“Just finished Devil Without a Cause by Terri Garey, which is a spin-off from the Nikki Styx series (one of my favorites). Readers of the Nikki Styx series will know that Sammy - aka Samael, Satan, the devil himself - is a secondary character in those books. Well, now he's got his own book! In this book, Sammy's former angel brother, Gabriel, promises Sammy that he will put in a good word for Sammy with "the One", if Sammy helps out Faith McFarland, a single mother with a little boy who has a brain tumor. Of course, Sammy has to do it his way ....... He promises Faith that if she seduces the rock star Finn Payne and steals the ring he wears, then her little boy will be tumor free. Can you see the romance set up in that? Never fear, for even though Sammy methods aren't the usual ones, it all has a happy ending.
As a side story, Sammy's reign in the underworld is disturbed by rumors of a young mischief maker who just may be Sammy's son. But that can't possibly be true, beause of all the women that Sammy has seduced - and that is a LOT - none have ever gotten pregnant. Or can it?
And we get small glmpses of Nikki's life as Sammy peaks in on her. Glimpses that lead me to believe that Garey may be wrapping up Nikki's storyline and is going to focus on Sammy. I hope that's not true, because as much as I enjoyed this book, I want to read more about Nikki.
Rating: 3.5*
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