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Sunny (Author)
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January 2, 2008
Dante, the warrior son of a healer, was cursed by the high priestess to endure a never-ending cycle of life and death, born and reborn into an ever-diminishing bloodline. Someone shares one of his past lives. Her name was Mona Lyria. Back then, on the moon in another world, she was his victim. Today, she is Mona Lisa, and this time, she is his savior. Dante's wish is to die by her hands to end his cursed existence, but she feels fate has given them both a second chance. For even stronger than her craving for blood is her craving for what every Monre female desires, and needs...to bear life. Now she has found her mate-but with this blessing could come a new curse under the shadow of a new moon.


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In Sunny's third seductive tale of magic and romance (after 2007's Mona Lisa Blossoming) among the shape-shifting alien race known as the Monère, young mixed blood Queen Mona Lisa embraces her sexuality as a means of healing. Unfortunately, she makes a serious mistake by sleeping with Dante Morell, a rogue Monère man struggling with madness, and accidentally becomes pregnant. Not only is Mona Lisa now demon-tainted but she's also engaged to Lord Halcyon, the Demon Prince of Hell. Further conflicts ensue as she begins to remember killing Barrabus, Dante's ancestral father, during her former life long ago in Sparta, and touching off a terrible curse. Suspenseful twists promise more heart-throbbing surprises in the next installment of this haunting erotic fantasy series. (Jan.)
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About the Author

Sunny is a former physician and the wife of novelist Da Chen.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley Trade (January 2, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425217450
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425217450
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #802,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A family practice physician and Vassar graduate, I was finally pushed into picking up my pen by the success of the rest of my family. Much to my amazement, I found that, by golly, I actually could write a book. And that it was much more fun than being a doctor. As an author, I have appeared on Geraldo at Large and CNBC.

When I'm not busy reading and writing, I'm editing my husband's books, New York Times bestselling author Da Chen, and being a happy stage mom for my young actor son, Michael Chen.

Mona Lisa's story continues in March 2011 with MONA LISA ECLIPSING. For contests, excerpts, and more information please visit my website at www.sunnyauthor.com.

 

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but lacking, January 10, 2008
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M. Olivier "reign" (Austin, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mona Lisa Craving (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 3) (Paperback)
The third book in the Monere series, and definitely a steamy one. I like the characters, but I feel sometimes my least favorite character is Mona Lisa. I want her more fleshed out. I also wish she could commit to someone or at least the same few someones. Are we just going to keep seeing her discover new men she wants, only to discard the previous ones? It also seems like Amber is becoming less of a character and getting pushed further out. He seems very 2D when he does make an appearance.

One particular thing I found quite annoying, was the way things were summarized from previous books. Every time something needed to be clarified it felt forced. Like, here, let's stop the story so we can tell you what happened, and now back to the story. There was no flow at all in that regard. I understand the need to try to make it a stand alone book, but it was done very poorly.

Overall, I did enjoy the book, I read it very quickly, but I did feel something lacking with the story and the characters. I am curious what will happen with Dante in the future. Will he be continued as an important man in her life, good or bad? Or will he get tossed to the side of the story like the rest have been?

We shall see in 2009 I suppose.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Companion Short Stories-Must Read for Continuity, December 31, 2008
I was confused at events alluded to in the second and third books in this series, and discovered that Sunny's Mona Lisa short stories are not parallel additions to the Mona Lisa series, but must-reads for continuity. The two stories are found in two separate short story compilations (Over the Moon and On the Prowl). Read 'Mona Lisa Three' in Over the Moon between Mona Lisa Awakening and Mona Lisa Blossoming, then read 'Mona Lisa Betwining' in On the Prowl after Mona Lisa Blossoming but before Mona Lisa Craving. While Mona Lisa Three adds more dimension to the series, Mona Lisa Betwining' is necessary to understand the opening of Mona Lisa Craving.

I recommend Lucinda, Darkly after all of these novels, though, as an independent story line, you could read Lucinda's tale at any point after her introduction to the Mona Lisa world (which occurs in the short story 'Mona Lisa Three').
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars I expected more., July 28, 2010
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Zombie Unicorn (Sunnydale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
Since the author copied good ideas from Anne Bishop and Laurel K. Hamilton, I expected a good plot. But all the heroine does in EVERY book is get kidnapped, repeatedly, and have (badly written) sex drowned in flowery purple prose.

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THE CRESCENT MOON gleamed bright in the star-studded sky, a beacon of light in the darkness. Read the first page
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demon prince, service fair, demon dead
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Mona Lisa, Mona Sephina, Mona Teresa, Mona Louisa, High Court, Mixed Blood, Warrior Lord, Belle Vista, Full Blood Monère, Mona Lyra, Queen Mother, Monère Queen, High Prince of Hell, Goddess's Tears, Mortal Draining, Lord Thorane
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