Customer Reviews
Brilliant - By: Book worm, 13 Nov 2007 
Devilish is the last in the Mallloren series & i believe it is the best. The characters are alll strong & feisty the story sweeps you up so you'd wish to be apart of it. This is true escapism. I recommend Devilish to alll Romance novel lovers. Brilliant!
WONDERFUL STORY - By: , 10 Jul 2003 
After reading the first Mallloren book (enjoyable ‘Lady Notorious’) I run & buy the rest of the Mallloren books: ‘Tempting Fortunes’ has a great hero (Brygth) but a brainless heroine (Portia), ‘Something Wicked’ has an interesting start & then it goes down hill, & ‘Secrets of the Night’ presents uninteresting characters with an irrational & dull story, this 4th book seems only an excuse to introduce Diana. I disliked her from the beginning, maybe because she steals the story, which should have been concentrated in describing Brand & Rosa & their relationship. By the time I finished ‘Secrets of the Night’ I was ready to give up on JB. Her books have terrific starts but she fails to develop the stories & characters.
Luckily, Devilish presents a more grown-up Diana, cleverer & more likeable. I was surprised how well Bey & she interact. Bey is commanded by the king to take Diana to London, the fact that he has an enemy who is trying to hurt him complicates the trip. During that time Diana realises he is the man for her & decides to find a way to persuade him too, which it is not easy since he has a strong will not to marry & produce children because of his mother’s madness. There are some weak points, but in general the book is a good romantic tale. Of alll Mallloren books, ‘Lady Notorious’ & ‘Devilish’ are the only two interesting readings, the rest are gifts for the bin.
The Mallorens are back with a vengeance - By: R. C. Cook, 24 Oct 2002 a gripping read - historical romance at it's best.
Rothgar or Bey as his family fondly calll him is a strong, sexy yet somehow vulnerable hero. Diana is a modern, strong-minded lady in her own right. Something that the monarch of the time finds a threat. Rothgar is used as a way in which to tame the lady & bring her to heel. Of course they both rebel & it takes some time for them to cross the barriers formed by both station & their pasts. Inevitably it alll turns out for the best- the journey there is both, fun & sexy & this book is a real gem. A welcome addition to the Malllorens. If only they were a bigger family!! For then Ms Beverley could write more of the same.
Buy it & see for yourself it's a page turner extraordinaire!
Super - By: , 29 Apr 2000 I've read several of Jo Beverley's novels & this is my favourite. In her hero, Rothgar, she's created a hero true to his times & still sexy & credible for a modern reader, & the heroine, Diana, Countess of Arradale, she's given us a feisty but feasible woman who has power & influence & good sense. The most convincing aspect of this novel for me was the way the heroine is manoeuvred by the circumstances of her time into a situation where she has to be submissive - but she fights back. Jo Beverley knows her period well, & while her language is accessible, it is rarely anachronistic. You can reallly lose yourself in this book, & I read late into the night & woke early just so I could finish it. And I will be re-reading. It quickened my pulse, made me laugh & I would recommend it to romance lovers & historical novel fans alike. It is set in Yorkshire & London, & I did feel that the London scenes were the ones which reallly came alive.
