Blue Moon [Paperback]

Lori Handeland (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Pan (August 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330451294
• ISBN-13: 978-0330451291
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,840,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lori Handeland has written over fifty novels, novellas and short stories in several genres--historical, contemporary, series and paranormal romance, as well as urban fantasy--for such publishers as: Dorchester, Kensington, Harlequin, St. Martin's Press, Harper-Collins, Simon and Schuster and Penguin/Putnam.

She is a New York Times, USA Today, Waldenbooks and Bookscan Bestselling Author and the recipient of many industry awards, including two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America for Best Paranormal and Best Long Contemporary Romance, a Romantic Times Award for Best Harlequin Superromance, the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, the Write Touch Readers Award, the National Readers Choice Award and the Prism Award.

Published world wide and known for her popular and highly acclaimed Nighcreature paranormal series, as well as her urban fantasy series, The Phoenix Chronicles, Lori is also the author of the SHAKESPEARE UNDEAD historical fantasy series.

Soon she will begin a new venture, writing western historical romance under the name Lori Austin. The first book, BEAUTY AND THE BOUNTY HUNTER, will be released in October, 2012.

Lori lives in Wisconsin with her husband, enjoying occasional visits from her grown sons. She can be reached through her web site www.lorihandeland.com

Customer Reviews

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paranormal Police Procedural that keeps you turning pages..., November 28, 2004

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R. Kyle (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Moon (Nightcreature, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

Miniwa, WI cop, Jessie McQuade is a tough pragmatic woman who only believes what she sees. That is, until a schoolteacher who was bitten by a wolf goes rabid in her schoolroom the next day.

Miniwa is under seige. Are these wolves infected by a new strain of rabies, as she is first led to believe, or something even less acceptable? Can Jessie trust the man she's come to love and who appears to be helping her--or, is he part of the plot?

The ending surprised me--and that doesn't often happen!

This book is a fast-paced first-person narrative that actually works comfortably. I like Handeland's 'voice' for Jessie. What's more---this is not one of those romance novels where the heroine starts strong and loses all sense when she falls in love. Jessie stays Jessie throughout. I like that. I'll be looking for more of Handeland's books!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible werewolf story with a twist, August 31, 2005

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Kelley Hartsell "Kelley" (Irving, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Moon (Nightcreature, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

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Wow! This story packs a punch! If readers want an incredible werewolf story with a twist, then this book is one that must be read.

Officer Jessie McQuade has seen much in her job as a policewoman, but strange things have been happening in Miniwa, Wisconsin lately. The normally subdued wolves in the area are striking out, attacking humans for no apparent reason. As she investigates deeper, more and more leads don't tie up, and many doubts surface. Everything comes back to the huge, lone black wolf she keeps seeing everywhere. So her practical nature causes her to turn to a professor for help.

Will Cadotte is an expert in Native American mythology and the logical person for Officer McQuade to turn to when an animal totem charm is found. He has a lot of answers, but even more questions are raised as he helps in her investigation. The things he talks about are unbelievable to Jessie, things that just cannot be. And what's the matter with her? She's inexplicably drawn to this enigmatic man, and he makes her toes curl in the most delightful of ways.

As things grow stranger and the time for the full moon, a rare Blue Moon, draws near, danger is more imminent and Jessie doesn't know what to believe. All of the evidence is pointing to something she can't even begin to comprehend or accept. Is it really something supernatural and therefore beyond her control? And what about Will, is he friend or foe, incredible lover or deadly enemy, man or man-wolf? Want to know the answers, then drop everything and read this book!

Welcome back to the paranormal genre, Ms. Handeland! This story is one of the best this reviewer has read in quite a while. The plot leaps and bounds forward, like the running wolves, but is not in the slightest bit confusing or disturbing. One will become entrenched in the story from the very first line, and want to keep reading uninterrupted through the end. The Native American mythological spin on the legend of the werewolves adds depth to the story, making it all the more intriguing for the tantalizing glimpses into those beliefs.

Jessie is a great character, full of sass and with a delightful, sarcastic sense of humor. One will laugh out loud many times as a result of her unexpected witticisms. Will is a hero to drive women crazy, tall dark, handsome, and yes he's got a brilliant mind to go with it! Who wouldn't fall for a guy like that? Jessie didn't stand a chance. Add in the very elderly police dispatcher, Zee, with the mouth of a sailor, who loves her job and loves Jessie like a daughter, a very frightening wolf hunter who may be more then he seems, and a score of townspeople, and this story has incredible life built in to it.

This story is absolutely incredible and the only bad thing about it? That it can't go on forever! Have no fear readers, there are already at least two more books in the works to extend this foray into the otherworldly. Ms. Handeland has a breakout hit with this series! This reviewer is one fan who will be impatiently awaiting the next chapter in the saga.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, June 2004. All rights reserved.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Let Her Rip!, July 1, 2006

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bhr "birdwoman" (Bryn Mawr, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Moon (Nightcreature, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

One of my favorite authors is Nora Roberts. She wrote a series called the Three Sisters trilogy. The main heroine in the second book is a character named Ripley, and she could be the identical twin of the heroine of this book. In this case, imitation is flattery, and though I think the similarities are not coincidental, I enjoyed this book just as though I was meeting Ripley all over again.

Jessie is a cop, from a small town in Wisconsin. She's a loner who swims to keep in shape. She hates the preternatural, calls it "woo woo", and yet is surrounded by it.

Will is an indian (Native Americcan) and a professor of Woo Woo. He's also really hot - strong, intelligent, and handsome.

The book has a good mystery going with no obvious clue missed by the main characters. Indeed, these characters are quite tuned to what's going on around them.

There is also a good amount of Woo Woo going on. Werewolves have infiltrated Miniwa Wisconsin, and Jessie eventually gets over her aversion to help solve the mystery.

Also, the supporting cast in the story - the sherrif, the dispatcher, the VanHelsing dude - they all have enough depth and definition to really matter to the story line and carry the story.

The romance is rather sudden, but that's the way it is sometimes in books like these. It is incredibly steamy, if unbelievable.

The book is obviously an opener for a series. But it was a good standalone, and was a great diversion on the flight from Seattle to Cincinnati!

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