Kisses Like A Devil [Paperback]

Diane Whiteside (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2009

Strikingly handsome, wealthy, and accomplished, Brian Donovan has succeeded in everything he puts his mind to - except marriage. Now, as a favour to his former military commander Teddy Roosevelt, Brian is investigating a powerful new weapon invented in the small European country of Eisengau. The task carries prestige, danger, and an enticing complication in the lithe form of Meredith Duncan. With her deliciously candid approach to all things sensual, Meredith is unlike any woman Brian has known. In fact, she wants him to ruin her reputation - and Brian eagerly obliges, initiating a passionate, playful, and wildly erotic affair...A feminist who believes in free love, Meredith has always battled convention. When her parents urge her toward an odious marriage, Meredith turns to the dashing, thoroughly masculine American who could be her only hope of escape. But nothing is as simple as it seems, and as competition to acquire the new weapon turns deadly, two lovers are drawn into a treacherous game where the stakes run as high as their raw, mutual desire, and the greatest risk of all may lie within an untested and all-consuming love...

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Meredith Duncan is an unconventional young lady. It is 1900, and while alliances throughout Europe are forged during these turbulent times, Meredith lives in the tiny Alpine country of Eisengau. Its claim to fame is the guns it creates and sells to the highest bidder. Their excellence is unsurpassed, and their creation is a closely guarded secret. Meredith is indispensable as a draftsman, able to re-create sketches from memory. She is employed by the government but also involved in an anarchist group trying to sell plans for a radically designed new cannon so they can help the downtrodden workers of their country. Brian Donovan is on a mission from the president to purchase the cannons from Eisengau when he finds himself embroiled in Meredith’s intrigue. Each has a private agenda—his to save his country and missing brother, hers to help her oppressed countrymen—but they find a common purpose that will eventually unite them in Whiteside’s absorbing, sexily scintillating adventure. --Maria Hatton

About the Author

Diane Whiteside is the author of The Irish Devil and other erotic romances.

Product Details

• Paperback: 283 pages
• Publisher: Brava; Original edition (February 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758225156
• ISBN-13: 978-0758225153
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

By day, Diane Whiteside builds and designs computer systems for the government. By night, she escapes into a world of alpha males and the unique women who turn their lives upside down. Noticing the lack of a husband to keep Diane in line, her Tibetan Terrier stepped up to the plate and makes sure that Diane does everything The Right Way ' which means lots of walks and dog treats. For more information about Diane plus her alpha males, unique women, and Tibetan Terriers, please visit www.DianeWhiteside.com.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fascinating late Victorian romantic suspense, January 30, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kisses Like A Devil (Paperback)

In 1900 Vice President Teddy Roosevelt meets with a former subordinate soldier from the Cuban operation Brian Donovan to ask for his help. Teddy knows the influential Donovan family is gathering in Europe to make efforts to rescue Brian's brother trapped in Peeling. Teddy wants Brian to attend the annual Grand Duchy of Eisengau armor sale to buy a gigantic cannon for the American army.

It has been four years since Meredith Duncan began working for Colonel Zorndoff, head of the Foundry and Cannon Sales sector of the government. She has stolen the plans for a gigantic cannon because she will use them to obtain freedom for the working class. She attends a meeting of her working class party but is shocked to see Russian agent Sazanov as a guest. She does not trust the Russian and tells everyone she has not stolen the plans yet.

At a beerhouse, Meredith and her friends hold a rally. The cops break it up and Brian who was there helps Meredith escape. He escorts her to the Grand Hotel where to her regret her parents catch her. They are unhappy to see her with an American though they somewhat hide their feelings as he is a weapons buyer. The next day her parents inform Meredith that they are aware of her seditious activity and have accepted a marriage proposal from Zorndoff, whose first wife was beaten to death by him. Meredith asks Brian to ruin her by making her his mistress. Shocked he agrees. As they fall in love, they remain divided over her belief that his father exploits the workers.

The weapons competition is fascinating as countries compete for the best armor. Readers will admire the heroine, a courageous idealist who risks her life for her beliefs, and her dog Morro who is always protecting her. The actions of the good guys lead to the deaths of many innocent people adding realism, however, their remorse never comes across as more than an afterthought. Still this is a fascinating late Victorian era romantic suspense.

Harriet Klausner

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the sizzle?, February 23, 2009

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Verbmb "verbmb" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kisses Like A Devil (Paperback)

Each new "Devil" book gets further and further away from the original super hot "The Irish Devil (TID)". I keep buying the "Devil" books hoping that they will be as captivating as TID and they're not.
This recent "Devil" book was more of a history/geography lesson than a wildly hot romantic read.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The devil series continues, April 17, 2009

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Love Romances and More "Danny" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kisses Like A Devil (Paperback)

Vice President Teddy Roosevelt sends Brian Donovan to the Grand Duchy of Eisengau to buy a special cannon for the American army, but once he arrives there he becomes embroiled in an intrigues of a young woman.

Meredith has stolen the plans for the cannon and wants to use it to free the working class. Suddenly during a meeting of her radical anarchist group she meets Brian who saves her from the police. Her parents discover her activities and plan to marry her of to a man she can't stand, so she asks Brian to ruin her in every possible way. Will they find a way to follow their growing feelings and stay fast to their beliefs and duties or will that destroy their budding relationship?

KISSED LIKE A DEVIL tells the story of Brian, the son of William and Viola Donovan from THE IRISH DEVIL, but it can be read as a stand-alone.

Mrs. Whiteside really knows how to write an enjoyable story full of passion and emotions. Her books are a guaranteed interesting story, with fascinating characters in unusual settings. KISSED LIKE A DEVIL is no exception to the rule, because the book has a very unusual theme and is with the early 20th century European setting not set in a typical time and place, that you would normally have.

If you like book with a story that combines history, politics, love and passion, KISSED LIKE A DEVIL will be a good book for you and you really should give it a try!

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