Under a Vampire Moon: An Argeneau Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

Lynsay Sands (Author)

Book Description

Release date: April 24, 2012 | Series: Argeneau

“Lynsay Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.”
—Katie MacAlister, USA Today bestselling author of Sex, Lies, and Vampires

Lynsay Sands, the nationally bestselling author of the Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series, is one of the superstars of paranormal romance. Her latest Argeneau novel, Under a Vampire Moon, features a recently single, romantically-wary mortal who encounters a gorgeous vampire male waiting for her on a pristine Caribbean beach. Under a Vampire Moon is a treat for fans of Charlaine Harris and her Sookie Stackhouse novels—for anyone, in fact, who appreciates a good island romance between a hot blooded human and a love-hungry immortal.

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From the Back Cover

When Vampires Go On Vacation . . .

Escaping a horrible marriage, Carolyn Connor has no desire to think about men—a vow she's determined to keep while on vacation in St. Lucia. She'll take the Caribbean sun and sea and plenty of tropical drinks with those cute umbrellas poolside, thank you. She absolutely does not need male company, no matter how tan and rock-hard his body may be.

Easy enough, but then Carolyn meets the charming Marguerite Argeneau, who is infamous among her family for her matchmaking prowess . . .

Christian Notte has well known the power of finding a life mate. He's seen enough of his Argeneau relatives taken down for the count, but he never imagined he'd let himself fall in love—until he meets the enthralling, charmingly skittish, and oh-so-mortal Carolyn. But how will he reveal what he is and still convince this once-bitten mortal to trust him with her heart . . . and her forever?

About the Author

Lynsay Sands is the nationally bestselling author of the Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series, as well as numerous historicals and anthologies. She's been writing stories since grade school and considers herself incredibly lucky to be able to make a career out of it. Her hope is that readers can get away from their everyday stress through her stories, and if there are occasional uncontrollable fits of laughter, that's just a big bonus.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon; Original edition (April 24, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062100203
• ISBN-13: 978-0062100207
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (172 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Southern Ontario, Lynsay Sands is the New York Times bestselling author of the Argeneau Vampire series. She has written more than 34 books and anthologies since her first novel was published in 1997. Her romantic comedies span three genres--historical, contemporary, and paranormal--and have made the Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, USA Today, and New York Times bestseller lists. Lynsay's books are read in more than twelve countries and have been translated into at least six languages. She's been a nominee for both the Romantic Times Best Historical Romance Award and the Romantic Times Best Paranormal Romance Award, was nominated and placed three times in the RIO (Reviewers International Organization) Awards of Excellence, and has several books on All About Romance's Favorite Funnies list.

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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Light-hearted with sexual tension - 3.5 stars February 23, 2012

By C. Thilmany VINE™ VOICE

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Marguerite Argeneau-Notte and her life mate Julius are on their honeymoon at a resort in St Lucia. She immediately notices that another guest of the resort is her son's life mate; she has a gift of recognizing life mates for family members. As luck would have it Carolyn is good friends with the resort's entertainment coordinator who is frantic to replace the band that had to cancel at the last minute. It's the perfect excuse to bring Christian and the band he has with his Notte cousins to the island so he can meet Carolyn.

But Carolyn is vacationing there with another friend, Bethany, to get away while the divorce from her husband is finalized. Reading her thoughts the Notte family realizes Carolyn would run from a relationship with Christian right now, especially since she believes he's so much younger than her and has very little experience with relationships. Much to Christian's chagrin his cousin tells Carolyn he's gay but the rest of the family doesn't know about it, and would Carolyn agree to act as his love interest while they're on the island so the rest of the family doesn't find out; it's a role she's played before in college for a good friend. The hope is that she'll get comfortable with him as a friend first, and not run away from his interest or when learning the truth about what they are.

There's a great deal of sexual tension and humor in a beautiful setting. Right now Christian can only make love to her through dream-walking and Carolyn is horrified that she's so turned on by the much younger gay man that she's feels she's raping him in her dreams. She feels the need to protect him from her, adding to his frustration.

Carolyn's objections to a relationship, especially with a younger man, start feeling over the top as the story progresses. At least until we finally hear about her soon-to-be-ex-husband near the end of the book and how mentally abusive he was. Then the pace and her feelings make sense. We meet a character that I'd really like to see again. Captain Jack needs his own story.

I'd stopped reading the series a number of books back. Not because I didn't enjoy them, but with reading so many different authors, I had to pick and choose what to keep reading with time and money constraints. I enjoyed this story, the setting and the characters. It was nice to be reacquainted with that world.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A fresher spin on the old formula, plus some fun in the sun (and under a vampire moon) February 25, 2012

By melindeeloo TOP 500 REVIEWER

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Can you believe that this is the 19th Argeneau book? I really enjoyed Under A Vampire Moon and for me it was much better than the last couple of entries in Lynsay Sands' light vampire romance series - I wasn't that fond of the last few books which were starting to make Sands' old tried and true formula feel a bit tired.

This time around Christian Notte, son to matchmaking Margarite and half brother to the characters in the first four books, is in the lead. While on a tropical island honeymoon with her new/old mate, Margarite's spidey senses discover a potential lifemate for her son in the forty something Carolyn, who is taking a vacation in the sun to celebrate the end of her disastrous marriage. So of course Margarite does what she does best and pulls the strings to get Christian and his Notte cousins' band a gig in order to get Christian there as soon as possible.

With his cousins and his parents there to put the pieces in play to help Christian woo Carolyn -who is skittish about her attraction to the 'much younger' Christian - the story felt much fresher and it felt more like the earlier books in the series. And since I was able to accept the big ploy to keep Christian's lifemate from fleeing her attraction to him long enough to for the nanos to do their magic, Under a Vampire Moon worked for me.

The fact that Christian has to try to keep his desire in check in order to keep Carolyn around long enough to get to know him and fall in love with him, works to keep romantic tension high with much of the steamy stuff between Christian and Carolyn initially coming from shared lifemate dreams. And I was happy that this meant that there were no 'little Christian' references this time around - it was hilarious in Thomas' book but Sands had really worn that joke out - but if you are hooked on funny man part quips don't worry the cousins take up the slack.

Other things that I liked about Under a Vampire Moon were: the way that the family 'helps' Christian to win his lifemate - this adds some humorous moments to the story - and the fact that this 19th time around Sand's didn't feel it necessary to connect all of the dots to the eternal HEA for Christian and Carolyn, there was just the right amount of detail to let the reader know it was a done deal without doing a rehash of all of the events a human lifemate needs to take to get there.

So, I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed Under a Vampire Moon and the teaser at the end for The Lady is a Vamp, due out in July, has me looking forward to the next book as well.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying March 14, 2012

By MooncatX VINE™ VOICE

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Lynsay Sands writes a very delightful romantic comedy of Carolyn Connor, a 40s something woman who has been badly burned by a previous romantic relationship and the sexy, young looking musician/entertainer Christian Notte. Christian is Marguerite Argeneau's Italian son who is eager to claim a life mate, and willing to accept the fiction his female cousin Gia creates that he is an in the closet gay man who needs Carolyn's help in passing as straight.

The writing is playful, and fits seamlessly into the ongoing epic of the Argeneau clan. Situational comedy with witty banter and loving family warmth (on the vampire side) that make the reading enjoyable.