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Argeneau #9
Vampire, Interrupted
After seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She's training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal's mother. It seemed simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she's in way over her head.Julius Notte wants to protect Marguerite, and not because someone just tried to take her head off. She doesn't know it yet, but she's his lifemate and he's determined to woo her. It's been over five hundred years since he last courted a woman, but surely the techniques haven't changed. Now if only he can keep her alive--so to speak--so they can have that happily-ever-after.
237 pages, ebook
First published February 26, 2008
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Lynsay Sands
124 books12.1k followersLYNSAY SANDS is the nationally bestselling author who is known for her hysterical historicals as well as the popular Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series. With her witty and charming personality, Sands describes books as, “Waking dreams or stories, tales to amuse, entertain and distract us from everyday life.” 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. Visit her official website at www.lynsaysands.net.
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July 10, 2018
Best one in the series, so far. Mainly because there was a moment when I was actually surprised. I love when a book does that. And, to be honest, it doesn't happen that often because:
1. I'm old. Seen it, done it, got the t-shirt, shrunk the t-shirt in the laundry, turned it into a dog t-shirt and took a ton of photos for Facebook.
2. I've read a hell of a lot of books. For every book I've reviewed, there are 5 that I read and haven't reviewed. If there is a trope, I have read it.
3. I'm not an idiot. Usually things are so obvious in the way they are going, or with earlier hints, that I'm able to anticipate what's going to happen.
So, a story that has a surprise in it is like a giant cake - chocolate - with Chris Hemsworth popping out of it for my birthday.
Yes, I know I have a husband!!! Stop reminding me!
Anyway, this book is about the matriarch of the family, Marguerite. She may be older than dirt, but she looks like a 20 yr old hottie, so it's Cougar Time, baby!!! I want to grow up and be just like her.
Marguerite has been a major match-maker and a bit of a "smother" in the past books. Her meddling has been pretty funny to me, as a mother of "grown" kids. They get pretty surly about mom interfering in their lives starting in their teens, but you know, we actually don't care and find their surliness cute. Which makes them surlier. Hehe. We moms have to take our laughs where we can.
This time, though, it is Marguerite who is getting set-up. The man is named Julius and he realizes that she is his life-mate, but also knows she had a bad, abusive marriage in the past. Julius is also older than dirt and has very few, as in none, skills in talking to women. Luckily, his son, Christian is here to help. Of course, some people are hard to help. Julius is just sitting there, not actually talking to Marguerite when they all go out one night.
He gets his father alone:
Christian: "you could at least talk to the woman."
Julius frowned and avoided his gaze. "I am talking."
"You aren't," Christian insisted. "You haven't said more than a handful of words."
Scowling, he admitted, "I'm practicing in my head."
Christian blinked at this. "Practicing?"
"Well, you don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind," Julius said with exasperation. "I have to approach this carefully, so I'm practicing."
"In your head?" Christian clarified.
"Yes." Julius nodded. "In my head."
"Right....Good, good," he nodded, and then said "but you know what would be even better?"
Julius raised his eyebrows with interest. "What?"
"Talking to her OUT LOUD!" Christian snapped.
.......
“Okay, why don't we practice your talking with Marguerite? OUT LOUD. I'll be her."
Julius stared at him blankly. "Now?"
"No, I was thinking maybe next April. Then you could maybe give her a call, arrange a date..."
He arched his eyebrow in question, and snapped, "Yes, NOW.”
Okay, I changed my mind, can I have Christian pop out of my cake? He speaks my language. lol!
This book had a lot of fun, a lot of action, and even some feels which I didn't expect because these kinds of books aren't the "feels" kind. But, as a mom, I get mushy about mother-child things sometimes. My maternal instincts are high. Just ask my dogs when I dress them and baby them since my kids won't let me anymore.
Unfortunately, you really do need to have read the first 8 books to appreciate this one. But, I was glad to find a book 9 in a series that I liked better than any of the others.
1. I'm old. Seen it, done it, got the t-shirt, shrunk the t-shirt in the laundry, turned it into a dog t-shirt and took a ton of photos for Facebook.
2. I've read a hell of a lot of books. For every book I've reviewed, there are 5 that I read and haven't reviewed. If there is a trope, I have read it.
3. I'm not an idiot. Usually things are so obvious in the way they are going, or with earlier hints, that I'm able to anticipate what's going to happen.
So, a story that has a surprise in it is like a giant cake - chocolate - with Chris Hemsworth popping out of it for my birthday.
Yes, I know I have a husband!!! Stop reminding me!
Anyway, this book is about the matriarch of the family, Marguerite. She may be older than dirt, but she looks like a 20 yr old hottie, so it's Cougar Time, baby!!! I want to grow up and be just like her.
Marguerite has been a major match-maker and a bit of a "smother" in the past books. Her meddling has been pretty funny to me, as a mother of "grown" kids. They get pretty surly about mom interfering in their lives starting in their teens, but you know, we actually don't care and find their surliness cute. Which makes them surlier. Hehe. We moms have to take our laughs where we can.
This time, though, it is Marguerite who is getting set-up. The man is named Julius and he realizes that she is his life-mate, but also knows she had a bad, abusive marriage in the past. Julius is also older than dirt and has very few, as in none, skills in talking to women. Luckily, his son, Christian is here to help. Of course, some people are hard to help. Julius is just sitting there, not actually talking to Marguerite when they all go out one night.
He gets his father alone:
Christian: "you could at least talk to the woman."
Julius frowned and avoided his gaze. "I am talking."
"You aren't," Christian insisted. "You haven't said more than a handful of words."
Scowling, he admitted, "I'm practicing in my head."
Christian blinked at this. "Practicing?"
"Well, you don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind," Julius said with exasperation. "I have to approach this carefully, so I'm practicing."
"In your head?" Christian clarified.
"Yes." Julius nodded. "In my head."
"Right....Good, good," he nodded, and then said "but you know what would be even better?"
Julius raised his eyebrows with interest. "What?"
"Talking to her OUT LOUD!" Christian snapped.
.......
“Okay, why don't we practice your talking with Marguerite? OUT LOUD. I'll be her."
Julius stared at him blankly. "Now?"
"No, I was thinking maybe next April. Then you could maybe give her a call, arrange a date..."
He arched his eyebrow in question, and snapped, "Yes, NOW.”
Okay, I changed my mind, can I have Christian pop out of my cake? He speaks my language. lol!
This book had a lot of fun, a lot of action, and even some feels which I didn't expect because these kinds of books aren't the "feels" kind. But, as a mom, I get mushy about mother-child things sometimes. My maternal instincts are high. Just ask my dogs when I dress them and baby them since my kids won't let me anymore.
Unfortunately, you really do need to have read the first 8 books to appreciate this one. But, I was glad to find a book 9 in a series that I liked better than any of the others.
May 14, 2023
Marguerite’s story!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙🤎💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌏
Character development: 😠☺️😋
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Solo Narration
The heroine: Marguerite Argeneau - she is an immortal who has been alive for seven centuries. She was married before though not to a fated mate. She has several children and helped raise a nephew, though since she is immortal, she looks like she is about 25 years old. Recently she decided to become a private investigator. She wanted something more out of life after her husband died, he was an immortal but not her fated mate, and was a bully and a jerk who liked to control her and their children.
The Story: When Marguerite is attacked by a man with a sword in her hotel room, she realizes that the job she took on might be a bit too much for her. She was working with a human man named Tiny to try to find the mother of another immortal, Christian Notte, who only knew that he’d been born in England and his father returned home with him to Italy when he was only a few days old.
The Hero: Julius Notte - he is the father of Christian and knows immediately that Marguerite is his fated mate. He is old and hasn’t been interested in women for over 500 years, so is a bit out of practice. When he first meets Marguerite and finds her in bed in Tiny’s room, after seeing her room in shambles, he is far from pleased and roughs up Tiny.
I love the first meeting between the two main characters in a romance and this was a good one. I loved that Julius gets jealous and protective from the get go. I am not too fond of books where the female is a vampire, but I have liked Marguerite quite a bit since I have read many books in this series and Marguerite is always the one the matchmaker of the family, finding possible fated mates for many of her family members. Marguerite is a good character and after being controlled by her husband for so many centuries, she is just starting to find herself.
This book was told in multiple points of view via solo narration and was narrated by Victoria Mcgee who has a soft, feminine voice which is pleasing and she is a good narrator. Her voice is a bit breathy but overall she did a good job for Marguerite’s the inner voice, though I wasn’t fond of her interpretation of Marguerite’s actual voice, as it sounded like a prissy old lady, not a twenty five year old, which is how old the nano’s keep Marguerite. I tend to like male narrators better than female anyway, so there is that.
The story was good, though not one of the best in the series. I am glad I listened to it to find out more about Marguerite as a character, though I found it sometimes hard to concentrate on the narration and lost my place more than a few times, I think it was the narrator’s voice that got to me more than anything.
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The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙🤎💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌏
Character development: 😠☺️😋
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Solo Narration
The heroine: Marguerite Argeneau - she is an immortal who has been alive for seven centuries. She was married before though not to a fated mate. She has several children and helped raise a nephew, though since she is immortal, she looks like she is about 25 years old. Recently she decided to become a private investigator. She wanted something more out of life after her husband died, he was an immortal but not her fated mate, and was a bully and a jerk who liked to control her and their children.
The Story: When Marguerite is attacked by a man with a sword in her hotel room, she realizes that the job she took on might be a bit too much for her. She was working with a human man named Tiny to try to find the mother of another immortal, Christian Notte, who only knew that he’d been born in England and his father returned home with him to Italy when he was only a few days old.
