The Renegade Hunter (Argeneau, #12; Rogue Hunter, #3)

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The Renegade Hunter (Argeneau #12)

by Lynsay Sands

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Nicholas Argeneau was once a successful hunter who went after rogue vampires who break the immortal law. Except no one has mentioned his name in the last fifty years, not since he turned into a rogue himself. But once a hunter, always a hunter. When Nicholas sees a bloodthirsty sucker terrifying a woman, it’s second nature for him to come to her rescue. He had no idea he w...more

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Oct 06, 2009

Rossy rated it

Recommends it for: Those who enjoy PNR/Sci-fiction, Argeneau series

Shelves: challenge-pnr-2009, keepers, series-pnr

Now this was a fantastic read!

While the first two books in the Rogue Hunters series were good, i didn't feel they were in the same level as the Argeneau's. Now i can see why the stories didn't seem to have much "meat". They were actually building up to this book, which to me looks like the catalyst to the series.

I fell totally in LOVE with the main characters, particularly the heroine. It was a breath of fresh air to have a smart, confident (without being arro...more

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Mar 27, 2010

Laurie (Bitten by Paranormal Romance) rated it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, keepers

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Mar 07, 2010

Danielle rated it

Shelves: urban-fantasy-fiction

I thought I knew all the direct members of the Argeneau family but it seems that the author forgot to mention, the renegade hunter Nicholas Argeneau. Nicholas Argeneau, a member of the elite Atlantean (immortal) family, was formerly an enforcer who hunted immortals who broke the rules of the council, but fifty years ago he became the hunted after his cousin Decker Argeneau Pimms (allegedly his best friend) discovered him with blood in his mouth holding the dead body of a pregnant woman. The only...moreI thought I knew all the direct members of the Argeneau family but it seems that the author forgot to mention, the renegade hunter Nicholas Argeneau. Nicholas Argeneau, a member of the elite Atlantean (immortal) family, was formerly an enforcer who hunted immortals who broke the rules of the council, but fifty years ago he became the hunted after his cousin Decker Argeneau Pimms (allegedly his best friend) discovered him with blood in his mouth holding the dead body of a pregnant woman. The only evidence of Nicholas’ existence was in The Immortal Hunter, in fact his name was not even included in the Argeneau family tree that each book in the Argeneau Series contained. No mention was made of Nicholas in Thomas’ story in Vampires are Forever especially since the author made it seem as if Thomas had no big brothers, other than his cousins Lucern and Bastien as he was raised by Marguerite and her husband. Where was Nicholas during all of this? It is clear to see that the author made up this character for the Rogue Hunter series. Nicholas was a surprise but a good surprise, he and his lifemate Jo were quite entertaining, Jo more so than Nicholas.

A lot of authors have described their female protagonist as a spitfire or spunky but fail to deliver, however Sands definitely delivered with the spunkiest lifemate to date. Jo let nothing stand in her way, she knew nothing about Nicholas (other than he saved her life from Bad Breath) before she broke him out of the cell he had been put in by Mortimer (enforcer and lifemate to her sister Sam). Jo even castigated Jean Louise (and rightly so) for believing that Nicholas could kill an innocent woman. (I was happy to see that Thomas was not as stupid as Jean Louise to believe that his brother would kill an innocent mortal). She even went so far as to verbally attack, all powerful and scary Lucian Argeneau, in the most hilarious scene of the Argeneau Series ever. I know that a lot of readers felt that this story was atypical of the Argeneau Series with dream sex and early sex scenes, however I found this story refreshing and containing a great deal more mystery than rest of the Argeneau series (except for Vampire Interrupted) contained.

