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Single White Vampire (Argeneau #3)

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SWM - "Lucern." Successful biographer of family, books recently categorized as "paranormal romance." Something of a recluse. Hates crowds, aggressive women. Doesn't like sunbathing, garlicky dinners or religious symbols. Likes old-fashioned values; spicy Mexican dishes; warm, nice-smelling neck; and plump red lips. Stronger than ten men and can vanish in the blink of an ey...more

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Published September 1st 2003 by Dorchester

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Apr 22, 2009 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, lynsay-sands, paranormal_romance, vampires, sexy

Third book in the series and I am still addicted. The Argeneau of focus in this one was Lucern and he played the role of the curmudgeonly old vamp (over 600 years old) who was growing tired of life. Enter his editor - Kate C Leever. Kate took over "handling" Luc when his old editor died of a heart attack. Growing increasingly annoyed at his lack of communication she finally - in a desperate bid - flew to his house in Toronto to make him commit to an interview or a book tour or just to giving her...more

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Jul 23, 2010 DarienMoya rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-reads, vampires

NO LONGER SINGLE!!!

I love, love and love this book. By far the funniest of the series and my second favourite. No matter how awesome Lucern is he doesn’t shine like my Thomas, read the series and you will know what I am talking about.

Lucern Argeneau is the oldest of the Argeneau children so that makes him a little over six hundred 612 to be exact, he’s an old vampire. Bored with life he keeps himself in solitude, because once you are that old you have seen it all. He is also a scholar and distin...more NO LONGER SINGLE!!!

I love, love and love this book. By far the funniest of the series and my second favourite. No matter how awesome Lucern is he doesn’t shine like my Thomas, read the series and you will know what I am talking about.

Lucern Argeneau is the oldest of the Argeneau children so that makes him a little over six hundred 612 to be exact, he’s an old vampire. Bored with life he keeps himself in solitude, because once you are that old you have seen it all. He is also a scholar and distinguished author, pfffft. He wrote fiction books about vampires and somehow his works ended up in the genre romance. That really irks Luc, his plan was never romance. He’s always kept out of the limelight but now it seems his publishers wants him to do a book tour and duh his answer is big NO! They pull out the big guns, and those guns comes in the form of his editor Kate C Leever and she just wont take no for an answer. His once quiet life is about to get a shake up and a healthy dose of romance.

Kate knows she can convince the recluse known as Luke to do the book tour, so she hops on a plane from New York and head on over to Toronto. She will speak to him even if she has to camp out on his front yard. Well that wont be necessary, she finds a way to get invited to stay over at his home for the night but she can tell good old Luc doesn’t like it one bit. At least she can convince him to go on a book tour. Yeh right what she gets is some stern no’s and one word answers. Seems Kate might lose her job because of this hard headed but very sexy man. Kate gets lucky with the help of his mom and he decides to a Romantic Times interview but Luc was misinformed R.T is not a interview but a conference oops, well lucky Kate she might get to keep her job after all.

Lucern can't believe he is at romantic conference surrounded by crazy romance readers. How is he gonna get through this week plus every event is in daylight and him and the sun don’t exactly get along. Upside, his beautiful editor is there and this is the first time in over a hundred years he is finally interested in someone. This conference becomes a hoot, Lucern is hilarious the things he says will have you laughing your ass off. Throw in crazy romance readers, some very uncomfortable but hilarious moments and you have reading magic.

I enjoyed reading this book, the leads are a match made in heaven. Sands writes with simplicity but it packs a punch. A light fun series with relatable characters and vampiric good fun. These vampires will have you laughing and have tears running down your face. All the vampire fun without all the angst and blood. I recommend this series in a big way.
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Apr 09, 2012 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars

umm not my favorite. the book conference angle was kinda boring to me,seeing as they were hardly ever romantically involved and when they were it was almost by accident and not really cuz they both wanted to be. and the condom incident and the cod piece incident were cheesy and drawn out. also lucern was way too gruff and broodish and kate was pretty dumb, especially when she thought smoking pot was called a debbie. geeshh. otherwise i liked it because the other books so far in the series have g...more

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Oct 03, 2011 Mary Abshire rated it 5 of 5 stars

Great start. Luc's favorite word..."no"
I have to admit this series is growing on me. Each book has gotten better. I'm really enjoying this one!

