A Familiar Tangle with Hell by Sapphire Phelan
Phaze Books
Erotic Paranormal
ISBN: 978-1-60659-610-4
Reviewed by Jo

Tina is an immortal witch who lives and works with her lover and familiar – a demon named Charun. After their last match up and defeating of demons, both Tina and Charun thought they might get a small break. But that was before Tina began having odd visions and before they both learned of a prophecy that will begin the final Armageddon. It turns out that this prophesy is directed towards Tina and Lucifer is ready to do anything that will put Tina in his hands and have her pregnant with his child.

Charun is outraged, not only that the prophecy was made in the first place, but that it’s his witch who is the foretold one. Charun has been holding a huge secret from Tina all this time and it might just be one of the things that will make it harder for him to save her. When Tina is taken, Charun moves heaven and hell to get her back. He even gets the help of an archangel named Jacokb. Time is short for Charun to find Tina and get her safely back. When you are trying to defeat the Prince of Hell himself, it’s going to take all thatTina, Charun, Jacokb and even a cute demon bunny to avoid the beginning of Armageddon.

Saving his witch lover from birthing the demon baby who will start Armageddon is Charun’s challenge in A Familiar Tangle with Hell. Tina and Charun were only looking for a bit of down time when all Hell breaks loose over them. I thought Tina took it much better than I would have if told I was supposed to have Lucifer’s baby and the child would start Armageddon. Charun proved many times over not only his love for Tina but that he had truly paid for a bad choice he had made many, many years before. I found the relationship between Tina and Charun not only erotic (after all it is a witch and her familiar) but also extremely loving. The final battle was exactly what I would have expected from a battle between the three realms and their heavy hitters. The greatly changed future for Tina and Charun is going to be just as challenging, if a bit different, for everything they had known up to now I could see being different. A Familiar Tangle with Hell is a magical tug of war between Tina, Charun and Lucifer with assistance from certain heavenly helpers and demons.