Rapture in Moonlight: Sequel to Walk in Moonlight

by Rosemary Laurey

This is the sequel to the award winning dark paranormal, Walk in Moonlight. It is the story of Justin Corvus, a Ninth Roman Legion Hispania surgeon but now a present-day physician and vampire. He... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931419094
• ISBN13: 9781931419093
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Avid Press, LLC
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Loved it

I love this book. The only thing I didn't like was the romance was too soon, other than that I loved it.

Awesome!

Stella Schwartz was the single parent of an eight-year-old boy, Sam. They stopped off at their favorite shop, The Vampire Emporium, to browse and visit with the owners named Dixie and Christopher. However, someone new was tending the shop for the normal owners. Justin Corvus was friends of the owners and was glad to watch over the store for a bit. When Stella walked in he knew he would never be the same again! Justin had been a vampire for centuries and usually lived in Britain. He was only in Ohio for a brief visit with his friends and to negotiate with his old adversary, Vlad Tepes, in their behalf. When a couple of hoods were offended by Justin, they wanted revenge. They endanger the very people Justin care so much about. Their act of violence altered the lives of everyone! ***** W-O-W! That says it all! This one had me sitting on the edge of my seat, literally, turning pages as quickly as I could read! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! *****

Vampires Invade Ohio in stunning sequel to WALK IN MOONLIGHT

RAPTURE IN MOONLIGHT is the sequel to Rosemary Laurey's WALK IN MOONLIGHT, and the second book in the "Moonlight" trilogy (MYSTERY IN MOONLIGHT coming in 2002).Kit Marlowe and his lover Dixie LePage (WALK IN MOONLIGHT) have settled in Ohio. Dixie, a fledgling vampire, has a greater need for her native soil to realize the full extent of her powers. The pair have settled in the German Village section of Columbus where Dixie runs a novelty shop called The Vampire Emporium and Kit tries to keep crime to a minimum.Gwyltha, head of their vampire colony, has sent their friend, Justin Corvus to the states to work out territorial arrangements for them with the leader of an established New World Colony, Vlad Tepes (Dracula). Although happy to see his friends once more, Justin doesn't relish the task. Vlad had stolen Gwyltha from him many years ago. Centuries later, Justin had still not gotten over the loss. Still he will do anything for Kit and Dixie.Covering for Dixie in her shop, Justine meets Stella Schwartz who is window shopping with her son. She has more trouble than she needs already. Single mother to eight-year-old Sam, she works for a dry cleaner, barely making ends meet. They live in a crime-ridden neighborhood thanks to her mother, a habitual criminal whose house Stella's promised to watch until her release from jail. The last thing she needs is to fall in love with a handsome Brit Doctor who is just visiting. Sam needs stability in his life. One look at Stella and all thoughts of lost love fled Justin's mind. This is a woman he could spend eternity with. However she is mortal and doesn't even believe in vampires. He too knows that an affair would be short-lived, but somehow convinces himself that a small dalliance would be mutually beneficial. It would seem that the attraction is too hard for either of them to resist. Before long Stella and Sam are firmly entrenched in Justin's heart and vice versa. By becoming their self appointed protector, he runs afoul of the neighborhood hoodlums. When Stella falls prey to their vengeance, Justin's rage knows no bounds. Unfortunately his colony had set strict limits on vampire justice and Justin had helped establish those rules. Breaking them carries the sentence of banishment from the colony. Interfering with human conflicts is a big no-no. His friends vow to support him, but Justin anticipating the outcome of the trial, makes plans for the care of his loved ones which don't include him.Vampires converge in Ohio while Justin awaits sentencing by Gwyltha's tribunal. Meanwhile, her lover Vlad has asked him for an enormous favor which could mean trouble for all of them. Vlad has acquired a pair of young and beautiful female ghouls whose minds have been erased by their creator. He wants Justin's New World colony to adopt them as Gwyltha has forbidden the making of ghouls. Neither Vlad, nor Justin want to raise her ire. Dixie has other ideas though, and when Dixie's on a crusade look out! For her part

She does it again

Rosemary Laurey has done it again. Rapture in Moonlight, the sequel to Walk in Moonlight, is a thoroughly delightful read. In Walk in Moonlight, Dixie LePaige, a spunky, modern all American woman, meets and of course falls in love with Kit Marlowe, an Englishman, who was once a contemporary of William Shakespeare. To save her from death, he transforms her into a vampire. Rapture in Moonlight finds the two of them living in German Town, Ohio and running a bookstore and gift shop called the Vampire Emporium. While visiting them, their friend and fellow vampire, Justin Corvus, is smitten by attractive Stella Schwartz. Though he knows it is unwise to become involved with a mortal, especially one with an eight-year-old son, he can't help himself as he finds himself wanting to help and protect the struggling single mom and her engaging son. But Stella has her pride and is unwilling to accept his charity, which makes her all the more attractive and Justin finds himself falling madly in love with her. There is always something interesting happening in this fast paced book filled with interesting characters. I look forward to meeting them again, when Mystery in Moonlight is published in 2002...

One of my favorite vampire romances

Justin Corvus once was a regimental surgeon in the ninth Roman Legion Hispania, but now has a medical practice in modern day England. He is also a millennium old master vampire who has come to German village in Columbus, Ohio to meet with his old friend Kit Marlowe and his wife Dixie. Justin also has to negotiate territory for the New World vampire colony with Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Dracula. While playing shopkeeper in Dixie's shop, he meets the beautiful mortal woman Stella and her eight-year-old son Sam. In the very first moments of their first meeting, both feel an electrical attraction to one another. At first Justin is not going to pursue her beyond the time he is to return home but circumstance force him to turn her into a vampire. Even when she makes the adjustment, they have heavy-duty problems to work out if they mean to spend eternity together. Fans of romance and the supernatural will love RAPTURE IN MOONLIGHT, the fantastic sequel to the Prism award winning WALK IN MOONLIGHT. The vampires of ROSEMARY Laurey's creation are urbane, witty and easy to fall in love with. Their mates are their equals in every way, which makes for some amusing "discussions" when one doesn't agree with the others. Ms. Laurey is a talent that should be on every vampire fan's "must read" list.Harriet Klausner