Reviewed by Cheryl K

TITLE: Zachary

SERIES: Demons-In-Law #3

AUTHOR: Louisa Masters

PUBLISHER: Self published

LENGTH: 251 pages

RELEASE DATE: January 31, 2024

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A dragon with endless secrets meets a demon with nothing to hide…

I’m the easygoing one. The fun one. The rare member of my family who gets along with anyone. Except there’s a chance I may have got off on the wrong foot with our new dragon liaison, Ronan. In my defense, he rubs everyone the wrong way. The only thing he’s got going for him is his looks… if the miserable frown weren’t there to mar them. But he seems to be trying harder to connect, and I guess I should do the same. Even if his arrival here was the beginning of all my problems.

When I cross the line and guilt compels me to apologize, I get my first glimpse of a different Ronan. Someone who enjoys baking, thinks glitter is amazing, and wants people to like him. Someone I could be friends with. And when that frown disappears? I want more than just friendship.

But there’s something going on with him, something he’s been carrying for a long time. He’s been hurt before, and the secrets he’s keeping are the kind that eat you inside. How can we take things to the next step if he can’t be open with me?

It’s only when he steps up to make all my dreams come true that I realize some secrets need to stay that way… and that loving Ronan means accepting him for who he really is.

REVIEW:

Here is my usual disclaimer – you must read the first two books in this series as each book builds on the previous books but focuses on a different couple.  We also have visits from characters from previous series. Can I just share that I am a little sad, that this particular series is coming to an end.  I have grown to really love and embrace this beautiful little town in the Swiss Alps with all its quirky, yet loveable characters. Well, most of the characters are loveable.  Damaris, is an intimidating demon, determined to rule her grandsons, who I have a love/hate relationship with.

This story is so well written and the worldbuilding is brilliantly done.  It’s the perfect storm of worldbuilding, character development, and prose for the final book in the series.

In this series, we have Ronan and Zachary.  Ronan is the dragon to Zachary’s demon.  Talk about a rocky, slow burn pairing.  Worth the trials and tribulations, they go through. Ronan is brought into the town to catalog all the treasure finds in the cave near Hortplatz.  With the brow beating from his grandmother, Zachary is enlisted to keep an eye on Ronan.  Which really doesn’t foster any happy feelings between the two.  But through lots of action and humor, our main characters might just get there.

 “There’s been a discovery just outside the demon village of Hortplatz,” Brandt begins, and I shake my head.

“I’m not familiar with it,” I admit.

“There’s no reason why you should be, especially this village. It’s in Switzerland, and until very recently, the only people who lived there were demons.

That’s a shock. The community of species is very well integrated—I didn’t realize there were whole towns made up of a single species.

“Most of the reason for that is the location,” Wil explains. “Most of the year, it’s cut off by snow, and since demons can teleport in and out, they—”

“Pleeeeeeeeease tell him the boring stuff later,” Fabian begs. “Come on.”

Wil rolls his eyes, but he’s smiling, and Brandt chuckles. Even Steffen’s face softens… a little.

As the final book in this series, we get the closure on all the multi book story arcs.  We get the hot steamy action of a slow burn love story, with very little angst.  These stories from Louisa are always a pleasure to read because of the low levels of angst.  Sometimes it’s just what the doctor ordered to ease a book hangover.

I highly recommend this book and this series.  You should drop everything and run to your favorite eBook purchasing site and snatch this book up as fast as possible. As sad as I am to see this series go, I hear great things are on the horizon from Louisa Masters.

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