The Hero: Julius Notte - he is the father of Christian and knows immediately that Marguerite is his fated mate. He is old and hasn’t been interested in women for over 500 years, so is a bit out of practice. When he first meets Marguerite and finds her in bed in Tiny’s room, after seeing her room in shambles, he is far from pleased and roughs up Tiny.
I love the first meeting between the two main characters in a romance and this was a good one. I loved that Julius gets jealous and protective from the get go. I am not too fond of books where the female is a vampire, but I have liked Marguerite quite a bit since I have read many books in this series and Marguerite is always the one the matchmaker of the family, finding possible fated mates for many of her family members. Marguerite is a good character and after being controlled by her husband for so many centuries, she is just starting to find herself.
This book was told in multiple points of view via solo narration and was narrated by Victoria Mcgee who has a soft, feminine voice which is pleasing and she is a good narrator. Her voice is a bit breathy but overall she did a good job for Marguerite’s the inner voice, though I wasn’t fond of her interpretation of Marguerite’s actual voice, as it sounded like a prissy old lady, not a twenty five year old, which is how old the nano’s keep Marguerite. I tend to like male narrators better than female anyway, so there is that.
The story was good, though not one of the best in the series. I am glad I listened to it to find out more about Marguerite as a character, though I found it sometimes hard to concentrate on the narration and lost my place more than a few times, I think it was the narrator’s voice that got to me more than anything.
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September 4, 2022
In each of the paranormal romances of the Argeneau series, as I understand it, a vampire (oops, no, call them immortals) finds his/her lifemate, and as the blurb (reprinted at the top of this Goodreads page) reveals to us, in this book #9 it's Marguerite Argeneau's turn at last. The first four books tell the stories of her four offspring and her helpful role in each one's union with a lifemate.
(Immortal law restricts childbirth to once per century, but Marguerite's oldest son Lucern was born in 1390 and her youngest, her daughter Lissianna of book #1, was only born recently, in 1798. So you get an idea. Yes, these lonely immortals, single through all those centuries, find their lifemates one after the other. Is there something magical about the year 2000 that opened the floodgates of romance for those solitary Argeneaus? I wonder.)
The humor that was so much a part of the first books, making them romcoms or even sitcoms, is present here in little patches, but mystery and suspense rule in this book. There's a serious tone right from the beginning because (1) we're reminded that Jean-Claude Argeneau, never Marguerite's lifemate, was an abusive husband through all those centuries until his life ended in a fire in 1993, and (2) right on page one an unknown swordsman attempts to behead Marguerite--the other way besides fire that an immortal can be killed.
Who wants Marguerite dead? What could it have to do with the case she's investigating as a newbie private detective? She's just arrived in London (see book #6 Bite Me If You Can) with her mortal partner, an experienced P.I. everyone calls Tiny. They've been hired by Christian Notte to find out who his mother was and what happened when he was born, in 1491 in the English city of York, far from the Nottes' Italian home. By the way, Tiny is a terrific character, and I hope we see more of him--he was certainly helpful in solving the immortals' puzzle.
Why does Christian need a pair of P.I.s to find out about his own mother? Because his father Julius won't tell him anything. He's kept it a secret from Christian for more than five hundred years, even though Christian asked repeatedly. Why so stubborn? More mystery to solve. And we know from the blurb that Julius is Marguerite's lifemate. But she's deeply traumatized from her bad marriage--briefly happy at the beginning as so often happens, but for centuries Jean-Claude has abused and controlled her.
And that's part of the big mystery. Immortals can read and control mortals' minds, with the major exception of lifemates, and that's how lifemates recognize each other--neither one can read the other's mind. But only a very young immortal can be controlled by an older one. After a century, immortals become control-proof, though other immortals can often read their minds, especially when they're distracted or asleep. It was common knowledge, though, that Jean-Claude never ceased to read and control Marguerite. How was that possible?
This story has astounding revelations and twists about halfway through and at the end, making it one of the most satisfying paranormal mysteries I've read recently. It's a romance and much more, as the extended Notte and Argeneau families get into it and deal with one another (not forgetting Tiny the mortal detective); it deals with very serious issues within the families; and it has action and suspense in addition to a baffling mystery. And there's still a bit of the humor that's the series trademark.
(Immortal law restricts childbirth to once per century, but Marguerite's oldest son Lucern was born in 1390 and her youngest, her daughter Lissianna of book #1, was only born recently, in 1798. So you get an idea. Yes, these lonely immortals, single through all those centuries, find their lifemates one after the other. Is there something magical about the year 2000 that opened the floodgates of romance for those solitary Argeneaus? I wonder.)
The humor that was so much a part of the first books, making them romcoms or even sitcoms, is present here in little patches, but mystery and suspense rule in this book. There's a serious tone right from the beginning because (1) we're reminded that Jean-Claude Argeneau, never Marguerite's lifemate, was an abusive husband through all those centuries until his life ended in a fire in 1993, and (2) right on page one an unknown swordsman attempts to behead Marguerite--the other way besides fire that an immortal can be killed.
Who wants Marguerite dead? What could it have to do with the case she's investigating as a newbie private detective? She's just arrived in London (see book #6 Bite Me If You Can) with her mortal partner, an experienced P.I. everyone calls Tiny. They've been hired by Christian Notte to find out who his mother was and what happened when he was born, in 1491 in the English city of York, far from the Nottes' Italian home. By the way, Tiny is a terrific character, and I hope we see more of him--he was certainly helpful in solving the immortals' puzzle.
Why does Christian need a pair of P.I.s to find out about his own mother? Because his father Julius won't tell him anything. He's kept it a secret from Christian for more than five hundred years, even though Christian asked repeatedly. Why so stubborn? More mystery to solve. And we know from the blurb that Julius is Marguerite's lifemate. But she's deeply traumatized from her bad marriage--briefly happy at the beginning as so often happens, but for centuries Jean-Claude has abused and controlled her.
And that's part of the big mystery. Immortals can read and control mortals' minds, with the major exception of lifemates, and that's how lifemates recognize each other--neither one can read the other's mind. But only a very young immortal can be controlled by an older one. After a century, immortals become control-proof, though other immortals can often read their minds, especially when they're distracted or asleep. It was common knowledge, though, that Jean-Claude never ceased to read and control Marguerite. How was that possible?
This story has astounding revelations and twists about halfway through and at the end, making it one of the most satisfying paranormal mysteries I've read recently. It's a romance and much more, as the extended Notte and Argeneau families get into it and deal with one another (not forgetting Tiny the mortal detective); it deals with very serious issues within the families; and it has action and suspense in addition to a baffling mystery. And there's still a bit of the humor that's the series trademark.
September 30, 2017
Marguerite is on her first case as a Private Investigator, accompanied by Tiny. Her first assignment is to locate the mother of a five hundred year old immortal. She is starting her career and is far from the protection of Lucian and her sons for the first time. Marguerite Rocks! After 700 years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally starts a career. If you've been waiting for Marguerite's story, this is it. It certainly cleared up some questions I've had about this character. Why did she marry Jean Claude in the first place? Why did she stay with him so long? Everyone loves Marguerite. I love her. Julius no doubts loves her and every one of her children love her. She's my favorite character for sure. The most heavily plotted and mysterious of all the Argeneau books, Vampire, Interrupted (a very apt title) reveals what happened to Margeurite when Thomas and Inez were trying to find her in Vampires Are Forever, and many skeletons come out of the closet in the process. In the middle of a chapter somewhere past 1/4th of the book, there was a mention of Margarite is Christopher's mother. I was stunned. Why there and then? This was a cute story about the Argeneau family matriarch, Marguerite, discovering what all her other family members have been enjoying.....her very own lifemate, Julius Notte!! She finds she has a five hundred year old son, Christian and with all the other twists and turns in this lovely tale, Marguerite finds a love of her own, in Julius!!
Best one in the series, so far. Mainly because there was a moment when I was actually surprised. I love when a book does that. And, to be honest, it doesn't happen that often because:
1. I'm old.
2. I've read a hell of a lot of books.
3. I'm not an idiot.
The Argeneau series was an integral part of my introduction to PNR. I was delighted to find a group of romance novels that balanced love and lust against hilarity and mayhem. The relationships felt ridiculous yet never unlikely, as Sands made sure to craft compatible leads who were always on equal footing. The romance aspect didn't rely on flowery language, but rather a healthy desire to find someone to be happy with, to love and be loved by. This book was amazing and had me hooked from start to finish. Much better book, best of the series so far... Vampire, Interrupted by Lynsay Sands is a fantasy book about a few vampires, secrets, and action. She wrote this book to say don’t judge and persecute someone without all the facts. Just go with your heart and mind, don’t go on rumors and hatred. GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT FIRST. I really enjoyed it and if this does turn out to be the last book in the series, it's a very good way to end it. The beginning took me a little while to get into. Finally the match maker in the Argeneau clan finds her lifemate.....again!!! There is the usual hot steamy love scenes and even some exciting bites.... DAMN that was good! Alot of questions answered. Satisfying relationships. And just enough room to set up future books.
Christian: "you could at least talk to the woman."
Julius frowned and avoided his gaze. "I am talking."
"You aren't," Christian insisted. "You haven't said more than a handful of words."
Scowling, he admitted, "I'm practicing in my head."
Christian blinked at this. "Practicing?"
"Well, you don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind," Julius said with exasperation. "I have to approach this carefully, so I'm practicing."
"In your head?" Christian clarified.
