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Jenna Black has been establishing Morgan Kingsley as one of the premier female characters in the paranormal fantasy genre: a kick-ass exorcist who frees others of their demonic possessions while struggling - and embracing - her own. Black continues Morgan's dark, sexy adventures in the fourth book in the series, SPEAK OF THE DEVIL.

Hosting the king of the demons is hard enough without becoming the target of a mysterious enemy with a deadly grudge. To make things worse, Morgan must also defend herself against a lawsuit that won't die and a private investigator determined to unearth her every secret. With anonymous death threats piling up and her enemy closing in, Morgan stands to lose everything she holds dear: her reputation, her boyfriend, her freedom - and maybe even her life.

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"An exorcist with attitude, Morgan Kingsley is sure to win Black a legion of fans." --Kelley Armstrong

An exorcist with attitude, Morgan Kingsley is sure to win Black a legion of fans. Kelley Armstrong" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Whilst studying physical anthropology, Jenna Black dreamed of making fabulous discoveries about primate behaviour. However, after concluding that primates spend around 80% of their time sleeping and eating, she moved on to such varied pastimes as grooming dogs and writing. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN : B003151JTM
Publisher : Piatkus (3 December 2009)
Language : English
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Print length : 354 pages

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ROROBLUSMUM - no retreat, no surrender

Another great Morgan Kingsley book, and a preview of the next too!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2009

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I love all of this author's works, but her MK series is far the best, and I love how each book picks up pretty much from where the last left off, with enough 'reminders' that you don't have to have a quick re-read of its predecessor. In this one, Morgan starts the book with professional worries, but happier than we've ever seen her, though she has a niggly bad conscience as she has never told her boyfriend Brian that she'd been flogged by Adam (the hunky gay Special Forces director), as that was the price to pay for saving Brian's life. She's being sued for an exorcism that went wrong, and has been suspended from work, and there's another coup brewing against Lugh, the demon residing in her, to whom she's becoming even more attracted - cue guilty feelings on top of everything else. Well, poor Morgan's luck is the same as ever, and Brian gets mailed doctored pics of her and Adam and an anonymous letter saying that she's spent nights at his place, and that her blood has been found on one of his sex toys, and whilst Brian believes her for the most, he's understandably upset at what she had to do to save him, and also as she his this from him, deeming him weak, so they break up. Lugh makes a move on her during this break, and whilst it's fantasy-sex in his words, it does make her guilty conscience even worse, and we're treated to a vision of Dom and Adam getting it on with Morgan and Lugh reciprocating. Disappointingly, unlike in the other novels, this is the one and only sex-scene that we see between Adam and Dom, and it's a fantasy/dream one, but what we do get as compensation, is that Dom and Adam really love each other, with Adam wanting Saul, Dom's ex-demon out of their lives. Anyway, Saul gets his girl, Morgan gets her guy back after a light BDSM scene, where she entrusts him with her body and welfare, and the book ends happily enough. However, we know that Lugh's enemies were gathering numbers and getting stronger, and the baddie here, Abraham, is meant to have been killed when his host was killed, but he's an extremely strong demon - he gave Lugh a run for his money - and I am not so sure that he's dead, but maybe biding his time. The end of this book gives a synopsis of the next, due out next Spring, that's already gone on preorder. All in all, another great book in the series, and it looks that whilst Morgan may not get a HEA, she's closer to the love of her life, and she knows that he loves her back as much, and that even when he left, he admitted that he would always love her, even though they might not be able to be together forever. AHHHHHH!

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Alex Leanne

Worth the buy.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2019

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Good condition.

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démoniaque

Reviewed in France on 31 January 2010

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Le pire avec ces séries, c'est qu'il faut attendre le prochain tome. Morgan voit sa vie ruinée par un démon: elle est suspendue, sans un sou, sa voiture brûle, elle est suspectée de meurtre et Brian l'abandonne. Elle doit surmonter tout cela pour protéger Lugh. Pleins de rebondissement et du sexe version SM ponctuent une histoire retorse. A dévorer.

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Tracy

I Like the Demons Better

Reviewed in the United States on 7 August 2009

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Jenna Black writes a good book. I've been with the Morgan Kingsley series since the beginning, and while I thought the first and the fourth were weaker than the second and third for various reasons, I do enjoy the world she's created and the characters in them. Well, most of the characters.

