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Wings in the Night Part 2
Danger, desire and the irresistible allure of the vampire… Return to USA TODAY bestselling author Maggie Shayne's dark, sensual world of Wings in the Night. Part 2 of the Wings in the Night collection includes Twilight Hunter, Embrace the Twilight, Run From Twilight, Edge of Twilight, Blue Twilight, and Prince of Twilight.
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First published January 1, 2007
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Maggie Shayne
268 books2,583 followersI live in the teeny, tiny town of Taylor, NY, (Alliteration Alert!) though my mailing address is Cincinnatus, my telephone exchange is Truxton and I pay taxes and vote in Cuyler. All of these are at least in the same rural county in the southern hills of New York State; Cortland County. There are more cattle than people here. The nearest “big” cities are Syracuse and Binghamton and they are an hour away, in different directions, and not really all that big by most standards, though they both seem humongous to me. I look out my window to see rolling, green, thickly forested hills, wildflower laden meadows and wide open blue, blue skies. My road is barely paved. The nearest neighboring place is a 700 acre dairy farm.
My house is a big, century old farmhouse. I moved in here after my divorce in 2006. Just a little over a year later, the house, which I had named, SERENITY, burned. It was 99% gutted, and I lost my two dogs, Sally, an 11-year-old great Dane, and Wrinkles, my 14-year-old, blind bulldog. This was the culmination of my Dark Night of the soul, which had seemed to hit me all at once in 2006-2007. My mother died that year, after a 14 month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was only 60. The youngest of my five daughters had left home that same year, and while that’s not a tragedy at all, it felt like one to me. Then came the divorce. And finally there was the fire--it seemed my darkest night wasn’t quite finished with me after all. I had lost almost everything before that point, and as I poked through the wet ashes and soot the next day, I realized that I had now been stripped all the way to the bone.
No better time to start over. (And no, I didn’t come to that realization that day--there were a few days of wallowing in pity first, particularly the day after the fire, when I hit a deer and smashed up my car, which I was practically living in!)
That’s when I started to laugh. Just sat on the side of the road as the deer bounded, uninjured and carefree, out of sight, and laughed. It was just too ridiculous at that point, to do anything else!
And from there, I picked myself up, and brushed myself off, and said, okay, there’s only one way to go from here. Forward. And that’s what I did. There I was at the age of harrurmphemmph, living in my one, mostly undamaged remaining room, with a dorm-sized mini-fridge, a futon, a TV, my cat (nine lives!) and a laptop. And not much else. (Though thank goodness the room that survived the fire, was a room that had its own attached bathroom!)
Since then I have rebuilt my beloved home, which really has become my haven, my “Serenity.” I share it now with my fiancé, Lance, and we have accumulated quite the little family together. “Little” being a relative term. We have a pair of English Mastiffs, Dozer and Daisy, who weigh 203 pounds and 208 pounds respectively, and a little pudgy English Bulldog named Niblet, who is bigger than both of them, inside her mind. We also have the aforementioned cat, Glorificus (“Glory” for short,) who adores her canine pups and keeps them firmly in line. And we've acquired a pair of stray cats as well, a mother and son, Luna (Lulu for short) and Butters aka Buddy. Lulu showed up pregnant during a lunar eclipse, had a litter, and vanished again. We found homes for all the kittens except one. Butters. We got him fixed and kept him. A few months later, Lulu returned, again expecting. This litter was born on the "Monster Moon." Again, all the kittens were spayed and neutered and placed in homes, and this time we got Lulu to the vet in time to spay her before the cycle could repeat.
Glory is not amused.
She has a story of her own, my old Glory cat, having been with me before the Dark Times descended, she went through it all with me, moved with me, survived the fire, and remains with me still. She's tolerating the newcomers. Barely.
My partner is an artist, a mechanic, a welder and an inventor, and the rumors are true, he is much younger than I
My house is a big, century old farmhouse. I moved in here after my divorce in 2006. Just a little over a year later, the house, which I had named, SERENITY, burned. It was 99% gutted, and I lost my two dogs, Sally, an 11-year-old great Dane, and Wrinkles, my 14-year-old, blind bulldog. This was the culmination of my Dark Night of the soul, which had seemed to hit me all at once in 2006-2007. My mother died that year, after a 14 month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was only 60. The youngest of my five daughters had left home that same year, and while that’s not a tragedy at all, it felt like one to me. Then came the divorce. And finally there was the fire--it seemed my darkest night wasn’t quite finished with me after all. I had lost almost everything before that point, and as I poked through the wet ashes and soot the next day, I realized that I had now been stripped all the way to the bone.