"Yes." Julius nodded. "In my head."
"Right....Good, good," he nodded, and then said "but you know what would be even better?"
Julius raised his eyebrows with interest. "What?"
"Talking to her OUT LOUD!" Christian snapped.
“Okay, why don't we practice your talking with Marguerite? OUT LOUD. I'll be her."
Julius stared at him blankly. "Now?"
"No, I was thinking maybe next April. Then you could maybe give her a call, arrange a date..."
He arched his eyebrow in question, and snapped, "Yes, NOW.”
Best one in the series, so far. Mainly because there was a moment when I was actually surprised. I love when a book does that. And, to be honest, it doesn't happen that often because:
1. I'm old.
2. I've read a hell of a lot of books.
3. I'm not an idiot.
The Argeneau series was an integral part of my introduction to PNR. I was delighted to find a group of romance novels that balanced love and lust against hilarity and mayhem. The relationships felt ridiculous yet never unlikely, as Sands made sure to craft compatible leads who were always on equal footing. The romance aspect didn't rely on flowery language, but rather a healthy desire to find someone to be happy with, to love and be loved by. This book was amazing and had me hooked from start to finish. Much better book, best of the series so far... Vampire, Interrupted by Lynsay Sands is a fantasy book about a few vampires, secrets, and action. She wrote this book to say don’t judge and persecute someone without all the facts. Just go with your heart and mind, don’t go on rumors and hatred. GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT FIRST. I really enjoyed it and if this does turn out to be the last book in the series, it's a very good way to end it. The beginning took me a little while to get into. Finally the match maker in the Argeneau clan finds her lifemate.....again!!! There is the usual hot steamy love scenes and even some exciting bites.... DAMN that was good! Alot of questions answered. Satisfying relationships. And just enough room to set up future books.
Christian: "you could at least talk to the woman."
Julius frowned and avoided his gaze. "I am talking."
"You aren't," Christian insisted. "You haven't said more than a handful of words."
Scowling, he admitted, "I'm practicing in my head."
Christian blinked at this. "Practicing?"
"Well, you don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind," Julius said with exasperation. "I have to approach this carefully, so I'm practicing."
"In your head?" Christian clarified.
"Yes." Julius nodded. "In my head."
"Right....Good, good," he nodded, and then said "but you know what would be even better?"
Julius raised his eyebrows with interest. "What?"
"Talking to her OUT LOUD!" Christian snapped.
“Okay, why don't we practice your talking with Marguerite? OUT LOUD. I'll be her."
Julius stared at him blankly. "Now?"
"No, I was thinking maybe next April. Then you could maybe give her a call, arrange a date..."
He arched his eyebrow in question, and snapped, "Yes, NOW.”
March 6, 2008
Book 9 in Ms. Sands Argeneau Vampire series.
This is one of Lynsay Sands best books in the Argeneau series. We finally get to read Marguerite’s story…her whole story that is. On her new career, training to be a PI with Tiny (contracted by Christian Notte to find his long-lost mother), she meets her lifemate Julius Notte (Christian’s father). Someone is trying to kill Marguerite, someone doesn’t want Marguerite and Tiny to succeed, and Julius won’t leave her side to be butchered, literally, by someone trying to take her head. I don’t want to spoil it by saying too much, except: do not read the family tree in front of the book, unless you want to spoil one of the books BIG surprises.
This is one of Lynsay Sands best books in the Argeneau series. We finally get to read Marguerite’s story…her whole story that is. On her new career, training to be a PI with Tiny (contracted by Christian Notte to find his long-lost mother), she meets her lifemate Julius Notte (Christian’s father). Someone is trying to kill Marguerite, someone doesn’t want Marguerite and Tiny to succeed, and Julius won’t leave her side to be butchered, literally, by someone trying to take her head. I don’t want to spoil it by saying too much, except: do not read the family tree in front of the book, unless you want to spoil one of the books BIG surprises.
January 31, 2013
*3.5*
The Argeneau series was an integral part of my introduction to PNR. I was delighted to find a group of romance novels that balanced love and lust against hilarity and mayhem. The relationships felt ridiculous yet never unlikely, as Sands made sure to craft compatible leads who were always on equal footing. The romance aspect didn't rely on flowery language, but rather a healthy desire to find someone to be happy with, to love and be loved by. Though the "vampire" conceit she utilizes does have an air of fate to it, the particular design is something I can deal with: a lifemate here is someone whom the character cannot control, or be controlled by. And merely finding a lifemate doesn't mean the wooing lacks drama.
The set-up worked for me - a rare find in what I feel is the most subjective of genres. Unfortunately, I was turned off by one of the pairings (the girl was too self-loathing) and I took a break.
Years later, and I finally picked this up: the story of Marguerite. I'm thrilled to say I was instantly entertained. As I read, I remembered how much I liked the Argeneau matriarch. She's appeared in most every other book - always loving, forever concerned, completely focused on her family's happiness. She's been meddlesome, too, but never overbearing. She always struck me as a lovely woman and her family simply adores her.
As I continued, I also recalled how much I liked the people surrounding her. Though it's been so many years since I read the previous books, I can still remember something of every pairing. Sands succeeds time and again in making me care about not just the leads but the entire cast of characters, guaranteeing I'll want to stick around to see every last one of them find his or her companion.
Vampire, Interrupted may not have had as many laughs as some others, but it made up for it with scandal and mystery. Although I suspected several truths from rather early on, it was nonetheless entertaining to watch the characters make their discoveries and deal with the repercussions. There are many bittersweet aspects to the tale, but that felt right considering the terrible experiences Marguerite endured to get here. She's doubly endearing a character for taking full advantage of her new life and refusing to let resentment and fear taint potential happiness.
I had a few issues with the book. Yes, all PNR has a format, but I felt there was a bit too much repetition at times. In addition, there were countless errors in punctuation - mostly rogue or completely missing quotation marks that had me backtracking to be sure of dialogue. In other words, nothing that couldn't have been rectified by closer editing.
At the close, I was surprisingly pleased to have revisited the Argeneaus. My fears that the premise wouldn't hold up over time were vanquished by this installment. I was satisfied with the epilogue, which allowed me to briefly catch up on the other couples.
Finishing the last page I found myself smiling, contently assured that my old friends are living blissfully. And that even more of them will soon find happiness if meddlesome Marguerite has her way.
The Argeneau series was an integral part of my introduction to PNR. I was delighted to find a group of romance novels that balanced love and lust against hilarity and mayhem. The relationships felt ridiculous yet never unlikely, as Sands made sure to craft compatible leads who were always on equal footing. The romance aspect didn't rely on flowery language, but rather a healthy desire to find someone to be happy with, to love and be loved by. Though the "vampire" conceit she utilizes does have an air of fate to it, the particular design is something I can deal with: a lifemate here is someone whom the character cannot control, or be controlled by. And merely finding a lifemate doesn't mean the wooing lacks drama.
The set-up worked for me - a rare find in what I feel is the most subjective of genres. Unfortunately, I was turned off by one of the pairings (the girl was too self-loathing) and I took a break.
Years later, and I finally picked this up: the story of Marguerite. I'm thrilled to say I was instantly entertained. As I read, I remembered how much I liked the Argeneau matriarch. She's appeared in most every other book - always loving, forever concerned, completely focused on her family's happiness. She's been meddlesome, too, but never overbearing. She always struck me as a lovely woman and her family simply adores her.
As I continued, I also recalled how much I liked the people surrounding her. Though it's been so many years since I read the previous books, I can still remember something of every pairing. Sands succeeds time and again in making me care about not just the leads but the entire cast of characters, guaranteeing I'll want to stick around to see every last one of them find his or her companion.
Vampire, Interrupted may not have had as many laughs as some others, but it made up for it with scandal and mystery. Although I suspected several truths from rather early on, it was nonetheless entertaining to watch the characters make their discoveries and deal with the repercussions. There are many bittersweet aspects to the tale, but that felt right considering the terrible experiences Marguerite endured to get here. She's doubly endearing a character for taking full advantage of her new life and refusing to let resentment and fear taint potential happiness.
I had a few issues with the book. Yes, all PNR has a format, but I felt there was a bit too much repetition at times. In addition, there were countless errors in punctuation - mostly rogue or completely missing quotation marks that had me backtracking to be sure of dialogue. In other words, nothing that couldn't have been rectified by closer editing.
At the close, I was surprisingly pleased to have revisited the Argeneaus. My fears that the premise wouldn't hold up over time were vanquished by this installment. I was satisfied with the epilogue, which allowed me to briefly catch up on the other couples.
Finishing the last page I found myself smiling, contently assured that my old friends are living blissfully. And that even more of them will soon find happiness if meddlesome Marguerite has her way.
August 1, 2020
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As others have said, this seems to be the best book in the series. I have only read a handful, but they were forgettable.
This one really sucks you in!
OK spoilers ahead. I knew all these going into the story and still enjoyed it.
Marguerite has had the shit end of the stick for the last 700 years, since her marriage at 15 to Jean Claude the assh*le.
(At the end of the story, the author tries to redeem Jean Claude but really that ship has sailed and he will forever be the douche bag to end all douche bags in my book. Why would she want to redeem him???)
Marguerite is trying to spread her wings after being married to an emotional sadist for so many years. She had never been allowed to do ANYTHING by herself before and was actually mind controlled by her despicable husband throughout their entire marriage. Why isn't she crazy?
Well the author does a nice job showing how she chooses to remain single and autonomous. Yet I felt she was a bit of a doormat around Julius. He would command her and she would just go a long rather than rock the boat. To me, that's doormatty behavior.
