Praise for The Devil You Know:
“The stakes are high, the danger is imminent and the sexiness is through the roof.”—BookPage
“This sequel has all of the action, smolder, snark, and surprising warmth of the first, with more development of a postapocalyptic Atlanta that is slowly finding its feet again—with the help of the Mercenary Librarians.”—Booklist
“This series entry begins to peel back the layers of the characters that make up the Mercenary Librarians and the Silver Devils, while giving hints to deeper secrets and conspiracies of the corrupt TechCorps and its plans for control.”—Library Journal
Praise for Deal with the Devil:
“A full-throttle read! I can't wait to see what happens next!”—Jeaniene Frost, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Night Huntress series
“Hard-hitting, unflinching, brutally, beautifully written, and surprising even in the last act. It pulls off a few tricks I would have called cliches past redeeming. I am SO impressed.” —Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author
“A roller coaster of nail-biting thrills combined with top-notch world-building, palpable heat, and real emotional stakes. You're going to love it.” —Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds
“High-stakes action and plenty of chemistry, DEAL WITH THE DEVIL absolutely crackles!”—Chloe Neill, New York Timesand USA Today bestselling author
“The sizzling sexual tension is simply the icing that makes DEAL WITH THE DEVIL one of my favorite SF reads ever.”—Alyssa Cole, award-winning author
“My advice? Cancel your plans so you can get swallowed up in Kit Rocha’s exciting new world.”—Thea Harrison, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
“An exhilarating start to what promises to be a compelling series... bring on the next Mercenary Librarians adventure!”—Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author
“Complicated characters, complex stakes, and worldbuilding on a grand scale, I loved this book. Pre-order—and get multiple copies for friends, too!”—Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series
“Nina is everything I love in a heroine—smart and badass, but with a core of hope and kindness. And Knox is jaded, honorable, and so very conflicted. I loved it!”—Jessie Mihalik, author of Polaris Rising
“An explosive start to a brilliant new series. Tough, gritty, and smart, with sharp sparks of humor, and overflowing with heart and hope. I loved it. I can’t wait for more.”—Suzanne Brockmann, New York Times bestselling author
“A risky and frisky adventure.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Rocha capably deploys found family and forbidden love tropes while keeping readers on their toes with unpredictable action beats. This postapocalyptic tale of espionage and romance will have readers eager to know what happens next.”—Publishers Weekly
“Rocha slide into traditional publishing with a high-action, high-stakes sf romance. Intriguing characters, tragic backgrounds, and a few twists comprise a strong launch to this new series.”—Library Journal
07/23/2021
This follow-up to the post-apocalyptic Deal with the Devil focuses on Maya, part of the crew of Mercenary Librarians. She might not have the strength and speed of her comrades, but she did escape the genetic engineering of TechCorps and can remember everything she experiences through her senses; the sensory overload makes her life amazing at times and nearly unbearable at others. Now that the Mercenary Librarians are working with the Silver Devils, the former elite squad from the Protectorate, they are able to accomplish more than ever to help their piece of Atlanta survive. They discover that TechCorps is trading in genetically enhanced children, and Maya refuses to see another child suffer her own fate. Her counterpart is Gray, who knows that his time is waning and his neural implant is killing him; he vows to protect Maya for as long as he can. Yet even as their relationship heats up, they know it will eventually burn out and leave Maya's heart in ashes. Rocha (the pseudonym of co-authors Donna Herren and Bree Bridges, known for their "Beyond" series) plots this book with a slower pace than its predecessor, giving readers time to delve into more backstory and broadening the secondary cast into a found family. VERDICT This series entry begins to peel back the layers of the characters that make up the Mercenary Librarians and the Silver Devils, while giving hints to deeper secrets and conspiracies of the corrupt TechCorps and its plans for control.—Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., Northampton
