Something Wicked [Mass Market Paperback]

Catherine Mulvany (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 31, 2007

Falling passionately in love with a mysterious, sinfully sexy man can lead toSomething Wicked Investigative reporter Regan Cluny is in hot pursuit of a reclusive philanthropist who is financing a mysterious archaeological dig in the California desert. Attempting to convince Charles Cunningham Nash to grant heran interview has proven impossible long distance, so Regan sets off uninvited for his dig to woo him in person. Instead, she meets with deadly trouble; a biker gang corners her at a remote rest stop, sabotages her car, and leaves herfor dead on a country road. Miraculously, Regan survives with only one strangememory of her attack...and the man who comes to her aid is Nash himself. Strongly attracted to her handsome protector, Regan can't know that Nash is a vampire tied to her attackers by a vicious blood feud that dates back to theCivil War - or that he has hungered for the life and soul of a mortal for nearlytwo centuries. With the local sheriff determined to nail Nash for the violenceperpetrated by his dire enemy, Regan must decide whether the dark secrets of alover she can't live without are something wonderful...or something wicked.

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About the Author

Catherine Mulvany is married, has three children and now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Star (July 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416525572
• ISBN-13: 978-1416525578
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,321,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars deliciously different, June 26, 2008

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D. K. Stokes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Wicked (Mass Market Paperback)

Investigative reporter Regan Cluny has been trying to get an interview with Charles Cunningham Nash for some time, but the reclusive philanthropist has been avoiding her. So now she's decided to take the bull by the horns and confront him face-to-face at his mysterious archaeological dig in New Mexico.

Before she gets there, however, she's attacked and left for dead by a motorcycle gang... of vampires. Not that she'll tell anyone about the vampires, though: who would believe her?

Nash would--seeing as how he's also a vampire, and the leader of the gang who attacked her is his long-time enemy. Being a vampire is one of the reasons for his secrecy. The other is that he's looking for a mystical healing spring in the hopes of curing his vampirism.

Nash rescues Regan, and they begin to fall in love, complicated by them each having a very big secret: Nash is a vampire, and Regan is dying of cancer. What makes it even more complex is that Regan's disease killed the vampire who bit her in the attack.

So, nice conflict: they're falling in love, but each is a serious danger to the other, even if they don't know it.

Something Wicked is one of those rare cases where the characters have secrets and I'm not wanting to whack them upside the head to just spill it already. Both Regan and Nash have very good reasons to keep their secrets, and Regan is unaware that hers could prove deadly to Nash.

There was a nice balance here between the romance and the action/suspense plot, and kudos to Catherine for not pulling her punches. The bad guy here is ruthless (although he has a human side as well), and he acts accordingly.

Kudos also for a slightly different take on the vampire mythology. The vampires in Something Wicked drink blood, avoid direct sunlight, and are near-immortal, but they're not super-powerful, nor do they shapeshift.

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing--the setting in New Mexico and the archaeological details, the secondary characters that became real, and the hair-raising suspense. I'll be looking for Catherine Mulvany's backlist, and her future books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More like 4 1/2 stars...., November 17, 2008

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Deborah Wiley (Winter Haven, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Wicked (Mass Market Paperback)

Regan Cluny never expected that chasing after a story would prove to be so dangerous! Determined to interview Charles Cunningham Nash, Regan has traveled to his archaeological dig at Juniper Basin. Unfortunately, Regan isn't the only one looking for Nash and she catches the eye of Harper Wakefield. Nash reluctantly finds himself protecting Regan from his centuries old enemy, but will Regan uncover Nash's secret nature as a vampire in the process?

SOMETHING WICKED is a deliciously dark tale of vampires. Both the evil and the good nature of vampires are explored. Be forewarned, however, that Harper's actions are pure evil and he delights in gruesome behaviors. Catherine Mulvany's descriptions aren't gratuitous but rather emphasize just how nasty a villain Harper truly is.

Regan's spunkiness is admirable, even more so after the horrors she confronts. Both she and Nash have secrets, dark secrets neither wants to share. The suspense builds up nicely, as does the romance between these two very stubborn characters.

I have to admit that Catherine Mulvany had me hooked from the mere plot description. After all, combining an archaeological dig with vampires practically guarantees a book will be bought by me. However, Ms. Mulvany exceeded my expectations with SOMETHING WICKED. The characters are well developed, the storyline and the history of the feud between Harper and Nash is fully explained, but even more importantly Ms. Mulvany made me care about what happened. SOMETHING WICKED offers moments of horror, anger, grief, and yes, even humor all wrapped up nicely in a paranormal romance. Well done and easily recommended!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Unique and action filled, July 1, 2011

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D. Salvagin "La Deet Da Reads" (New York USA) - See all my reviews
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I'll leave the synopsis to the others.
This was my first Cattherine Mulvany book and it won't be my last. I was caught up in the action and plot from the beginning. I like my heroes heroic and the bad guys truly evil and this book delivers. Not to mention it also delivers on a kick-a** heroine. The setting, in the desert at an archeological dig, was unique and provided many interesting details. Sure I needed to suspend my disbelief on occasion but that's what we do with many romance novels.