She is trying her luck at being a detective and with her human partner, Tiny, they embark on their first case together. To find out who Christian's mother is, because his father Julius refuses to tell him and claims that she is dead. Not long into the story, it is pretty obvious who the mother is...
Anyways, turns out that there was one year in her life (500 years ago) that was fabulously happy. Jean Claude was thought to be dead for 20 years when she met her life mate Julius. They were married and she was about to give birth to their first son, when something awful happens. You don't learn what it was until about 2/3 into the story.
So Julius shows up early into the story and between the murder attempts on Marguerite and the strange gap in Marguerite's memory of her marriage to Julius and being pregnant, he FINALLY begins to realize something nefarious is going on. DUH!
I didn't suspect the true culprit til near the end.
The ending was the usual last crazed stand by the bad guy with plenty of bad guy monologuing of evil deeds.
Thank god the bad guy got their just deserts or I would have been pretty pissed!
Now was Julius redeemed? I guess so, but not really because Marguerite makes it all to easy for him. I found him kinda a lackluster hero. He comes across as an arrogant prig with a tendancy to bossiness. I would have liked Marguerite to have a more vivacious mate who could help her spread her wings. Julius apologizes and feels remorse and is protective of Marguerite, so why am i unsatisfied? I think it is because of Marguerite. I loved her character but I was also disappointed that she never felt hurt that Julius hadn't loved her enough to seek her out before this. She was so GDamned understanding!
She gets over her difficulties with trust WAY too fast. Then she accepts his apology like nothing happened.
I can totally understand her making Julius feel better at the end by saying that it all had to happen the way it did so that she would have her other children (the younger ones she had with Jean Claude after he raped her mind to make her a puppet). But first I wanted her to show her pain to Julius. I mean for crying out loud, we're talking centuries of having your will removed. Of having your mind and body raped.
There way more time spent on her broken/non relationship with her lost son, Christian.
WTH???
There's a cute little epilogue where we learn all about Marguerite's match making talents.
So no. I enjoyed the heck out of the story but will probably never read it again.
Safety is what it is
As others have said, this seems to be the best book in the series. I have only read a handful, but they were forgettable.
This one really sucks you in!
OK spoilers ahead. I knew all these going into the story and still enjoyed it.
Marguerite has had the shit end of the stick for the last 700 years, since her marriage at 15 to Jean Claude the assh*le.
(At the end of the story, the author tries to redeem Jean Claude but really that ship has sailed and he will forever be the douche bag to end all douche bags in my book. Why would she want to redeem him???)
Marguerite is trying to spread her wings after being married to an emotional sadist for so many years. She had never been allowed to do ANYTHING by herself before and was actually mind controlled by her despicable husband throughout their entire marriage. Why isn't she crazy?
Well the author does a nice job showing how she chooses to remain single and autonomous. Yet I felt she was a bit of a doormat around Julius. He would command her and she would just go a long rather than rock the boat. To me, that's doormatty behavior.
She is trying her luck at being a detective and with her human partner, Tiny, they embark on their first case together. To find out who Christian's mother is, because his father Julius refuses to tell him and claims that she is dead. Not long into the story, it is pretty obvious who the mother is...
Anyways, turns out that there was one year in her life (500 years ago) that was fabulously happy. Jean Claude was thought to be dead for 20 years when she met her life mate Julius. They were married and she was about to give birth to their first son, when something awful happens. You don't learn what it was until about 2/3 into the story.
So Julius shows up early into the story and between the murder attempts on Marguerite and the strange gap in Marguerite's memory of her marriage to Julius and being pregnant, he FINALLY begins to realize something nefarious is going on. DUH!
I didn't suspect the true culprit til near the end.
The ending was the usual last crazed stand by the bad guy with plenty of bad guy monologuing of evil deeds.
Thank god the bad guy got their just deserts or I would have been pretty pissed!
Now was Julius redeemed? I guess so, but not really because Marguerite makes it all to easy for him. I found him kinda a lackluster hero. He comes across as an arrogant prig with a tendancy to bossiness. I would have liked Marguerite to have a more vivacious mate who could help her spread her wings. Julius apologizes and feels remorse and is protective of Marguerite, so why am i unsatisfied? I think it is because of Marguerite. I loved her character but I was also disappointed that she never felt hurt that Julius hadn't loved her enough to seek her out before this. She was so GDamned understanding!
She gets over her difficulties with trust WAY too fast. Then she accepts his apology like nothing happened.
I can totally understand her making Julius feel better at the end by saying that it all had to happen the way it did so that she would have her other children (the younger ones she had with Jean Claude after he raped her mind to make her a puppet). But first I wanted her to show her pain to Julius. I mean for crying out loud, we're talking centuries of having your will removed. Of having your mind and body raped.
There way more time spent on her broken/non relationship with her lost son, Christian.
WTH???
There's a cute little epilogue where we learn all about Marguerite's match making talents.
So no. I enjoyed the heck out of the story but will probably never read it again.
Safety is what it is
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March 16, 2016
This book was amazing and had me hooked from start to finish. Marguerite is on her first case as a Private Investigator, accompanied by Tiny. Her first assignment is to locate the mother of a five hundred year old immortal. She is starting her career and is far from the protection of Lucian and her sons for the first time. Waking up to find an assassin with a sword in her room, she realizes someone does not want the mother's identity revealed. I liked reading about Marguerite exploring new territory and her relationship with Tiny. Julius Notte is determined to protect his son Christain from the past but the presence of Marguerite complicates things. Julius tries to woo Marguerite while an unknown enemy wants her beheaded. Julius had his hands full worrying about his son, Marguerite and trying to figure out what really happened five hundred years ago. The characters in this book were looking for a love or relationship denied to them and trying to fix the mistakes of the past. The book was plot heavy, filled with twists and turns. I hated the unknown, vicious villain and was shocked when I discovered who it was. This book was like dark chocolate - dark, sinful and satisfying.
May 20, 2015
In this ninth installment of the Argeneau series, it's time for Marguerite Argeneau to find her happily ever after. Now that Marguerite's abusive ex husband Jean Claude is dead, Marguerite has decided that it's time to start a career. After partnering with Tiny, Marguerite heads to London to track down Christian's long lost mother. Marguerite wants a change of pace and a little excitement but she never imagined that it would mean risking her seven hundred year old head and having to delve into her abusive marriage.
By now, it's clear that the Argeneau series is the typical generic paranormal romance series. Vampire Interrupted however did have a little more substance because it involved a conspiracy and several attempted beheadings. For the first time, Sands delved into Marguerite's back story and we learned more about her abusive marriage to Jean Claude, who turned Marguerite because she closely resembled his wife from Atlantis. Marguerite is absolutely a survivor in every sense of the word. She survived being controlled, having her thoughts read and marital rape during her 700 year marriage to Jean Claude. Because of this, Marguerite is absolutely reluctant to get into any kind of relationship, even when she discovers that Julius is her lifemate. It makes sense to me that Marguerite would have issues after everything she survived for 700 years but what does not make sense is that other than a fear of a long term commitment, she doesn't seem to have any other longstanding issues. To be clear, Marguerite was raped repeatedly and yet seemed to be more emotional about the fact that Jean Claude had sex with other women. No rape victim gives a damn who her rapist has consensual sex with.
It's clear that the Argeneau world is not free of patriarchy. Vitta Notte is the antagonist of this story and she inspired to do so because of the sexism in the Notte family. Vitta, being the eldest child, was heir apparent until Julius was born and then she was supplanted because of her gender. This is more than a reason for her to be angry. Vitta however decided to try and kill her brother and when that failed, set about ruining his life by attempting to kill his child and severing his relationship with Marguerite. Vita even went as far as to murder Jean Claude's pregnant life mate to insure his help with her plan of revenge on Julius. Vita gives Marguerite a Perry Mason like confession in the end (which I could have done with it) to explain her actions. Of course, Vitta must be punished for her actions but this does not open up a wider conversation about the mistreatment of women and instead leads to a discussion about Vitta having gone insane as a result of not finding her life mate. It's complete and utter horse shit. People don't become mentally ill because of not having romantic love and it's an absolute trope to then have the mentally ill character be a violent murderer. Yes, we can add ableism to the ills of this book.
To add fuel to the fire of steaming horse shit, the murder of Jean Claude's pregnant life mate is meant to have the reader experience sympathy for this alcoholic, abusive, rapist. Thanks for that Sands. Vitta was absolutely entitled to her rage and to turn her into the antagonist is untenable.
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By now, it's clear that the Argeneau series is the typical generic paranormal romance series. Vampire Interrupted however did have a little more substance because it involved a conspiracy and several attempted beheadings. For the first time, Sands delved into Marguerite's back story and we learned more about her abusive marriage to Jean Claude, who turned Marguerite because she closely resembled his wife from Atlantis. Marguerite is absolutely a survivor in every sense of the word. She survived being controlled, having her thoughts read and marital rape during her 700 year marriage to Jean Claude. Because of this, Marguerite is absolutely reluctant to get into any kind of relationship, even when she discovers that Julius is her lifemate. It makes sense to me that Marguerite would have issues after everything she survived for 700 years but what does not make sense is that other than a fear of a long term commitment, she doesn't seem to have any other longstanding issues. To be clear, Marguerite was raped repeatedly and yet seemed to be more emotional about the fact that Jean Claude had sex with other women. No rape victim gives a damn who her rapist has consensual sex with.