I really enjoyed this story, a great deal of mysteries were unearthed and not completely solved but in the end it did not take away from the story. The fact that Lynsay Sands left you wanting more at the end of the book, confirms my opinion that this book was worthwhile.
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Nov 06, 2011

1000 + rated it

Sam and Mortimer (from previous book the Rogue Hunter) have thrown a party inviting all of their Immortal friends. The reason for this party? To find Sam's sisters Jo and Alex lifemates so that Sam can tell her sisters the big secret and turn. Unknown to them all Nicholas Argeneau (from the previous book the Immortal Hunter) is keeping a close eye on the party, watching for any sign of Rogues and it's a good thing he was.

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Oct 30, 2011

Nic Silver rated it

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While it's classified simply as "fiction" on the cover, this book really should be "paranormal romance" (or at least "urban fantasy") to make it easier for fans to find. There are vampires and there is romance, and most readers of "general fiction" probably won't be all that interested. That said, it's a decent entry in the "para-rom" genre. The writing is competent, though not inspired, and doesn't get in the way of the

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Nov 19, 2010

Reading Angel rated it

You would think after 12 of these books that I would grow tired of them. While they do have a very similar plot point, immortal finds lifemate, etc, each book and characters are very different and somehow each book ends up being fresh and fun.

I really enjoyed this installment in the Argeneau series. Jo and Nicholas were both great characters. I really loved Jo, she was so sassy and funny and smart. She kept Nicholas on his toes, and that's hard to do with someone who is centuries...more

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Sep 23, 2010

Hope rated it

I have always been fan of Lynsay Sands The Argeneau series, I have been following this series since I discovered this author and that has been while ago. I do not know what it is about these books but I always get excited about reading them. I mean I have my favourites and then I have my not so favourites, but that is how it goes with all series.

This was the 12th book in The Argeneau series and 3rd book in the Rogue series. This story was about Nicholas Argeneau, who is believe...more

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Jan 04, 2010

Kayla Johnson rated it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Lynsay Sands is one of my favorite writers of all time! She is extreamly funny, and it shows through her Argeneau series!

While Sands also writes Historical Romance, this particular series of hers is a Paranormal Romance, complete with a smokin' hot family of vampires. Well, immortals; they don't like being called "vampires" being that their origin is completly scientific.
You see, they have nanos in their blood, something their Atlantean ancestors crea...more Lynsay Sands is one of my favorite writers of all time! She is extreamly funny, and it shows through her Argeneau series!

While Sands also writes Historical Romance, this particular series of hers is a Paranormal Romance, complete with a smokin' hot family of vampires. Well, immortals; they don't like being called "vampires" being that their origin is completly scientific.
You see, they have nanos in their blood, something their Atlantean ancestors created to cure cancer and other illnesses. The nanos were supposed to die and be flushed out of the body after the repairing task was done. Only the body is under constant need to "fixing". Aging, sunlight, illness; it's all seen as a thing in need of fixing to the nanos, so they never die.
The nanos need blood to work, but the human body doesn't create enough blood, so, back in the day, transfutions were given. But, when Atlantis fell, and a few immortals survived, transfutions were no where to be seen. It would take hundreds of years until the rest of the world started becoming as evolved as Atlantis was, so the nanos gave the immortals something in order to get what they needed to work: fangs. They also got speed, strength, super eyesight, and the ability to read and control others; all except their one, very rare life mate.
Interested now? Hahaha, thought you might be. So, enough with the science part. The book doesn't revolve much around it anyways. What it does revolve around, however, is Nicholas Argeneau, a rogue hunter who tracks and kills crazy immortals. Why is he rogue? He once killed an innocent woman while he was grieving over his dead lifemate and unborn child. Ever since he has been on the run, never staying in one place too long, worried that the other enforcers, the "vampire" police, will find and kill him.
While tracking one of his crazies, Nicholas runs into Josephine Willian, Jo for short. The beautiful woman already, unknowingly, has one sister who has an immortal as a lifemate, and Jo is about to discover she is Nicholas's lifemate.
Forced on the run with Nicholas to escape the man after her, Jo falls in love with Nicholas. But, hey, who can blame her? The gorgeous man was practically made for Jo.

