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The Rogue Hunter (Argeneau Vampires, Book 10)

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Rogue Hunter the first of the spin-off series of Lynsay Sands Argeneau Series. Garret Mortimer and his fellow Rogue Hunters are sent to cottage country to look for a possible rogue immortal. When the men arrive at the small lake community they are pleasantly surprised by three young women next door spending time at the family cottage.

As with all Ms Sands books there is lots of humor. Written in such a descriptive manor that you can just picture the story as it unfolds. When Mortimer first sees Sam a klutzy thin sporty looking girl, he has no idea why he is drawn to her. After all she is nothing like his dream girl. His dream girl is a "Jessica Rabbit" type after all. Sam is so not looking for a new man in her life. Her long time boyfriend had just dumped her for not being up to his standards.

Granted there is not as much drama or mystery as in some of the series. But hey, I am a sucker for a good love story with some extremely funny near misses for our lovers to get together.
So in my opinion it is a fun light hearted read! So read and ENJOY!

I'm an avid Lynsay Sands fan, so it pains me to say that this was the worst book she's ever written. Thin plot, little humor, a male lead with NO back story (usually LS does this well), and no sex till nearly the end of the book. Ms. Sands is known for writing darn good erotic encounters, but don't hold your breath anticipating this one. Worst of all, no happily ever after!

I usually finish one of her books in a day, but this one took me four because I kept getting bored and setting it down.

Here's just one example of how poorly this story was written. The male lead is Garret Mortimer. Not only do all of the characters insist on referring to him as Morty or Mort, the author actually wrote a scene where Samantha tells him he doesn't seem like a Garret to her, and that Mortimer suits him better. In any other romance novel, that would have been an insult. In my opinion, there's nothing sexy about the name "Mortimer".

Lynsay Sands opens a new series within her famous Argeneau Novels with a light touch and her trademark humor, bringing to life a romantic comedy reminiscent of the early Argeneau books which captured the hearts and imaginations of her many readers!

"The Rogue Hunter" The Rogue Hunter (Argeneau Vampires, Book 10)lays the foundation for the council enforcers who are The Rogue Hunters, those who investigate rogue immortals breaking the council laws and bring them to justice who also investigate those mortals who have discovered the hidden world of the immortal people to make sure all stays hidden!

Garrett Mortimer is not overly thrilled to be headed to Canadian cottage country. Feeling his 800 years and a bit weary after the last hunt, duty and his boss, Lucian Argeneau, call upon him and his not 100 year old partner, Justin Bricker, to investigate what appears to be vampire bites on mortals. Based at the cottage of fellow rogue hunter, the intriguing Decker Argeneau Pimms, the two meet up with him to look into the situation. Mortimer and Decker find themselves slightly amused and indulgent of the younger Bricker, who hasn't yet lost so many of the appetites of life, and is sure there is nothing to find in the dark Canadian countryside except for the three pretty sisters next door!

Samantha Willan is a sharp-witted, excellent, overworked attorney, who is also very thin and clumsy by nature, which isn't helped by a chronic ear infection. Her self-esteem has also been crushed almost as flat as her physical figure appears to be, by a recent ex-boyfriend envious of her career success. Concerned for her health, her two sisters drag her to the family cottage for a holiday, expecting her to take a full break from work, but not counting on the exasperating calls from her overbearing boss for favors while she is out of the office. All Sam is looking for is a little time to be with her sisters, practically the only family she has left.

When the three enforcers and the three sisters meet, Mortimer is very dismayed to discover that instead of his dream girl, Jessica Rabbit, his life mate is Olive Oyl! How can it be possible that after so many years of waiting that Sam could be his life mate? Decker and Bricker convince him to get to know her, but Sam isn't looking for love or a life mate, even though her sisters think a little "fling" might be good for her!

What follows is a series of mishaps between the potential life mates out in the world of Mother Nature...helping Mortimer discover that while his life mate isn't his dream girl...she may be something much better! At the same time, Sam discovers that not all in this world can be answered in legalese, but perhaps it can be answered with love.

The Rogue Hunter is light and funny, with just the right amount of mystery and a surprise twist ending. Lynsay Sands leaves subtle clues leading us straight into the next book, "The Immortal Hunter" The Immortal Hunter: A Rogue Hunter Noveland waiting eagerly for more. She has once again created a wonderful ensemble cast of characters to support the featured main characters, which reminds me of "Tall, Dark, & Hungry" and some of the other light-hearted but well thought out Argeneau stories told so far. With her unique talent of alternating lighter and darker stories in the Argeneau Series, her amazing humor, and her ability to bring a paranormal world to reality, it's my suggestion that you don't miss "The Rogue Hunter!" As a book that will draw you into the expanding world of Lynsay Sands Immortals, I give it five stars and many times of reading pleasure! Enjoy!!

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SERIES I EVER READ. I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A FANTASTIC SERIES FOR TV OR A MOVIE. WITH ALL THE TROUBLE IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW EVERYONE COULD USE SOME LAUGHTER. LYNSAY SANDS WRITES WITH A LOT OF SPIRIT AND AMUSEMENT. I'M 73 YEARS OLD AND I ACTUALLY SAT AND GIGGLED. MY HUSBAND THOUGHT I WAS NUTS. BUY IT AND FEEL GOOD AGAIN.