The RT convention... great story. Loving the codpiece issue. Hilarious! This couple is truly great together.

This was a fun read. Love the characters and the conflict. Highly recommend this one!

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Apr 15, 2009 Corrine rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fans of paranormal lite.

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy-sci-fi-romance, vampire

This book is definitely paranormal lite with all of Lynsay Sands' trademark silly and slapstick humor. I enjoyed it for the most part, although I wish I had read the first two books prior to reading this one. There were some major eye-rolling moments, such as the heroine being so naive that she called a joint a "debbie". But this is a very different take on the origin of vampires than any that I've seen so far, and I really felt that the relationship between Luc and Kate was a sweet one. B-

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Aug 21, 2012 Georgelys Guerra rated it 5 of 5 stars

Frase Para Recordar: Caminaría a través de los fuegos del infierno por ti.-Kate a Lucern

ahhhh prepárate Tío Lucian porque te llaga una competencia y no es nada menos que tu sobrino Lucern... este libro definitivamente se convierte en uno de mis favoritos... La trama los protagonistas... es simplemente genial Adore a Kate y a Luc son una pareja estupenda y ella cuando se entera que es vampiro no reacciona de la manera que pensé que lo haría lol simplemente se lo tomo como si todos los días le die...more

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Jun 16, 2012 Renee rated it 4 of 5 stars

A bestselling author of paranormal romances who's a reclusive male vampire? A driven female editor who's about to be unemployed if she doesn't get Mr. Reclusive on some kind of in-person promotional gig. Lucern can't believe when his family - mostly his MOTHER - takes Kate's side. In desperation, he agrees to something called RT. He looked it up. Romantic Times. One interview with a magazine, and everyone goes away happy. Especially him. Kate goes away happy and still gainfully employed, and he...more

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Jun 09, 2012 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

I liked it a lot, the two of them together make a great couple. However, I dislike how this book jars with the rest of the series. I would assume the previous books do as well. Sands description of the vampires are a little different. What I mean is, in the later books of the series, soul mates cannot read each others minds. In this one, it is not the case; they do not mention this anywhere. Instead, Kate is "strong-minded", and only in passion can Lucern "get into" her mind. Which shouldn't be...more

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Apr 02, 2012 Dianne Socci-Tetro rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the first book I had every read by Lynsay Sands, and It certainly wasn't the last one. The first time I read it I thought it was the funniest book since sliced bread and ran out to buy whatever else of hers I could put my hands on.

I just finished re-reading it and find myself thinking that it didn't quite stand up to the test of time, but that if I were a first time reader I would love this book. If you are tired of the dark, broody, 'I should not be allowed to live' type vampire, you wi...more

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Nov 06, 2011 1000 + rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was a crack up. Lucern is a grump who is very antisocial and Kate is his 'annoying book editor. Kate doesn't give up on Lucern and they find themselves in a bunch of funny situations as their relationship grows. I laughed out loud at some of the situations such as the 'under the table' situation at the writers ball, or when Lucern 'hit his head' in the begining of the book when they first met, too many situations to choose from!

In this series, I am finding out, that each book IS about...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Fangs for the Fantasy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Once again Marguerite Argeneau is determined to play matchmaker for her children. This time Lucern the family author becomes the focus of her attentions in when Kate his publisher shows up quite unexpectedly at his home. Lucern is a sour man of few words despite the fact that he has made a living chronicling the family's romances. His books have become a great success with his fans and Kate wants him to do a book tour and a few interviews to help continue to promote them. Lucern is of course ver...more Once again Marguerite Argeneau is determined to play matchmaker for her children. This time Lucern the family author becomes the focus of her attentions in when Kate his publisher shows up quite unexpectedly at his home. Lucern is a sour man of few words despite the fact that he has made a living chronicling the family's romances. His books have become a great success with his fans and Kate wants him to do a book tour and a few interviews to help continue to promote them. Lucern is of course very resistant to the idea of this and tells her no immediately, unfortunately for Lucern, Kate is unwilling to take no for an answer.

