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Runaway Vampire (Argeneau, #23)

Lynsay Sands

Start date: March 2, 2016

Finish date: March 31, 2016

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Jan 31, 2016 Lover of Romance rated it really liked it

Shelves: genre-paranormal-romance, pub-2016, publisher-avon, theme-mc-on-the-run, character-vampire

This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance

Summary
Dante Notte never expected that his own lifemate would run him down. Mary Winslow is a widow in her sixties and driving her RV to visit her closest friend and her husband when suddenly she realizes she has run over a person. She is shocked to learn that he is still very much alive and hiding out in her RV. She doesn't understand why she is involved with this mysterious yet gorgeous man who seems to be attracted to her in ways she doesn't understand especially since she feels so much older. She isn't a woman to "rob the cradle" as it were. Dante is on the run from his kidnappers who drugged both himself and his brother and he managed to escape to get help only to run into his lifemate. Now Dante and Mary work together to find his brother and explore the connection they have together!!
Plot and Story Line
Runaway Vampire has been on my shelf for the LONGEST time and I knew that I needed to pick it up. And I finally did and I am so glad that I read this book because Sands doesn't disappoint and I have been waiting for Dante's book for so long. Now this set up is a bit different, and it might not be for everyone. Now granted technically Dante is years and years older than Mary. Mary looks younger than her age, however she is still up there. I really liked that she resists Dante for quite a while. It isn't until she learns the truth about Dante and what he really is that their relationship changes, especially when they start sex dream sharing, yeah definitely nothing she ever experienced with her husband previous. It was quite interesting to see how Mary deals with the truth. However she does struggle in the end with not seeing her children again. I liked the aspect of seeing her deal through that and have some personal realizations about her family and how real of a connection she has to Dante. We are still left with not knowing what happened to the brother yet---I am hoping the next book will solve that. *crossing fingers* so in that way of the plot, its a bit of a cliffhanger but not to the romance at all. We definitely get a solid HEA out of this one. We also get some fun interaction with old favorites such as Lucien (hehe this man cracks me up and yes his lifemate still plays phone tricks on him ) as well as Mortimer!!
The Cover
Hunky SEXY!! That is all because what more is there. Except its the best cover of the series yet.
Overall view
Runaway Vampire is a stimulating and laugh your socks off romance that pulls you back into the Argeneau world. SPECTACULAR!!

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Dec 10, 2015 Amyiw rated it liked it

Shelves: x-2016, pnr, series

When I read a book like this, from a series that I loved at one time, I have to berate myself for not waiting to read it. It is one of those series that I used to run out to get the next book. Now it is a habit to read pretty quickly, instead of waiting until the mood hits for the specific world and characters. Perhaps the mood will never come, or maybe it will. This will decide whether I stop a series or go on usually, my mood. But... I don't think I was in the mood for this and I don't think i When I read a book like this, from a series that I loved at one time, I have to berate myself for not waiting to read it. It is one of those series that I used to run out to get the next book. Now it is a habit to read pretty quickly, instead of waiting until the mood hits for the specific world and characters. Perhaps the mood will never come, or maybe it will. This will decide whether I stop a series or go on usually, my mood. But... I don't think I was in the mood for this and I don't think it was as good as many of the others. Though really it was better than many of other recent ones. For the last 8 books, I have given these 3 stars for somewhere between 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 stars meaning, for me, at 2 1/2 OK to good but just so. Just good enough that I'm not sorry I read it, at 2 stars I usually wish I didn't read it, as it was a waste of time. So 2 1/2 is just above a waste of time, but I didn't hate it. 3 is good but has a bunch of flaws. With most series, I'll drop reading them if they start out as a 3 or too many in a row have become that. So 3 1/2, 3 1/2 is the turning point, there were flaws, but I liked it pretty well. Humor can push it to 3 1/2 frequently even with a OK to Good plot.

So talking about this book... it is a 3. Here are the flaws, IMO... 1. The main characters don't have chemistry... well until the end. (Mainly this is because they are always interupted in the beginning and she does nothing to show why he is attracted. She is his LM and so he is. Not much chem happening there. After her turn of course she talks looks.). 2. This was more of a set up for the next book, Tomasso's (I really dislike when author's do this), 3. Not much humor at all, this is a reason I read these books and there just wasn't much.

OK so why did I mark it 3, well I liked the characters and the story. I thought more should be answered for her life and the people in it but it kept me entertained. Dante was sexy as hell but not so much Mary. I understand that she is older but could we make her spunky or humorous to create some chemistry. She was straight forward and interesting in other ways but more of someone you would want to know as a friend. Lynsay used to be able to keeping you laughing at the absurd but here we didn't get that for Mary. Just a down to earth older lady, trying to help out, a perhaps, crazy man. There was a little fun but not what I would look for in these. So once again, this gets just a 3. And I am wondering why I keep reading them since they don't fullfill my humor niche anymore.

I really think she should have taken a turn with this series, like do a retro Argeneau, where the couples are in the past. Or maybe just start something new altogether and end the Argeneau line until a real spectacular plot comes to mind. ...more

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Feb 29, 2016 P.A. Lupton rated it really liked it

The Argeneau series is still one of my favorites. It's a great lighthearted read. It can be silly at times, but it can also get steamy. I love the vampires this author created. I know some people are not a fan of instalove, but I like it if it is paranormal and has a soul mate element attached to it. What I especially loved about this book, in particular, was that the heroine was a 62 year old widow and the hero looked like he was 24 (although he was 100). It's such a unique story line that soul ...more

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Sep 27, 2015 Heather rated it liked it

The latest entry in the sizzling paranormal vampire series featuring the Argeneau family - no one does wickedly funny and irresistibly steamy like Lynsay Sands!
Dante Notte has heard it said that love hurts. He just wasn't expecting it to run him over in an RV. Still, a punctured lung and broken ribs are nothing compared to the full-body shock he feels whenever he's near the vehicle's driver, Mary Winslow. He needs to keep her safe from their pursuers while he rescues his brother. Most challengin ...more

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Mar 07, 2016 Katie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kindle, vampire, library, length-novel

Great read! Love a novel you can't put down and read in one day. Just hate the urban fiction ending that didn't even begin to solve the main plot conflict. Really afraid this series is starting to fall back into those 4 books that were so crappy. Too scared to buy books from and author who can't come up with new plot conflicts and just strings the same one out over 3 or 4 or 10 books. Maybe I should change this to one star... ...more

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Nov 03, 2016 Randi rated it liked it

Another Argenueau tale filled with some angst and sex. Usually fun reads but this one is awful. The bottom line here is, if you're female, young and hot you are worthwhile. If you're 60ish, you have nothing left to look forward to. This, of course, is complete BS. But, that is the way the world sees it, and Ms Sands perpetuates the fallacy instead of refuting it. She does give her 62 year old protagonist (Mary) the right things to say at first, but in the end, even Mary realizes she wasn't worth ...more

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Apr 10, 2019 Library Nymph rated it liked it

Shelves: love-the-cover, read-with-my-guy, paranormal-romance, smut-a-thon-2019, best-steamy-covers, vampires

I thought I was going to like this one more then I did. I mean it was good, but it just didn't give me the feels books like this normally do. Oh, well.

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