Cara Lockwood

Thanks Laura (my current patron to literacy)I am getting such a kick out of this story. It's fun, witty, has a strong female character (in the big personality kind of way, but kinda weak when it comes to relationships/love). I stayed up really late reading, I was that into it. My only complaint, and it's a small one, is that in every chapter, at least so far, the character has to remind you she's a bad girl, or at least not good. We get it, move on =)I had such a good time with this book, show more and I kept trying to picture Laura and Gabe characters, so that was fun =)I think near the end it peters out, like it's rushing towards a happily ever after, but the places it made me giggle, and the twisted things the main character did to her soon to be ex, ranked up the stars a notch. It was just a fun read. show less

Being the Chosen one isn't all fun and games. Constance can only beat the headaches from her visions with Dr. Pepper, and the snoring from her dead almost ex-husband is keeping her awake at night.

Constance Plyd is having a bad day. Her husband, Jimmy, is taking his own sweet time signing their divorce papers. Her restaurant is in the red, and she is knee-deep in bubbles because Jimmy decided to help with the dishes for the first time in their relationship by filling the dishwasher with show more Tide. To make matters worse, while she is mopping up the sudsy mess, she hears a large racket from the attached garage. Not knowing what mess Jimmy now made, curiousosity gets the best of her and she finds her husband face down on the floor with a screw-driver poking out of his back. Standing over him is a large, dark man wearing a baseball cap who claims he is a demon who immediately disappears.

Nathan Garrett used to be a real ladies man. Back in his teenage years, he was known to have de-flowered many of the local ladies and keeping notches in his bedpost. Constance was number twenty-two. But Nathan has changed his wild ways and is now the town's local sheriff. When he arrives upon the crime scene at the Plyd's house, he can't believe how he let beautiful Constance slip through is fingers. Unfortunately for him, Constance is still mad at him for forgetting her. He never even spoke to her at the local Jiffy Lube. Now it looks like he may have to arrest Constance for the murder of her husband. With the five million dollar insurance policy, the evidence isn't looking favorably for Constance.

Constance swears that a demon killed Jimmy. Jimmy agrees. He is a ghost until the crime is solved and he annoys Constance by constantly appearing beside her. She starts having visions, and learns that she is a minor prophet. She can see the future. What her vision tells her is that Satan is coming to earth and is going to beget a son on one of the pop stars coming to film in their town. Unfortunately for Constance, a Pride and a Glutton demon need her visions to show who is destined to be the mother of the antichrist. They try many ways to get her to share her visions with them, even endangering her life. Nathan doesn't believe in demons and is determined to arrest Constance for the murder of Jimmy or see her put into an asylum.

EVERY DEMON HAS HIS DAY is a fun treat! Filled with snappy repartee, hilarious scenes, and a good vs. evil battle will have you entertained from cover to cover. The constant bickering between the demons and Constance and Jimmy had me rolling in stitches. The blooming romance between Nathan and Constance is sweet and heart-warming. The first work by Cara Lockwood I've read, I was absolutely charmed! I look forward to the next one, Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks. show less

Reviewed for queuemyreview.com; book release Apr09

Chicklit meets paranormal romance equals “Every Demon Has His Day”. Cara Lockwood’s hilarious story of a small town, soon-to-be ex-wife turned ‘minor prophet’ left me grinning. This is IN NO WAY a serious or heavy read. Nope, this is light-hearted, funny, and almost a spoof of the darker, paranormal books on every shelf of your bookstore’s romance section.

Constance really isn’t having a good day. First her soon-to-be-ex tried to show more ‘help’ again which means he put laundry soap in the dishwasher! Now her floor is covered with suds. Next, she hears a noise in the garage and finds her husband on the floor, obviously dead, with a screwdriver in his back and a weird dude in black standing over him. Then, the weird dude gives her a business card that dissolves into ash after she reads it and he disappears…leaving her with a dead husband and a story absolutely nobody in their right mind will believe. To top off her day, the new Sheriff (who just happens to be the old flame who took her virginity, never called back, and moved away) shows up and, of course, can’t believe a word she says. Is that a bad day, or what?