It's clear that the Argeneau world is not free of patriarchy. Vitta Notte is the antagonist of this story and she inspired to do so because of the sexism in the Notte family. Vitta, being the eldest child, was heir apparent until Julius was born and then she was supplanted because of her gender. This is more than a reason for her to be angry. Vitta however decided to try and kill her brother and when that failed, set about ruining his life by attempting to kill his child and severing his relationship with Marguerite. Vita even went as far as to murder Jean Claude's pregnant life mate to insure his help with her plan of revenge on Julius. Vita gives Marguerite a Perry Mason like confession in the end (which I could have done with it) to explain her actions. Of course, Vitta must be punished for her actions but this does not open up a wider conversation about the mistreatment of women and instead leads to a discussion about Vitta having gone insane as a result of not finding her life mate. It's complete and utter horse shit. People don't become mentally ill because of not having romantic love and it's an absolute trope to then have the mentally ill character be a violent murderer. Yes, we can add ableism to the ills of this book.
To add fuel to the fire of steaming horse shit, the murder of Jean Claude's pregnant life mate is meant to have the reader experience sympathy for this alcoholic, abusive, rapist. Thanks for that Sands. Vitta was absolutely entitled to her rage and to turn her into the antagonist is untenable.
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May 22, 2011
First: Skip the family tree at the beginning! It contains a spoiler!!!!
Although a fun read, with a lot more mystery and not so much romance, this one is my least favorite so far. It was slow in places, and the lead characters were frustratingly immature at times, despite having several lifetimes of experience. The mystery was kind of compacted into the last 50 pages, complete with a bad guy speech about the hows and whys of the evil plan.
Lynsay Sands isn't a bad writer (A+ for the sexy parts!) but she reuses words like scowls, grimaces over and over again rather than come up with a way to show a character's displeasure in a situation. A small thing but it took me out of the story.
Overall, it was fun and you learn about Marguerite's dark past, but at over 300 pages it's too long and drawn out to really keep my attention.
Although a fun read, with a lot more mystery and not so much romance, this one is my least favorite so far. It was slow in places, and the lead characters were frustratingly immature at times, despite having several lifetimes of experience. The mystery was kind of compacted into the last 50 pages, complete with a bad guy speech about the hows and whys of the evil plan.
Lynsay Sands isn't a bad writer (A+ for the sexy parts!) but she reuses words like scowls, grimaces over and over again rather than come up with a way to show a character's displeasure in a situation. A small thing but it took me out of the story.
Overall, it was fun and you learn about Marguerite's dark past, but at over 300 pages it's too long and drawn out to really keep my attention.
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April 7, 2023Christian Notte hires Tiny McGraw and Marguerite Argeneau to find information about his mother. Christian was raised by his father, Julius. Tiny and Marguerite have been searching through archival records and dusty tombs. It would be so much easier if Julius Notte would tell his son about his mother. Julius has kept his silence for five hundred years and refuses to divulge the information. Matter of fact, Julius arrives in London, England, for the precise purpose of trying to dissuade Tiny and Marguerite from pursuing the investigation. When he enters Marguerite's hotel room and catches her scent, he knows she is his lifemate. Now, he must woo a reluctant woman who's first marriage was abusive. Marguerite is not interested in marriage after 700 years of abuse.
Vampire, Interrupted is the ninth novel in the Argeneau series. Marguerite learns what it is like to have a lifemate after helping her children find theirs. Her first marriage between Jean-Claude and herself were not true lifemates. She has a chance for a real union with Julius Notte, if she is willing to take the chance. The Notte and Argeneau clans come together to help protect Marguerite and to discover who is attempting to kill her and who wants to stop the investigation. The romance and the mystery tie together to create even more questions. The descriptions are vivid. The dialogue flowed easily between the characters. The narrator, Victoria McGee, varied the voices between the Notte and Argeneau characters. McGee did a fine job with this audiobook considering the number of characters and nationalities she distinguished for the reader. The settings are London, England, York, Yorkshire, England, and Italy. The reader stays grounded in the settings by following the protagonists from location to location. There is hope for a second chance at happiness. There are choices to be made by both Marguerite and Julius that will affect those around them. Adult situations.
Vampire, Interrupted is the ninth novel in the Argeneau series. Marguerite learns what it is like to have a lifemate after helping her children find theirs. Her first marriage between Jean-Claude and herself were not true lifemates. She has a chance for a real union with Julius Notte, if she is willing to take the chance. The Notte and Argeneau clans come together to help protect Marguerite and to discover who is attempting to kill her and who wants to stop the investigation. The romance and the mystery tie together to create even more questions. The descriptions are vivid. The dialogue flowed easily between the characters. The narrator, Victoria McGee, varied the voices between the Notte and Argeneau characters. McGee did a fine job with this audiobook considering the number of characters and nationalities she distinguished for the reader. The settings are London, England, York, Yorkshire, England, and Italy. The reader stays grounded in the settings by following the protagonists from location to location. There is hope for a second chance at happiness. There are choices to be made by both Marguerite and Julius that will affect those around them. Adult situations.
February 10, 2017
Since the beginning of this series I've always loved Marguarite because she's like super young looking and super old with four children, and she acts like a mother that should be in her 50' or 60's but yet again she looks like she's in her late teens early twenties. But they way she is with her kids and having something to do with every single one of them finding their lifemates was quite comical on its own, and quite canny as well. However, I've always also felt so bad for her because of what Jean Claude had done to her, and knowing he was NOT her lifemate.
Well in this story, she is on the search for Christian Notte's mother in England, this is where she ends up meeting Julius Notte, Christian's father. Though introductions are quite um dramatic since she was woken up having Julius holding Tiny up in the air by his throat, and then throwing him across the room a few times as Tony attacks him. (but here's a little seecret for you... but shhhh it's a SPOILER.... Julius and Magaurite are lifemates.... shhh don't tell anyone ok, so Julius was jealous to see Margaurite in bed with another man. But he didn't realize she was attacked and neither her or Tiny wanted to be in that room, and Tiny wanted to be close to her incase she was attacked again.)
so a little later on and I mean really a little later on like oh probably what would count as 20-30mins in the book, Christian, Marcus, and the others come to the conclusion that Julius and Margaurite are lifemates. How they found out, by the little slip ups of both Julius and Margaurite. So Julius asks his son for some help woo-ing her, or his son offers to help him, I fully can't remember on that part, but either way it doesn't matter. Because Julius decides to travel with them on the search for Christians mother, because he wants to be close to Margaurite.
Margaurite isn't quite sure why Julius is staying close by, but she goes with it, cause Margaurite keeps getting attacked. (poor lady). So throughout the book, they travel to different parts of Europe to search for clues about Christians mother, and in the meantime Julius and Margaurite get to know each other. But neither wants to disclose any information on their ex's. Funny thing though Margaurite then realizes that Julius is her lifemate. But that is only part of what makes this book interesting.
SPOILER DO NOT READ THE NEXT PART IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THIS VITAL PART OF THE BOOK!!!!!!
What makes this boook interesting, is that Margaurite is Christians mother, that five hundred years ago, Jean Claude had presumed to be dead, and Margaurite a widow. She had met Julius back then and obviously being lifemates found each other, and fell in love, and got married and concieved a child together. BUT! right before she had given birth, someone had took control over Margaurites mind and made her give birth and had her order his son death by the maid, and then made it look like Margaurite killed the maid for disobeying. Then wiped all her memories, and placed different ones in, and then the fact that Jean Claude was not dead, and had came back for Margaurite. Thus making the rest of his life miserable for her. But at least she had gotten four children out of it that she loves more than life. Well of course Margaurite doesn't remember any of this, but Julius has proof, he has a potrait of her in his study at his home in Italy. So of course then they fly to italy, one to show her this proof and two to hopefully keep her safe from the attackers.
Once there she ends up meeting his family (again) mom and dad aren't too thrilled but Aunt Vita, she seems to be happy about it. Vita catches Margaurite in Julius's office and gives her a little chit chat about how sad he was when she left, and that how pleased she is that he will be happy again.
Then one night Margaurite and Christian go out and have some Mother & son bonding time, to get to know each other. They end up being attacked on their outing and kidnapped. They are placed in some kind of dungeon, both injured and low on blood, UH OH! Back at the house Julius is frantic with worry about his love and son. This is where the Argenau's come in. At once Julius tries to attack Lucian because he thinks that Margaurites memories which has to be done by a 3 on 1 memory swipe meaning 3 vampires on one vampire or mortal to erase their memories, very dangerous and powerful juju.
Come to find out that it wasn't Lucian who was involved in it, nor was it Martine, Jean Claudes sister. But that it was Jean Claudes best friend, and Julius's own sister who did it. This was found out by Julius's father Niccodemus Notte telling him how things were when he was a baby and why he was all under guarded protection.
Meanwhile back at the dugeon plae, Vita shows herself to Margaurite and Christian, and explains why she has done this, and the attacks on Magaurite, and proceeds to tell them that she is the one who was part of the 3 on 1, and that Jean Claude was indeed never dead, but was in hiding because he had found his lifemate and had turned her, and since he had turned Margaurite it was a big no-no for him to turn his lifemate. But Vita had plans for Jean Claude so he had killed his lifemate and his unborn child. And used Jean Claude to wipe Margaurites memories and have her son killed. And Vita killed the maid. Which explained why Jean Claude was such a monster, though it didn't excuse the treatment he gave to Marguarite. Vita was jealous of Julius, Julius was the baby and the only boy. And he was treated like a god where she was just treated like a woman, and it pissed her off. He was just so happy with life in general that it drove her mad. So she wanted him punished and used the ones he loved to do it. But this time she wants to end it all, Margaurite, Christian, and Julius's lives. But her plan didn't work out she was caught and sent before the council and executed.
