Lynsay Sands

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born

Canada

gender

female

website

http://www.lynsaysands.net

genre

Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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I was born in 1142 which is why my first love is historicals. I’ll let you guess why I love stories of immortals…er…well, vampires to you people. When I first started writing the family history, everyone was up in arms, afraid I was revealing too much, but I explained they were being published as fiction and I wouldn’t use real names. Of course, that was before I found I just couldn’t write the stories with other names…

Just kidding! I couldn’t resist. Of course, I’m not a vampire. I wouldn’t mind being one. It would be a heck of a diet and I’m always looking for a successful diet, but despite not being a vampire…well…a gal can dream can’t she? And that’s what books are; waking dreams or stories, tales to amuse, entertain and distract us fro...more I was born in 1142 which is why my first love is historicals. I’ll let you guess why I love stories of immortals…er…well, vampires to you people. When I first started writing the family history, everyone was up in arms, afraid I was revealing too much, but I explained they were being published as fiction and I wouldn’t use real names. Of course, that was before I found I just couldn’t write the stories with other names…

Just kidding! I couldn’t resist. Of course, I’m not a vampire. I wouldn’t mind being one. It would be a heck of a diet and I’m always looking for a successful diet, but despite not being a vampire…well…a gal can dream can’t she? And that’s what books are; waking dreams or stories, tales to amuse, entertain and distract us from everyday life.

I love books. Reading books takes me away to other worlds and on grand adventures I just couldn’t have otherwise. Writing them does the same, but also lets me play God for a bit. I know that sounds weird, but when writing my stories, I decide who lives and dies, who succeeds or fails and so on. I can give the good guys the happy endings they deserve and be sure the bad guys lose and get their comeuppance. Unfortunately, that’s something that doesn’t always happen in real life.

Perhaps that’s why writers write. Maybe we writers are all secret control freaks, wanting to control the world. Or maybe we’re just dreamers lucky enough to be able to make a living at dreaming. Either way I love writing and would do it whether I was paid for it or not. But I’m very very grateful to be able to share these stories with you. I hope they help you escape your troubles and trials if only for a little bit, and I hope they make you smile…You can be certain I’m often chuckling myself silly while writing them. Enjoy!

from HarperCollins website:
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. (less)

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Getting Excited…

RWA is less than a week away ladies and gents and I am getting excited. I feel like I have so much to do beforehand yet all this 'little' tasks can take so much of your time.

Part of the problem is the construction going on all over the city roads. One day the road is clear, the next you're waiting behind twenty or so cars trying to get through another construction zone. The odd thing is there...

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Books by Lynsay Sands

Average rating: 4.07 · 108,937 ratings · 5,961 reviews · 61 distinct works

	A Quick Bite (Argeneau, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 9,661 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Single White Vampire (Argeneau, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 6,438 ratings — published 2003 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Love Bites (Argeneau, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 6,438 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Bite Me If You Can (Argeneau, #6) 4.21 avg rating — 5,734 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Vampire, Interrupted (Argeneau, #9) 4.27 avg rating — 5,567 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	My rating:
	A Bite to Remember (Argeneau, #5) 4.18 avg rating — 5,738 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau, #7) 4.16 avg rating — 5,347 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Vampires Are Forever (Argeneau, #8) 4.19 avg rating — 5,231 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Tall, Dark & Hungry (Argeneau, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 5,493 ratings — published 2004 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Rogue Hunter (Argeneau, #10; Rogue Hunter, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 4,558 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	My rating:

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Series by Lynsay Sands

Argeneau (17 books)
by Lynsay Sands

4.13 avg rating — 82,810 ratings

Rogue Hunter (3 books)
by Lynsay Sands

4.17 avg rating — 12,130 ratings

Devil of the Highlands (3 books)
by Lynsay Sands

4.07 avg rating — 4,515 ratings

Madison Sisters (3 books)
by Lynsay Sands

3.73 avg rating — 2,437 ratings

Deed (3 books)
by Lynsay Sands

3.95 avg rating — 1,853 ratings

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Quotes by Lynsay Sands

“Have you tried to talk to her?"
"What would you like me to say Bastian? OH, I'M SORRY, INEZ. I DIDN'T MEAN TO BITE YOU, MY FANGS SLIPPED.”
― Lynsay Sands, Vampires Are Forever

tags: bastian , thomas

114 people liked it

“Time is not the great teacher. Experience is. A man may live a whole life, but if he never leaves his home to experience that life, he dies knowing nothing. A mere child who has suffered and lived can be the wiser of the two.”
― Lynsay Sands, Love Bites

tags: experience , suffering , time , wisdom

110 people liked it

“Your face is marked with lines of life, put there by love and laughter, suffering and tears. It's beautiful.”
― Lynsay Sands

tags: aging-gracefully

103 people liked it

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Polls

NOVEMBER group read poll #2:

What book would you like to see for our November group read?

- Drink Deep by Chloe Neill - Chicagoland Vampires #5

52 votes, 39.4%

- At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - Night Huntress #3

26 votes, 19.7%

- Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands - Argeneau #3

23 votes, 17.4%

Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3)

- Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #3

22 votes, 16.7%

- Rajmund by D.B. Reynolds - Vampires in America #3

9 votes, 6.8%

132 total votes

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