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Devouring Flame

Enchanted Occasions, Book 2

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Devouring Flame

By: E.J. Russell
Narrated by: Kirt Graves
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Can a chance meeting rekindle their incendiary attraction?

While cutting through the Interstices—the post-creation gap between realms—Smith, half-demon tech specialist for Enchanted Occasions Event Planning, spies the person he yearns for daily but dreads ever seeing again: the ifrit, Hashim of the Windrider clan.

On their one literally smoldering night together, Smith, stupidly besotted, revealed his true name—a demon’s greatest vulnerability. When Hashim didn’t return the favor, then split the next morning with no word? Message received, loud and clear: Thanks but no thanks.

Although Hashim had burned to return Smith’s trust, it was impossible. The wizard who conjured him holds his true name in secret, and unless Hashim discovers it, he’ll never be free.

When their attraction sparks once more, the two unite to search for Hashim’s hidden name—which would be a hell of a lot easier if they didn’t have to contend with a convention full of food-crazed vampires on the one day out of the century they can consume something other than blood.

But if they fail, Hashim will be doomed to eternal slavery, and their reignited love will collapse in the ashes.

Luckily Smith is the guy who gets the job done—and Hashim is never afraid to heat things up.

Devouring Flame is a 54,000-word enemies-to-lovers, second-chance paranormal rom-com featuring a down-at-heels carnival with sinister undertones, a minotaur with an affinity for flowers, a prima donna goblin berserker chef with serious knife skills, and a guaranteed HEA.

©2019 E.J. Russell (P)2022 E.J. Russell
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Tech support for Enchanted Occasions Event Planning, Smith is a half-demon with a broken heart. His heart still smoulders, half in anger, half in loss, for the ifrit fire demon, Hashim. When Enchanted Occasions coordinates a vampire event at the Vegas inter-dimensional realm, Smith finds Hashim is a literal slave. Can he forgive Hashim for tricking him and can Smith defeat the infernal Ringmaster who owns Hashim and many other indentured supernaturals?

Although this had some cute moments and a heartwarming ending, the slavery theme gave this a more sombre tone than Nudging Fate (Enchanted Occasions book #1). But as usual, EJ Russell crafts some great characters, including a very gentle minotaur and a wildly volatile half-goblin / half-berserker head chef. Hashim and Smith were both noble in their own ways and I liked their simmering enemies-to-lovers chemistry. Once again, the world-building was solid and fascinating without being overpowering. 🎧 Kirt Graves performs his heart out on the audio with a wide variety of accents and voices—he’s so good! With only one novella to go in the series, I’m hoping EJ Russell will revisit this series and give some of the other characters their own books.

Fire demons smoulder for each other!

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