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Personal Demon is the ninth book in the Women of the Otherworld series. It is narrated by Hope Adams and Lucas Cortez.


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Synopsis[]

Half-demon Hope Adams has inherited not only a gift for seeing the past but a hunger for chaos—-along with a talent for finding it wherever she can. Naturally, when she's chosen by a very dangerous group for a very dangerous mission, she jumps at the chance. As it turns out, Hope is a little too good at this job, and she soon finds it necessary to unleash her most potent primal instincts—-and open herself, mind and body, to everything she most fears...and desires.

Plot[]

Hope:

Benicio Cortez offers Hope a job to clear their debts from Chaotic: Going undercover with a gang of supernaturals to see if they were preparing to move against the Cortez Cabal. She checks the legitimacy and safety of the offer with Lucas, who gives his reluctant blessing to the project.

Hope, under the alias Faith Edmonds, easily passes the initiation test and is welcomed into the gang. They operate out of a nightclub, where they pick up marks long enough to get access to their apartments and steal their valuables. Hope helps with several heists, and thrums with the chaos high it gives her. She also enjoys flirting with fellow member Jaz, who is a fun and uncomplicated foil to her failed relationship with Karl Marsten.

Through it all, she struggles with her chaos visions. The stronger the chaos, the more she enjoys them, and there are times when she finds herself wishing harm on her allies just to get more chaos from their injuries. She is horrified with herself.

Karl:

Karl returns from Europe to learn of Hope's undercover operation and goes directly to Lucas. Karl is pissed at Benicio and concerned for Hope's safety, and Lucas agrees to go with him to Miami to check on things.

Karl makes contact with Hope, who is not ready to forgive and forget. They had been platonic if flirty friends for nearly two years. Then a few months ago, their relationship finally turned physical, but the next morning Karl waltzed off to Europe and cut off contact.

Now, they circle each other and slowly hash out old hurts, amidst further issues with the gang: Jaz and Sonny are kidnapped. Guy, the gang leader, is acting strange. Bianca is murdered while alone in the club.

And Karl admits it is his 50th birthday, and that he's been having domestic dreams of living with Hope in a cottage in the woods and raising children together....when neither of them has ever been interested in children before. Hope's "gift" is finally rekindling their sexual relationship, with Karl's promise not to run away again.

Lucas:

Lucas works the Cabal angle of the case, trying to figure out if his father decided to take out the gang members rather than let Hope continue gathering intelligence. He also briefly entertains the thought that Karl might have kidnapped Jaz to take out his competition, but determines it is not Karl's style. He also deals with family politics as he encounters his half-brothers at Cabal headquarters who resent him for being named heir.

He, Paige, Karl, and Hope visit Benicio's home to find signs of attack. Benicio is in the panic room with a seriously injured Troy. Lucas calls emergency services and then the quartet split up to check on Lucas's brothers. They find both Hector and William murdered. They locate Carlos and take him into protective custody, and Lucas accuses him of killing the others to have a stronger bid for heir.

While Benicio mourns, Lucas takes on acting leadership of the Cabal, fielding a barrage of phone calls about the transition of losing two of the CEOs sons.

Hope:

They zero in on Guy as the mastermind of both the gang and brothers' deaths, but the scent evidence and fingerprints still don't add up. Then a Cabal lab tech identifies Jaz and Sonny's DNA on some crime scene evidence. They are not magicians as they claim, but some unknown supernatural type with shapeshifting abilities. Paige calls Elena to get more information on Armen Haig, a shapeshifter met in Stolen.

Hope and Karl follow a trail to a park, where they are separated and Jaz kidnaps Hope. He and Sonny have been the masterminds all along, poisoning Guy with ideas of destroying the Cortez Cabal and killing both gang members and Cortezes. Their plan was to use shapeshifting to assume the identity of the one remaining Cortez heir and take over the company themselves.

Karl, Lucas, and Paige work with the Cabal to capture Jaz. Karl kills Sonny in the process. As Jaz is taken into Cabal custody, he spouts off delusions that show he is obsessed with Hope and thinks she is in love with him as well.

Karl, Lucas, Paige and Hope all advocate for Jaz's execution for fear he will escape and come after Hope. Instead, the cabal keeps him in relative comfort on house arrest so they can study his shapeshifting powers.

Karl tells Hope that he plans to move to Philadelphia to be closer to her, and they make plans to introduce him to Hope's mother.

Characters[]

Major Characters[]

  • Hope Adams - Expiso half-demon - Works for interracial council and as a tabloid reporter
  • Lucas Cortez - Sorcerer - future heir of Cortez cabal. Lives in Portland and runs an agency helping supernaturals with wife Paige Winterbourne and adopted daughter Savannah Levine.
  • Karl Marsten - Hereditary werewolf. Extremely wealthy professional thief and has recently joined the Pack.
  • Paige Winterbourne - Witch and member of the interracial council. Ex leader of the American Coven, currently works with husband Lucas and adopted daughter Savannah at their agency to help supernaturals.

Cortez Cabal Members[]

  • Benicio Cortez - Sorcerer and CEO of Cortez cabal. Father of Hector, William, Carlos and Lucas
  • Hector Cortez- Sorcerer, executive in Cortez cabal, son of Benicico. Murdered,
  • William Cortez- Sorcerer, executive in Cortez cabal, son of Benicico. Murdered.
  • Carlos Cortez- Sorcerer, executive in Cortez cabal, son of Benicico.
  • Troy Morgan - Tempestras half-demon bodyguard to Benicico Cortez. Injured protecting Benicio.
  • Griffin Sorenson - Ferratus half-demon bodyguard of Benicico Cortez. Forty years old, per Lucas
  • Javier Cortez - Lucas's cousin, VP of technology
  • Juan Ortega - head of security. Apparent murderer of Bianca
  • Andrew Mullins - also in security. Apparent accomplice to murdering Bianca

Gang Members[]

  • Guy Benoit - Sorcerer. Leader of rebel gang of supernaturals in Miami.
  • Jasper "Jaz" Haig - Shapeshifter (previously unknown race). Member of rebel gang in Miami. Brother of Sonny. Born 1980
  • Jason "Sonny" Haig - Shapeshifter (previously unknown race). Member of rebel gang in Miami. Brother of Jaz. Born 1981
  • Bianca - gang member. Murdered.
  • Rodriguez - gang member, got into college at CalTech. Murdered.
  • Max - gang member. Murdered.
  • Tony - gang member. Murdered.

Other Characters[]

Mentioned[]

Continuity[]

  • Karl and Hope first met two years ago in Chaotic
  • Karl was part of the mutt uprising in Bitten
  • References to the shapeshifter Elena met in Stolen
  • References to Lucas's involvement in a Cabal investigation in Industrial Magic
  • Karl celebrates his 50th birthday, and Hope is 27.
  • The twins are eighteen months old.
  • Savannah is in a gap year after high school.

Trivia[]

  • Karl's current territory is in Massachusetts.

Publication[]

Translations[]

  • French: Demoniaque ("Demonic")
  • German: Nacht der Damonin ("Night of the Demon")

Cover Gallery[]


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