The Devil Himself by B.B. Easton
Series: Devil of Dublin #2
on August 29, 2024
Genres: Dark, Folklore, Ireland, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Thriller
Pages: 467
Source: Publisher
Format: ARC, eBook
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Also by this author: Fighting for Rain , 44 Chapters About 4 Men, Devil of Dublin
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Growing up, I spent every night tucked under my mother’s arm, dreamily listening to tales from her favorite book series—Legend Has It by Darby Donovan, a collection of spooky folklore about a town called Glenshire and the lonely, gray-eyed fairy prince who haunted the woods there. I knew they were just stories, but when my mother died and left me in the care of my cold, abusive father, that fictional fairy prince suddenly became very, very real to me. It was as if he was always there, hiding in the shadows, offering me his silent comfort. I turned him into an imaginary friend when I needed one most.
And thirteen years later, I’m doing it again.
When my coastal Irish town is bombed by the new Russian president, a Bratva leader seeking revenge on the United Irish Brotherhood, those missiles destroy everything I’ve ever known—my home, my family, and evidently my sanity—because when I pull an injured Russian Navy officer out of the sea, a man who led the charge against my town, I can’t bring myself to let him die.
Secluded together in my secret hiding spot, we’re safe from the Mafia war raging outside, but the overwhelming connection I feel to this stranger is a battle I fight every single day. I hate him with everything that I am, but when he looks at me with those smoky gray eyes, all I see is my friend. When he touches me, all I feel is desire. And when he wraps his lips around the sustenance I offer him, all I want is to feel them pressed against mine, loving me, putting me back together.
But no one can live in a fantasy world forever, and when reality finally finds us, the truth about him is worse than anything I could have imagined.
The man I rescued is no fairy prince.
He’s the goddamn Devil himself.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Devil Himself is a continuation of Devil of Dublinand is not intended to be read as a standalone. It contains the same dark themes, graphic violence, and explicit content as Book 1, but if you have questions about specific subject matter, a comprehensive content warning can be found on my website. Thank you, and enjoy!
I read The Devil of Dublin a while ago and just… loved it. I mean, B.B. Easton has always been an author that can’t write a bad book. But this series, I can officially say, is something altogether more.
Taking off right after The Devil in Dublin, The Devil Himself started out… with a bang. Because I don’t do spoilers, I can’t say any more than that. I’ll just say that I pretty much had my heart shattered in the first chapter of this book. And seriously considered putting this book down. But I’m so GLAD THAT I DIDN’T.
I don’t think there was a dull moment in this book. There was nothing predictable about it. This was just something… altogether new. And unique. Easton took what I thought this book would be and eviscerated that notion within a handful of words.
Without giving anything away, let me just say: read the first in this series first. Then immediately pick up this book. But make sure you have time… and maybe some good tissues. And maybe a stiff drink?
This book isn’t an easy read, by any means. But it’s well-worth it. It’ll break your heart and put it back together again. Run, don’t walk to this book. But you may want to check the trigger warnings first.
About B.B. Easton
BB Easton is a best-selling, award-winning author, artist, psychologist, wife, and mother who loves drinking, cursing, and staying up late mining for humor in the darkest of places.
BB began painting as a pierced, punk ass teen, but decided to pursue a career in school psychology due to her compassion for those with mental illness and a desire to work with children with autism. Unable to turn off her creative side, BB decided to take a few years off to raise her two small children (Baby BB and Mini Ken) and indulge in all of her artistic whims, primarily having pink hair and writing embarrassingly candid novels about her delinquent past and deviant sexual history. Her husband is suuuper excited about it.
