WW28: CAPTURED BY MOONLIGHT

WW28
A chance to showcase your favourite!

• First you grab our Wicked Wednesday pic.
• Then you grab a book. Turn to page 28. Take the first sentence. And then you post it in your site with a link back to WW28.
• Come back to Cherry Mischievous - WW28 and give us the url of your post (in a comment at a WW28 post) so that other WW28 readers can find your WW28 offering.

WW28 book offering: Captured By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon

"A glimpse to her right caught the detectives at the next bank of desks staring at her."

Ummm... office politics, anyone?

About Captured By Moonlight:

IN THIS DARK THRILLER FROM NANCY GIDEON’S SULTRY NEW SERIES, SEXY NEW ORLEANS COP CHARLOTTE CAISSIE GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH THE LAST NEMESIS SHE EVER EXPECTED: HER SUPERNATURAL BOYFRIEND.THEIR LOVE IS JUST BEGINNING.Detective Charlotte Caissie is growing used to the secrets that come with loving the mysterious leader of a shape-shifter clan. But that doesn’t mean she has to like it. She’s avoided complications of the heart all her life, but when it comes to irresistible Max Savoie, she’ll force the truth out of him if she has to.HIS TIME IS ALMOST UP.Hunted by the deadly trackers his nefarious father warned him about, Max is transforming into a preternatural force he can’t explain and Cee Cee will never understand. He’s tempting the dangerous limits of their love, but it’s her curiosity that could get them both killed. WILL THEY EVER REALLY BE TOGETHER?

When Max discovers the enemy’s true target is someone far more vulnerable than he, he must do the unthinkable to save his own flesh and blood. But he can’t fight this battle alone, and Cee Cee faces the ultimate test of loyalty: the man she’d sacrifice everything for . . . or the laws she swore her life to protect.

Source: Info in the About Captured By Moonlight was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7565545-captured-by-moonlight on 01/10/2011.

WW28: MASKED BY MOONLIGHT

WW28
A chance to showcase your favourite!

• First you grab our Wicked Wednesday pic.
• Then you grab a book. Turn to page 28. Take the first sentence. And then you post it in your site with a link back to WW28.
• Come back to Cherry Mischievous - WW28 and give us the url of your post (in a comment at a WW28 post) so that other WW28 readers can find your WW28 offering.

WW28 book offering: Masked By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon

"I'll speak to her. I'll arrange a time. I'd rather not wake them, considering what they've been through."

Seems like our character here is a considerate one :)

About Masked By Moonlight:

IN THIS STUNNING FIRST BOOK FROM NANCY GIDEON’S SIZZLING NEW SERIES, A TENACIOUS COP AND HER SHAPE-SHIFTING ENEMY SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR FORBIDDEN DESIRE.

ALL SHE WANTS IS REVENGE.

New Orleans homicide detective Charlotte Caissie is dedicated to bringing down the crime boss responsible for her father’s murder. Using Jimmy Legere’s mysterious and irresistible right-hand man is a dangerous gamble, and not only due to his reputation as more monster than man. Because her feelings for Max Savoie are . . . complicated.

THEN HE RISKS HIS LIFE TO SAVE HERS.

Rescued from the swamps as a child, Max exists silently in Legere’s shadow, heeding only his voice—until Charlotte Caissie awakens his emotions and tests his loyalties. Stepping outside his cautious rules threatens more than just his heart. He could expose his darkest secret.

NOW THEY’RE BOTH IN OVER THEIR HEADS.

Testing boundaries they weren’t meant to cross means facing the truth about who and what they are—and what they need from each other. If Max is the murderer she seeks, Charlotte could be his next victim. She can’t afford to trust any man. Good thing Max isn’t one.

Source: Info in the About Masked By Moonlight was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6979554-masked-by-moonlight on 01/10/2011.

Review: MASKED BY MOONLIGHT

Masked By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
Book 1 of the Moonlight series

About Masked By Moonlight:

IN THIS STUNNING FIRST BOOK FROM NANCY GIDEON’S SIZZLING NEW SERIES, A TENACIOUS COP AND HER SHAPE-SHIFTING ENEMY SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR FORBIDDEN DESIRE.

ALL SHE WANTS IS REVENGE.

New Orleans homicide detective Charlotte Caissie is dedicated to bringing down the crime boss responsible for her father’s murder. Using Jimmy Legere’s mysterious and irresistible right-hand man is a dangerous gamble, and not only due to his reputation as more monster than man. Because her feelings for Max Savoie are . . . complicated.

THEN HE RISKS HIS LIFE TO SAVE HERS.

Rescued from the swamps as a child, Max exists silently in Legere’s shadow, heeding only his voice—until Charlotte Caissie awakens his emotions and tests his loyalties. Stepping outside his cautious rules threatens more than just his heart. He could expose his darkest secret.

NOW THEY’RE BOTH IN OVER THEIR HEADS.

Testing boundaries they weren’t meant to cross means facing the truth about who and what they are—and what they need from each other. If Max is the murderer she seeks, Charlotte could be his next victim. She can’t afford to trust any man. Good thing Max isn’t one.

Source: Info in the About Masked By Moonlight was taken from GoodReads at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6979554-masked-by-moonlight on 01/10/2011.

My Thoughts:

I was actually dreading reading this book... because I said "yes" before reading the synopsis. Then when I did read the synopsis, my first thought was, "Another run-of-the-mill werewolf..." But, I was pleasantly surprised! The story telling quality is so good that it made the reading pace go fast despite my apprehension going into this book. Now I just want to read Book 2 straight away! (Which of course I am reading right now.) You have to give the author a lot of kudos for making me like the book quickly despite my apprehension at the start. However the story felt like it's lacking a more substantial structure. It read like a first chapter of a bigger book... which I suppose it is...

I have a question though for those discriminating readers out there who might have read this book... what does the title got to do with the story? Can somebody explain that to me because for the life of me I cannot see any real connection here... as Max explained to Cee Cee, his shapeshifting is not determined by the moon at all...

Overall this was an enjoyable read for me. Maybe because of the very good story telling quality, I say this is a very good start to a promising series!

Empirical Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 5
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 4
Ending = 3
World building = 4
Cover art = 4.5
Pace = 4.5

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 cherries


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Thank you to the wonderful people at Simon & Schuster for the review copy of Masked By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon received.