THE
DEVIL’S DAUGHTER
by Katee Robert
FBI agent, Eden Collins is going home... to catch a killer. Fans of Audey Harte’s It Takes
One and Kendra Elliott's Bone Secrets series, will devour The Devil’s Daughter,
the fast-paced and suspenseful first book, in the Hidden Sins series by NYT and
USA Today Bestselling Author Katee Robert.
My Rating: 4 Chilling ♥'s
Read Full Review & Excerpt Below
Title: The Devil’s Daughter
Author: Katee Robert
Series: Hidden Sins #1
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release
Date: January
24, 2017
Publisher:
Montlake
Romance
Print
Length: 316 pages
Format: Digital and Paperback
ISBN: 1503940918
Synopsis:
Growing
up in a small town isn’t easy, especially when you’re the daughter of a local
cult leader. Ten years ago, Eden Collins left Clear Springs, Montana, and never
once looked back. But when the bodies of murdered young women surface, their
corpses violated and marked with tattoos worn by her mother’s followers, Eden,
now an FBI agent, can’t turn a blind eye. To catch the killer, she’s going to
have to return to the fold.
Sheriff
Zach Owens isn’t comfortable putting Eden in danger, even if she is an elite
agent. And he certainly wasn’t expecting to be so attracted to her. As calm and
cool as she appears, he knows this can’t be a happy homecoming. Zach wants to
protect her—from her mother, the cult, and the evil that lurks behind its
locked gates. But Eden is his only key to the tight-lipped group, and she may
just be closer to the killer than either one of them suspects…
New York Times and
USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her
grandpa’s knee. She found romance novels at age twelve and it changed her life.
When not writing sexy contemporary and speculative fiction romance novels, she
spends her time playing imaginary games with her wee ones, driving her husband
batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie
apocalypse. Connect with Katee at: Website | Facebook | Twitter| GoodReads | Instagram
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Review:
FBI Agent Eden Collins never expected to return to the home she escaped years ago - the small town of Clear Springs and Elysia, a cult led by her mother Martha Collins. Eden still has nightmares of growing up under the power and control of a cult that did not provide the simple, happy life it promised. Eden knows the evil secrets concealed behind those walls all too well as she still bears the ritualistic cult tattoos upon her skin and still remembers how they were forced on her as she struggled screaming. Now Eden's been lured back to Elysia by an emailed picture of a dead girl bearing an eery resemblance to her - one bearing the same tattoos on her tortured skin. Who sent her the picture? What do they want from her? Will she survive a trip back inside those walls?
Sheriff Zach Owens, former Marine, accepted a job in Clear Springs trying to escape his own nightmares in a small town where nothing ever happens. And now, he's suddenly faced with the task of hunting down a serial killer. His gut says it's all tied to the cult . . . it also tells him to be wary of the cult leader's daughter Eden who mysteriously showed back up in town just after the first murder - the same daughter he's strangely attracted to. Can he trust her? Is he willing to risk her life to stop a killer?
The Devil's Daughter is a chilling read with twists and turns that kept me turning the pages well into the night. The Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone plays out during the story as the cult beliefs are woven around a version of the myth . . . one that includes Eden playing the part of Persephone. Intriguing characters, smoke screens, and chilling stop-your-heart moments keep the suspense high as this story plays out. I had formed an idea of who was or more accurately who wasn't involved in the killings, but I in no way saw the shocking conclusion before hand. The Devil's Daughter is a gritty, well-written mystery suspense and a great start to this series. A Must Read!
My Rating: 4 Chilling ♥'s . . . And that's the truth!
Cross My Heart . . . xxx
♥Sandra♥
“This is stupid. Get out of the car. Get out
of the car right now.”
She threw her body into motion, half-afraid that
if she didn’t force herself to move, she’d sit there until someone decided to
report her for being creepy. Who am I kidding? The people in this place are
just as likely to knock on the window and ask me if I need any help.
The fall air had a little bite to it, and she
closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. Home.
No. It’s not home. It’ll never be home again.
She’d made a life for herself in the FBI, and
if she didn’t have much in the way of roots . . . Well, she’d
left the possibility of roots behind when she left Clear Springs. Most days it
didn’t even bother her that much. She was doing good in the world, using her
nontraditional childhood to give her an edge that had helped her make a name
for herself over the last six years in the cult division. She was Eden Collins,
FBI agent. She wasn’t that scared little girl. Not anymore.
One step at a time, she made her way into the
police station. She’d half expected it to be a whirl of motion, with people
rushing here and there, trying to come to terms with the fact that death had
touched their small town. But there was no one in the room except a man sitting
behind the desk in the corner, glaring at the phone on his desk.
Zach Owens.
The golden boy of Clear Springs in every
sense. His blond hair was still cropped short, hearkening back to his days as a
marine, and his body was obviously well taken care of. This wasn’t a man who’d
let his years working in a sleepy little town turn him soft.
While Zach took her in, she conducted her own
perusal. She’d never met him personally, but she knew him by reputation and
pieces of information stolen via eavesdropping. He’d gone off to war a boy and
come back a man with shadows in his eyes. Or maybe she was just seeing him with
rose-tinted glasses, the tragic figure representing everything she’d never
have. Acceptance. Loyalty. The love of the people here.
Something like jealousy curled through her
stomach. It was silly and childish and she was better than that, but it was
hard not to resent someone who so obviously fit. Eden had done a bit of
traveling since she’d turned eighteen and run as far and fast as she could from
her mother, but she’d never found a place that was well and truly hers.
He caught sight of her and narrowed his eyes.
“Can I help you?”
Being pinned in place by those blue eyes made
her second-guess the intelligence of her plan yet again. It didn’t matter. He
needed her help, even if he didn’t know it yet. She stepped forward. “I’m here
about the body.”
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