Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #154023 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-31
• Released on: 2007-07-31
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
“Fresh, fun, and fabulous! Handeland is an exciting…voice in paranormal suspense.”­—Sherrilyn Kenyon, New York Times bestselling author of The Dream-Hunter “No one delivers better thrills than Handeland.”
—Romantic Times BOOKreviews

From the Back Cover
USA Today bestselling and RITA Award–winning author Lori Handeland takes you into the world of the Nightcreatures, where danger and desire are one and the same…
He’s got a secret...
Claire Kennedy left Lake Bluff, Georgia, for the bright lights of Atlanta and a promising career in journalism. Now, recovering from a cruel betrayal, she’s back in the one place she always felt safe, starting over as Lake Bluff’s new mayor. But then trouble comes to town in the form of Malachi Cartwright, a man whose past is as mysterious as his present—a man who awakens something dangerous in sensible, realistic Claire.

That leaves her hungry for more
When a tourist claims to have been mauled by a vicious wolf, and when the attacks turn deadly, Malachi’s strange behavior rouses Claire’s suspicions. Could he have a secret agenda and a sinister reason for coming to Lake Bluff? Malachi is the only man who could tempt Claire to succumb to her desires—but he’s the last person she can trust. And as an eclipse approaches, the secrets of the hidden moon will come to light, and a deadly enemy will be revealed at last…

“Fresh, fun, and fabulous! Handeland is an exciting…voice in paranormal suspense.”­—Sherrilyn Kenyon, New York Times bestselling author of The Dream-Hunter

About the Author
Lori Handeland spent years waitressing, teaching, and managing a photography studio before selling her first novel in 1993. She is the recipient of many industry awards, most recently the RITA award from Romance Writers of America for her novel Blue Moon, which was named Best Paranormal of 2004.

Lori lives in Wisconsin with her contractor husband, two teenaged sons, and a yellow lab named Elwood. She can be reached through her web site www.lorihandeland.com. There you can join her Full Moon Club and receive a monthly e-newsletter with spooky werewolf lore, fun full moon facts, recipes, excerpts and more.

Customer Reviews

Parts of the story were good, especially the end, but not enough to recommend it.
The middle section was too drawn out with too much vague and unsuccessful investigation going on. I felt the ending was creative and different and it felt good. However, I wish the author would have added more at the end, telling what was going to happen to Sabina. Sabina did something evil, and I felt the story was unfinished by not having justice for her. I also would have liked to see the conversations and actions between Mal and his gypsy people at the end concerning their betrayal and separation.

CAUTION SPOILERS:
Some other areas I had problems with follow. Grace's strange nocturnal journeys into the woods at night were never explained well enough for me. It was hard for me to understand how Claire could date someone for several months, invite him to her home and then be so traumatized by sex that she quits her dream job and returns to her small home town. Yes, a rape might do that, but from someone she had been dating for so long? I would have preferred a stronger reason for leaving her city job. I think she was wrong to be mad at Mal because he didn't tell her he was a werewolf earlier in their relationship.

Sexual language: mild to moderate. Number of sex scenes: four. Setting: present day Lake Bluff, Georgia and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Copyright: 2007. Genre: paranormal romance.

Hidden Moon
After four years in Atlanta, Georgia working on a career in
journalism, Claire Kennedy returned home to Lake Bluff, Georgia. Now
she has taken over her recently deceased father's position in
politics. Town Mayor. Being mayor of a small town is not as easy as
one would think.

Malachi Cartwright is a modern-day gypsy. Not by his own choice. A
sexy man of mystery who brings out previously unknown feelings in
calm, cool Claire.

As the yearly Full Moon Festival starts in Lake Bluff, so do strange
events. Is Malachi in the middle or is the truth stranger than Claire
thinks the truth can be.

Hidden Moon is a suspense filled walk through small-town politics,
shape shifting gypsies and lunar eclipses. Ms. Handeland's characters
are well constructed and accessible to the reader. Hidden Moon is a
novel that the reader does not want to put down from beginning to end.
Malachi is a compelling hero with a hidden past and Claire is a
strong-willed woman trying to rebuild her life from betrayal.

Barb
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

SC avid reader
Boring, boring, boring. Not up to standards of her previous books. Finally stopped reading 3/4 way through. Read Handeland's previous books, but don't bother with this one.

Lori, bring back the spark with your previous characters!