Everyone eventually went back to Canada to wherre Lissandra had her babygirl. And Margaurite had finally gotten her Happily Ever after.
Well in this story, she is on the search for Christian Notte's mother in England, this is where she ends up meeting Julius Notte, Christian's father. Though introductions are quite um dramatic since she was woken up having Julius holding Tiny up in the air by his throat, and then throwing him across the room a few times as Tony attacks him. (but here's a little seecret for you... but shhhh it's a SPOILER.... Julius and Magaurite are lifemates.... shhh don't tell anyone ok, so Julius was jealous to see Margaurite in bed with another man. But he didn't realize she was attacked and neither her or Tiny wanted to be in that room, and Tiny wanted to be close to her incase she was attacked again.)
so a little later on and I mean really a little later on like oh probably what would count as 20-30mins in the book, Christian, Marcus, and the others come to the conclusion that Julius and Margaurite are lifemates. How they found out, by the little slip ups of both Julius and Margaurite. So Julius asks his son for some help woo-ing her, or his son offers to help him, I fully can't remember on that part, but either way it doesn't matter. Because Julius decides to travel with them on the search for Christians mother, because he wants to be close to Margaurite.
Margaurite isn't quite sure why Julius is staying close by, but she goes with it, cause Margaurite keeps getting attacked. (poor lady). So throughout the book, they travel to different parts of Europe to search for clues about Christians mother, and in the meantime Julius and Margaurite get to know each other. But neither wants to disclose any information on their ex's. Funny thing though Margaurite then realizes that Julius is her lifemate. But that is only part of what makes this book interesting.
SPOILER DO NOT READ THE NEXT PART IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THIS VITAL PART OF THE BOOK!!!!!!
What makes this boook interesting, is that Margaurite is Christians mother, that five hundred years ago, Jean Claude had presumed to be dead, and Margaurite a widow. She had met Julius back then and obviously being lifemates found each other, and fell in love, and got married and concieved a child together. BUT! right before she had given birth, someone had took control over Margaurites mind and made her give birth and had her order his son death by the maid, and then made it look like Margaurite killed the maid for disobeying. Then wiped all her memories, and placed different ones in, and then the fact that Jean Claude was not dead, and had came back for Margaurite. Thus making the rest of his life miserable for her. But at least she had gotten four children out of it that she loves more than life. Well of course Margaurite doesn't remember any of this, but Julius has proof, he has a potrait of her in his study at his home in Italy. So of course then they fly to italy, one to show her this proof and two to hopefully keep her safe from the attackers.
Once there she ends up meeting his family (again) mom and dad aren't too thrilled but Aunt Vita, she seems to be happy about it. Vita catches Margaurite in Julius's office and gives her a little chit chat about how sad he was when she left, and that how pleased she is that he will be happy again.
Then one night Margaurite and Christian go out and have some Mother & son bonding time, to get to know each other. They end up being attacked on their outing and kidnapped. They are placed in some kind of dungeon, both injured and low on blood, UH OH! Back at the house Julius is frantic with worry about his love and son. This is where the Argenau's come in. At once Julius tries to attack Lucian because he thinks that Margaurites memories which has to be done by a 3 on 1 memory swipe meaning 3 vampires on one vampire or mortal to erase their memories, very dangerous and powerful juju.
Come to find out that it wasn't Lucian who was involved in it, nor was it Martine, Jean Claudes sister. But that it was Jean Claudes best friend, and Julius's own sister who did it. This was found out by Julius's father Niccodemus Notte telling him how things were when he was a baby and why he was all under guarded protection.
Meanwhile back at the dugeon plae, Vita shows herself to Margaurite and Christian, and explains why she has done this, and the attacks on Magaurite, and proceeds to tell them that she is the one who was part of the 3 on 1, and that Jean Claude was indeed never dead, but was in hiding because he had found his lifemate and had turned her, and since he had turned Margaurite it was a big no-no for him to turn his lifemate. But Vita had plans for Jean Claude so he had killed his lifemate and his unborn child. And used Jean Claude to wipe Margaurites memories and have her son killed. And Vita killed the maid. Which explained why Jean Claude was such a monster, though it didn't excuse the treatment he gave to Marguarite. Vita was jealous of Julius, Julius was the baby and the only boy. And he was treated like a god where she was just treated like a woman, and it pissed her off. He was just so happy with life in general that it drove her mad. So she wanted him punished and used the ones he loved to do it. But this time she wants to end it all, Margaurite, Christian, and Julius's lives. But her plan didn't work out she was caught and sent before the council and executed.
Everyone eventually went back to Canada to wherre Lissandra had her babygirl. And Margaurite had finally gotten her Happily Ever after.
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August 2, 2022
I really loved this book! So many twist and turns!
Marguerite comes to England to help Christian find his mother, and ends up solving a huge mystery that is over 500 years old. I love her and Julius together. Plus I think it’s high time that she had her happy ending as well! After everything she had been through it was good to see her find her true life mate.
I will say finding out what happened with Jean really did put things into a different perspective. I still don’t like the guy, and I still don’t believe that it’s a good excuse for everything he did to her. But I can say I do see it a different way now. He lost everything once and to lose it all again…. Who wouldn’t be broken and taking out on everyone.
I’m beyond glad that Christian got to finally meet his mother, and I’m beyond glad that everything ended up will for everyone. And the villain in this story!!!!! Totally didn’t see that coming at all! 🤯
True I loved it and I can’t wait to find out what happens in the next one!
Happy reading!! 🖤🖤
Marguerite comes to England to help Christian find his mother, and ends up solving a huge mystery that is over 500 years old. I love her and Julius together. Plus I think it’s high time that she had her happy ending as well! After everything she had been through it was good to see her find her true life mate.
I will say finding out what happened with Jean really did put things into a different perspective. I still don’t like the guy, and I still don’t believe that it’s a good excuse for everything he did to her. But I can say I do see it a different way now. He lost everything once and to lose it all again…. Who wouldn’t be broken and taking out on everyone.
I’m beyond glad that Christian got to finally meet his mother, and I’m beyond glad that everything ended up will for everyone. And the villain in this story!!!!! Totally didn’t see that coming at all! 🤯
True I loved it and I can’t wait to find out what happens in the next one!
Happy reading!! 🖤🖤
November 2, 2017
Sigo leyendo estos libros en desorden because why the hell no? El plot twist de la mitad fue interesante porque no me lo esperaba y esta especie de novelas son 200% predecibles.
July 26, 2024
Oh my lord this is the BEST book in this series. Plot twist galore and omg I love Mama A!!! 10/10 will read this again. I would give it 6 stars if I could.
August 16, 2015
A Few Surprises Are In Store When Matchmaking Momma Marguerite Finds Her Own Mate,
With Vampire Interrupted Sands wraps up a great Argeneau vampire romance in a much deeper and complicated plot than usual and includes several twists that end up making this a fresh addition to her long running series.
Finally it is Argeneau matriarch Marguerite's turn to find her lifemate after playing matchmaker to all of her extended family in the previous books. Knowing of Marguerite's hellish 500 year marriage to a vamp who was not her lifemate, it is not surprising that Marguerite is a bit cautious when she first begins feeling the heated pull to gorgeous Julius Notte. Julius doesn't seem to feel the same reluctance to persue Marguerite as a lifemate even though he has lost a lifemate in the past, a relationship he refuses to discuss. It is actually this lack of disclosure that fuels his son Christian's search for information on the mother he never knew, and it is that search that brings Julius and Marguerite together as the case to uncover the truth is Marguerite's first in her new career as PI. But even as Julius promises not to hinder Marguerite progress, there is a mysterious assassin that keeps trying to take Marguerite out of the picture permanently. Determined not to suffer the anguish of loosing a lifemate again, Julius will do everything in his power to keep Marguerite safe, but will he reveal the painful secrets that have been hidden for centuries?
Without revealing any of the surprises, a nice thing about the romance between Marguerite and Julius is that both characters are presented as more mature than the leads in Sands previous romances -- even though Marguerite's son Lucerne is in reality only a hundred years younger. And because Marguerite and Julius are older characters, both have major past relationship issues that they have to overcome to be together. For Julius part of his past to overcome is that his loss changed him into a darker, more serious and grumpier person, so in the book it is fun watching him get hints from his son and a quirkly mortal on how to court a woman again after being alone for so long. Marguerite's martial nightmare makes her more cautious with Julius, but having known such unhappiness, it also makes her more suseptible to the lure of a happily ever after even though that sounds like a contradiction.
I liked Vampire Interrupted and it works fine as a standalone read, but it is original enough that you will still enjoy it even if you thought you were getting tired of the Argenaus. And if you can't get enough of them, Sands does a nice family reunion at the end of Vampire Interrupted bringing all the pairs together at Lissiana's child's christening. Sands has started including a Argenau family tree in the front of her books, so hmm, who's next? (Unless you have the ARC version of this book, heed the other reviewers' warnings and don't check out family tree until after you've read the book.)