No better time to start over. (And no, I didn’t come to that realization that day--there were a few days of wallowing in pity first, particularly the day after the fire, when I hit a deer and smashed up my car, which I was practically living in!)
That’s when I started to laugh. Just sat on the side of the road as the deer bounded, uninjured and carefree, out of sight, and laughed. It was just too ridiculous at that point, to do anything else!
And from there, I picked myself up, and brushed myself off, and said, okay, there’s only one way to go from here. Forward. And that’s what I did. There I was at the age of harrurmphemmph, living in my one, mostly undamaged remaining room, with a dorm-sized mini-fridge, a futon, a TV, my cat (nine lives!) and a laptop. And not much else. (Though thank goodness the room that survived the fire, was a room that had its own attached bathroom!)
Since then I have rebuilt my beloved home, which really has become my haven, my “Serenity.” I share it now with my fiancé, Lance, and we have accumulated quite the little family together. “Little” being a relative term. We have a pair of English Mastiffs, Dozer and Daisy, who weigh 203 pounds and 208 pounds respectively, and a little pudgy English Bulldog named Niblet, who is bigger than both of them, inside her mind. We also have the aforementioned cat, Glorificus (“Glory” for short,) who adores her canine pups and keeps them firmly in line. And we've acquired a pair of stray cats as well, a mother and son, Luna (Lulu for short) and Butters aka Buddy. Lulu showed up pregnant during a lunar eclipse, had a litter, and vanished again. We found homes for all the kittens except one. Butters. We got him fixed and kept him. A few months later, Lulu returned, again expecting. This litter was born on the "Monster Moon." Again, all the kittens were spayed and neutered and placed in homes, and this time we got Lulu to the vet in time to spay her before the cycle could repeat.
Glory is not amused.
She has a story of her own, my old Glory cat, having been with me before the Dark Times descended, she went through it all with me, moved with me, survived the fire, and remains with me still. She's tolerating the newcomers. Barely.
My partner is an artist, a mechanic, a welder and an inventor, and the rumors are true, he is much younger than I
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October 1, 2012
Maggie Shayne's Wings in the Night series is one of the best to read, she creates characters you want to know, and manages to create thread to connect her books while also creating stories you can read without having read the entire series.
The characters created by Maggie Shayne are people you would want to know based on their personalities. Since so many stories now are rewrites of common themes some of the books available are things you can read quickly and perhaps not lose yourself in or look forward to, with Maggie Shayne's stories you are looking forward to finding out what may happen next and what new characters may develop and fit into the world that she has developed.
The characters created by Maggie Shayne are people you would want to know based on their personalities. Since so many stories now are rewrites of common themes some of the books available are things you can read quickly and perhaps not lose yourself in or look forward to, with Maggie Shayne's stories you are looking forward to finding out what may happen next and what new characters may develop and fit into the world that she has developed.
March 6, 2015
I liked Vol. 2 of the Wings in the Night collection as much as I enjoyed Vol. 1. Contemporary, paranormal romance with a vein of suspense that travels throughout the series.
If you're looking for a new vamp series with just enough suspense to make things interesting, but not so much that the romance factor is overwhelmed, try this series on for size. I loved it!
If you're looking for a new vamp series with just enough suspense to make things interesting, but not so much that the romance factor is overwhelmed, try this series on for size. I loved it!
October 26, 2016
First ten books!
I surely enjoyed these books! I can not wait to finish the rest of the books. LOVE STORIES original vamp lives. Surprises keep you wanting to read the next if you like vampires, love and good writing this is for you.
I surely enjoyed these books! I can not wait to finish the rest of the books. LOVE STORIES original vamp lives. Surprises keep you wanting to read the next if you like vampires, love and good writing this is for you.
April 5, 2011
Following along in the lines of it's predecessor: Good romance read!
February 6, 2013
SO HAPPY I DISCOVERED THESE BUNDLES!
December 30, 2014
Good
Some little too mushy & livid. I like more action with the love. I liked the 3 books with Reaper & his people best
Some little too mushy & livid. I like more action with the love. I liked the 3 books with Reaper & his people best
August 30, 2015
I take out this series every few years and reread it and catch up with any new additions. I just love Shayne's works.
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March 24, 20197. Twilight Hunger, 396
8. Embrace the Twilight, 271
9. Run from Twilight, 150
10. Edge of Twilight, 360
11. Blue Twilight, 300
12. Before Blue Twilight, 100
8. Embrace the Twilight, 271
9. Run from Twilight, 150
10. Edge of Twilight, 360
11. Blue Twilight, 300
12. Before Blue Twilight, 100
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews