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Allie cant seem to get it together.  Ever since her mom ran away to Rio with Rioher tennis instructorstealing Allies trust fund and her comfortable way of life, Allie has been floundering.  She works in Sallys Diner, and lives above it. And one night in the basement, she and her friends chant a ridiculous spellfor money, for luck, for love…and open a Doorway to Hell. 

Ryan thinks hes got it all figured out.  When the Door opened he appeared out of nowhere, a Stetson-wearing demon hunter dressed in leather. Hes assigned to the Door, and hangs out at the diner, and when the Door disappears he is certain that Allie had something to do with it.

But something strange is happening in Brooklyn.  Something bigger than Allie, and Ryan, and the Door in the diner basement.  And when a meeting of demon hunters gives birth to a dangerous idea, Allie and Ryan are left to wonder if the fragile feelings growing between them can survive a trip to Hell…or if they themselves will survive at all. 

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"This lively tale of demons and gods, the debut effort of Katherine Macdonald and former Tor editor Anna Genoese, opens six years after witty, sarcastic Allie, a trust fund baby turned Brooklyn diner manager, inadvertently generates a door to hell in the diner's basement with the help of her childhood friend Stan. Leather-clad demon fighter Ryan shows up in response and soon becomes Allie's love interest. Now new doors are beginning to appear, leaving the human world vulnerable to invaders from the underworld. As Allie, Stan and Ryan join forces with a witch and rival clans of demon hunters in hopes of restoring balance between supernatural beings and human 'mundanes,' Genoese and Macdonald mix multiple mythologies into a charming, biting cautionary narrative about taking responsibility for one's actions." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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Allie's got a diner--and a doorway to hell. Every day she does what she can to keep her customers fed, and to prevent them from being fed upon by demons. When the door disappears, Allie is determined to solve the mystery with the help of a hunky demon hunter. Original.

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Allies got a diner…and a Doorway to Hell. Every day she does what she can to keep her customers fed, and to prevent them from being fed upon. And when the Door disappears, Allie is determined to search all of Brooklyn, even venturing into Hell itself, to solve the mystery and protect the innocent.

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When trust fund baby-turned-waitress Allie and her friends accidentally open a Door to Hell in the basement of Sallys Diner, they dont realize the havoc it will wreak on their Brooklyn neighborhood. Of course, the upside to murder-happy demons coming through the Door all the time is that Allie gets her own sexy and mysterious demon hunter: the dark-eyed, leather-clad, Stetson-wearing Ryan.

Ryan teaches Allie everything he knows about fighting the creatures of the underworld—but refuses to give in to the sexual tension that simmers between them.  Allie has almost given up on taking her relationship with Ryan to the next level when theres a surge in demonic activity... and the Door disappears.

Now Allie and Ryan have to travel through Hell, literally, to try to stop Hell from taking over the Earth. They may not survive the trip, but Allie is about to discover something very important: Mortal peril is a total turn-on.

About the Author

ANNA KATHERINE has traveled the world, and several parallel ones as well, and has discovered nothing is more awesome than duct tape.  She currently splits her time between the East Coast and the Midwest.

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PeachesNCream, May 31, 2009 (view all comments by PeachesNCream)
This book has a bit of everything -- myth, religious lore, magic, adventure, struggle, and love. The characters engaged me from the start. There's chemistry between Ryan and Allie that keeps them real. The setting descriptions balanced the action without slowing the story down.

It was a well paced and fun, first person point of view, ride. I love first person because it really pulls you into the story but I also know it is a challenging way to write and maintain the tension needed for a good story. Anna Katherine (a pseudonym for two friends) manages this well in this debut novel. I look forward to other books by this duo.
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K Benson, May 9, 2009 (view all comments by K Benson)
I've only read a handful of paranormal romances (or books that explicitly could be catagorized that way) and they are too often falling into the Anita Blake trap - the authors use romance and sex in a fantasy setting as a thinly veiled way of dealing with their own sexual issues.

This book? Not so much.

Allie is a glib, fast-talking, defensive New Yorker who accidentally opens a door to hell with her best friends. Unlike her best friends, however, she takes responsibility for it. Her whole world changes.

We see the fallout from that, the reactions that she's used to having, the space between who she used to be and who she is now. This is a great story about growing up, about changing, and about finding your place.

It's also tangentially about love and demons and doors to Hell. So. It's entertaining, as well.
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ISBN:
9780765363046
Author:
Katherine, Anna
Publisher:
Tor Books
Subject:
Romance - Fantasy
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Romance - Paranormal
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Mass market paperback
Publication Date:
20090431
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
6.75 x 4.19 in

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Product details 368 pages Tom Doherty Associates - English 9780765363046 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "This lively tale of demons and gods, the debut effort of Katherine Macdonald and former Tor editor Anna Genoese, opens six years after witty, sarcastic Allie, a trust fund baby turned Brooklyn diner manager, inadvertently generates a door to hell in the diner's basement with the help of her childhood friend Stan. Leather-clad demon fighter Ryan shows up in response and soon becomes Allie's love interest. Now new doors are beginning to appear, leaving the human world vulnerable to invaders from the underworld. As Allie, Stan and Ryan join forces with a witch and rival clans of demon hunters in hopes of restoring balance between supernatural beings and human 'mundanes,' Genoese and Macdonald mix multiple mythologies into a charming, biting cautionary narrative about taking responsibility for one's actions." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Synopsis" by , Allie's got a diner--and a doorway to hell. Every day she does what she can to keep her customers fed, and to prevent them from being fed upon by demons. When the door disappears, Allie is determined to solve the mystery with the help of a hunky demon hunter. Original.
"Synopsis" by ,
Allies got a diner…and a Doorway to Hell. Every day she does what she can to keep her customers fed, and to prevent them from being fed upon. And when the Door disappears, Allie is determined to search all of Brooklyn, even venturing into Hell itself, to solve the mystery and protect the innocent.
"Synopsis" by ,

When trust fund baby-turned-waitress Allie and her friends accidentally open a Door to Hell in the basement of Sallys Diner, they dont realize the havoc it will wreak on their Brooklyn neighborhood. Of course, the upside to murder-happy demons coming through the Door all the time is that Allie gets her own sexy and mysterious demon hunter: the dark-eyed, leather-clad, Stetson-wearing Ryan.

Ryan teaches Allie everything he knows about fighting the creatures of the underworld—but refuses to give in to the sexual tension that simmers between them.  Allie has almost given up on taking her relationship with Ryan to the next level when theres a surge in demonic activity... and the Door disappears.

Now Allie and Ryan have to travel through Hell, literally, to try to stop Hell from taking over the Earth. They may not survive the trip, but Allie is about to discover something very important: Mortal peril is a total turn-on.

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