Masked by Moonlight (By Moonlight, #1) in Q&A with Nancy Gideon

Jul 05, 2011 Dana Alma rated it it was amazing

Review: Masked by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
What do you get when you put a silk tied, Armani wearing, mob bodyguard with a sexy, tough as nails, New Orleans detective together?

You get Nancy Gideon’s Masked by Moonlight.

Max Savoie is the bodyguard to one of New Orleans most notorious mob bosses. The horrific death of his mother tied Mac to Jimmy Legere, mobster extraordinaire, when he was a small lost child. Mac’s love and loyalty for Jimmy is unshakable. Until circumstances bring the lovely De ...more

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Oct 05, 2011 Anne Stone rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-suspense

First, I should probably admit that the paranormal genre isn't one of my favorites. I figure humans have enough problems without adding vampires, etc into it.

However, Nancy Gideon is an excellent writer and she is a friend so I wanted to read her book(s). I loved this book! She sucked me right into the story after only a paragraph or two. Whether she's describing a landmark, a gruesome murder or the characters, we are quickly transported through the vivid, descriptive picture she paints with her First, I should probably admit that the paranormal genre isn't one of my favorites. I figure humans have enough problems without adding vampires, etc into it.

However, Nancy Gideon is an excellent writer and she is a friend so I wanted to read her book(s). I loved this book! She sucked me right into the story after only a paragraph or two. Whether she's describing a landmark, a gruesome murder or the characters, we are quickly transported through the vivid, descriptive picture she paints with her words. There is humor, witty dialogue, and blazing sex scenes.

The story takes place in New Orleans, however, she has created a paranormal world within the city where a clan of shape-shifters live and work among humans.

Max Savoie, the hero, isn't the typical "hero" we are used to in romances. He is the right-hand man of a crime boss and a shape-shifter, no less. Charlotte Caissie, a homicide detective is the heroine. Thus, the conflict. The pull between these two characters is immediate and they are charismatic. The sexual tension is great.

As the story unfolds we learn things about Max and you can't help but be sympathetic. So while he is a "bad" guy, you find yourself pulling for him.

"Masked" is the first of four books with the same hero and heroine. This isn't typical. We have all read trilogies or series in which the stories are wrapped up and the boy and girl live happily ever after. Then we move on to the next book, where we might meet up with them again briefly but the main characters are new.

In the subsequent storiesChased by Moonlight, Captured by Moonlightand Bound by Moonlightwe get the pleasure of watching the relationship develop to a deeper level than can be shown in one book.

I really liked this aspect. I anxiously started the other books so I could read more about Max and Cee Cee (as she is called).

I highly recommend this book (and the whole series) regardless if you like paranormal romance. Hey, I discovered I like shape-shifters --- especially the sexy ones.

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Jan 12, 2012 ♡ Sassy ~ Amy ♡ rated it liked it

Shelves: part-of-a-series, paranormal-romance, shifter, own, first-in-series

Characters

Max works for a New Orleans Mob boss. He is a shifter who was found when he was very little and used as a killer for the mob family to keep control of New Orleans.

Charlotte is a New Orleans police detective...She is hardened due to her kidnapping & torture as a 17 year old years ago. Her and a friend were kidnapped and tortured to get to her undercover policeman father, who was later killed by this mob family.

Plot

Max has always wanted charlotte, ever since he saved her and her friend M ...more

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