What A Demon Wants [Paperback]

Kathy Love (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2010

A bodyguard? Why in the world would a demon need a bodyguard? Yes, it's true Ellina Kostova is only half demon...and an author with a cult following, but that just means strange stuff happens. She isn't in real danger. Heck, she's in more danger from Jude Anthony, the guy her brother has hired to protect her. In big danger, actually. Because she just cannot be attracted to...well, anyone. She's too much of a demon in bed. No, really. Jude has grown accustomed to being an outcast, adrift in both the mortal and preternatural worlds. Being a paid fighting machine isn't glamorous, but he does it - and many other things - spectacularly well. And man does Ellina Kostova need a lot of protection. But he needs protection, too. She's making him remember what it feels like to be human. And he's already learned no good can come of that. Especially when he's been hired not only to protect her - but also kill her.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Adorably naïve and introverted half-demon author Ellina Kostova finds herself sharing her New Orleans home with vampire-werewolf bodyguard Jude Anthony, hired by her brother to protect her from a mysterious stalker. Mutual attraction blossoms, but arousal causes Ellina to sprout embarrassing horns and shiny red scales, while Jude is afraid to mix business and pleasure. Love (the Young Brothers series) sadly neglects the potential in the setting, where demons, vampires, and werewolves mix, humans can become supernaturals, and an immortal has mourned his family for 2,000 years. With a hunky bodyguard as a main character, readers will be disappointed by the lack of good supernatural fights, and the mystery also falls flat. The romance is cute and well paced and the principals are warm and engaging, but that can't compensate for the glaring flaws. (Feb.)
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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Brava; 1 edition (February 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758231954
• ISBN-13: 978-0758231956
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,072,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute and sexy? Yes. Masterful plotting? Not so much - but it's still a fun light PNR read, February 10, 2010

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What a Demon Wants is book four in Love's saga of New Orleans' supernaturals finding love. And here we get the first supe/supe pairing. The leading lady this time is authoress Ellina (Maksim's sister from book 3 Demon Can't Help It), a reclusive half demon half human crossbreed who maintains calm and control at all times because any type of excitement, including arousal, makes her literally 'horny'. You can imagine the crimp that's put in Ellina's love life, especially since she's attracted to humans and not other supes.

Of course Ellina just hasn't met the right supe yet. That all changes, when after several break-ins at Ellina's home, brother Maksim decides Ellina needs protection. Against Ellina's wishes, Maksim hires paranormal body guard Jude to keep Ellina safe. Even though Jude has a 'thing' against demons, the attraction between the pair is electric. But with Jude's reservations about getting involved with a demon - not to mention a client - in addition to Ellina's 'scaly little problem' - then to top it off, throw in Ellina's mysterious stalker - and it's not clear how things can work out between the pair. Not to worry though, HEA's always find a way, because as every bodyguard knows ... the best way to guard a body is up close - real close.

I liked What A Demon Wants. Both Jude and Ellina are quite appealing as leads and that goes a long way in making this a cute and sexy read. The background stalker story is not much of a mystery for us readers, but even though it was tossed off quickly at the end, I wasn't upset with the resolution of the stalker story line (I thought it was kind of funny). And while I liked the haunted Jude a great deal, his supernatural secrets aren't fully explored (What is he trying to win free of?) and, when adding this to the thin plot, What A Demon Wants ends up being a lightweight romance. But that didn't stop me from enjoying the book, because I was in the mood for something light, and now and then it's nice to read a book where your brain doesn't have to work to hard:)

So I thought What a Demon Wants was a nice, if frothy, addition to Love's series which includes: Any Way You Want It, I Want You To Want Me and Maksim's story (which is still my favorite though). Also I really enjoyed meeting Ellina's twin demon brothers, Pasha and Andry - one light and one dark and both mischievous. The brothers look to be promising candidates for future books, because yes, from the epilog, it's clear that Love's not done with her demons yet.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Did not Live up to the Cover-Very Disapointed (SPOILERS), April 26, 2010

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I usually love Kathy Love but found this book very disappointing. There was a series of let downs and unanswered questions for me. First of all the back cover said he was hired to kill her. That never happened. Why doesnt he sleep? Vampires and Werewolfs sleep. The part where she tells her brothers to stop and they do. Am I the only one that thought she was going to turn out to be more powerful than she knew? And the Big reason he has to take these jobs he hates... buy back his soul?...bring his kid back to life?... No.To open a restaurt???!!! Really??!! And the bad guy who wants to kill her so bad so boring since you kinda know who it is and the reason and resolution behind it was so dull. I hope her next book is better like the other books before this.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Paranormal love story on Metamucil, March 6, 2011

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While the two lead characters are likable, in general, the story fails to fulfill the reader's need for believable conflicts and crisis, exciting twists and turns, satisfying resolutions. The set-up, while not original, is okay. Unfortunately, the plot develops with plodding and uninspired measures. The bad guy is easily defeated (the reader never really fears for the safety of the lead). The female's emotional insecurities are quickly assuaged by the lead male (you grow horns when you have sex--cool he says!). The lead alpha has lots of weapons, which never need to be used (what is the old clichéd adage about a loaded gun--it better go off by the end of the story? Don't count on it here). Even the love/sex scenes are blah. Why would the characters--who are supernatural, immortal, dynamic--apparently live in the rather tediously normal human world in which highest aspirations run to living quietly and writing books (which hardly leads to exciting fiction itself) and opening a little restaurant? Even the secondary characters' stories are resolved with boring regularity. This is a paranormal story on Metamucil.