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Demon Rumm
by Sandra Brown (Reader: Staci Snell)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Random House Audio (2004-12-28)
ISBN: 0739318225
EAN: 9780739318225
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Binding/Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Release Date: 2004-12-28
SKU: 00666
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Nice copy. Light use.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
It was the publicity stunt from hell as far as Kirsten Rumm was concerned. She may have been writing the book about her late husband, aeronautical daredevil Demon Rumm, but she didn’t see the need to play host to the arrogant bad-boy actor starring in the film version’s title role. Still, for the good of the project, Kirsten agreed to share her beachfront home with the impossibly sexy screen idol.
Any other woman would do anything to be in her sandals, but Kirsten wasn’t falling for Rylan North, even if he did play his role of male lead to perfection. His down-home charm, his gentleness and virile charisma, might be seducing her in every sense of the word, but he was an actor, after all. Seducing an audience was his job. Rylan could have any woman he wanted. So why was he so desperately pretending to want her?
From the moment he saw her, Rylan North knew that Kirsten Rumm was the woman he’d been waiting all his life to cast as the star in his real-life love story. What did it matter if he was every woman’s fantasy if he couldn’t get Kirsten to so much as glance his way? He’d caught the look of past hurt behind her sky-blue eyes–a dark secret that shadowed the sparkle. Rylan was determined to find out what tragedy held this passionate woman back from a second chance at love even if it cost him his reputation, his career, and his life. But first he’d have to get Kirsten to act on her instincts . . . and to trust the flesh-and-blood man behind the fantasy.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Customer Reviews
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great
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-09-28
I love Sandra Brown and I love it even more when I can find her books at such a great price! THANKS!
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mainly soft porn
Rating  (1)
Date: 2009-07-29
I listened to this via an audio book, and thought it was absolutely awful. If I had any thing else to listen to on a road trip through the mountains, I would have ditched this ASAP. As others have described, there is very little plot or character development; the book primarily seemed to be an exercise in detailed description of physical attributes and the shallow, arrogant male character's obsessive seductions. Thank goodness, Ms. Brown's talents have developed significantly since this book was originally published. Don't buy the book if you're expecting her usual strong, intelligent female characters caught up in interesting thriller-type dilemmas with an intriguing male tossed in and engaging dialogue... because this book surely ain't that.
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Just my view
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-02-19
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Having just read the highly informative "Why We Read What We Read" by Lisa Adams and John Heath where I learned that 20% of all romance novels are read by men, I have been cautiously dipping my literary toe into a wide range of what the genre has to offer.
"Demon Rumm" by Sandra Brown is what she herself would describe as a "traditional" romance. Ms Brown in recent years has moved away from the formulaic writing she displays in this book into what she calls her more "mainstream novels".
But what is this book like?
I have been listening to the unabridged CD version and the best way to describe it is "Audio Playgirl". All the men are handsome. All the women are slender. All the loving is steamy. There is lots and lots of kissing with lots and lots of tongues being involved and there is absolutely NO SWEARING. Most of the "encounters" are graphically described in loving "above the waist" detail, but the actual dirty deed is glossed over in usually a very perfunctory way with both protagonists having their best ever experience in the bed department that did not involve buying a new mattress.
The two main characters misunderstand each other throughout the whole book before they realize they can't live without each other because "we just damn well fit so well together".
Cue Marriage Bells.
The End.
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Demon Rumm
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-02-04
19 out of 20 customers found this reveiw helpful
Demon Rumm was a stunt pilot that perished in the air. His late wife Kirsten has written a book on his life, and is not happy when Hollywood wants to turn it into their next blockbuster. After negotiations are complete, she is resigned to having the lead actor underfoot for a time. Ryland North is the actor chosen to play Demon, and he feels that to get in character, he must live and breathe his life.
I liked the story, but didn't feel the emotion or chemistry between Ryland and Kirsten. It felt forced.
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Hot, Sexy Romance
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-30
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Unlike most other people that reviewed this book, I could hardly put it down. I was surprised, actually, when I came to review it how little everyone liked it. I thought it was a downright sexy romance novel and I loved both of the characters. Rylan North is the most coveted actor in Hollywood and he's supposed to be arrogant and sure of himself. Kirsten Rumm is a widow with some issues and he's the perfect antidote for her. What I really liked about this book was his genuine kindness toward her, even when she was constantly pushing him away. I loved the dialogue and the storyline. I loved the whole book from start to finish.
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