Moonrise

OH MY WORD! This book is so dark and deadly, you get this itchy claustrophobic feeling like it sort of crawls under your skin and makes it too tight! No one pushes my buttons the way Stuart does and this book - well, I cannot understand why it's not being reprinted! Is Signet books NUTS????I will never forget James....pant pant!

Of all the books historical and contemporary I really love and Keep, this is MY FAVOURITE! I have it in a well used paperback, but was delighted to find it in hardback.WOW!! Anne Stuart is always SUPER but this one is absolutely a knockout!!!Annie Sutherland is fast finding out her life was built on nothing but lies. Her father had been murdered. The former head of the CIA hit squad (though she does not know this), left her instructions,that she should seek out his former 'pet' James Mc Kinley...and man she thought she knew, and once even may have been falling in love with. Only nothing is as it seems, and nothing was as it seemed. James is holding up on an island, looks like a man haunted by demons. Gone is the conservative bureaucrat she adored, leaving her facing a tortured fugitive - but one that is armed and extremely dangerous. Suddenly, the Texas accent is an Irish brogue, hinting he hold secrets that could mean her life.Annie and James are thrown together on a cross-country trek, which eventually leads to Ireland and back again to the US, all on the quest to solve the murder of her father . Is James a cherish lover or the man assigned to kill her?Stuart crafted a knock out of a book that should not be missed.WISE Readers and Writers Book of the Month January 2000 and Book of the Year 2000

Who killed Annie's father, and why,is the question to be answered by this very unique novel. Is James Annie's savior, or her killer? Even though you think you know the answers, the story pulls you in, and doesn't let go until the very last word. Anne Stuart's Moonrise does seduce the reader as well as the protagonists.

A master of the psychosis that rules the human mind, Stuart puts a fresh twist on the darker side of romance. Suspicion, murder and mayhem are interwoven with a strong sexual attraction between the two characters. Who to trust and who to love never become quite clear until the end. A very good novel from a writer who never disappoints.

I love tales of underworlds, and this one was really worth the premium. A treasure...to be appreciated by those of all ages. Put this one on the bookshelf next to Huck Finn