Sophie Lark

Cole and Mara's relationship has grown to consume them both. Cole is experiencing emotions he's never known, while Mara blossoms into a successful artist, shaking off the trauma of her youth.For the first time in both their lives, they might actually be? happy.But the past has a long shadow. Alastor Shaw is the Beast of the Bay, a frenzy-killer who once hoped to share his hunting ground with Cole. When he realizes the cold-hearted Cole has fallen in love, he plans to destroy him, using Mara as his weapon.Cole will do anything to protect Mara? but is Mara strong enough to protect herself?

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There Is No Devil

Levi-Mae 

“There,” Mara says, rejoining me, her feather tucked back into her pirate hat. “I got him for you.” 

“Thank you,” I say. “Saves me the trouble.” 

‘I never imagined the hole inside of me could be filled by someone else.’ 

“Oh really?” He says, no hint of play in his voice now. “Did it satisfy?” 

I hesitate, really considering how I feel. 

“It feels right,” I say, at last. “It feels good.” 

I can feel him smiling, his face pressed close to mine. “Because it is,” he growls.

“Nothing can save you. Just like nothing can change you. You are what you are…dead to me.” 

‘We’re wrapped together, twisted up. Not one snake but two, the black and the white. 

‘She looks like the night sky come to life.’ 

“I wasn’t thinking. I was lost—till I looked at you.” 

Cole gives a small smile. “You must be the only person in the world who finds me a calming presence.” 

“If he comes within ten feet of you, I’m going to tear out his throat.” 

“He’s not gonna do anything here. You said so yourself.” 

“I don’t want him here at all,” Cole hisses. “I don’t even want him looking at you.” 

“Give me a little credit,” he scoffs. “What else I may be, I was never a man who had to tear a woman down to shine bright beside her. If you’re not as good as me, then you’re no good at all. And when I saw you, Mara…I thought, 

. I don’t want to hold you down, chop you down, diminish you in any way. I already know I found something special. Now it’s time for everyone else to see it.” 

“You looked bored. Something inside me whispered, ‘say something funny. Make her laugh.’”

‘My last was ugly, but not so unique that no one else can understand it.’ 

‘Mara thinks she sees who I am and loves me anyway. 

Only I know how cold I truly am at heart.’ 

‘My ability to make her life comfortable and magical gives me a sense of god-like power. Not a wrathful god anymore, but one overflowing with goodness and light.’ 

‘I’m learning how different the world appears when everything you do is for someone else.’ 

‘When Mara’s working, I might as well not exist.’ 

He kisses me, biting my lip hard enough to draw blood. 

“Cole…” I groan. “I…I…I…” 

He can’t hold back his grin. He knows exactly what kind of effect he’s having on me. 

If I’d thought first, I would have been too afraid to say it. Cole looks down at me, his eyes black and flickering, full of reflected flame. 

“It feels like I’ll do anything for you. Jump off a bridge for you, turn myself inside out for you. It feels like madness, and I never want it to end.” 

Cole considers this, his sat eye roaming over my face. 

“Then I must be in love,” he says. “Because that’s what I feel, too.” 

‘He wants to be the centre of my universe.

I want to worship him as the Egyptians worshipped their gods. I want to pray to him for help and protection. 

I want to give him my mind, body, and soul.’ 

I press my palm against the glass, phone to my ear. 

“Fucking hell, Cole breathes. “You’re a goddess.” 

“Understand this, though.” I tell her, my voice low and cold. “I’ll do what I have to do. No one is going to take you from me…and no one is taking me from you.” 

“I have to be around you. I’m addicted to you. You fuel me, you light me up inside. Just knowing you’re in the house enlivens me. I can’t go back to the way I was before. I’m afraid of it.”

‘She’s out of her fucking mind, and so am I. 

Our madness aligns in all the right ways.’ 

Amelia 

I think I loved this even more than the first one. Cole and Mara are officially the hottest couple ever written. That ending! Excuse me. Loved every second of it.

Lover of Romance 

This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance

In There Is No Devil, we have the continuation of Cole and Mara’s story and what a story that this one turned out to be. I simply was hooked and I couldn’t wait to delve into the conclusion of Cole and Mara’s story and I knew that it would be filled with so much intensity especially as our villain is raising the stakes here, and Shaw won’t be easy to get rid of. There Is No Devil is basically where Cole and Mara are “together” from the very beginning and we see them exploring their newfound relationship. It was quite interesting to see them explore each other and find the unique personalities within themselves that seem to blend into the other. There are many depths to this one where we see that there isn’t anything so simple or easy in life and that both Cole and Mara have a dark past which only solidifies their bond.




I’m not trying to change who you are. I’m trying to reveal it. A diamond can’t shine until it’s cut.


The storyline to this book simply follows Cole and Mara discovering each other while also coming to the realization that Shaw is dangerous. Cole would love to kill Shaw, but its a delicate process, as there is a slew of murdered women and it isn’t Shaw that the law enforcement is focused on, it’s Cole. He has to handle this very delicately. Also, he needs Mara to understand that neither of them is safe while he is alive. Because Shaw is obsessed with taking Mara away from Cole and Cole will do anything to protect the woman that he is coming to love. In this story, we see how the lines of morality become blurred as these two survivors learn what it means to embrace themselves, fully without reservation.


I used to be Mara the victim. Mara the damaged. Mara the disposable. The day I met Cole, I was dying. Maybe I did die. Through Cole, I was reborn. Now I’m Mara the artist. Mara the star. Mara the unbreakable. Only Cole could make this possible. He wants to be the center of my universe. I want that, too. I want to worship him as the Egyptians worshipped their gods. I want to pray to him for help and protection. I want to give him my mind, body, and soul. 


What a powerful story that Sophie Lark has cultivated in this book. I have read quite a few duets before and they do have a similar format. But I respected how this story truly was handled. And as these are the first two books I have truly ADORED from this author, I was on such a reading high from reading this one. I absolutely couldn’t get enough of Cole and Mara. I just wanted to stay in this story forever and I didn’t want to let go of Cole and Mara and see their building relationship blossom. There are so many beautiful moments that build upon their intimacy. We see both Cole and Mara grow in different ways, and it shows how well they complement each other. And what a villain that adds so much delicious angst within the plot. He definitely is one of my favorite villains I have had a chance to read in a romance.


The man who never cared about anyone is fixated on the girl nobody gave a shit about. In some twisted way, we’re made for each other.


Overall I have to say that this duet was packed with everything I expect and am endeared in reading romance, it’s a story of self-discovering and connection even in the darkest of moments.


That’s what loving her means—I want her safe, protected, flourishing, whether it benefits me or not.

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