Well paced and with a nice blend of continuity and ingenuity, Speak of the Devil is a nice read. There's quite a bit going wrong in Morgan's life right now, and not all of it self-induced. She's got a murder charge, a suspension, a cash flow problem, and serious boyfriend issues. Oh. AND she's possessed by the Demon King, Lugh.

Sucks to be her - big time.

As Morgan struggles to deal with those large helpings of misery, she also discovers she's got the anti-admirer from hell, literally, who's not pulling any punches in stripping her of even her friends and loved ones. Much fun to be had by all as Morgan's world starts crumbling more and more.

Looking at Speak of the Devil on its own merits, it's a tense book with nice plotting, and poor Morgan just can't catch a break, but it's a step down in the overall series, because where previous books were firm in setting up the obvious upcoming struggles between Lugh and Dougal, Lugh's usurper brother, this book shied away from that almost in total, and I think has less impact because of it.

Unfortunately, my major complaint with the series in total hasn't gotten any better. No matter how much I try, I can't warm up to Morgan. As a character, I find her tediously self-interested, judgmental, emotionally immature, at turns prudish and coarse. This is entirely my own personal opinion, but I feel she clings so tightly to preconceptions and quick fire assumptions that she keeps herself from any true growth. Even when she's called to the carpet on this exact thing, she acknowledges the truth in it but does nothing to even attempt to change it. Very frustrating. Also, in this particular book, there were a few incidents in which she was just not too bright, and that's both new and unpleasant. Admittedly, I have a personal issue with and no tolerance for people who are so driven by emotional impulse that they can't seem to help themselves from doing or saying the wrong things, despite admitting that they KNOW what they're doing or saying is wrong ("I know I shouldn't feel this way, but..." or "I know I shouldn't do this, but..."). Morgan's propensity for doing exactly that through the whole series has prevented the books from garnering a higher rating from me.

Morgan is a very flawed character. Usually, I can totally appreciate a flawed character. I think it makes for more interesting reading and adds humanity and depth to character and story both. But there has to be some sign that the character is not only acknowledging their flaws, but doing the right thing to either triumph over them or work around them. Morgan acknowledges the hell out of her flaws - to a point of repetition (by the end of the book I was ready to scream if she mentioned she sucks at lying one more time, or that she can't keep her mouth shut even when she should), but then stops there. In fact, she's stubbornly adamant about NOT trying to change the ones that consistently cause her the most trouble.

I did see her make some strides in her trust issues, but I'm not entirely sure about how I feel about how she went about it, or even how much good it'll do by the next installment, so I'm holding off on giving too much credit for it at this point. On the plus side, there is a lot of room for character growth over the length of a series, and that IS promising. But the promise is balanced by the fact that we're four books in already and not much has been accomplished in that area so far.

I'm going to keep reading so see what happens, because there ARE characters in this book I really like and I also very much enjoy the world Black created with this series. It's a refreshing change from other paranormal series that are vampire- or wereanimal-heavy (don't get me wrong, I LOVE vamps and weres, but it's nice to have a change now and again).

In fact, the only problem I really have with the series at all is just that, simply put, I like the demons more.

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C Thilmany

Book 4 and the series is still going strong

Reviewed in the United States on 29 July 2009

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Morgan is the most powerful exorcist on the planet, but things have gone sour since she's been illegally hosting the king of demons in an effort to keep his enemies from finding him; in the long run, saving humanity.

Insurance has yet to pay out on her house fire. She's being sued by the father of a demon host the court ordered her to have exorcised, because the host ended up brain dead. She's broke since being suspended by the exorcism board pending the outcome of the lawsuit and investigation. The death threats have escalated. She's set up for murder and an unknown demon is holding a grudge against her, bent on making her life miserable. But worst of all, her inability to trust Brian without any reservations leads him to break up with her.

This 4th book in the series continues with the same cast of characters who are now part of Lugh's inner circle, many of whom hate or have issues with each other, making the task of working together interesting. But we're slowly learning more about each of the demons and Morgan finds the labels she originally assigned to them aren't necessarily holding true.

The different aspects of the relationships are good, the characters are interesting, and the sexual tension will make you squirm. I have an easy time feeling Morgan's emotions. And best of all, the story has not gotten old with the same ole same ole feel that happens by book 3 of many series. I had a difficult time putting the book down to go to sleep and woke up early to finish it. I'm looking forward to the next release.

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