Marguerite manages to talk to Lucern into agreeing to do a romance conference, which puts him into close proximity with Kate for a week. This is where the becomes much less enjoyable. When Lucern meets Chris, another editor, his first question is, "are you a homosexual"? This question set the tone for much of the book in terms of fail actually. When Kate walks in on Lucern attempting to get a quick bite from Chris she immediately fumes not because she has walked in on what appears to be an assault but because of the very idea that Lucern might be gay. It seems that since Kate is attracted to Lucern that he has no right to be gay. If that were not enough, Lucern then attempts to seduce Kate because his manhood is affronted and he has to assure her that he is indeed a straight man.

Sands did try to interject some humour into this story. At the renaissance ball Lucern unfortunately gets the table cloth twisted into his codpiece. This of course leads to a comedy of errors to free the author. Proving that she is quite aware of how gender dynamics work, Sands notes that Kate is shamed for this incident while Lucern is congratulated. This plays into Lucern's complaints throughout the book about modern independent women. At one point he mentions that women don't know their place in this generation, making Lucern an extremely unlikeable character. When he gets frustrated with Kate he refers to her as that woman and quite unsurprisingly his frustration occurs whenever she acts independently of him.

When they finally manage to agree to have sex, Kate pauses to ask about condoms and he confidently tells her that sexually transmitted disease cannot live in his system. He assumes that this is the end of the issue until she points out that his body still produces sperm. I was actually quite surprised to see a conversation regarding sexually transmitted diseases and contraception in the book. Quite often characters in this genre hop into bed casually without contemplating any repercussions which is indeed responsible in this age of HIV.

Getting condoms however turns out not to be an easy task. When Lucern calls down to the front desk to get condoms sent to his room, he is overwhelmed with the choices offered to him. Even as he discusses this, he worries constantly about the state of his erection. When he learns that it will 30 mins until they can be delievered he decides to just keep Kate busy with foreplay until the condoms can arrive. Unfortunately for Lucern, Kate is ready for intercourse long before the condoms arrive and he excuses himself saying that he left them in the other room.

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Jan 11, 2011 Georgina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Another 2 and a half but not as bad as some I've rated 2 stars, so it got a 3.

In my opinion, Single White Vampire rates somewhere between The Rogue Vampire and Love Bites. Perhaps I'm growing weary of paranormal romance in general. It's been a while since I've read a story with substance in this genre, which is a shame because the potential for well-developed, intelligent, complex characters and fantastic storylines is there for the taking. Maybe the demand is overwhelmingly for the characters t...more

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Nov 18, 2010 Suzanne the Mighty ~Satin Seductress~ rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, funny-funny-har-har, va-va-voom-vampires

3.5 Stars

Lucern Argeneau just wants to be left alone; however, he just can't seem to get rid of his new editor Kate C Leever who keeps hounding him to do some publicity for his new books. Kate takes up residence in his house and seems like she will not leave until he agrees to do something, then the worst happens, his very determined mother gets involved and decides to do a little matchmaking. But the more he is in her company the more he realizes maybe he doesn't mind having her around at all.

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Nov 16, 2009 Danielle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy-fiction

Is it weird that I read this book four years ago but could not remember because the cover had been changed!!! I still enjoyed reading it again though (always a sign of a good book)!!! I found this book to be quite different from Vampires Are Forever (Argeneau #8) and Vampire Interrupted (Argeneau #9). I found a great deal of inconsistencies. Firstly, Lynsay Sands stated in Vampires are Forever and Vampire Interrupted, that Vampires ate after meeting their lifemate. However, here Lucern says that...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook

soooo funny and worth sticking with the series for. i always love a stubborn feisty female lead and with this one i got it! and who in the romance world cant get into the broody troubled vamp male lead ;) you can definitely see a growth in sands's writing skills this book is mich better with plot and character development she makes her charachters esp the womn very real and believable. as a bonus....hilarious. i couldnt stop laughing at lucs no's.
couple of downsides though mostly early on in th...more

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Dec 02, 2010 Heidi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampire-werewolf-etc