Lucian Argeneau sends Garrett Mortimer and Justin Bricker (who appeared in Bite me if you can, Lucien's book) to deal with a rogue vampire that is attacking people. They stay in a cottage owned by Decker Pinms Argeneau, Martine's son and part of the vampire Council.
Their neighbours are three sisters, and one of them, Sam, turned out to be Mortimer's mate.
At first he doesn't react well to this revelation. He always had a different mate in mind: more gorgeous and much less clumsy. However, he soon accepts her.
Sam doesn't plan to begin a relationship with anybody after breaking with her only boyfriend six months ago. But she can't control her attraction to Mortimer.

The best parts of the book are the interactions between the sisters and the immortals, with very funny moments. However the romance and the action part (the hunt for the rogue vampire and the abduction of a young woman in the area), aren't very well done. They don't start developing "seriously" until the second half of the book, so they feel rushed.
It's not a bad book, but previous in the series were much better. It isn't also a very important addition to the series. It feels more like a side-story than a new instalment.

Lynsay Sands isn't known for particularly deep plots. I know that when I buy an Argeneau Vampire novel getting a one time Saturday afternoon giggle of a book. But Jeez this book was so light on plot it distracted me to the point where I kept trying to write a story into it.

The plot with spoilers:

Sam-a workaholic lawyer-is on vacation with her two sisters to the family cabin on a lake someplace in Canada. Mortimer is one of three vampire rogue hunter staying at the lake looking for a vampire who is biting, but not killing. The first night that they are there Mortimer discovers that he can't read Sam. Therefore she must be his life mate.

A couple of days later Sam's demanding boss-a senior partner at her law firm-asks her to tromp up to another lake to check on the bratty daughter of one of the firms biggest clients. She isn't there but her pocketbook is, the door is unlocked and music is still playing. Sam and Mortimer have a couple of unconsummated sexual encounters until Cathy-the missing girl is found. They then go back to the cabins where lo and behold the rogue is Sam's next door neighbor only he's not a rouge. He's a poor vampire with no generator and crappy power so his bagged blood keeps going bad.

This book failed because Lynsay Sands gave her characters the brain power of a small gnat and relied on way to many stereotypes. Sam is supposed to be a high powered lawyer. The local cop is (of course) obnoxious and uninterested in the case. Sam is supposed to prod him into caring. It takes three days for him to ask the next door neighbors some questions. (Cathy is staying with them for a few days-partying) My question-why didn't the high powered lawyer and the vampire enforcer go ask questions themselves? If my friend/neighbor/business obligation was missing I'd knock on a few doors. Cathy makes Paris Hilton look like a rocket scientist. And the mystery rogue is found and resolved in 1 page.

Lynsay Sands-I've been a faithful reader. I own all the Argeneau Vampire books and I've gotten my friends into these books as well. Please, next time, care enough about your readers to include a plot.

I loved this book! Sam and her sisters were hilarious and after reading The Rogue Hunter, I wish I had sisters like that now. Sam is independent and I like the fact that she decides to go against the norm and not just go along with the status quo. Her love for her family is evident as is her love for Mortimer.
Garret Mortimer is an older, complex character and his preconceptions for what his life mate should be and what she turned out to be ring true to life in my opinion. These characters are different from previous Argeneaus and it's nice to see new characters coming from Lynsay's imagination. Bricker was just as dynamic and funny a character as we've seen before and he added to the story as a secondary character.
Sam and Mortimer go through a trial by fire with all the mishaps that happen on their coming together and it gives you a whole new perspective on the `great' outdoors... lol.
All in all, I really enjoyed reading The Rogue Hunter and look forward to the next in the series.

Usually my biggest grip about urban fantasy books is lack of plot and/or storyline. This book has a plot, but the author does nothing with it. Woman missing and perhaps the victim of the rogue vampire--nope, just off having fun. We spend one-third of the book reading about the different people involved in this disappearance and wondering why the sheriff seems so reluctant to hunt for her, and what will happen next, only to find out that nothing happens next. I should have realized that there were problems with the book at the beginning when I burned up 15% of the book on my Kindle just reading about people moving into cottages with no electricity.

What a waste of time. Maybe her other books are better, but I'm not going to try and find out.

I was surprised to realize that I did not recognized any of the characters. Perhaps, they were mentioned in passing in a previous book, but obviously nothing exciting enough to make them memorable. This is not bad, of course. It's always good to read something different instead of the same old. The romance was nice in the story. It didn't bother me that the couple did not hook up until the end like it did other reviewers. I did find the story a bit dull. The whole point of sending three hunters to find the rogue vampire, and yet having nothing interesting happen about it was a huge let down. My only other complaint is that Sands kept commenting through her characters how funny the hero (Mortimer) was. No where in this story was he portrayed as being funny. Every interaction she showed him in was serious. As a matter fact, the entire story was dry and humorless on all fronts. The reason I point this out is because at the end of the story, the author has a note to her readers in which she describes HERSELF as " hysterical." Oookaaay.

I love Lindsay Sands, so when I saw the ability to preorder this, I snapped it right up. I did read it all in one day like I have her others, but I didn't think it was quite up to her usual standards.
Mortimer has basically no backstory and the relationship is extremely slow from the get go. There was barely any of the erotic love that makes her so interesting to read. They seemed more like whirlwind friends than whirlwind lovers for the longest time. And the ending made me cringe in its conclution. The tension that permiates in mystery falls flat in ending.
Over all, I'd say read at the very least. But I'm not sure if it's one that I will repeatedly come back to like the others.