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Dealing in Death: A Death and the Devil Extended Novella Kindle Edition

by L.J. Hayward (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
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Ethan Blade—assassin extraordinaire, cold-blooded killer, heartless monster, and . . . retiree?

I’ve spent my whole life dealing in death, efficiently eliminating targets while fighting to preserve a sense of self and morality, to avoid becoming as detached and ruthless as my siblings. I thought I had succeeded. Then I met Jack Reardon—contrary, handsome, forgiving, and far too good for the likes of me—and my life was tipped upside down. When he asked me to move in with him, he didn’t specify that I had to quit my job, but I wanted to—for myself, not for him. I should have known it wouldn’t be that easy.

My old instincts—“Ethan Blade”—are soon tempted out of retirement by a job offer I can’t afford to refuse and by an old hook-up of Jack’s he’d be a fool to refuse. While falling prey to my own temptation, Jack struggles with his. Which is precisely when the true danger exposes itself—one of my siblings with no such sense of self or morality. Only pain. And he is prepared to rain it down on me and Jack, unless I can square the Ethan Blade I want to be with the one I need to be, in time to save us both.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07WRQGVDH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ L.J. Hayward; 1st edition (August 30, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 30, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3043 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 190 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 147 ratings

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L.J. Hayward

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L.J. Hayward has been telling stories for most of her life. Granted, a good deal of them have been of the tall variety, but who’s counting? Parents and teachers notwithstanding, of course. These days, the vast majority of her story telling has been in an honest attempt to create fun and exciting ways of entertaining others (and making money).

As such, she is still a mad (always provoked!) scientist in a dungeon laboratory (it has no windows. Seriously, the zombie apocalypse could be going on outside and she’d have nary a clue) who, on the rare occasions she emerges into the light, does so under extreme protest and with the potential hazard of bursting into flames under the southeast Queensland sun.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
4.4 out of 5
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Kindle Customer Cathy L
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Ethan ' s voice!
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2022
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This could be my favorite of all the stories so far. It's told from Ethan ' s POV.
Finally, we get to know what he's thinking when Ethan goes still. We learn more of his backstory, and learn how deeply Ethan has fallen for Jack .
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Anne
4.0 out of 5 stars Ethan’s POV of Why the Devil Stalks Death
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2019
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Jack and Ethan are back, in this Ethan-POV novella, which should be read after book 2. Dealing in Death is not a place to jump into this series! It doesn’t take time to explain much, just dumps you back into the Death and the Devil world.

While most of the other novellas in this series have been vital reading in terms of advancing the plot and characters, this one was almost entirely just the most recent book (Why The Devil Stalks Death) from Ethan’s POV. In fact, I wound up reading most of this while flipping back and forth on my kindle between the same scenes in WTDSD and in this offering. That’s not a complaint; I’m always happy for more Jack and Ethan, Ethan’s POV is a treat, and there’s actually a fair amount going on “behind the scenes” with him that Jack doesn’t know about in the previous book, so it’s definitely still a worthwhile read. In fact, I disliked the before/after flashback style in Why The Devil Stalks Death (although I thought it served the first book well) so it was actually nice to read this chronological rendering of events. Nonetheless, this novella does leave Jack and Ethan in the same place the previous book did, so I guess it’s back to the wait for book 3 to find out what’s next for this unlikely (to say the least) pairing!
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teriwu
5.0 out of 5 stars Ethan is the most lovable anti-hero ever
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2019
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This is Ethan's POV from the last book in the series. It was amazing to really get to know this character and it wasn't too repetitive because it contained a lot of content about what Ethan was doing that he wasn't telling Jack. And that was a whole heck of a lot. The ending foreshadows more excitement to come for these guys.
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Deirdre
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2019
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I was a little confused when I first started reading like I read this before, but this is told from Ethan's POV of the last book. I love Ethan.
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Pam
4.0 out of 5 stars Probably my favorite of the series - knowing Ethan's secrets makes me love him even more
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2019
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I think the "novellas" are where this series really shines. This one we get completely from Ethan's POV, and it's fantastic. It fills in all the holes of his mysterious background and explains why he is who he is, both good and bad.

I read the whole series back-to-back through this book, and it may very well be my favorite of the series, but I could see being a little disappointed if you've been reading as they come out and were expecting this to advance the timeline. I think it's going to be very necessary to read before the third book, though, so maybe just wait until then if that's going to bother you. I read it the same day as Book 2, though, and didn't feel like it was just a recap. It felt like a whole fresh book to me. I already loved Ethan, but this opened all the doors on his character and made me love him even more.
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T. Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars not as intriguing as I'd hoped
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2019
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It was interesting to learn where Blade came from, but unfortunately that whole origin story pushes hard against my suspension of disbelief. By the end, I was happy enough to have read it. But, surprisingly, much of the time, I was a little bored. It wasn't different enough seeing Blade's side of this story. There is a distance emotionally which is an aspect of Blade, but which works against my enjoyment .
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Diane
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this series!
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2019
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I reread the entire series before this book was released and I don’t often reread!
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Cassandra
5.0 out of 5 stars Ethan Blade - all day, every day
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2019
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What else do you need?
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Henna R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent addition to the incredible series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2020
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Death and the Devil is one of my favourite series, so there was never any doubt that I'd love Dealing in Death. Ethan's perspective is fascinating and the amount of love he has for Jack is almost unbelievable. That's all I have to say, now I must dive straight into the last book...
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emse
5.0 out of 5 stars Gelungen Überraschung
Reviewed in Germany on August 31, 2019
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Das war unerwartet. Das war Why the devil stalks death aus Ethans Sicht und das war mehr als gut. Ich liebe beide Charaktere. Und dann noch der kleine Spoiler worum es eventuell im nächsten Buch gehen könnte . Sehr interessant.
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Alice_Joan03
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing as always
Reviewed in Germany on September 1, 2019
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Ethan Blade... incredible character
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