Ah, another awesome book. I'm glad the writer made Kate mention that Luc was named after a dairy product. That was bugging me up until that point and I thought maybe she didn't know. I don't know how widespread that brand is. *shrug*
These stories are always very fun and sexy and I can't wait to read the rest of them!
I do have to say, though, that I always end up hungry afterwards. All this reading about hungry characters will do that to you I guess.
I have noticed that for the first 3 books I'v...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Gina rated it 2 of 5 stars

This is the third book in Sands' Argeneau series and features Lucern, 600+ year old son of Marguerite, and his book editor Kate. The story is cute involving a surly old vampire who doesn't much like modern women but finds himself being handled by one at a Romance Times writers' conference. Its an OK story with some sweet elements - something that would be great reading on a plane or waiting at the dentist. It may be because I've read the first three back to back, but the formula is already getti...more

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Feb 10, 2013 Bron rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: immortal, romantic-comedy

I haven't quite read the Argeneau books in order, and was surprised to find that this one lacked some of the essential building blocks of knowledge on Life Mates that other books contain. This threw me a little and lessened my enjoyment as I would notice the missing detail and focus on it too much!

The story is comical, about Lucern Argeneau, a book writer, who apparently writes a series about his family, very similar to the Argeneau books. Luc has become a recluse, but his publisher has decided...more

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Jul 27, 2007 Cassie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, vampires

Can I give a book a lower rating just because I don't like the author's take on vampirism?!? Ok, I do know vampires really aren't real... but saying they are Atlantians who developed nanos that live in their bodies and feed off of their blood (which is why they need to consume blood to survive...)

That annoyed me!!! I couldn't get over it.... the story wasn't too bad, but that part - I guess it's a different take, but still... talk about going all out fantasy!

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Sep 25, 2011 Corinne rated it 5 of 5 stars

After being told by a friend to give this book a chance, I was surprised just how much I enjoyed it. It is one of those books that you just can't put down and the vampire Lucern has a wonderful way of just burying himself into your heart with the intense development of his character opening up to show more sides to himself.
The book also shows that even though you might be a vampire, you can still have a family that can annoy the living daylights out of you, especially in the form of a match mak...more

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Jun 02, 2011 Amy *Waitforit* rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Women, Fans of PNR

The thing I love about the Argeneau Novels is that although it is clearly a series you do not have to read them in the series order(which is a blessing if, like me, you rely on the local library!)
Ok so to 'Single White Vampire', Although I did like the book I do not think it was as good as the others, (my favourite up to now is Bite me if you can ). The romance was as steamy as it was 'aww making' however I found myself becoming frustrated with Lucern and Kate towards the end and pretty much wan...more

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Feb 08, 2011 Viohlet rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone who's interested

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Let's start with what I didn't like.

1. The mother. Interferring and irritating. I love supportive mothers, hate the ones who just won't mind their own business.

2. My biggest problem with this novel, was the heroine, Kate. Kate, is yet another Barbie heroine - blonde and impossibly proportioned, although you can't really fault the author for this, as it's basically today's generic heroine. It also bothered me, that Kate was such as step away from Lucern's normal type that it seems the author disd...more Let's start with what I didn't like.

1. The mother. Interferring and irritating. I love supportive mothers, hate the ones who just won't mind their own business.

2. My biggest problem with this novel, was the heroine, Kate. Kate, is yet another Barbie heroine - blonde and impossibly proportioned, although you can't really fault the author for this, as it's basically today's generic heroine. It also bothered me, that Kate was such as step away from Lucern's normal type that it seems the author disdains the sort of women she mentioned multiple times as Lucern having favoured, or simply didn't have the confidence to write a heroine who might not be as widely accepted by the readers.
Apart from this, my biggest issue with Kate was her personality and attitude. Kate was irritating, annoying, aggressive (she was NOT assertive), nosy, pushy, interferring, and just plain stupid about some things. I was especially irritated when she bailed on the last day of the RT conference, and I found myself vehemently wishing, that this book would not end up with a HEA, and instead have Lucern dodging the bullet that was pigheaded Kate. I mean, I'm all for a strong willed heroine who won't back down and won't be intimidated, but that's a far cry from refusing to take no for an answer, forcing yourself inside someone's home, and refusing to leave until they say yes to whatever you're asking, while invading their space and privacy along the way.
I also think the author went a little overboard in making Kate perfect for Lucern: he's an author, she's an aspiring author. Both love the same video games, music etc. In fact, apart from her pigheadedness about his refusing to be a performing monkey in her self-serving quest to improve her career, and then later in finding out he was a vampire, they had everything in common.

