Katie's Hellion (Book I, Rhyn Trilogy) [Kindle Edition]

Lizzy Ford (Author)

Book Description

Katie didn't send her boyfriend to Hell, but she's going there to bust him out!

Katie thinks she’s going crazy when a baby angel and death’s personal assistant appear on her doorstep. Both claim she’s destined for something great. If she can survive, that is. She’s drawn into a world filled with immortals like Rhyn, an outcast who claims her as his mate in a show of defiance to his brothers. Katie rescues Rhyn from Hell, and he discovers fast just how special his little human is. With Death counting his days on one hand, Rhyn must learn to love, before his own time is up and Katie becomes the first human casualty in the brewing war between immortals.

Will the love between a gifted young woman and an immortal outcast save the world-- or destroy it?

Product Details

• File Size: 430 KB
• Print Length: 220 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1463542828
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Guerrilla Wordfare (May 27, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005347RCW
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,039 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #49 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Romance > Paranormal > Demons & Devils

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent fantasy romance August 2, 2011

By Mephs

Format:Kindle Edition

Katie is our 22 year old heroine whose world is changed by the sudden arrival of a five year old who claims to be her son, Toby. Despite being a clearly unfit mother, the `authorities' insist that Katie take the boy home with her. A visit with here psychologist informs her that she was raped five years ago, which caused her amnesia of her son's existence (a surprisingly well researched account, considering the genre of the book). This is when we discover that Toby is a baby angel, who has been handed through surrogate mothers who have their memories altered for years, while our heroine is apparently immune to the powers of the Ancients. An immunity that, for some reason, makes Katie irresistible to them. The youngest of the Ancients, Rhyn, has been locked up with only Death's main squeeze to lean on for company and support. The moment he sees Katie, he too lusts for her and decides that she is the mate for him. Yes, it is that kind of book. Throw in a reality/world breaking family feud and some magic and you have the entire plot of Katie's Hellion.
I'm going to go with eehhh. Let's be honest here, I got this book for my kindle because it was free. Don't let that cloud your opinion of it; it's actually not a bad fantasy novel, so far as self-insert female leads go. I say this, because it is clearly what Katie was written to be, or at least I hope she was; a character that flat can only hope to be a one-size-fits-all girl, especially when coupled with a man for whom she cannot contain her overwhelming lust and vice versa. A staple, so far as I am concerned, in non-Mary Sue popularised fantasy romance novels.
Not that Katie is more of a complex character. I mean, seriously, this chick just stands there and takes everything that is thrown at her and then goes back to the dick that caused it. Fine, go down the Stockholm syndrome explanation if you want to, but Katie's entire being seems to gravitate around accepting all of the crap the world throws at her while chugging down whiskey, chomping on pills and bitching about it in an inner monologue. Then we come to Rhyn. No, let's not come to Rhyn. We should focus instead on the side characters, who appear to be more fully developed, despite their relatively short screen time.
Moving away from my severe dislike of the main characters, the dialogue is some places seems forced and I would very much like to know why magical inmates of a multidimensional prison talk like teenagers on an American sitcom where the screenwriters are bouncing off Saved by the Bell. I shall endeavour to ignore them, for the sake of the positives. Lizzy Ford is not an author who wastes description. And I mean that as a compliment; Ford's descriptions are in fact the saviour of this novel. She deals them out in such Spartan amounts that their appearance is as far from the purple prose that I normally expect to come out of this genre. It is a pleasant surprise.
All in all, I'd giving Katie's Hellion 3*. It's not the most well written book out there, but as a bit of escapist fluff, it's not so bad. While Katie's Hellion isn't going to be pushing back any boundaries, you can find much worse in search of a fantasy romance.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great book November 8, 2011

By J. Browne

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I love Lizzy's books and generally prefer her style of giving information slowly to put it all together. If you don't like to wait for the plot to develop, you won't like this novel. If you like to piece together the twisted stories of multiple interesting chacters, then this series and the Damian series will be right up your ally.
Lizzy has great plots and charcters that really draw you in.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Opening!! April 4, 2012

