ARC REVIEW The Trouble with Vampires by Lynsay Sands

Argeneau #29,  Yay Santo!! Book 29 in the Argeneau series brings us to a suburban Albany, New York neighborhood. The Enforcers got a lead that may end up being the mad scientist they have been trying to track down since he escaped from his private island off the coast of Venezuela where he had been experimenting on immortals and humans in a Dr. Moreau kind of way. After being held captive by the mad scientist Santo is ready for a swift justice. Petronella Stone is babysitting her nephew but soon after she gets there strange things start to happen someone tries to break in to the house luckily the neighbors intervene before anything can happen. The visiting neighbors, Marguerite, Julius, Zanipolo, Jason, and Santo are there to track down the mad scientist who maybe hiding out in his cousins house right next door and the attempted break in at Pet’s house is just too coincidental. They find out early on Pet knows about immortals due to a traumatic past experience which makes things easier for the Enforcers to protect her and her nephew, Parker. Once Santo realizes that Pet is his life mate and she already knows about immortals he thinks the rest should be easy, but it’s never easy!

Overall, this was another very entertaining read. Santo and Pet are hot, it gets very steamy and Santo is very deserving of a life mate. Parker is adorable. I foresee something happening with the Brass Circle in the future (finger’s crossed). This one wasn’t as predictable as some of the past books I didn’t guess what exactly happened and it was good, it had a very nice ending. I think this could be read as a standalone but if you need to read the previous one to catch up on the whole mad scientist plot you don’t have to go back to the very beginning just maybe back maybe six or seven to Runaway Vampire or Immortal Nights. I am also anticipating Zanipolo’s book to be next, I’m hoping. I always enjoy Lynsay Sands writing, her characters are always quirky and Pet and Santo’s have very dark emotional past they have to deal with which lead to them connecting on an emotional level as well as physical.

ARC REVIEW Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay Sands

Argeneau #28, I get excited everytime I see one of these books. This one is kind of a love triangle and I don't particularly care for those but I love where this one went with it. In the Dominican Republic toward the end of the season Raffaele and his two cousins Zanipolo and Santo are vacationing. Why would three immortals be on a tropical island? Santo needed a break from the normal after his time in captivity at the hands of the mad scientist he was suffering from PTSD and two Zani claimed where else would they find their lifemates. Also on the island, Jess Stewart, who is there for her cousin's wedding. Jess gets talked into going on a pirate ship to go feed the sharks little does she know that's an euphemism for feeding hungry immortals. Jess manages to escape the ship and swim for shore she wouldn't have made it but fortunately Raffe saw her out there and helped her the rest of the way. Jess doesn't want them to think she's crazy by spouting off about vampires so she omits that one detail from her story but because their ability to read minds they know the truth, well except Raffe because he can't read her. Since she is a possible lifemate for Raffe, he and his cousins will do anything to protect her especially since those rogue vampires keep coming after her and even keep the truth from her about who they really are. The truth is by far more complicated than anyone can guess.

In typical Lynsay Sands fashion the quirky immortals make things more difficult than they need to be but their hearts in the right place. I liked the spin on the love triangle trope, love triangle Argeneau style. Overall, another great Argeneau story. You can count on Lynsay Sands to be consistent in her writing the characters are all very amusing, especially side characters (Zanipolo is hysterical) and story has its ups and downs and the ending has a pretty good ending I wasn't expecting. I hope we get to see more of these guys.   

ARC REVIEW Twice Bitten by Lynsay Sands

Argeneau #27, What I love about this series is that they can be read as a stand alone. Even with as big as this family is and all the characters where it would be easy to get lost in all the characters Sands is really good about that in this one there were only four, five extra Argeneau couples, including my favorite couple Marguerite and Julius, as well as some family members who haven't found their life mates yet, and a couple of humans; despite the large cast of characters it's so easy to follow. The third person POV mainly follows Elspeth and some of Wyatt. This this still running parallel timeline wise with Immortal Nights and Immortal Unchained. Another thing I love about this series is the science behind their immortality and how they get all grumpy about being called vampires. Sands is such a talented writer for being able to continue on with this series without it getting boring, and refreshing past couples stories in the current book without over explaining or making it feel redundant. 

After 140 years of being under her mother's over protective thumb Elspeth was finally able to escape and move out on her own. She been working with the Rogue Hunters helping them sort through their tip line. After checking out one of those calls and getting attacked my a unbalanced human Elspeth comes home to her quant little apartment to find not only her Mother but her twin sisters as well who've come for an unwelcome visit. In need of blood and rest Elspeth's Mom keeps trying to get Elspeth to take blood from the gorgeous landlady's grandson who just happened to be visiting also. Elspeth is able to resist her mother and she comes to realize being in pain helped to resist her mother. Wyatt was surprised to find Elspeth living in his grandmother's upstairs apartment and even more surprised to realize that she doesn't even remember him. 

Wyatt knows something is up so he follows Elspeth, after Wyatt catches up Elspeth realizes Wyatt could be her life mate then she gets pushed in front of a car and Wyatt learns what she is and what he is to her. Attempts on her life keep happening and Wyatt is determined to keep her safe. With these coinciding with her Mother's appearance in town no one is for if it's her or someone else is behind the attacks. In one of the attempted attacks, donuts laced with cyanide, Wyatt almost dies and Elspeth brings him over. But it only gets worse before it gets better.

Overall, this was such a fun read, it brought back several women from the earlier books that I loved and the story was so good. Elspeth's dastardly mother and what she did was reprehensible at least her annoying sister were redeemable in the end. Wyatt and Elspeth were just wow, I loved them together. I want G.G. to get his own story.