Full Moon Rising

November 28, 2005
Australian author Arthur's fast-paced fantasy-romance, the first in a new series, introduces part vampire, part werewolf Riley Jenson, who works for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races, as does her twin brother, Rhoan. When Rhoan goes missing, a naked yet powerful vampire, Quinn, appears on Riley's doorstep and asks for her aid. Riley and Quinn team up to find Rhoan, investigate the mysterious deaths of Directorate agents and determine who's been creating vampire and werewolf clones. Despite their mutual attraction, Quinn—once heartbroken by a werewolf lover—will never fully trust another werewolf, but that doesn't stop him from helping Riley through the lust that engulfs werewolves in the days leading up to the full moon. Strong, smart and capable, Riley will remind many of Anita Blake, Laurell K. Hamilton's kick-ass vampire hunter. While Arthur (Beneath a Rising Moon
) occasionally loses control of her plot as she sets the stage for later books, and some romance readers may be put off by the lack of monogamy, fans of Anita Blake and Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse vampire series will be rewarded.

January 15, 2006
In Melbourne, Australia, Riley and twin brother Rhoan work for the Directorate of Other Races, an agency charged with capturing nonhuman criminals. Like most who toil for the Directorate, the twins themselves are not human; in fact, they are a very rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, although Riley considers herself primarily werewolf. One evening, she finds a handsome, well-muscled naked vampire outside her door who has no memory of what happened to him. Riley is attracted to, but wary of, this stranger. Now, however, she must use her investigative skills to solve what turns out be a highly complicated mystery involving her brother's disappearance. Arthur's series debut begins well enough but deteriorates into a series of contrived, convoluted events. Full Moon Rising joins a growing genre that has humans and paranormal creatures living openly together in the modern world. For larger collections". -Patricia Altner, Information Seekers, Columbia, MD"

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January 1, 2006
Arthur's suspenseful, colorful debut introduces readers to a world in which vampires and werepeople work side by side. Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, have a secret: they are half vampire, half werewolf, which gives them extraordinary powers. Both are employed by the Directorate, which polices the supernatural world. Rhoan is a guardian, but Riley, wanting to keep a lower profile, is an operative. Her boss, Jack, wants to bring her into the ranks of the guardians, but she soon has her hands full when Rhoan disappears. Complicating matters is Quinn, the sexy vampire camped outside the apartment Riley shares with Rhoan, looking for Rhoan on a business matter. When Riley, Jack, and Quinn discover Rhoan's disappearance is connected to a shady company's cloning experiments, Riley isn't sure whom she can trust, especially when she learns one of her lovers may be involved in the conspiracy. Exciting fare with plenty of action, so that horror fans will eagerly anticipate the next installment in a fresh, sexy series.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)