Crescent Moon (Nightcreature Series #4)

by Lori Handeland

Overview

Will he kiss me, or will he kill me?

Cryptozoology, the study of and search for legendary creatures, is my life's work. I've chased things you've never even heard of.

For over a century there have been whispers of a werewolf in the Crescent City. When bodies begin to pile up in Louisiana's Honey Island Swamp, it's Diana Malone to the rescue.

Unfortunately, my first swamp guide winds up dead. When sexy, reclusive former Special Forces officer Adam Ruelle offers his services, I accept. Though local Cajun legends label the Ruelles cursed, deranged, even mad that doesn't stop me from sleeping with him. I've been called less than sane myself.

By night, Adam is everything I ever dreamed of in a lover. But when the sun rises, so do the questions.

What is Adam hiding?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150545625
Publisher:	Lori Handeland
Publication date:	09/27/2014
Series:	Nightcreature Series , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	362
Sales rank:	55,575
File size:	696 KB

About the Author

Lori Handeland is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with more than 60 published works of fiction to her credit. Her novels, novellas, and short stories span genres from paranormal and urban fantasy to historical and contemporary romance and, most recently, women’s fiction. Just Once (Severn House, January 2019), her women’s fiction debut, is a richly layered novel about two women who love the same man, how their lives intertwine, and their journeys of loss, grief, sacrifice, and forgiveness.

Lori set her sight on being an author at the age of ten. She remembers sitting at a typewriter before she knew how to type, pecking out a story about a family who went into space. As an only child, her summers were spent with that typewriter, television, and, above all, books. She recalls thinking that if she could write books of her own, she would never run out of books to read. As a young adult, she got sidetracked by the need to make a living. She worked as a waitress and later enrolled in college to become a teacher.

While student teaching, Lori started reading a life-changing book, How to Write a Romance and Get It Published. Within its pages the author, Kathryn Falk, mentioned Romance Writers of America. There was a local chapter; Lori joined it, dived into learning all about the craft and business, and got busy writing a romance novel. With only five pages completed, she entered a contest where the prize was having an editor at Harlequin read her first chapter. She won.

Lori sold her first novel, a western historical romance, in 1993. In the 26 years since then, she has written eleven novels in the popular Nightcreature Novels, five installments in the Phoenix Chronicles, six works of contemporary romance about the Luchettis, a duet of Shakespeare Undead novels, and many more books. Her fiction has won critical acclaim and coveted awards, including two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America for Best Paranormal Romance (Blue Moon) and Best Long Contemporary Category Romance (The Mommy Quest), a Romantic Times Award for Best Harlequin Superromance (A Soldier’s Quest), and a National Reader’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal (Hunter’s Moon).

Lori lives in Southern Wisconsin with her husband. In between writing and reading, she enjoys long walks with their rescue mutt, Arnold, and occasional visits from her two grown sons and perfectly adorable grandson.