By: Lori Handeland
Genres: Romance Paranormal
Posted: October 18, 2010
Alexandra Trevalyn kills werewolves and has no regrets about it. A trained member of the Jager Suchers, she began hunting and eliminating werewolves while still a teenager, after her parents had been murdered by the monsters. She feels no regret when she takes them out and realizes she will most likely meet her end in a confrontation with one of them. She believes that end has come when she encounters Julian Barlow. Instead, Julian turns Alex into one of the very monsters she loathes, believing that to be a fitting punishment for the woman who killed his wife. He plans to turn her and leave her to take a wrong turn when he realizes he can't get away from her.
There is an unusually strong bond between the centuries-old werewolf and the woman he seeks vengeance upon, and though he hates her for killing his wife, Julian is drawn to Alex in ways he'd never considered possible. He brings her with him to Alaska, where his pack lives a peaceful existence, hoping his scientist brother will be able to explain and break the growing bond he shares with Alex. Against her will, Alex finds herself adjusting to her new life. When a serial killer begins stalking the humans in a nearby village, Julian and Alex must join forces and find the killer living in their midst before the Jager Suchers get wind of the pack's location and destroys them all.
Lori Handeland's MARKED BY THE MOON is the latest Nightcreature novel, and my favorite to date. Alex and Julian are both strong, take-charge characters who constantly butt heads despite the inexplicable attraction they feel for one another. The back and forth interaction between these two, including some hot, hot sex, moves the story along at a fast, entertaining pace. The growth of these characters as they move from ruled-by-their-emotions characters who've allowed their pasts to bring them to a place they'd never imagined being, to a united couple fighting together for the greater good makes for good reading. Ms. Handeland's fans are in for a treat in this hard to put down story.
Book Summary
Tough-as-nails Alexandra Trevalyn does what most people can't: She kills werewolves. Once part of an elite group of hunters, she's going rogue these days, though no less determined to rid the world of bloodthirsty beasts...once and for all. That's why Alex had no choice but to kill Julian Barlow's wife - and will have to pay the price. Julian's brand of vengeance is downright devious, and now he's turned Alex into a member of his pack. It's only a matter of time before she falls under his spell. With the wild freedom of the wolf in her veins, Alex can't deny that Julian wakes her most primal passions...and draws her that much closer to the moon's call, where evil lies in wait.
by: Lori Handeland
St. Martin's Press
November 1, 2010
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Featuring: Alexandra Trevalyn; Julian Barlow
352 pages
ISBN: 0312389345
EAN: 9780312389345
Paperback