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Blue moon
418 pages
A tense, ticking-clock urban fantasy where lingering romantic loyalties collide with supernatural horror.
What it feels like
This propulsive urban fantasy plunges readers into a tense, dread-soaked atmosphere where supernatural horror meets gritty crime-solving. The narrative is driven by a relentless ticking clock, creating an urgent and desperate mood as a looming full moon threatens to unleash chaos. Beneath the high-stakes suspense lies a tangled web of complicated loyalties and messy romantic fallout, blending the emotional weight of a supernatural love triangle with the sharp edges of a dark fantasy thriller. The prose is direct and action-oriented, keeping the momentum fierce while leaning into the shadowy, monstrous elements of its vampire and werewolf lore. It is a perfect fit for readers who devour dark, fast-paced fantasy where personal devotion is tested by terrifying, time-sensitive stakes.
- Mood
- tense
- dread-soaked
- shadowy
- supernatural
- Tone
- urgent
- gritty
- dramatic
- dark
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- complicated loyalties · supernatural justice · messy romance · race against time
- The writing
- Direct and urgent, blending the gritty realism of a crime thriller with the dark, atmospheric elements of horror fantasy.
- The arc
- The protagonist moves from the complicated fallout of a supernatural love triangle into a desperate, high-stakes race to save a former lover.
- Who it's for
- Fans of dark urban fantasy who crave messy supernatural love triangles paired with high-stakes, ticking-clock suspense.
Content notes
- false rape allegations
- incarceration
- horror elements
About the book
When she chose master vampire Jean-Claude over her ex-fiancé, alpha werewolf Richard Zeeman, Anita learned that sometimes love is not enough. But though she and Richard won’t be walking down any aisles, she can’t turn her back on him when he’s arrested on a rape charge in Tennessee. Anita knows firsthand that Richard has the morals of a saint—or at least a boy scout. But his guilt or innocence is not the issue. He’s behind bars, and in five days a full moon will rise
Description from Open Library.
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