Devil's Temptation by Carol McKenzie

ISBN: 1-59836-296-8

Erotic/Historical

Venus Press

Electronic

Liza Jane stills whiskey, which is dangerous in 1922. It is illegal and double risky for a woman, who is all alone in the world. Her entire family has died from illnesses which have left her almost in despair. The only thing that keeps her going is the huge house and land that was given to her by a friend of her father who is on death-row. When whiskey-running Widow Herrington warns Liza of a U.S. Prohibition Agent named John Metz, who has been arresting everyone in their kind of work, she worries intensely about it.  A snow storm lands John, half frozen to death at her door. She takes him in. Soon, they are caught in a love affair that seems doomed. He is supposed to arrest her and he is white and she is black. The mixing of races is frowned upon and they are ready to accept that battle. John is going to do everything he can to convince Liza that they are worth fighting for.

Wow, what a sensationally sexy historical. I really liked the 1920s background, and Liza is very endearing to the reader. She is sweet, honest and just trying to earn a living, even if it is illegal. John reaches out to the reader with his dilemma of arresting people for making whiskey, yet he drinks it. You have to admire that he always sees the inside of the person and never their outer skin. A very short but in depth book about what love is really about- the inside.

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