By Close Encounters with the Night Kind

Format:Kindle Edition

I think that parenting makes your humor shift a bit, because I'm sorry but I died laughing at the beginning of this book. First Katie gets pulled over by a cop on her way to work at the ungodly hour of around 4:30 am. She was speeding(37 in a 35) and had a tail light out. This really tickled me because after the officer was through with her she had a lot of charges and an extremely expensive ticket. It wasn't funny that she got all of these charges, it was funny because something like this would so happen to me. I had an instant connection with Katie. That doesn't happen to often. So I was still chuckling about the cop when she hops on the train to continue her journey to work. She had a headache coming on and was pushed out of the way rather rudely by a child around the age of 5 years old that hopped on the train at the next stop. Since becoming a mother, you realize that children will always embarrass you and that majority of the innocent things they do are annoying or rude to most people. So as she is about to get off the train, this child (Toby) starts screaming for his Mama. Katie thinks nothing of it, maybe the child's mother was in front of her, until the little boy latches on to her. Katie is shocked but wants to help the child and asks him his name. By this time the child has made such a scene that several people have stopped to watch. So she asks him about his mother and Toby begins to cry rather loudly. He was claiming that she was his mother and that she was trying to leave him on the train. Katie is at a loss. She knows she has no children and thinks maybe the child has mistaken her for someone that either looks like her or has on the same outfit. Its logical right? By this time, several people have made rather rude comments and judgemental remarks, the police officer has gotten involved. He has asked for both of their ID's and sure enough the names match, as well as the addresses. Needless to say Katie was on her way very shortly afterwards to the police station. Now at this point your either going, WTF? or your like me and rolling on the ground. Talk about the worst case scenario on a Monday morning commute? So what I have described hasn't gotten us out of the first chapter and I am already completely hooked.

So I loved Katie. She was a straight talking, no nonsense or drama, snarky, sarcastic, roll with the punches kind of chick. In short? She rocked. She wasn't a supreme fighter or loaded with supernatural skills, or even drop dead beautiful but more of an outcast. My kind of unlikely heroine. This book covers a lot of info about both worlds, and the intermediates between, in a very entertaining and completely delightful way. When your not laughing at the twisted humor, your sitting on the edge of your seat wondering if Katie is ever going to get a break. LOL..So far...NO.

Lizzy, where have you been? You have put a completely fresh spin on the immortal realm and I haven't enjoyed a book this much since Larissa Ione's Demonica series. But without the sex :) I enjoyed it so much in fact that as I was completely engrossed in the second book, I ignored my email until I finished. I was at my wits ends needing to know what was going to happen to Katie and getting ready to go buy the third book. I had an email from Lizzy wanting to know if I would like a copy of the 3rd book and I literally screamed in excitement!!!!! This was 5:30 this morning, and I had to get up at 8 to go to work :)!! This series was well worth the loss of sleep!!! Lizzy's books are on tour right now and she will be with me tomorrow for a guest post and giveaway!! Paranormal fans you don't want to miss the opportunity to check out this series. Lizzy has captured yet another adoring fan in me!!!

More About the Author

New releases:
May 10: "Zoey Rogue" - "Three strikes. You're mine." New Adult Paranormal, sexually explicit.
May 31: "Deidre's Death" (#2, Rhyn Eternal) - "Death finds love- and loses her." Paranormal romance.
June 21: "Winter Fire" (#3, Witchling Series) - young adult paranormal

***About Lizzy***

Lizzy Ford is the author of over seventeen novels written for young adult and adult paranormal romance readers, to include the internationally bestselling Rhyn Trilogy, Witchling Trilogy and the War of Gods series. Considered a freak of nature by her peers for the ability to write and release a commercial quality novel in under a month, Lizzy has focused on keeping her readers happy by producing brilliant, gritty romances that remind people why true love is a trial worth enduring.

Lizzy has released her boks under her imprint, Guerrilla Wordfare. Lizzy's books can be found on every major ereader library, to include: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, Kobo, Sony and Smashwords.

Lizzy lives in southern Arizona with her husband, three dogs and a cat.

***Lizzy's Books***

Rhyn Trilogy
"Katie's Hellion" (Book I, May 2011)
"Katie's Hope" (Book II, Sep 2011)
"Rhyn's Redemption" (Book III, Mar 2012)
"Rhyn Trilogy: Origins" (Sep 2011 as part of the Indie Eclective's "Halloween Collection")

Rhyn Eternal
"Gabriel's Hope" (2012)
"Deidre's Death" (2013)

War of Gods
"Damian's Oracle" (Book I, Oct 2011)
"Damian's Assassin" (Book II, Nov 2011)
"Damian's Immortal" (Book III, Dec 2011)
"The Grey God" (Book IV, July 2012)

Witchling Trilogy - YA paranormal
"Dark Summer" - August 2012
"Autumn Storm" - Nov 2012
"Winter Kiss" - Summer 2013

The Foretold Trilogy - YA fantasy
Elle's Journey (Dec 2011)
Shadow Rising (Summer 2013)

Anshan Saga
"Kiera's Moon" (Aug 2011)
"Kiera's Sun" (2013)

Single Titles:
"The Warlord's Secret" (Apr 2011)
"Maddy's Oasis" (Jul 2011)
"A Demon's Desire" (Oct 2011)
"Rebel Heart" (Feb 2012)

***Contact Lizzy***

She love hearings from her readers, so feel free to follow her on Twitter (@LizzyFord2010), Facebook (LizzyFordBooks), email: [e-mail], Google+ or contact her through her site, www.guerrillawordfare.com!

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