Lynsay Sands will take you on a crazy, beautiful, sensual, and hilarious journey with The Renegade Hunter. I was laughing from page 5 all the way to the very end of this book. Now, just a warning: This is not the first book in the series. In fact, there are 12 books (only one being an anthology) before The Renegade Hunter. Why am I warning you about this? Well, you can certainly read the books out of order, so don't worry. I'm telling you because once you read one, you have you read them all!
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Nov 01, 2009

Melindeeloo rated it

Shelves: paranormal-romance-vampire, vampires, paranormal-romance

1.5 stars - It had moments, but the unsatisfying ending left me frustrated

Renegade Hunter has a good hero in Nicholas Argenau, a rogue hunter gone rogue, now hunted by his fellow hunters - but still noble and still on the job hunting down bad rogue vampires- and a decent heroine in Jo Willin (,sister to Sam from Immortal Hunter) who is feisty and who is insightful enough to question the circumstance which made Nicholas a rogue even though all the other hunters were willing to a...more1.5 stars - It had moments, but the unsatisfying ending left me frustrated

Renegade Hunter has a good hero in Nicholas Argenau, a rogue hunter gone rogue, now hunted by his fellow hunters - but still noble and still on the job hunting down bad rogue vampires- and a decent heroine in Jo Willin (,sister to Sam from Immortal Hunter) who is feisty and who is insightful enough to question the circumstance which made Nicholas a rogue even though all the other hunters were willing to accept Nicholas' downfall without question. But, it turns out that just having a good starring pair isn't enough to overcome the fact that the plot, since this is the 11th or 12th Argeneau book, has become very formulaic - vamp meets his/her lifemate, there is some reason why they shouldn't be together, several interrupted make out scenes to draw out the consummation and then the story of Atlantean vampires and their friendly neighborhood nanos - and mid way through Renegade Hunter I found myself wondering if this series had finally run its course.

About three fourths of the way through there was a brief glimmer of hope, when Jo challenges the rest of the immortals to try and save her lifemate and uncovers a mystery I thought that Sands was really going somewhere with the story, but then the book just comes to an abrupt stop as if the publisher ripped out the last two chapters - one for the resolution and one for the HEA epilog - just to stick in the preview of Sands' next historical. Where a slightly different ending might have redeemed Renegade Hunter for me - and it doesn't help that apparently the answers to the mystery in Armand's upcoming book - the final result was that I found Renegade Hunter frustrating and unsatisfying.

That said I will still be reading Sands' contribution to Bitten By Cupid because I've been waiting forever for Tiny's story, but it's good that Sand's next "Hunter" book won't be out right away because - and I apologize for being so abnormally negative here - maybe I'll be over my snit enough by then to give Sands another chance.
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Oct 05, 2009

marlene rated it

since we moved to the rogue hunter part of the series the writing has taken on a much ore serious tone and lost a lot of the humor and playfulness that was in the argeneau series. this book featured an argeneau, nicholas, and so it did have some of the usual suspects from the family show up. they brought in some laughs as well as small updates on how their lives were going.

the story of Nicholas and Jo was amusing by itself. Jo being so in the middle of the vampire world with...more

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Jun 23, 2010

Barbara rated it

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Feb 28, 2011

Laura rated it

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I waited a VERY long time for this book to come out. It was the story of Nicholas who "turned rogue" and was banished in a way from seeing his family. He was constantly on the run to avoid being executed. Kicker is, he's not guilty of the crime, and it takes a spunky woman named Jo (short for Josephine) to help him discover this. When she asks him point blank if he killed the mortal he was accused of killing (framed more like it), he keeps saying I "apparently"...more

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Feb 10, 2011

readinrobin rated it

This is book 12 in the Argeneau Family series, and book 3 in the Rogue Hunter series. Our hero this time out is Nicholas, who we learned in the previous book is a rogue immortal. Fifty years ago he was a rogue hunter himself, but after his wife was killed in a freak accident, he murdered a pregnant woman who resembled her. He’s been on the run as a rogue since that time.

