Edge of the Moon (The Moon Series, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Rebecca York (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 5, 2003

A police detective and a woman who files a missing persons report become the pawns of an unholy serial killer in a game of deadly attraction.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A true master of intrigue. (Rave Reviews) She writes a fast-paced, satisfying thriller. (UPI)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (August 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425191257
• ISBN-13: 978-0425191255
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,166 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bang-on paranormal tale by talented writer, December 8, 2003

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This review is from: Edge of the Moon (The Moon Series, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

I think I have read everything Rebecca York wrote for the Harlequin Intrigues line - and continue to do so - and she's never failed to keep me turning page after page. However, with her Moon series for Berkley, she crafts stunning tales of werewolves with a skill that provides goosebumps!

Graphics designer Kathryn Reynold's neighbour vanishes, but she is beginning to see this is a sinister patterns for others has gone missing, too. An old lady, then a child, later a teenage boy. What could their disappearances have in common? However, when she meets detective Jack Thornton, she has other things on her mind as well, because the attraction to him is nearly overwhelming.

And the attraction is the same on Jack's part. He thought he was responding to a routine call of a missing person, so he never expected to run into the wall of emotions evoked by Kathryn. The dreams they begin sharing are so intense, they nearly shatter his control. But as the dreams intensify, he comes to sense another presence, one who is manipulating both Kathryn and him. As the cat and mouse game whre a killer is upping the odds, Jack fears Kathryn might be the next victim.

It's tense, dark and brooding and right on target!!

Second in the Moon series for York and is a must for paranormal fans.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Page-Turning Paranormal Suspense!, August 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Edge of the Moon (The Moon Series, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

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Evil wears many faces...

In EDGE OF THE MOON, Rebecca York's second novel of the MOON trilogy, Police Detective Jack Thornton and Graphic Designer Kathryn Reynolds are about to find out just how true those words can be.

A simple plumber, a slick-talking salesman, an elderly gentleman lost in an unfamiliar neighborhood; under the make-up and costumes Simon Gywnn is pure evil. After years spent committing crimes in the name of magic and sacrifice, he has at last worked his way up to what he believes will be his greatest and most rewarding accomplishment yet: enslaving a demon.

With the stage already set and his lines all memorized, Simon only needs one crucial element to complete this supreme bid for control: a final victim.

But the demon has other ideas.

Drawn together by a compelling and irresistible attraction, nudged along by an otherworldly influence, Jack and Kathryn must work quickly to battle their way past the killer's many masks to find the true face beneath. Because knowing that Kathryn has been selected as the killer's ultimate sacrifice is only one of their problems. They also have the demon himself to contend with.

A demon willing to destroy everything if his machinations through Jack and Kathryn aren't enough to stop Simon on their own.

After years of enjoying Rebecca York books, from the "Peregrine" collection through the "Light Street" series, the MOON trilogy's single title debut has far surpassed even the exceptional quality I expected when I purchased the first two books in this series. If you missed KILLING MOON, then be sure to get yourself a copy today and keep your eyes peeled for WITCHING MOON, due out in October. These are unquestionably the most remarkable works yet from a master storyteller with a bevy of bestsellers already under her belt.

Reviewed by Leslie King

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh yes!, August 13, 2003

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This review is from: Edge of the Moon (The Moon Series, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Werewolves are hardly the most frightening denizens of the night. Far more sinister beings have haunted the mortal world from time immemorial. In EDGE OF THE MOON, Rebcecca York reminds readers of that.

As people begin vanishing, Detective Jack Thornton, from KILLING MOON, investigates. Meeting Kathryn Reynolds sends something tingling through his senses. Time stops as they are drawn to one another. Their lives and dreams begin to intertwine, but those same dreams could pose a danger to them. Forces from beyond this world are seeking entrance, and two lovers are the only thing that stand between a dimensional collision and all Hell literally breaking loose.

***** Though this book is a sequel to the previous one, it stands alone easily. With high sensuality and suspense, Ms. York continues to build an enticing world of strangely familiar and altogether new myth. *****
Reviewed by Amanda Killgore