantly! The characters make you laugh, wrench your heart, and turn you on! Nothing less than 5 stars for this fabulous book! A definite must read!!! Kudos to Gena Showalter for writing such a great book!
Loved it! November 11, 2008
Great couple and story, if you like interfering gods and pretty hot love scenes. Anya was portrayed like a typical silly, immature goddess (just read those old Greek legends where the gods behave like 5 year olds and throw tantrums when they don't get what they want), which perfectly fit here. Still she was spunky and sacrificed a lot in order to save Lucien. A great read!
Great Paranormal Romance October 30, 2008
After reading the first book, I just had to read the other two. In this book, the goddess of Anarchy, Anya, has never known pleasure. She had a curse put on her that if she sleeps with a guy, she is tied to him for the rest of her life. Yes, sounds kinds romance novel cheesy. Lucien is the immortal that carries the demon death.
Anya is fascinated with Lucian and is a giant tease. But she won't take it further because of her curse. Lucien just wants to be left alone, take souls to heaven and hell, and live a boring, pity party life. But with the quest for Pandora's Box starting to heat up, they get thrown together. Knowing that if the box is found, the demons the immortals carry can be contained, but will end the immortals life, everyone is trying to get it to stay alive or contain the demons once and for all.
It is definitely a good read. Great story and action. And a feel good ending.
Better than the first one - super sexy! October 20, 2008
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This was a wonderful book - 5 stars - everything paranormal romance should be... Fast paced story, great dialouge, sizzling love scenes and two great main characters.
Anya and Lucien were very well-developed characters. The reader got to see many facets of them and their emotions/actions were very believeable. Anya was one of my favorite heroines: strong, funny, tough, smart and vulnerable, too. Lucien was super sexy, courageous and tormented. However, had his own dose of insecurities which made him all the more delicious!
I like how this story really focused on the main characters. The other Lords weren't around too much to cause distraction (as I felt in the first book.) The over all story of the Lords/search for the box did progress nicely, though.
Off to installment #3 - Reyes here I come!
Good book October 15, 2008
I didn't know this was a series of books when I bought Darkest Kiss. It was a fun read.
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