The Darkest Pleasure (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Reyes: Possessed by demon of Pain; Lord of the Underworld and in love with Danika.
• Danika Ford: Human female that is hunted by the Lord Aeron. Reyes wants to protect her.
• Maddox: Keeper of the demon of Violence; Ashlyn's man and the father of her unborn child.
• Ashlyn Darrow: Hears all past conversations in places except when around any of the Lords of the Underworld; Maddox's woman. She is pregnant with Maddox's baby.
• Lucien: Keeper of the demon of Death; Escorts souls to Heaven and Hell; Anya's man. Leader of the Lords.
• Cronus: Current king of the Gods.
• Aeron: Keeper of Wrath. He was ordered by Cronus to kill Danika, together with her grandmother, mother and sister.
• Galen: Keeper of Hope and the leader of the Hunters.
• Sienna Blackstone: Hunter and Paris is very attracted to her.
• Paris: Keeper of Promiscuity. Cursed to never get an erection for anyone more than once. Must have sex in order to keep his strength.
• Gillian Shaw: "Gilly" - Human female and a friend of Danika who worked at the restaurant where Danika was confronted by Hunters.
• Anya: Minor Goddess of Anarchy; Lucien's woman. She steals things.
• Amun: Keeper of Secrets
• Gideon: Keeper of Lies. Telling the truth causes him extreme pain.
• Strider: Keeper of Defeat. Losing at anything causes him an extreme amount of pain.
• Torin: Keeper of Disease and the fortress's tech guy.
• Sabin: Keeper of Doubt. He was part of a group that split off from the main Lords of the Underworld.
• Kane: Keeper of Disaster
• William: Anya's immortal friend and a skilled fighter.
• Dean Stefano: Hunter that hates the Lords of the Underworld and blames them for the death of his wife.
• Pandora: Once guardian of dimOuniak that the Lords of the Underworld were jealous of.
• Cameo: Keeper of Misery and the only female Lord

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• “I am yours and you are mine. I will see to all your needs. You will not turn to another women. Ever.”

  Danika Ford

• “You want to war? Just like that? Without preparation? We did that in Buda, and you know what happened there. A bomb, Torin nearly killed. A plague unleashed on the city”

  Maddox

• “Violence, Disease, Disaster, and Misery together. Now, that should be fun.”

  Paris

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Budapest, Hungary

Organizations edit see section history

• Lords of the Underworld: Exiled immortal warriors to the Greek gods who now house demons inside them - to be separated from their demons would be to die.
• Hunters: Mortal enemies of the Lords of the Underworld

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Glossary edit see section history

• All-Seeing Eye: Godly artifact that has the power to see into Heaven and Hell.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Darkest Kiss, and followed by The Darkest Prison.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Gena Showalter (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2783 vol. 15
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexually explicit scenes

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Gena Showalter: authors web site

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history