California Demon: The Secret Life of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom

by J. Kenner, Julie Kenner

Overview

After fourteen years as a stay-at-home mom, Kate Connor has finally rejoined the workforce. But unlike most working moms, Kate can't rearrange her home obligations to fit the needs of her job. Well, not easily, anyway. And not without a few little white lies.Because the truth is, no one in her family has any clue that she's returned to the job of her youth. Which means no late nights working beside her husband at the kitchen table while the kids watch television.Although, when you think about it, that's not necessarily a bad thing.Because when your job is fighting demons, taking your work home with you is a really, really bad idea ..."Kenner continues to put her fun, fresh twist on mommy-lit with another devilishly clever book."-Booklist

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780988684447
Publisher:	Oliver-Heber Books
Publication date:	09/08/2013
Series:	Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom , #2
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Julie Kenner (aka J. Kenner and J.K. Beck) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over forty novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.

Praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a "flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations," JK writes a range of stories including super sexy romances, paranormal romance, chick lit suspense and paranormal mommy lit. Her foray into the latter, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner, is in development as a feature film with 1492 Pictures.

Her most recent trilogy of erotic romances, The Stark Trilogy (as J. Kenner), reached as high as #2 on the New York Times list and is published in over twenty countries.

JK lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and several cats.

Editorial Reviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
Who says stay-at-home moms can't also be demon-slaying superheroines whose sole mission is to save the innocent of the world from the minions of hell? Kate Connor is just that: a retired demon hunter who is now a full-time housewife and mother struggling to raise two kids -- Allie, a boy-crazed teenager, and a precocious two-year old named Timmy. But when monstrosities from the netherworld begin infiltrating the quiet suburban haven of San Diablo, Connor is forced back into duty -- and God help the demon that interrupts her Pampered Chef party!

In California Demon, the sequel to 2005's Carpe Demon, the Pottery Barn-chic demon hunter uncovers a potentially apocalyptic plot to free some frighteningly powerful demons from their ethereal bonds; and when Allie's life is threatened, Connor must use every weapon in her demon-hunting arsenal to save her daughter's life -- and her soul!

While there is a plethora of outstanding romance/dark fantasy sagas currently being released -- Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake novels, the Sookie Stackhouse series from Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan sequence, et al. -- Julie Kenner's Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom novels are noteworthy in large part because of the author's wit and incredibly intuitive sense of humor. Lines like "Infiltrating a nest of vampires at dusk might be a tad on the treacherous side, but it's nothing compared to telling a fourteen-year-old that she's not allowed to wear eye shadow" will have readers laughing out loud from the first page to the last. If you've changed a leaky diaper, picked up a spilled sippy cup, or purchased a McDonald's Happy Meal within the last 24 hours, this fast-paced, delightfully irreverent amalgam of romance and dark fantasy is for you. Paul Goat Allen

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