Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Bound by Moonlight-Nancy Gideon

Bound by Moonlight
Nancy Gideon
Pocket, Jul 26 2011, $7.99
ISBN: 9781439199480

Max “Monster” Savoie used his shapeshifting abilities to save the life of New Orleans Police Detective Charlotte “Cee Cee” Caissie (see Masked by Moonlight). His actions led to the cop and the mobster forging a psychic connection. The pair agrees to pursue a relationship though their occupations place them in opposite camps; he quits the mob life, which is all he knows, to prove he wants to go straight.

NOPD struggles to end the reign of terror of a vicious serial killer who targets children. Cee Cee and her partner Alain Babineau go undercover, which Max loathes as he fears for the safety of his beloved and her previous non-professional relationship with the cop. However, when Cee Cee turns to Max to help them with his special crime scene skills, he reluctantly agrees but he fears the growing number of people who know about his paranormal skill since he met Cee Cee.

This Moonlight romantic police procedural urban fantasy (see Chased by Moonlight) is a must read. It is dark entry as a serial killer makes New Orleans unsafe. The overarching story line, kind of mindful of J.D. Robb’s “In Death” series, continues the star-crossed complicated relationship between the human police detective and the shapeshifting gangster as love may not be enough.

Harriet Klausner

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