Enough about Kate though. I loved Lucern. I can see why some people got the feeling he was sexist, but, I didn't really get that vibe. I mean, apart from the fact that when he was born and grew up, that was just how things were, he's been a recluse for decades while the world has changed. Plus, his pride was forever recieving blows. Chivalry, it seems, at least where Lucern is concerned, is NOT dead, and it wouldn't have killed Kate to let him carry the bags every now and then or push the damn trolley. Hell, I wouldn't say no if they were offering! I also kept hoping in the beginning that he would simply toss Kate out on her ass instead of putting up with her, because, as I've mentioned, she was extremely annoying.

Apart from the issues I had with the heroine and certain aspects of the h/h relationship (for example Kate being snotty about Lucern not contacting her when SHE was the one who snuck away and actively avoided him) this was a very enjoyable book. The banter between the characters was witty and hilarious, and the opening with the 'correspondence' between Kate and Lucern was so funny, I was laughing for ages. The scene with the codpiece was one of my favourites, and I really liked the character of Jodi.

This is the first Lynsay Sands book I've read, and the first Argeneau I've read, and I will continue to read them, although I do hope that the "Kate" model heroine isn't a recurring theme. As I mentioned, aside from my dislike of Kate, it's a great novel. It's well paced, and it was great seeing Lucern discover TV, and the stuff that's on it.

I'd recommend it to Paranormal fans, and anyone who's curious about the series. I'll also rate it as a 3.5, with the rating brought down by Kate.

I apologise to anyone who did like Kate, I was just turned off from when she rocked up at Toronto, and nothing she did could turn me around. She couldn't even let the sex happen! She had to keep thinking and re-thinking, and re-thinking, and all I could this was, 'Just make up your mind already!(less)

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Jan 28, 2013 Gemma rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult, paranormal-vampires

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Title: Single White Vampire
Series: Argeneau #3
Author: Lynsay Sands
Rate: 4.5/5

“See, you have to marry me. I seem to scare off all the help.”

Lynsay Sands has once again kept my eyes glued to the pages of her third book in the Argeneau Series. In this book we follow the oldest of Marguerite's sons, Lucern, as his life is changed for eternity by his new editor, Kate C. Leever.

Lucern is an author who writes romance novels though his not too happy about that. Little do many peop...more

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Sep 25, 2012 Sian rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: lynsay-sands-argeneau

I loved this book and can definitely say Im hooked on these books.

I did find before I read this I wasn't looking forward to this one like the previous ones, I think because Lucern for one didn't grab my attention and the other reason because it just seemed a tad cheesy with the whole author writing these books storyline.

Well I was pleasantly surprised !!! I loved the beginning of this book with Kate writing letters to Lucern and his simple replies, it did actually make me laugh. I also really en...more

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Jul 03, 2011 Sapphyria rated it 5 of 5 stars

Synopsis from the back cover:

Roundhouse Publishing editor Kate C. Leever’s first letter to her newest legacy author was intended to impress upon him the growing demand for his “vampire romances.” Though he’d expressed little to no desire for publicity, book tours or the like, it was clear that this was a writer waiting to be broken out. Correspondence with Mr. Lucern Argeneau tended to be oddly delayed, but this time his response was quick and succinct.

But Kate was adamant: Luc will attend a r...more Synopsis from the back cover:

Roundhouse Publishing editor Kate C. Leever’s first letter to her newest legacy author was intended to impress upon him the growing demand for his “vampire romances.” Though he’d expressed little to no desire for publicity, book tours or the like, it was clear that this was a writer waiting to be broken out. Correspondence with Mr. Lucern Argeneau tended to be oddly delayed, but this time his response was quick and succinct.

But Kate was adamant: Luc will attend a romance convention to meet his fans. By hook or by cork, despite his reclusive nature, odd sleep schedule and avoidance of the sun, the surly yet handsome Luc was going to be recognized as the real charmer a nationally bestselling author should be. But soon Kate would learn that his novels were more biographies than bodice rippers, and it’d be her neck on the line.

