Bayou Moon (Harlequin Intrigue) [Paperback]

York (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (May 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373221886
• ISBN-13: 978-0373221882
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,033,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"[Rebecca York's] books. . . deliver what they promise: excitement, mystery, romance. . ."
- Michael Dirda, Washington Post

An award-winning, best-selling novelist, Ruth Glick is the author of over 100 books. Writing as Rebecca York, she has authored or co-authored over 50 romantic suspense novels. The first of her Berkley Sensation paranormal romantic suspense novels, KILLING MOON, was published in June 2003; EDGE OF THE MOON followed in August 2003 and WITCHING MOON in October 2003. KILLING MOON and EDGE OF THE MOON were launch books for the Berkley Sensation imprint.

She writes the popular 43 Light Street series for Harlequin Intrigue. Over 30 Light Street Intrigues have been published. NOWHERE MAN was called "one of the most heart-wrenching, moving works of romantic suspense in several years," by reviewer Harriet Klausner.

Ruth's many awards include two Rita finalist books. She has two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times: for Series Romantic Suspense and Series Romantic Mystery. NOWHERE MAN was the Romantic Times Best Intrigue of 1998, and the book has been selected as one of their Reviewers' "all-time favorite 400 romances." In addition, she received the 1998 Affaire de Coeur's Critics Choice Award for Best Contemporary Novel, also for NOWHERE MAN. Ruth's book, KILLING MOON won the 2003 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for best Paranormal. AMANDA'S CHILD won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for Long Contemporary and was nominated for Best Intrigue of 2000 by Romantic Times. "Tyler" in BAYOU BLOOD BROTHERS won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for best Novella. In 2007 THE SECRET NIGHT received the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for best Harlequin Intrigue. Ruth's cookbook, 100% PLEASURE, was picked by USA Today as one of the 12 best cookbooks of 1994; her FABULOUS LO-CARB CUISINE was a finalist for the MidAtlantic Publishers Association's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award.

Several of Ruth's Moon books (WITCHING MOON, SHADOW OF THE MOON, and NEW MOON) have been on the USA Today best-seller list.

Ruth and her husband travel frequently to research settings for novels and taste new dishes for cookbooks. Her many unique experiences are apt to end up in her books--like the time she encountered a coral snake in the Guatemalan jungle or took a flight in a hot air balloon.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT MYSTERY AND ROMANCE, July 7, 2003

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M. Hartmann "abayyan" (Milan, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bayou Moon (Harlequin Intrigue) (Paperback)

Wish there was a little help in pronouncing these names.
Vance Gautreau [Gah-trow?]was a law unto himself and was very much a man's man.

Tess Beaumont was a very citified KEFT investigative reporter and afraid of the bayou country.

She worked with the camerman, Ken Holloway and they were sent to cover the story of an apparent suicide of Lisa Gautreau.

It seems people were dying who appeared on the Brad Everett show on KEFT

Tess had been raised by her aunt, Pauline Beaumont, who apparently was keeping a twenty year old secret.

Tess and Ken ran into Vance as the medics were pulling Lisa's body from the bayou. Contratemps happened and sheriff Frank Haney tossed Vance into his rat-hole of a jail. Tess was ordered by her boss to bail him out. That is the start of their strong attraction.

In trying to solve the murders Vance ends up trying to protect Tess from a possible threat to her life. In her fear, Tess turns to Vance for protection. Someone definitely wants her out of the way.

Vance is an excellently strong character, Tess is a modern woman strong enough to fight her fears. Despite my disgust with PMS - Vance and Tess work through their indepentant walls of self-protection and learn to trust and love each other. Oh, yes, and accidently happen to solve several mysteries. (g).

Will definitely recommend --M - Excellent story - not a dull moment [except up those stairs] great characters - an all around excellent read.

4.0 out of 5 stars fun quick read, November 21, 2008

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D. K. Stokes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bayou Moon (Harlequin Intrigue) (Paperback)

I'm slowly working my way through Rebecca York's backlist--the only problem is she's writing so darn fast that I'll never catch up. This one's from 1992.

Tess Beaumont is a TV reporter. She meets Vance Gautreau while doing a story on his sister's apparent suicide. He gets into an argument with the police and is thrown in jail; Tess bails him out at the behest of her boss so she can get a story.

It seems his sister isn't the first former guest on a popular talk show to end up dead, and Vance is determined to prove she was murdered. Tess smells a story, so she invites herself along on his investigation. By the time danger threatens them both, it's no longer just a story to her, and she's in too deep to back out.

There's also a mystery about Tess's past--she was raised by an aunt, and learned early on not to ask questions about her parents.

The mystery and suspense were quite well done, but I wasn't quite as convinced by the romance. Maybe that's because I never quite connected with Vance. Usually, I can get a sense of a character through their dialogue--for some reason, it's important to me to know how they sound, while descriptions of their physical appearance don't matter much. Hmmm... *thinking* No, it's not so much the sound of their voice as it is their "voice"--that is, their speech mannerisms, the words they use, whether they're verbose or laconic, etc. Anyway, for some reason, Vance just didn't sound real to me. Could be the bayou accent, but I've read other books--even ones by the same author--set in the bayou, and didn't have the same trouble.

Oh, well. I'm letting it go. It was a fun, quick read nonetheless.