Book Review: The Devil You Know by Sara Curran-Ross & giveaway!!

The Devil You Know by Sara Curran-Ross

SERIES: Stand-alone 

GENRE: Adult Paranormal/Thriller

PUBLISHER: Hellfire Publishing

SOURCE: Review copy provided by the author

FORMAT:  Ebook

Summary:

You take one step out of that door without me and you are in serious trouble.  Leave my side once and you are a dead woman.

Christian Dalban is hired to protect Isabelle Mayer from the violent head of a mafia family who will stop at nothing to force her back into his bed. But Christian is determined that she won’t find out why he is the only man capable of succeeding where others have failed.  If she knew the reason she would never trust him with her life nor would he blame her.  But as their relationship develops into a passionate sexual encounter  Christian realises that he is not the only one keeping a secret that could threaten both of their lives. 

My Review: 

Wow. This book was totally unexpected. I have to say that after reading the first few chapters this book reminded me of the movie Charade (the one starring Audrey Hepburn). There's the damsel in distress whom everyone is trying to kill and there's the hero. And the mystery to solve, of course. Actually, now that I think about it, even the ending reminds me of this movie, although it's totally different. :)

I'm not usually into different readings other than paranormal, but the blurb caught my attention and I decided to give it a try. I did good. The Mafia family feud is kinda intriguing and frightening at the same time, and at some point it sort of turned into a horror movie, lol :P

Sara did a really good job with the characters: everything is not what you think it is and this keeps you drawn to the book until the very end. I've been told that fans hope for a sequel... To be honest it'd just ruin the book. What she did with the ending it's perfect as it is, and a sequel would be just pointless. 

Tiny disappointment: I just hoped for more sex :) 

Overall Rating: 

Sara Curran-Ross has been writing since her teenage years and has now made it her full time focus.  Her first book, The Devil You Know was published in 2008.  Preview chapters of her second book The Organ Grinder are available on the Books page above.

Her latest project is the Swords series, a dark victorian vampire romance saga inspired by the Tarot.  The first book, Knight Of Swords is now available from Hellfire Publishing.

You can check her website at: http://www.saracurranross.com/

And now, for the fun! Sara is giving away 2 e-book copies of The Devil You know.  All you have to do to join is to fill in the form below. The giveaway is international (open to everyone!) and the two winners will be chosen using random.org and announced on July 31st 2011!