In The Immortal Hunter, the Council sent hunters to try and capture Nicholas, who managed to escape them while at th...more

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Oct 22, 2009

Amber rated it

Shelves: romance

This book was horrible and I hardly ever say that about a book expecialy if it has vampires and romance. This book though was such a let down. the first thing I got really tired of was all the meaningless explaining of everyday things. The author was constantly interupting the action with stupid detials. Jo had to do this and then this and then this some more when it had nothing to do with what was going on with the story!!! The concept of the nanos was pretty cool but "nofangers" just...more

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Aug 12, 2011

Erika rated it

I have enjoyed all of the Lynsay's Sands books they are fast paced, humorous, enjoyable,and a fun read. If you are looking for vampiric angst, dark fantasy or shocking horror you won’t find it here but this light-hearted romance. The Argeneau vampires are not traditional vampires, they call themselves Immortals and the only traits that they share with vampires are longevity, strength, mind control abilities and a hunger for blood. They are not undead, they can go out in the day, eat garlic, hav...more

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Aug 03, 2011

Drucilla rated it

I strongly recommend reading a few of the series that directly preceed this one. I have read the first 3 or 4, then #10, then this one and I found myself slightly confused at who certain people are and what their stories were. Most importantly the new 'big bad' and 'no-fanger'. It was 3/4ths into the book before I learned both who and what it was. The mystery that is in the background for the entire novel make you want to keep reading and, while it is not solved in this novel, it is solved in th...more

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Oct 13, 2009

Robin rated it

Shelves: sands-lynsay, paranormal

Another great one by Sands. This book is about Nicholas Argeneau who was considered a Rogue vampire for over 50 years. He used to be an enforcer until the day he was found holding a dead woman with blood all over him. For over 50 years he has been running and hiding. During those years he continues his enforcer role on his own by helping others without being caught by his former employers.

One day he meets Joe and saves her. He is originally after a rogue and follows him onto the secu...more

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Nov 06, 2009

Darcy rated it

Shelves: 2009

This series is fairly predictable, but what keeps me reading is the fun of life mates finding each other and the craziness that ensues. This book was no different. In a previous book Sam found her life mate and now wants to find ones for her sisters. The whole party and the guys coming up to her sisters cracked me up, especially later when Jo starts calling the look the men give to see if they can read the girls the "penis eye stare." How funny is that!! While this book did have a...more

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Aug 07, 2011

Patricia rated it

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Shelves: read-in-2011, source-borrowed, review-reviewed

3.5?

Since this novel is going to be released in January '12 in Germany, I won't review it in German right now. I might do it later, since I'll probably read the German copy for the LYX-reading-Challenge, but well.. ;)

This was certainly one of the better Argeneau novels. It appears that Nick's popular – Many other reviews on Goodreads are more positive compared to the reviewers' other Argeneau-ratings.
Nick isn't your typical Immortal and I highly appre...more3.5?

Since this novel is going to be released in January '12 in Germany, I won't review it in German right now. I might do it later, since I'll probably read the German copy for the LYX-reading-Challenge, but well.. ;)