A sweeter surrender, or more heartwarming a love story—his own—Luc has yet to write.

This is book number three in Lynsay Sands’ Argeneau’s series. (I have already posted the review for books #1 & #2) “Single White Vampire” is a very entertaining book that involves Lucern Argeneau and Kate Leever. Lucern is Lissianna’s brother (the main character from book 1).

Book #3 in the Argeneau vampire series doesn’t disappoint! Lucern is a 600-hundred year old vampire bachelor. He finds women and sex a bit boring since he’s been around the block a few hundred times or more. Instead of pursuing women he has become a hermit—a hermit that just happens to write best-selling vampire romance books. And being a hermit exasperates his editor, Kate Leever. She is intent on having him do book tours, signings, conventions, you-name-it! Lucern has other ideas. He may love to write but facing the public is nothing he is interested in doing. When Kate breezes into town, she gets way more than she bargained for—Does she believe that the books her very popular author writes are biographies? Is Kate the only woman in 600 years to finally stir passion within Lucern?

These books so are great! I love the different concepts of “vampire” that this series brings. They aren’t soulless, bloodsucking demons but alive and, while they do need blood to survive, they don’t kill to get it. They have some humor too and that’s always a plus.

Please note that this book contains "adult scenes."
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Nov 03, 2010 Bronwyn Rykiert rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, series, vampires

This is book 3 in the Argeneau Vampire Series and it was a good read.

Lucern Argeneau is a writer of "fiction" paranormal romance stories that are based on his family of unusually bred vampires. His editor Kate C Leever turns up on his doorstep because he won't answer her letters the way she wants them answered. He is sullen, grumpy and very unfriendly but Kate manages to push her way into his home and before he knows it he has agreed to meet Kate at a writers conference (he thought he was agreei...more

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Nov 19, 2009 Natasha rated it 4 of 5 stars

I think I enjoyed this book even more than the first. And I really enjoyed the first. I always go for books with mysterious male vampires who need to be woke up by a woman! haha. I really like how Sands writes and how each installment in the series is telling the story of each family member in the Argneau family. Lucian was this stories family member and I loved him. Lucern is a famous paranormal romance novelist. The funny thing is, he isn’t writing fiction at all. He's pretty much a hermit. Hi...more

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Jan 31, 2012 Kathy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, vampire, sexy, humor

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Kate and Lucern... Lucern - the artistic Argeneau; he's dabbled in painting, in writing... and he has written historical books, having established with his editor he would not do any publicity... and recently he extended his writing to include his families' stories (his parents, Lissa and Gregory, Etienne and ??)... and the 3 books are considered paranormal vampire romance, though they were the truth... and his editor has retired, and Kate is his replacement - and her boss wants her to get Lucer...more Kate and Lucern... Lucern - the artistic Argeneau; he's dabbled in painting, in writing... and he has written historical books, having established with his editor he would not do any publicity... and recently he extended his writing to include his families' stories (his parents, Lissa and Gregory, Etienne and ??)... and the 3 books are considered paranormal vampire romance, though they were the truth... and his editor has retired, and Kate is his replacement - and her boss wants her to get Lucern to do something...

and after numerous letters (in which he simply writes back "No! sincerely Lucern"), Kate decides to fly to Canada to see him face to face... and when she knocks on his door, he simply responds 'no' a few times... but finally invites her in...

Lucern has become bored with life, has become reclusive (he hasn't hired another housekeeper since his last one died - 20 years ago), doesn't interact with many people beyond his family, ... and he misses the days when men were men... and he is resistent to her assertive ways.. but she works herself into his heart... while she stays with him (which totally messes with his routines - especially with taking blood) they first connect over Etienne's vampire video game, part 2 - and when his mom meets her, and realizes Lucern can't read her mind (a good sign for a a lifemate), she encourages her to stay to be Lucern's date for Etienne's wedding - taking her on a shopping trip to outfit her... and Lucern, partly because he is starting to like Kate and part from his mother's prompting, agrees to do one event - and at his mother's encouragement he says the romance reading convention - though he thinks its just for an interview... but reluctantly goes to the convention as he gave his word.

