By Desire Bound

This book was insanely hot! Thea Devine has a different way of writing romance novels compared to other historical romance authors...and I read many different people, such as Amanda Quick, Beatrice Small, Teresa Medeiros, etc, and honestly I read Thea Devine, not for romance or love, but for the sex scenes. I won't lie, she does an excellent job portraying them. What she tends to lack in her novels (and I expect it) is a progression of love and romance. The biggest reason that people have given this book a negative review is because they felt that is what this story lacked, though if you have read any of her earlier work she did not have a great deal of romance and love in them - read Tempted by Fire, love is never mentioned in that book at all! I was a bit surprised that love and romance happened at the end. This is just not her style of writing, she does not write her stories in the manner of most romance novels where romance is flourishing, this book is exactly as the title states, By Desire Bound, lust is what binds these two together, not love (though there is implication of love on the heroine's part). The only reason I give the book 4 stars is because I have to agree with other reviewers, the story line itself is lacking...and the plot bounced around quite a bit that I had to re-read certain sections to fully understand what was going on. Even having done so, one gets the gist of the "plot", but really what it boils down to is two people who desire one another.

I am a major Devine fan although that doesn't mean that some of her books are better then others. I liked this one in particular because it actually ended with the characters in love. A few of her books are all sex and no romance. This one had romance, and whooo-weee the sex sceens were HOT! I am starting to reads some of Devine's earlier books, when I can find them, and this one was way better the Tempted by Fire. At least it has a romantic ending. The sexual tension in this book was palpable, and the journey made the book even better. It has good against evil, it has love, the search for diamonds. Who could want more?

One Word : Amazing. Hot, sizzeling, and naughty!

Very interesting storyline. Thea Devine pulls the reader in and keeps you turning the pages. This bodice-ripper certainly made my partner happy! He reaped the benefits of my reading these very Hot and very Steamy love scenes.