This was certainly one of the better Argeneau novels. It appears that Nick's popular – Many other reviews on Goodreads are more positive compared to the reviewers' other Argeneau-ratings.
Nick isn't your typical Immortal and I highly appreciated that, even if he later started to slip into the usual Immortal found mate behavior, which I can't really stand (appropriate feeling after more than 10 Argeneau novels, I hope).
Next to being a rogue – which I first thought would be kind of awkward – he deals with the lifemate-thing differently than the others do. He noticed Jo – Sam's sister – and accepts that she is his lifemate. But he's not trying to delute himself with the hope of being with her. In short, he found his lifemate and won't claim her.
He is – unlike the other vamps – your tortured hero. Not thaat much, but he isn't the do-gooder with a clean slate either. Except that he kind of is. Confusing? — It's a big part of the plot and in the end I was a bit disappointed about the 'solution'.
I loved to see Jo interact with Bricker, Anders and Lucian. And the way the plot evolves is very nice to read about. I mean, until now no one had to hide from the Enforceres – the good guys – because they all WERE good guys. Comes with the family name, I suppose. But Nick has to and he takes Jo with him, even if he rather let her stay somewhere else, somewhere 'safe'.
Too bad there were too many things I didn't like as much, that just overshadow the rest. For example Jo's whining. She was so emotional all the times and it got annoying. Nick also thought that Jo was special because she believed in him when his family apparently didn't. I know it's nice to have someone believe in you, but as he said himself, she didn't know shit about him. If I told a stranger that he was 'random attribut' I'd think him crazy to believe the shit. — I admit, I never really feel much for Sand's couples, and Jo x Nick weren't an exception. They weren't real enough for me and as always I don't see why they actually like eachother that much. And the last thing I really did not like was the way it ended. Too much was left open.
Despite all these things, the Renegade Hunter is probably one of my Argeneau favorites. It's funnier sometimes felt a bit deeper. Can't give it a higher rating than 3+, though.(less)

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Oct 30, 2009

Cathy rated it

Shelves: animals, dogs, fantasy, paranormal, read-in-2009, series-reminder, urban, vampire

Third in the Rogue Hunter series by Lynsay Sands, but also 12th in the Argeneau series. Confusing? Nah. It's a sub-plot based in the same world with overlapping characters. The Hunter books are a little bit less silly fun, a little bit more action. They still have great characters that I can't help but like. I liked this one a little bit more than the other 2 Hunter books. Nickolas is super-appealing, sort of a bad boy, still a hero. I also enjoyed Jo's smart mouth, especially when she was calli...more

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Nov 24, 2009

Nina R. rated it

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Nov 13, 2009

Cindy rated it

Good read, much better than the previous book [Immortal Hunter:]. Nicholas [introduced in the previous book:] was a good hero and Jo was a more 'together' heroine than some of the others in this series. Unfortunately, to create the situations where our hero comes to her rescue the other Hunters have to appear pretty incompetent. [Let's just say I wouldn't want to rely on them to protect MY body from hungry bad guys...:] And then there's another semi-cliffhanger ending which apparently is qui...more

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Dec 06, 2009

Alycia rated it

Shelves: urban-fantasy

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Jul 26, 2011

Jen rated it

Shelves: library, read-in-2011, smut

With each of these books I get more attached to the characters! I have not been reading this series in the correct order - read Rogue Hunter #2, then #1 and this one is #3...but there are a bunch of books on either side of these books as well, so I've got a nice long list and will now go back to the first book of the 'big' series. One of my favorite characters is Justin and hope to come across a book of his own at some point - he just makes me laugh!! And speaking of laughing - there are some se...more

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Feb 24, 2011

Abby rated it

The renegade hunter is a funny, sassy book full of mischief. I found the scene when everybody is thinking of rhyme so Lucian doesn’t find out Nicholas is back quiet ridiculously funny. Yet again there is another rogue that needs catching and it’s the renegade hunter at hand, but he loses his balance when he meets jo. Jo who happens to be damsel in distress can Nicholas safe her? – Of course he can! 50 years on the run for something he didn’t even commit – know that’s ironic. Believing th...more

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Apr 24, 2011

* Kazzy * -aka Stryker- rated it

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I had been looking forward to Nicholas' story, and I wasn't disappointed. I absolutely loved Nicholas, he was so sweet and I just knew there would be a big, misunderstood explanation around his past. You couldn't help but feel sorry for him, he had been through so much heartache and really through no fault of his own! As for Jo, what a really great character, she was so sassy and really stood up for what she believed in. I did think she seemed to accept everyt...more

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Mar 25, 2010

Katie rated it

WORTHLESS - FRUSTRATING - NO ENDING

I loved this books until the very end. in fact as I got near the end I was thinking I could not think of anything wrong with it and would probably rate it 5 of 5 stars (something I rarely do). And then it ended ABRUPTLY.