And bit by bit, he unwinds... his gruffness gives way to his truer nature of consideration...he starts to make friends with other authors, and to be more comfortable with readers/fans...

there's a bit of a hiccup when his blood isn't accepted at the hotel - and the 2nd day she catches him taking blood from her coworker - and she puts the clues together to realize he is a vampire... and she takes it in stride...when she can see his pain and paleness she offers her own blood (and he takes a bit)... and then they break into a blood bank - well he just uses mind control... and then the blood is delivered, so he's ok.

and they fall in love... and on the last day of the convention, when he plans to tell her he loves her, she leaves before he gets up, not wanting to face a goodbye...

and then his mother talks with him, and tells him to put his pride aside and go to her... and he does... and she tells him she loves him too, but isn't sure if she can give up her family... but then his mother talks with her, and helps her to see that it can work... and she returns to him, and falls into his arms... ahhhh(less)

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Aug 02, 2008 Brenda (b) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, romance, 1-print-books, 2-2008-read

My one complaint is that Kate accepted that Lucern was a vampire too easily. Otherwise, it's another amusing Argeneau tale. I really enjoyed that this one was fun and light. It's a nice change to read about vampires that aren't always surrounded by gloom and doom.

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Jun 17, 2009 Rebalioness rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

She's a romance editor who inherited him as a writer from a retiring editor. He's about 600 years old and cranky. She decides the only way to get him "out of his shell' is to walk into his house and drag him out on a book signing tour. . .

And as they say in Hollywood, wacky hijinks ensue. . .

These two get interrupted SO many times for the dumbest reasons (most of the time it's her completely ignoring what he's said and walking in) you just want to smack the author. Once or twice is funny, more...more

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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 fit...more 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.

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.

1.) I started The Deed (my first romantic comedy and the first book to be published) a year after my mother's death. I was very close to my mother and the year following her death was about the most miserable time imaginable. But then I decided I was tired of being down and unhappy, and looked around for something to lift my spirits and make me laugh. When I couldn't find anything, I decided to sit down and write my own. It worked! Emmalene and Amaury's antics in The The Deed had me chuckling as I wrote.
2.) I met my husband in New York in July 2003. I was there because of the RWA conference and he was there on vacation. The first day there we kept running into each other and chatting in front of the hotel, and then he asked to join our group (it was very brave of him. He was the lone male amongst six or seven women, lol). He's a Brit and I'm Canadian and the first two months of our relationship were conducted by phone as well as over the internet. Our first date was a week in New York in September, followed by three weeks in England. He then came to Canada in both November and December, the first time to propose and the second time for Christmas with my family and then to take me back to England with him for New Years. I lived in Northern England for two years. We married in New York and now live in Canada.
3.) I was writing about my husband before I met him. Single White Vampire came out in September 2003 and I took a copy with me to England when I went for the three weeks. I walked into my now-hubby's house to find at least six months worth of mail unopened and stacked up on a shelf inside the front door. When I stopped dead, eyes going wide with shock and asked "My God. That's mail. You don't open your mail?" He looked embarrassed and muttered some explanation about bills automatically being paid by the bank so no need to open those and everything else was unsolicited and he couldn't be bothered. When I burst out laughing, he started to frown and said "What?" My response was to dig out the copy of Single White Vampire and hand it over with the suggestion he read it. The mail thing wasn't the only similarity he had to Lucern Argeneau. There are many more and when he sat down to read the book, he kept stopping and turning a rather startled and even suspicious gaze my way and muttering that this sounded familiar" or that did. I had to point out that it really was coincidence, that I had written that story at least nine months before meeting him. LOL.(less)

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“Lucern felt himself "She called my erections wonderful?"
Entienne just gaped, then raised a fist to knock on his brother's forehead as if it were a door "Hello! Earth calling Luc! She thinks it's rigor mortis.” — 52 people liked it

“ 'Dear Mr. Argeneau,'" she began. " 'I haven't read Love Bites, One, but I will, I guarantee it. I just finished Love Bites, Two, and thought it was wonderful. Etienne was so sweet and funny and sexy that I fell in love with him even as Rachel did. He's my dream man.'" Kate paused and glanced up expectantly. "What would you say to those letters?"
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