The Devil's Necklace

The Devil's Necklace by Kat Martin is fun historical mystery romance novel. This is the second book of the Necklace triology. Grace helps her biological father escape jail and Captain Sharpe arrests/kidnapps Grace because she helped with the escape. This book has some great twist and has some amazing heartache. Enjoy! Check out The necklace trilogy:The Bride's Necklace (1), The Devil's Necklace (2) and The Handmaiden's Necklace (3).

Exciting characters and a heroine with spunk throughout the entire book. Nothing like a woman to keep things interesting and exciting in 1800s England. It didn't hurt to have a handsome hunk after her either. This book was the second in the trilogy, so if you haven't read The Bride's Necklace, read it first, then The Devil's Necklace. I am waiting to read the third now which is The Handmaiden's Necklace. Kat Martin is an excellent writer and I've found all the books I've read of hers to be really exciting.

I had a feeling when I read about Ethan in the Bride book he was going to be a very compelling character. He did not disappoint. And even though he should have been just racked with dispair and revenge he still managed to have so much heart and so many feelings. I mean this man's crew, almost all of them lost their lives due to a traitor - a traitor Ethan believes is his beloved Grace's father. How unbelievalby challenging that would be for a man, and a captain. Ethan truly falls in love with Grace and she him - it is really intense. Grace understands how Ethan must set her aside because of who she is - however their mutual friends intervene and they thus become wed. Usually when the hero tries to keep his feelings in check and not fall in love with the wife you want to bash him. In this case, it was so understandable why Ethan kept fighting his feelings. When Grace overhears the former crew member calling Ethan a traitor for marrying Grace she really does understand how impossible their marriage is. There are so many heartwrenching scenes in this book. The characters from the Bride book return and are even more endearing in this second of the trilogy. The mystery of the traitor is a good one and the way it wraps around the love story of Ethan and Grace is powerful. This is one book I highly recommend - I think it would be good to read the Brides Necklace first as I found myself rereading it while I read this one, just to get a true understanding of all the players. This is one that deserves more than 5 stars!

This book was fantastic, it must be for me to write a review! I was not very thrilled with the "The Bride's necklace" I thought it was just O.K. I only ordered this book becuase I liked Kat Martin's previous work. I am so glad that I got this book, it was fabulous and highly recomended!!!

Setting - London 1805 --- Ethan Sharpe, is a British privateer whose innermost goal in life was to see Harmon Jeffries, the traitor responsible for his brutal years in prison and the vicious deaths of his crew punished. To that end, when he discovered the person who aided Jeffries, was a woman by the name of Grace Chastain, and believing her to be Jeffries' mistress, he raided a ship she was on, captured and brought her back to his own ship where he planned to humiliate his enemy by seducing his woman. Grace had to aid the man that all thought was a traitor; she couldn't let him hang even knowing that her life would be forfeit should she be caught. When she was captured by the brooding sea captain with murder in his eyes, Grace thought the priceless heirloom necklace, given to her by her best friend, promising either great happiness or great tragedy to the wearer was certainly living up to the latter part of the legend as she was forced to resist the coarse advances of the boorish and crude sea captain. During the voyage, as Ethan finally came to believe that the woman was not who he imagined her to be and was beginning to admire her spunk and courage, the seduction he planned became his hearts desire. After one totally blissful and sensually exciting encounter, and Ethan realized she was an innocent, Grace explained away her connection to Jeffries. Totally dismayed by this revelation, Ethan would have to decide if he could lay aside his vengeance long enough to come to terms with and follow his heart's desire or let hatred rule his life. *** This was a smashing sequel to Martin's newest trilogy that started with THE BRIDE'S NECKLACE. The main protagonists torment was vividly written and forcefully brought home in this tremendously emotional and exciting adventure. Martin does an amazing job with insinuating all the nuances of betrayal, longing and sensual delight in her writing. The dialogs are smart, witty, and fresh and invites the reader in to become a part of the drama in this latest, totally stand-alone, entry to the trilogy. While I could understand Ethan's torment of loving Grace, knowing who she was, I truly would have liked to kick his (...) for his obstinacy, and wept tears of joy when the author brought him along to accept and charish the gift he'd actually been given. This is another absolutely marvelous romantic adventure by one very talented author I highly recommend. --- (...)