From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Larissa Ione, comes HAWKYN, a passionate and spellbinding novella from the Demonica Underworld Series, brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights! Grab your copy today!

 

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About HAWKYN

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Larissa Ione comes a new story in her Demonica Underworld series…

As a special class of earthbound guardian angel called Memitim, Hawkyn is charged with protecting those whose lives are woven into the fabric of the future. His success is legendary, so when he’s given a serial killer to watch over, he sees no reason for that to change. But Hawkyn’s own future is jeopardized after he breaks the rules and rescues a beautiful woman from the killer’s clutches, setting off an explosive, demonic game of cat and mouse that pits brother against brother and that won’t end until someone dies.

Aurora Mercer is the half-wytch lone survivor of a psychopath who gets off on the sadistic torture of his victims. A psychopath whose obsessive psyche won’t let him move on until he kills her. Now she’s marked for death, her fate tied to that of a murderer…and to a sexy angel who makes her blood burn with desire…

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Review

4 stars

It was with much excitement that I picked up this book and slipped effortlessly into the Demonica world once again. Specifically, into the Underworld, as we are introduced to Hawkyn, a type of guardian angel or “memitim”, and the son of Azagoth and brother to Idess. It’s fast paced and exciting, with a real heartfelt warmth to it, and of course a fun and sexy romance with a strong paranormal element that I love!

If you haven’t read this series, there is enough info given to get you through this one as a standalone, but you’ll definitely appreciate it more if you’ve read the earlier books.

As a memitim, Hawkyn is prescribed the duty of protecting certain beings whose life is somehow pivotal to existence. These people are not always good, because the world needs evil to bring about important change, just as much as it needs good, and one of the beings that Hawkyn is responsible for protecting at all costs just happens to be a psychopathic serial killer. And when he is summoned to protect him from imminent danger, he instead ends up saving his next victim, changing fate and risking everything that he has been working for.

Aurora is a new breed of supernatural for this series – a wytch. As the offspring of a human male witch and a succubus, she has unique powers, but exists more in the human world than the supernatural. So when she is rescued from excruciating torture and certain death by an angel, no less, she is thrust into a world that she thought only existed in legend.

This is a great story, and and freaking loved Hawkyn. Like all memitim, he does his job hoping that one day he will do enough to enable to him to ascend to heaven. But more than anything, he wants to get there so that he can effect change for his brothers and sisters, to make their lives better. He has a huge heart, and he’s both badass and completely relatable, and then along comes this woman who changes everything for him and suddenly his priorities begin to shift. HIs battle to understand his world and fight for something better is really gorgeous, and my heart broke for him as we see his confusion and pain over figuring out the lengths he is prepared to go to to do what he thinks is right. Tied into that are his growing feelings for Aurora, which are forbidden but overpowering, and while he fights to keep her safe and alive, he is breaking rules at every turn, leading to all sorts of excitement. And, of course as a romantic hero he is sweet, swoony and sexy as all hell.

Though there is an immediate attraction between Hawkyn and Aurora, the romance is a bit of a slow burn (relatively speaking for a novella), but when it happens… damn, it’s hot!

Aurora is strong and badass in her own way, and I really enjoyed her. I like that she’s something new in the Demonica world, and I love that she’s not a simpering victim, she more than holds her own, and I thought she was a great match for Hawkyn.

I loved this story. I loved being back in the Demonica Underworld and exploring yet another part of the memitim existence. I loved catching up with characters from the previous books – most notably Idess and the Underworld crew, and there’s a fantastic side-story featuring Azagoth and Lilliana with chapters from their POV and some pretty significant story development for the both of them. I’m really interested to see where that particular storyline is going to go!

As always, I loved the opportunity dive back into this world, and I loved this one!

4 stars.

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

 

For more information about the Demonica series – including series reading order – please check out our Demonica / Lords of Deliverance Series page.

 

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Excerpt

“Hey,” Hawkyn said through clenched teeth. “Nice security system you’ve got here.  Could do without the electrical current frying my insides, though.”

“Yeah, well, it wasn’t meant for you.” She closed her eyes and concentrated on the low-level vibration emanating from the trap she’d set. An invisible thread of energy, much like a power cord, stretched from her to the protective bubble around the house, and with a whispered command, “Rojalis,” it snapped.

Instantly, Hawkyn relaxed, taking in gulps of air, his broad chest heaving under his black turtleneck and leather jacket. Damn, he was magnificent, his long, lean thighs encased in dark jeans that bunched around well-used combat boots. She never would have guessed he was an angel, but damn, it was a good look, and despite the horror of the past days, her body grew uncomfortably warm.

Damn her succubus genes.

“That was unpleasant,” he said in a deep, husky voice that turned up the temperature even more, “and I’m an angel. What the hell would happen to a human who got caught in your trap?”

“A good human?” She shrugged. “Nothing. The trap was calibrated for evil.” She paused, an icy finger of fear poking her in the libido, and she took a casual step back in case she needed to slam the door in his face. “Um, if you’re an angel, why would it snare you?”

“Long sto—”

“Don’t,” she broke in with a wag of her finger. “Don’t even go there.”

One blond eyebrow arched high, and she suspected he wasn’t used to being cut off.

“Okay, short story it is.” He jammed his hands in his jacket pockets. “My dad is evil. Sort of.”

Well, that wasn’t expected. “Isn’t your dad, uh, God?”

“No.”

“All right, then. I have a lot to learn.” She gestured in invitation. “Want to come in?  Do you need permission?”

One corner of his mouth tipped up in amusement. “I’m an angel, not a vampire from some campy movie.” His voice, just like at the hospital, was so whiskey smooth she thought she could get drunk from merely listening to him.

“Well, you do have fangs,” she pointed out, feeling a little foolish.

 

 

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About Larissa Ione

Larissa Ione is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. An Air Force veteran, she traded in a career as a meteorologist to pursue her passion of writing. She now spends her days in pajamas with her computer, strong coffee, and supernatural worlds. She believes in celebrating everything, and would never be caught without a bottle of Champagne chilling in the fridge…just in case. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her U.S. Coast Guard husband, her teenage son, a rescue cat named Vegas, and her very own hellhound, a King Shepherd named Hexe.

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