The rest of the books in Lynsay Sands Argenau series:
A Quick Bite ( Book 1)
Love Bites (Argeneau Vampires, Book 2)
Single White Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 3)
Tall, Dark & Hungry (Argeneau Vampires, Book 4)
A Bite to Remember (Argeneau Vampires, Book 5)
Bite Me If You Can (Argeneau Vampires, Book 6)
The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7)
Vampires Are Forever (Argeneau Vampires, Book 8)
If you are looking for a new vamp series that has a similar 'bite', bag-feeding vamps and a bit of humour mixed in with the romance, you might want to give Kerrilyn Sparks Love at Stake series a try:
How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake, Book 1)
Vamps and the City (Love at Stake, Book 2) (This is my favorite)
Be Still My Vampire Heart (Love at Stake, Book 3)
Sugarplums and Scandal (Contains a connected short)
With Vampire Interrupted Sands wraps up a great Argeneau vampire romance in a much deeper and complicated plot than usual and includes several twists that end up making this a fresh addition to her long running series.
Finally it is Argeneau matriarch Marguerite's turn to find her lifemate after playing matchmaker to all of her extended family in the previous books. Knowing of Marguerite's hellish 500 year marriage to a vamp who was not her lifemate, it is not surprising that Marguerite is a bit cautious when she first begins feeling the heated pull to gorgeous Julius Notte. Julius doesn't seem to feel the same reluctance to persue Marguerite as a lifemate even though he has lost a lifemate in the past, a relationship he refuses to discuss. It is actually this lack of disclosure that fuels his son Christian's search for information on the mother he never knew, and it is that search that brings Julius and Marguerite together as the case to uncover the truth is Marguerite's first in her new career as PI. But even as Julius promises not to hinder Marguerite progress, there is a mysterious assassin that keeps trying to take Marguerite out of the picture permanently. Determined not to suffer the anguish of loosing a lifemate again, Julius will do everything in his power to keep Marguerite safe, but will he reveal the painful secrets that have been hidden for centuries?
Without revealing any of the surprises, a nice thing about the romance between Marguerite and Julius is that both characters are presented as more mature than the leads in Sands previous romances -- even though Marguerite's son Lucerne is in reality only a hundred years younger. And because Marguerite and Julius are older characters, both have major past relationship issues that they have to overcome to be together. For Julius part of his past to overcome is that his loss changed him into a darker, more serious and grumpier person, so in the book it is fun watching him get hints from his son and a quirkly mortal on how to court a woman again after being alone for so long. Marguerite's martial nightmare makes her more cautious with Julius, but having known such unhappiness, it also makes her more suseptible to the lure of a happily ever after even though that sounds like a contradiction.
I liked Vampire Interrupted and it works fine as a standalone read, but it is original enough that you will still enjoy it even if you thought you were getting tired of the Argenaus. And if you can't get enough of them, Sands does a nice family reunion at the end of Vampire Interrupted bringing all the pairs together at Lissiana's child's christening. Sands has started including a Argenau family tree in the front of her books, so hmm, who's next? (Unless you have the ARC version of this book, heed the other reviewers' warnings and don't check out family tree until after you've read the book.)
The rest of the books in Lynsay Sands Argenau series:
A Quick Bite ( Book 1)
Love Bites (Argeneau Vampires, Book 2)
Single White Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 3)
Tall, Dark & Hungry (Argeneau Vampires, Book 4)
A Bite to Remember (Argeneau Vampires, Book 5)
Bite Me If You Can (Argeneau Vampires, Book 6)
The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7)
Vampires Are Forever (Argeneau Vampires, Book 8)
If you are looking for a new vamp series that has a similar 'bite', bag-feeding vamps and a bit of humour mixed in with the romance, you might want to give Kerrilyn Sparks Love at Stake series a try:
How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake, Book 1)
Vamps and the City (Love at Stake, Book 2) (This is my favorite)
Be Still My Vampire Heart (Love at Stake, Book 3)
Sugarplums and Scandal (Contains a connected short)
April 17, 2017
Am I the only one who felt uncomfortable about Marguerites book? I mean, she's like.. the mother. Also, this book was rather dissappointing. I didn't understand why Marguerite and Julius were.. Well, whatever. What I really, really didn't like was the family part.
You'd think Marguerite would behave differently, but she doesn't. The end of the book seems too convinient for my tastes, but they always do. 'They' meaning the Argeneau novels.
Whatever, Tiny was there and I like Tiny. *dances the Tiny dance*
Sorry, this wasn't a review at all, I know, but it's been some time since I read the novel (a few days, lol) and I don't really have much to say about it- It's not bad, but it isn't really good either.
Rezension
Irgendwie war dieser Band enttäuschend. Ich gebe zu, der Plot war teils sehr, sehr überraschend – ich hab den Klappentext bis jetzt noch nicht gelesen – aber andererseits..
1. Die Szene im Zug machte für mich keinen Sinn. Als Leser sollte man die Taten der Protagonisten nachvollziehen und nachempfinden können, aber das konnte ich nicht. Es fehlte jedweige Spannung, um zu erklären, warum sich die Beiden so haben gehen lassen. Und wenn jetzt irgendwer sowas wie „Die Nanos sind schuld!“ sagt, dann werd ich zum Berseker.
2. Alle im Chor. Mutterliebe. Ich hätte unglaublich viel mehr erwartet, gerade von Marguerite, aber offensichtlich habe ich da den typisch menschlichen Fehler gemacht, etwas zu erwarten und dann wütend zu sein, weil besagte Erwartungen nicht erfüllt wurden. ;)
3. Die Böse. Also der Plot.. Da gibt’s eine Böse. Und ich konnte die Lösung einfach nicht ab. Wirklich, so.. whä.
Trotz allem ging es um Marguerite, die ich eben sehr mochte. Tiny kam auch vor – den ich heiraten würde, wenn es ginge – und endlich gab es wieder die „Was Marguerite schon alles 'verbrochen' hat“-Atmosphäre, in der darüber gesprochen hatte, wer wie mit wem verkuppelt worden ist.
Zum Schluss bleibt nicht viel zu sagen. Ich schließe immer mehr mit den meisten PNR Romanen ab, weil es einfach nicht mehr viel zu lesen gibt. Entweder sie sind nicht auf die Realität übertragbar (Matingbond?) oder sie proklamieren Unsinn (Vertrau den Nanos, wird schon alles werden; Hab Angst vor mir aber nicht vor unserer Beziehung/der Tatsache, dass du nichts dagegen machen kannst, dass wir miteinander schlafen werden; vertrau nicht den Falschen, aber vertrau mir, obwohl ich auch bloß der Falsche sein könnte, aber da der Leser aus meiner Perspektive sehen konnte, was ich denke, ist es natürlich alles was ganz anderes und so weiter.)
Die Argeneaus, soviel lasse ich der Reihe auf jeden Fall, haben aber einen gewissen Unterhaltungswert und solange ich nicht dafür zahlen muss, sondern sie ausleihen kann, ist das für mich genug. Geld bezahlen würde ich aber nicht - Schon alleine, weil ich nicht wüsste, wie ich meinem Besuch die Titel erklären sollte. ("Nein, ähm.. Mami, das sind.. ääh.. Studien über derzeitige Phänomene.. ähm.. Kulte.. ääh Jugendliche und ääh.. also.. ja..")
Dabei hat der LYX Verlag gleichzeitig soo tolle Bücher. (Hab ich schon erwähnt, dass ganz dringend Carolyn Cranes Bücher im Programm aufgenommen werden müssen?)
You'd think Marguerite would behave differently, but she doesn't. The end of the book seems too convinient for my tastes, but they always do. 'They' meaning the Argeneau novels.
Whatever, Tiny was there and I like Tiny. *dances the Tiny dance*
Sorry, this wasn't a review at all, I know, but it's been some time since I read the novel (a few days, lol) and I don't really have much to say about it- It's not bad, but it isn't really good either.
Rezension
Irgendwie war dieser Band enttäuschend. Ich gebe zu, der Plot war teils sehr, sehr überraschend – ich hab den Klappentext bis jetzt noch nicht gelesen – aber andererseits..
1. Die Szene im Zug machte für mich keinen Sinn. Als Leser sollte man die Taten der Protagonisten nachvollziehen und nachempfinden können, aber das konnte ich nicht. Es fehlte jedweige Spannung, um zu erklären, warum sich die Beiden so haben gehen lassen. Und wenn jetzt irgendwer sowas wie „Die Nanos sind schuld!“ sagt, dann werd ich zum Berseker.
2. Alle im Chor. Mutterliebe. Ich hätte unglaublich viel mehr erwartet, gerade von Marguerite, aber offensichtlich habe ich da den typisch menschlichen Fehler gemacht, etwas zu erwarten und dann wütend zu sein, weil besagte Erwartungen nicht erfüllt wurden. ;)
3. Die Böse. Also der Plot.. Da gibt’s eine Böse. Und ich konnte die Lösung einfach nicht ab. Wirklich, so.. whä.
Trotz allem ging es um Marguerite, die ich eben sehr mochte. Tiny kam auch vor – den ich heiraten würde, wenn es ginge – und endlich gab es wieder die „Was Marguerite schon alles 'verbrochen' hat“-Atmosphäre, in der darüber gesprochen hatte, wer wie mit wem verkuppelt worden ist.
Zum Schluss bleibt nicht viel zu sagen. Ich schließe immer mehr mit den meisten PNR Romanen ab, weil es einfach nicht mehr viel zu lesen gibt. Entweder sie sind nicht auf die Realität übertragbar (Matingbond?) oder sie proklamieren Unsinn (Vertrau den Nanos, wird schon alles werden; Hab Angst vor mir aber nicht vor unserer Beziehung/der Tatsache, dass du nichts dagegen machen kannst, dass wir miteinander schlafen werden; vertrau nicht den Falschen, aber vertrau mir, obwohl ich auch bloß der Falsche sein könnte, aber da der Leser aus meiner Perspektive sehen konnte, was ich denke, ist es natürlich alles was ganz anderes und so weiter.)
