Spirited

I was intrigued by this book because I have read so many plots in romance novels but there's never been a djinni involved, and this piqued my interest.
The heroine of this story is Amelia Swenson, an artist who happens to be clumsy, and the one time a bowl slips through her fingers and falls on to the floor, she agrees to pay for it, but does not know that she released two spirits. One is a djinni and the other a demon. Once she's home, she looks at the broken pieces and finds an iron ring which she slips on, and accidentally summons a djinni, and not the 'Aladdin' kind of djinni, but a strikingly handsome djinni called Al-Marid.
She is both confused and drawn to him.
She is saddened by the fact that he is enslaved by a ring and as she tries to come to terms with his vanishing acts and interior decorating skills, she learns that the other demon she released is called a Lilit and she preys on men and is responsible for many infant deaths and miscarriages in women. This begins the race back into ancient Middle East, her past, Al-Marid's past and a journey through time to save her friends and her life.

I loved: Amelia's wit. She is funny and very thoughtful. She is also resourceful and does not rely on Al-Marid to make all the decisions.

I was fascinated by: the journey back into time and getting a glimpse of the djinni lives and their rules of conduct.

I never saw this coming: a djinni trapped in a ring, stored in a bowl? What happened to oil lamps? I found it very creative on the author's part to incorporate a bowl and not a lamp.
A djinni could materialize and change form, being both a man and spirit.

I wished: that there could have been a moment of reconciliation between Roxy and Amelia, it would have been quite the complete climax to a story, but I understand that you cannot have it all and reconciliation takes time.
A better cover! I love this cover but somehow it does not speak as much as I wished to, but I am glad I did not judge this book by it's cover.

I'd love to know: is there a book two? Are Al-Marid and Amelia's babies all grown, and does he get a chance to reconcile with his family?

I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves a good romance because there have been tales of vampires, angels, demons, faeries and werewolves falling in love with humans but not of djinni's doing so. It's that unique.