Rising Moon

I enjoyed it.I have read all the Nightcreature Novels. Can't wait for the next one.

This book has it all! Romance, intrigue, mystery, suspence, voodoo..the works!! Lori Handeland just keeps getting better and better. A must read.

Anne Lockhart, PI, is searching for her sister, Katie, who disappeared three years ago. She receives a picture of her sister in the mail showing her standing in front of the bar, The Rising Moon. Anne journeys to New Orleans and meets John Roldolfo, owner of The Rising Moon. His spellbinding ability to play the saxaphone has her mesmerized. He is also blind. Thus begins her journey in locating her missing sister. I thought this book was one of the best in this Nightcreature series, so far. I thoroughly enjoyed its twists and turns and the unveiling of the mystery was exhilirating. Almost everything came as quite a surprise. I highly recommend this book and look forward to her next one.

Lori Handeland puts you under a spell when reading this book. The book has a mystery plus romance. I couldn't put it down.

Anne Lockhart is a private investigator on a mission to find her sister Katie. Missing for three years, a photo in the mail of Katie spurs an impromptu trip to New Orleans, where Anne's pretty sure she can never fit in amongst the voodoo and Mardi Gras spirit. She heads straight for the Rising Moon, the club her sister appeared in front of, where she encounters an astounding man. His musical talents draw people like bees to honey and his blatant sex appeal doesn't hurt either. John Rodolfo, blind and loner by choice, is more moved by Anne than he'd like to be. Her voice calls to him, and before long, her pull is too strong to resist. Even as their attraction wins out, John condemns himself for he can bring her nothing good. As Anne unravels the mystery of the missing Katie, John's involvement becomes frighteningly clearer and the unexplained deaths in New Orleans for the past six months come to a boiling head. Voodoo alters, strange wolves and multiple missing persons make for a confounding stage, but Anne manages to hold her own admirably. With all its amazing twists, this one kept me guessing till the very end. What started as a series about her jager-sucher (German for "hunter-searcher") characters hunting down supernatural baddies, has transpired now into the Nightcreature series (in the last three books, this one included). The focus is more on the werewolves, in various forms, and how their continued mayhem has affected the city of New Orleans. Dirty, raucous and yet still hopeful, New Orleans itself has a strong voice in this novel, with clear tributes made, celebrating its survival instincts and love of passionate life. There can be no better place for this series as Handeland draws it out and encourages its gritty and boisterous nature. Her characters thrive there and soon Anne is living the strange unreality the city so often portrays. Her drive to find her missing sister, while vital, does not define her. Her character still feels passion and sympathy for those around her. She's the perfect counterpart to John's determined aloofness and determinedly self-inflicted torment. If readers have followed the series, John will begin to ring eerily familiar and the surprising twist towards the end may have you gasping at his identity. Several previous characters make an appearance, the jager-suchers, Detective Sullivan and the gutsy voodoo priestess Cassandra, but this one can be read alone and still be moderately enjoyed. Would I personally advise it? No. To fully understand and appreciate John's plight, readers might want to have at least read "Crescent Moon", the official start of the Nightcreature chapter in the series. The romance, I'm happy to say, picked up considerably in this installment. Their attraction is believable and heartwrenching. Handeland's signature tight, clean writing style might seem bare bones to some, but fits so well with her fast-paced and suspenceful storylines. Another five star winner from an amazing author. He