{BLOG TOUR: THE DEVIL'S SALVATION} BY GEMMA JAMES + GIVEAWAY
It's been a year since Kayla Sutton walked away from Gage Channing, the man who blackmailed her into sexual slavery. Now he's back, and so is Ian Kaplan, Kayla's one-time lover from her college days. Both men want her, but only one holds the power to make her submit—to her own dark desires and to the truth she still denies, even to herself.
But Gage's jealousy is his worst enemy, and when he thinks Kayla has chosen Ian, he sets in motion a drastic plan to claim what's his. Only Kayla never expects him to infiltrate her heart so effortlessly; and she never dreamed there would come a day when he wouldn't want her—when the mere sight of her turns him away in disgust.
He believes she’s committed the ultimate sin, but will she use his mistake to finally escape the cage of his obsession? Or will she do whatever it takes to make him see he can entrust his heart to her...just as she's already lost the core of her being to him?
(MY REVIEW)
Too be completely honest, I have no idea how I truly feel about this. I mean it was powerful...yet at the same time wasn't what I expected. It was so fucking intense. I was beyond mad at the fact she could of escaped and been with a man that would show her unconditional love in a way that wasn't abusive. Yet at the same time she craves that side of Gage. I think that even though her ex husband did what he did, in some way since him she feels she deserves that kind of treatment. Gage just brings it in a sexual manner, while her ex didn't. Not quite sure.
For her to not listen to her gut is frustrating. She sits down and talks about how she doesn't want to endanger her daughter, yet look what happens. All she had to do was pick the good one, and that wouldn't of happened. Hell he even gave her tons of times to just leave. She knew she should, but deep down she didn't want to. I guess since I've never quite been in that situation I couldn't possibly begin to understand. I wouldn't want to be with a man like Gage.
A year had passed since Gage did the unthinkable to Kayla. She left, but ever since that day she still thinks about him all the time. She misses the way his fingers felt inside her, the way he made feel. So when he shows up at her house unexpectedly after getting out of prison she is thrown back. She sends her daughter to a friends and she gives into her desires. The next morning the right man shows up, gives her an out, expresses so much damn love it's heartwarming. She tells him to walk away though. I just...UGH. I don't know. I'm so confused and frustrated. It's not in the bad way though, if that makes any sense.
I loved how descriptive it is, how it's so realistic. It feels as if your there experiencing everything yourself. I guess I just didn't like the way it made me feel...
I rate The Devil's Salvation 4 stars.
My breath grew shallow, from arousal, from fear. Gage was good at that—eliciting strong emotions that contrasted so sharply, they knocked a person on their ass in total confusion. I shouldn’t want him. I should scream at him to get the hell out of my house and never come back. I should get a freaking restraining order.
As if the turmoil inside me didn’t exist, I set our omelets on the table and calmly took a seat across from him. “What did you mean by boundaries?” I stabbed a bite and shoved it in my mouth. Raising my eyes to his turned out to be a mistake. His hypnotic stare paralyzed me; I couldn’t look away if my life depended on it. I fell into the ocean of his gaze and almost missed the satisfied quirk of his lips. Almost.
“You know by now that a relationship with me won’t be your standard variety. You’ll have rules that govern your behavior.”
“My behavior?”
“Yes. I expect you to obey me.” He set his fork down and winced. “But last year I was cruel to you and that’s not how I normally treat a woman. Not even when they beg me to hurt them beyond what I’m comfortable with.”
“Then why?” I choked out. Everything he’d done hit me square in the chest, and his admission that he’d been exceptionally cruel hurt more than it should.
“I wanted to destroy what was his.” He lowered his head with a frown. At least he had the grace to look ashamed.
“Congratulations.” I let my fork drop, satisfied with the clatter it made. “You succeeded.”
“No, I didn’t. Your strength is both my frustration and my undoing. There’s nothing more irritating or sexier on a woman.” He took a bite, and his gaze veered up to mine. “And to clarify on what I mean by boundaries, we’ll set limits this time. You’ll have a safe word.”
“You’re talking as if we’re going to be together.”
“I’m not leaving here without you, Kayla.”
The Devil's Kiss Trilogy (The first book)
Gemma James (a pseudonym for Christina Jean Michaels) loves to explore the darker side of sex in her fiction. She's morbidly curious about anything dark and edgy and enjoys exploring the deviant side of human nature. Her stories have been described as being "not for the faint of heart."
She lives with her husband and their four children--three rambunctious UFC/wrestling-loving boys and one girl who steals everyone's attention.
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Thank you for participating in the tour! I appreciate your review--you got to the heart of the book in it! -- Gemma
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