Die Argeneaus, soviel lasse ich der Reihe auf jeden Fall, haben aber einen gewissen Unterhaltungswert und solange ich nicht dafür zahlen muss, sondern sie ausleihen kann, ist das für mich genug. Geld bezahlen würde ich aber nicht - Schon alleine, weil ich nicht wüsste, wie ich meinem Besuch die Titel erklären sollte. ("Nein, ähm.. Mami, das sind.. ääh.. Studien über derzeitige Phänomene.. ähm.. Kulte.. ääh Jugendliche und ääh.. also.. ja..")
Dabei hat der LYX Verlag gleichzeitig soo tolle Bücher. (Hab ich schon erwähnt, dass ganz dringend Carolyn Cranes Bücher im Programm aufgenommen werden müssen?)
July 17, 2018
This made my heart die a little and I haven't stopped fangirling since I put the book down
May 10, 2011
Review: ‘Vampire, Interrupted’ is a dazzling novel that will provide hours of entertainment with the anxiously awaited story of Marguerite Argeneau. Learning to be a private investigator, Marguerite is excited when her first case brings her to England with the task of finding an immortals mother. After someone attempts to behead her while sleeping, she realizes there is more to this case than just finding a missing immortal. Julius Notte wants to protect Marguerite and keep the secrets that he’s kept from his son. When he sees Marguerite he knows that she is his lifemate, but with her first marriage being so traumatic, he knows he will have to tread carefully while woo-ing her. Marguerite’s life as she knows it is about to take a shocking turn when secrets from the past and an unknown enemy attempt to destroy her. As the passion of lifemates consume Julius and Marguerite, the web of deceit and danger tightens around them, and it will take her family and friends help to resolve this mystery.
Lynsay Sands has penned a story that will totally captivate your heart. This long awaited story will pull you into Marguerite’s puzzling life as we discover the things that have made her the much adored character we’ve come to know. Emotions run high, and destined passions explode between Marguerite and Julius that will touch your heart with happiness and tears. With a page-turning plot, exciting twists and characters you’ll love, ‘Vampire, Interrupted’ is a must read and a keeper for your shelf.
Lynsay Sands has penned a story that will totally captivate your heart. This long awaited story will pull you into Marguerite’s puzzling life as we discover the things that have made her the much adored character we’ve come to know. Emotions run high, and destined passions explode between Marguerite and Julius that will touch your heart with happiness and tears. With a page-turning plot, exciting twists and characters you’ll love, ‘Vampire, Interrupted’ is a must read and a keeper for your shelf.
December 28, 2008
Fantastic! This might be my favorite book in the Argenau novel's!
This book centers around family matriarch Marguerite Argeneau. She is currently working as a P.I trying to help Christian Notte discover his long lost mother. His father, Julius, refuses to tell him his mother's name and every P.I he has ever hired, is scared off by Julius.
Marguerite is determined to help Christian, and then she is attacked in her hotel room and almost beheaded. Christian's father shows up and ends up revealing that Marguerite is indeed his lifemate and he will help them while they searched for Christian's mother so that he could keep Marguerite safe. There are so many twists and turns in this book, and it was very difficult to try to guess at the mystery of who Christian's mother is, and why people seem intent on killing Marguerite.
I really enjoyed being to read more about Marguerite, because it was obvious in the other books that she was very focused and devoted on her family. But it was nice to see her have a chance at being happy as well. It was also nice to see her family gathered together in it, and get glimpses into how they are doing.
But this book definitely needs to be read after reading Vampires are Forever. The two books have story lines that are occurring simultaneously. And the two story lines converge towards the end of Vampire, Interrupted.
This book centers around family matriarch Marguerite Argeneau. She is currently working as a P.I trying to help Christian Notte discover his long lost mother. His father, Julius, refuses to tell him his mother's name and every P.I he has ever hired, is scared off by Julius.
Marguerite is determined to help Christian, and then she is attacked in her hotel room and almost beheaded. Christian's father shows up and ends up revealing that Marguerite is indeed his lifemate and he will help them while they searched for Christian's mother so that he could keep Marguerite safe. There are so many twists and turns in this book, and it was very difficult to try to guess at the mystery of who Christian's mother is, and why people seem intent on killing Marguerite.
I really enjoyed being to read more about Marguerite, because it was obvious in the other books that she was very focused and devoted on her family. But it was nice to see her have a chance at being happy as well. It was also nice to see her family gathered together in it, and get glimpses into how they are doing.
But this book definitely needs to be read after reading Vampires are Forever. The two books have story lines that are occurring simultaneously. And the two story lines converge towards the end of Vampire, Interrupted.
April 25, 2012
Much better book, best of the series so far...Marguerite Rocks!
Description:
After 700 years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally starts a career. She's training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal's mother. It seems simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she's in way over her head.
My Thoughts,
The story runs parallel to Thomas's story for the most part. This book to me is the most interesting so far. It treats us to a deeper, more robust plot, getting to know Marguerite a bit more and understanding her MUCH better. I really like the twists and turns LS took with the plot. I'm loving on the Italian Vampires and can't wait to see them in further books. Julius was an interesting character but other thank his love for Marguerite and Christian we really didn't learn anything about him. The ending was good but like in a lot of her books felt kinda rushed. I did like the peek at the end of the her children mixing together. All in all I good story, some interesting characters...I would recommend this book.
4 stars for this outing of the Argeneau Family.
Description:
After 700 years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally starts a career. She's training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal's mother. It seems simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she's in way over her head.
My Thoughts,
The story runs parallel to Thomas's story for the most part. This book to me is the most interesting so far. It treats us to a deeper, more robust plot, getting to know Marguerite a bit more and understanding her MUCH better. I really like the twists and turns LS took with the plot. I'm loving on the Italian Vampires and can't wait to see them in further books. Julius was an interesting character but other thank his love for Marguerite and Christian we really didn't learn anything about him. The ending was good but like in a lot of her books felt kinda rushed. I did like the peek at the end of the her children mixing together. All in all I good story, some interesting characters...I would recommend this book.
4 stars for this outing of the Argeneau Family.
March 4, 2015
This was another great book in this series. I loved the characters and the personalities. I had laughs, snickers, breath-holding, tension and suspense, some tough spots and some humorous. I really liked getting to know these characters and meeting a few newer ones. There was plenty of suspense and some definitely shockers. I was reading this so fast I was getting cross-eyed. I was drawn in straight from the start and couldn't stop. First it was finger-gripping, then funny, then....What!!!...some snickers, some 'oh no's'....Holy Moly! No she didn't...and a great ending. This was a great book and definitely deserves shelf space. Great for reading anytime, although you might want to make sure you have time cuz it'll draw you in until you're completely unaware of your surroundings. Totally Enjoy!
November 6, 2011
Such a tragic love story! Marguerite's story is one with many twists and turns.
Marguerite is investigating the birth of Christopher Notte and trying to find his mother for him. She meets Julius Notte and is instantly attracted. They are lifemates. Lifemates that were separated many years ago by a jealous evil person who pretended to be a loving member of their family.
Marguerite's memory of Julius and their life together is completely wiped. Julius joins his son Christopher and Marguerite on the search for Christopher's mother all the well hoping that the journey will bring back Marguerite's memory so that they can be together again like they were many hundreds of years ago.
Fantastic book.
Makes me sad all over again just thinking about it.
Melissa
Reviewer for 1000 + Books to Read
Marguerite is investigating the birth of Christopher Notte and trying to find his mother for him. She meets Julius Notte and is instantly attracted. They are lifemates. Lifemates that were separated many years ago by a jealous evil person who pretended to be a loving member of their family.
Marguerite's memory of Julius and their life together is completely wiped. Julius joins his son Christopher and Marguerite on the search for Christopher's mother all the well hoping that the journey will bring back Marguerite's memory so that they can be together again like they were many hundreds of years ago.
Fantastic book.
Makes me sad all over again just thinking about it.
Melissa
Reviewer for 1000 + Books to Read
February 29, 2008
If you've been waiting for Marguerite's story, this is it. It certainly cleared up some questions I've had about this character. Why did she marry Jean Claude in the first place? Why did she stay with him so long?
If you haven't been following this series, you may not enjoy this book as much as I did. The series begins with Single White Vampire. If you like Sookie Stackhouse and Queen Betsy, then don't miss this series...
If you haven't been following this series, you may not enjoy this book as much as I did. The series begins with Single White Vampire. If you like Sookie Stackhouse and Queen Betsy, then don't miss this series...
January 14, 2019
I love the plot of this book though once you know the plot twist of it its slightly less entertaining. Though I enjoy this every time I read it and Marguerite is a lovely character, she's such a mom I'm the other books that the sex scenes are decidedly weird reading. I liked that the author didn't make a bitter character that held the past too tight and become an asshole as tends to be the case with second chance books
December 26, 2013
Would have given this four stars but the editing/writing was so bad in places that I couldn't reward it. Wrong words, bad grammar, missing punctuation, repetition - it had all the sins. Ruined it for me.
November 11, 2010
OMG!!!!!!! This was the most interesting book with a kick ass story line by lynsay sands , you really learn alot in this story about other characters in the whole series really!!!!!!!I LOVED IT!!
November 19, 2012
Other than the A Quick Bite, this is the best one in the series so far! Everybody loves Margurite and if you don't than something's wrong with you. LOL
July 20, 2013
Love the whole series
May 31, 2017
Could wait to read Marguerite and Julius's story. Worth the wait.
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