Now she has to deal with: a talking dog who’s an angel-in-training, the hunky sheriff, visions she can’t control, sex with said hunky sheriff, two demons dogging her every step, getting arrested after sex with said hunky sheriff, a movie star who sold their soul to the devil (just one?), more sex with said hunky sheriff, and a ditzy teenage movie star she must prevent from giving birth to the Antichrist…oh, and more sex with the sheriff and a Ramboesque Catholic priest.

If all that sounds funny, that’s because it is. Whether or not Lockwood intended her book to be satiric, that’s how I read it and it still makes me grin when I think about it. There were a couple of places where I though the author went over to line to silliness, but there weren’t enough of those to keep me from enjoying the read. The sexy sheriff…was sexy, and had thankfully grown up a bit. But seeing him receiving the ‘karmic return’ from just about every woman in town because of his teenage actions was in some way cathartic , and simply, evilly enjoyable.

Cara Lockwood has plans to release another book with at least some of the same characters. I’ll likely buy that one just to see if it’s as amusing for me as “Every Demon Has His Day” was. So for anyone looking for a break from the plethora of emotional, dark paranormal romances out there today…I think you could do much worse than picking up a copy of Lockwood’s book…and laughing your way through it! show less

Good book. Allie has come to Hawaii for the first time since she left at the age of eight. Her father had died in an accident for which she blamed herself. Now her grandmother has passed and Allie has returned to deal with the coffee plantation she has inherited. Her plan is to sell it, take the money and travel until she's ready to go on with her life. The timing has worked in her favor as she just ended her engagement when she discovered that her fiance was cheating on her.

The problem with show more selling right away is that there is a co-inheritor, plantation foreman Dallas McCormick, and he isn't interested in selling. The property can only be sold if both agree, and that agreement must be verified by her grandmother's friend Kaimana.

Sparks fly between Allie and Dallas from the moment they met. Allie is attracted to Dallas, but has sworn off men because of her cheating ex. Dallas is a good looking man and has the reputation of being a player. It is also said that he cheated on his former girlfriend and then walked away from her and her daughter. This hits too close to Allie's issues and she swears to stay away from him. Dallas is also attracted to Allie, but has issues of his own. His former girlfriend had used him, cheated on him, then cleaned out his bank account. She then proceeded to spread false rumors about him around the island. Dallas sees Allie's plans as just one more greedy woman out for what she can get. Dallas wants to make a success of the plantation, starting with winning a coffee competition. If each of them is going to get what they want, they are going to have to find a way to work together.

The initial encounters between Allie and Dallas are pretty bad. Both of them make snap judgments about the other and are reluctant to back down from them. There are also a couple times when both of them act like children arguing over toys instead of adults who have to find a way to get along. They have finally reached a truce when a tsunami hits the island creating devastating destruction.

At this point Allie and Dallas finally start acting like the mature adults that they are. I loved seeing how trouble brought out the best of them and they began to see past their initial assumptions. Allie saw that rather than being a selfish, cheating jerk, Dallas was actually a kind and compassionate man. Dallas discovered that Allie wasn't so much greedy as running from a world of pain. During and after the tsunami, Allie saw the way that the community worked together, something she had never seen before. It made her think about what it would be like to stay in a place where there was so much love to share.

I really liked seeing the relationship grow between Allie and Dallas. They learned a lot about themselves and each other as they worked together on the coffee competition. That's not to say that everything went smoothly between them. Both of them still had trust issues that flared up when Dallas's former girlfriend tried to get him back. Allie had visions of the same thing happening again, as Dallas became secretive about his ex, and Dallas had a hard time believing that Allie wouldn't just walk away from him at any time.

I loved how Allie finally saw the truth and stood up for Dallas against his ex. I really enjoyed their confrontation and what Allie did to make sure Dallas had a fair chance. Dallas also is finally able to let go of his past and look toward a future with Allie.

The secondary characters throughout the book were wonderful and gave a fantastic view of island life. Auntie Kaimana was hysterical with how she fooled Allie at the beginning as a way to keep Allie from trying to sell immediately. I loved the bits of Hawaiian lore that came up, and also how she helped Allie learn about her grandmother. I also loved Kai and his sister Jesse and really hope that they get stories of their own. show less