Rising Moon, Review for Romance Divas
Rising Moon by Lori Handeland St. Martin’s (paperback), January 2007
Anne Lockhart headed to New Orleans on the trail of her sister, who had been missing for three years. She is a private investigator whose life has been stalled ever since Katie, her sister, disappeared. When the photo of Katie in front of the Rising Moon club shows up she has to follow the lead, wherever it may take her.
John Rodolfo is the mysterious owner and frequent jazz player at the Rising Moon club. He touches a part of Anne she never realized she had and doesn’t really have time for. Between his frequent disappearing acts and weird deaths and disappearances of others all around town, Anne has her hands full. What she doesn’t anticipate is how crazy suddenly becomes reality or that she will fall in love with the man who appears to be the center of it all.
Rising Moon is at turns funny, gripping and sensual. There are times where the tension was so tight I found I was holding my breath and then immediately afterwards I would be laughing. This paranormal romance has suspense to spare and a kick-butt realistic heroine.
There were only two drawbacks to Rising Moon that I could see. One, the heroine seemed to go right towards what you know has to be frightening, in the way of all horror flicks, and you just can’t help thinking, “Are you nuts? Turn back, for God’s sake woman!” However, to be fair, all of the good PI’s all the way back to Nancy Drew did this so you’ve got to think that curiosity is getting the better of them. The second drawback was how quickly it wrapped up in the end. While the resolution was superb, I felt it happened just so quickly in just a few pages, which was slightly disappointing. Maybe it was just disappointing that the story ended at all.
If you are looking for a romantic paranormal suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat, while managing to make you smile and sigh, then I suggest you pick up a copy of Rising Moon.
I give it 4.5 Kisses
Labels: Rating 4.5
