The Devil You Know: Special Edition

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Of course, given Gemma’s trust issues, she has moments when doesn’t trust him and it understandably blows up in her face. But you can’t blame her though given her experience with men. Usually, I’m very indifferent to the low moments in romance, but this one had me clutching throat because of all the pains I was experiencing. I was just SO invested in these two. MY BABIES.

Technicalities aside, both Samantha Brentmoor and Elizabeth O'Roark made it into my list of favorites, this week, and The Devils series is hands down becoming one of my favorites. I feel like any woman out there who has ever been passed over for a promotion that went to a man, been abused and not believed, been relegated to the office "mum" who organises everything social because "that's a woman's job" or been told that they are too "emotional" or "hysterical" when they behave in the exact same way a "ball busting" "go getter" man does.

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Separation: Very small They are separated very shortly (a day?), but there was no mention or suggestion of other partners during this time. The FMC believes the only way she will ever get a happy ending is if she falls in love with a simple minded, small town guy who will teach her how to love a quiet life, forget about the soul crushing big city life and her stressful job. Ben Tate is here to teach her that she would never be happy in a crappy small town and that she is meant for so much more.

There’s nothing like a good old fashioned, snippy, bantery, enemies to lovers office romance to revive your zest for life.’ There’s a devil on my shoulder, and every Monday morning she announces herself. She’s this delicious flame in my chest, a flurry of whispered suggestions in my ear. Suggestions I ignore…because every single one of them is about Ben Tate. Ben–Stealer of Clients, Evicter of Homeless Women, Nemesis. Sitting across from me every damn Monday with his lovely, smug smile and his too-perfect teeth, the living symbol of everything I hate. It’s been my policy to avoid him, but when a case comes into the firm–one that could change his career and mine–I make an exception. It means weekends and evenings by his side. It means enduring his smirk and his smart mouth and never taking the bait. Until the night Ben says, “Beg.” And that devil on my shoulder decides to make a few demands of her own. The Devil You Know (Devil, #3) by Elizabeth O’Roark – eBook Details i think gemma was written after me? kind of mean and sarcastic woman with trust issues who also obsessively watches hallmark movies? yeah. and ben is not like a hallmark guy who's going to show her the magic of love. he's just like, i love your mean self and will take any little snippet of affection you will give me. This also had enemies with benefits vibes which is usually not my favorite thing but I enjoyed it here.

Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide. Gemma Charles, sharper than the Louboutin she weae at her feet, is thoughtful, deadly, insanely smart, beautiful, a woman who radiates power (in short, I realized I fell for a badass admirable woman.) This book was vague, occasionally there were chapters that threw me into the past and gave me shards of information, some confirmed my suspicions, some made me change the direction of my speculations about where this writer is taking me with the plot.

The writer took out a lot of emotions from me: joy, jealousy, sadness, anger, disappointment, love ❤️Like I started to do on a daily basis, lately, I've listened to this while I was at work and I think I died a thousand times in my cold suit because of Gemma and Ben and how perfect and hot these two were. You know what’s fun about the men you date?” he replies. “The way they don’t exist in the first place.” I sigh once more. “I’d better let you go, Keels. The Prince of Darkness here has sensed I might be enjoying myself and is determined to bring it to an end.”

I've already mentioned the romance being chef's kiss, but so was the writing, and the whole plot that revolved around Gemma's family issues. I felt for her and my heart ached whenever I read about her putting others' happiness in front of her own. I thought Drew and Josh's book was my favorite, but this completely won me over. Ben and Gemma have a beautiful story that I simply could not put down.This book was entirely in Gemma's POV (minus the prologue), so I often had no idea what was going on in Ben's head. This really only bothered me towards the end because a lot was revealed all at once and it felt a little rushed/unexpected. I think had we seen any of Ben's POV, it wouldn't have felt that way. But obviously there is an allure to not knowing what he's thinking and learning more about him solely through Gemma. Give it a talented writer such as O'Roark and make it more sophisticated and with two likeable main characters instead of minus one. reread 2/25/23. the perfect workplace romance imo. ben and gemma are my fav couple from this series!