Nancy Gideon, Chased by Moonlight

Chased by Moonlight

Nancy Gideon

Pocket, Jun 29 2010, $7.99

ISBN: 9781439149645

New Orleans Police Detective Charlotte "Cee Cee" Caissie struggles to balance her personal life with her work. Her lover, shapeshifter Max "Monster" Savoie replaced his late boss Jimmie Legere as the chief of the mob (see Nasked by Moonlight). However, at the same time, someone brutally murdered twenty-two year old Tulane student Sandra Cummings, the daughter of Max's rival Simon, which places him as a person of interest.

Cee Cee believes Max is innocent and vows to solve the homicide case while keeping his shapeshifting secret. She understands she walks a thin line between following her supervisor Alain Babineau's fidgety orders and protecting her Max. On the other hand Max wants her to leave in order to keep her safe. However, someone seems to know a lot more about Max than even he knows about himself. That unknown adversary schemes to use Max's unknown birthright that the Monster begs to know to annihilate him and his lover.

Chased by Moonlight is a complex romantic police procedural in which Cee Cee, once again, works a dangerous urban fantasy investigation. The story line is filled with action, but as with Masked by Moonlight is character driven as the star-crossed lovers continue to cross their respective barrier to each other even when the heroic Monster pushes her away from him for her sake. Nancy Gideon provides a taut paranormal whodunit that captures the full attention of sub-genre readers who will look forward to more investigations starring Beauty and the Beast.

Harriet Klausner