Silly me, when i pay $7.99 for a mass market paperback I expect to get a complete story. (okay I hate cliff hangers and actively avoid the urban fantasy genre, because of cliff hangers) But Hello! This was a romance genre...moreWORTHLESS - FRUSTRATING - NO ENDING

I loved this books until the very end. in fact as I got near the end I was thinking I could not think of anything wrong with it and would probably rate it 5 of 5 stars (something I rarely do). And then it ended ABRUPTLY.

Silly me, when i pay $7.99 for a mass market paperback I expect to get a complete story. (okay I hate cliff hangers and actively avoid the urban fantasy genre, because of cliff hangers) But Hello! This was a romance genre book...so when the last half of the book the major theme was the mystery of what happened and who did it. This book ended with "you're innocent" come to the house and we'll explain. Absolutely no explanation of who committed the murder or why.

I have no idea how to rate this book. I started it yesterday and ended up reading it straight through (with no sleep) until I finished early this morning. At the moment I want to give it a 1 star. Twenty pages before the ending I was thinking 5 stars.

(1) I expect a book to be a complete story. Beginning , middle, end.
(2) I consider it extortion when an author does not warn the book is a TO-BE-CONTINUED and the book ends, but the reader is forced to buy a second book to find out how the story ends.

I love Lynsay Sand's early books. The last 2 I hated. First book in this series the life mate decided not to be turned and there was no plot. Second book in the rogue hunter series ended with the sister of the main character having a bad turning and you never found out if she was okay or not. Now in the third book I hoped to find out what happened, but it wasn't in this third book. There was a one line sentence that they left town on a trip (to avoid the danger)--BUT no information on if she was okay or not. So what I'm just suppose to rush out and buy the 4th book to find out the end of the story for this book? If the end of the 2nd book was NOT finished in the 3rd book how can I expect the end of the 3rd book to even be in the 4th book?!

I'm really glad I didn't pay money for this book. I got it out of a book swap box. I'd really like to know how Nicholas' story ends, but I'm not willing to spend more money on books by this author considering she does NOT care enough about her readers to give them a complete story!!!(less)

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Jan 02, 2011

Shannon rated it

Shelves: 2010, paranormal, romance, vampires

The Argeneau vampire series is one I've been reading and loving for the last few years; this instalment marks the third book in a trilogy within the series, that should be read in order (a lot of the earlier books I read completely out of order and it didn't make much difference, but lately they're more tied together). Even so, each book deals with a different hero and heroine and is their own complete story, despite continuing plot lines.

Nicholas Argeneau was an Enforcer until fifty...more

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Mar 19, 2010

Morgan Ryan rated it

Shelves: fiction, kindle-read, paranormal, romance, vampires

**Kindle Read**

AND WE'RE BACK.

I knew I would like this one better than the first two in the Rogue Hunter off-shoot. Jo/Nicholas was a better pairing than Sam/Mortimer or Decker/Dani (so much so that Decker/Dani weren't even in this book. haha.)

Jo is one feisty chick. I adored her take on Nicholas' past, and the scene where she threw the glass of wine on him.

Charlie the dog reminded me of my dog Izzy especially with how he would sit and star...more

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Oct 03, 2010

Jacqueline rated it

Recommends it for: Anyone - while the writing style wasn't to my taste, others still might find it interesting.

Recommended to Jacqueline by: Impulse buy

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Books are weird things.

You can be completely, utterly drawn in with the characters, but hate the story. You can adore the story, but dislike the characters. Sometimes you might love the story and characters, but hate the pacing of the novel. And still others, you find yourself in love with everything...except the writing.

Ironically, while I have read a few of Sands' novels over the years, I don't recall hating her writing style as much as I found myself disliking such no...more

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About Lynsay Sands

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 st...moreI 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!

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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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