The Art Collector by Katelyn Brehm

★★★★★
🌶️🌶️

Series: Demons Among Us, Book 1

Review:

First, I would like to thank the author for providing me with a free digital review copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

If you’re looking for a sweet, steamy, dark romance with gothic vibes, look no further. The Art Collector is the first book in the Demons Among Us series of novellas by Katelyn Brehm. Madelyn’s newest assignment is every art historian’s dream: a mansion full of priceless art in need of appraisal and curating. The mansion’s owner, Thomas, shares her passion for art and quickly develops a passion for her as well. Madelyn can’t deny her attraction to the alluring millionaire, but not only is he off-limits as a client, but he is hiding a secret: he is an incubus whose very nature requires him to satisfy his carnal needs to survive.

I was immediately immersed in this story. Madelyn is in her forties, and her love interest is the same age–at least in appearance. Reading about a couple that isn’t in their twenties was refreshing, especially given how right they are for each other. Madelyn has grown comfortable in her simple, single life, and Thomas is certain he will never find someone who can ignite his passion mentally and also accept him for what he is. Together, they are brilliant, but they each have reasons to hold each other at arm’s length. You will root for them, and you will swoon, and you will wish you could spend more time in their world. Katelyn Brehm has crafted an ephemeral tale that will linger in your consciousness, and maybe even your salacious dreams.

Audience: adult
Trigger warnings: consensual non-consent
Recommended for fans of: dark romance, paranormal romance, gothic fiction, later in life romance

Publisher's Synopsis:

A quiet art historian. An irresistible demon. And an insatiable hunger neither can escape.

Madelyn Frye enjoys her simple, drama-free life, even if it means there's an empty seat next to her on the couch at night. But when her firm lands a lucrative contract to appraise the paintings of an infamous mansion with a storied past, her comfortable routine is upended by the handsome and mysterious millionaire who owns it.

For over a century, Thomas von Dreiss has resigned himself to a solitary fate, refusing to let his hunger transform him into a monster. But he never expected the art appraiser who shows up at his door to test his unshakable restraint. Her brilliant mind and kind heart rekindle long forgotten hopes and set his carnal needs aflame.

Will Madelyn risk shattering her safe and predictable world to be with Thomas? And if she does, will Thomas's dark secret destroy their chance at a happily ever after?

Source:

Katelyn Brehm

©Katelyn Brehm: March 21, 2023
Edition: Digital Review Copy
145 pages


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