Demon Hunters

Demon Hunter, Shay Pearson, is on an assignment to help capture Dominic Diavolo whose family owns Diavolo Diamonds. Her role is to cozy up to hunky Nic and draw the unsuspecting little devil...er, big demon into the trap. The chemistry between them is explosive and the laid-back Aussie good guy charm makes Shay regret having to betray him this way. However, she is psychometric and knows for certain he is part Demon. The question is whether he is more light or more dark.

Horrible nightmares have been coming more frequently with disturbing images of disgusting creatures surrounding him and his father’s voice demanding that he take his place. His life really changes when a beautiful blonde American innocently gets to know him and he swallows the act hook, line and sinker. Before he knows it, he is reeled in and netted, kidnapped by a group of people who tell him a fantastically crazy story. They claim that his father had been a demon, one of the Lords of the Sons of the Darkness and that Nic is the long lost kid brother of the man telling this tall tale.

Even in the midst of this surreal situation, he can’t help continuing to be attracted to the woman who had been his lure.

Readers who pick up this book should expect an action-packed adventure and sexy romance of a read. HUNTING THE DEMON is the second book in the Demon Hunters series but though the uninitiated may be a bit confused at first, we are given enough information to catch up as the story progresses.

Those on the side of the good and the demons they battled were sparsely sketched out. We, of course, become most familiar with Nic and Shay, but a teasing set of secondary characters seemed to set up the romance for the next instalment and were integral to this book. One looks forward to furthering our acquaintance with this latter pair.

Though an enjoyable story, there were a couple of points that were less satisfying in the epic battle of good and evil. Shay balked at using her gift of being mildly psychic. With so much consistently at risk, especially her group of warrior/friends, it seemed inconsistent that she hold back this possible advantage.

A second odd point is the lack of effort by enemy in an important instance to disarm their foes when they had ample opportunity. One would imagine that with the rag-tag team having slaughtered so many of the demons during battle, that these beings would be wary of those on the side of Light and their weapons.

Readers will need to suspend disbelief completely in order to slip into the right frame of mind but Ms Burton certainly knows how to keep the excitement high and our pulses pounding.

December 2007