Guest Review: The Lady is a Vamp – Lynsay Sands

One late night leads to . . .

Kidnapped When Jeanne Louise Argeneau left work, she never thought she’d end up tied down by a good-looking mortal. More attracted than annoyed, she quickly realizes there is more to her abductor than meets the eye.

One desperate act leads to . . .

Love? Paul Jones has need of a vampire, and only Jeanne Louise will do. He just has to convince this beauty of a Vamp to help him . . . never imagining that he would fall in love. But with the immortal world’s answer to law enforcement hunting them, their time together is running out . . . and Paul and Jeanne Louise will need to risk everything to spend an eternity together.

Series:  Argeneau #17
Release Date:  July 31, 2012
Publisher:  Avon
Source:  Edelweiss
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

Jeanne Louise and Paul are the lucky protagonists of book 17 of the Argeneau series. Luckily, you do not need to have read or even be familiar with the previous books in the series in order to enjoy Sands’ latest offering. Sands does a pretty good job of explaining the basics so that anyone who is not familiar does not feel lost. As a fan of Ms. Sands I looked forward to the continuing saga of the Argeneau family. Her characters have always been known to be quirky, if a bit offbeat. From a best selling male paranormal romance author who does not consider himself a romance author at all to a woman who proves that having fangs does not preclude a mother from interfering in the love lives and trying to marry off all her children along with every other “child” in the family, even if they are several hundred years old, the Argeneaus have always been good for some lighthearted laughs with a bit of action or a mystery thrown in for good measure. Which is why, having known this, I was thrown for quite a loop when instead we’re treated to a somber story about love, and not just the love between lifemates as we would expect, but also the love between a parent and a child. The only we see a bit of the old Argeneau humor here is during the one scene between Bricker and Nicholas.

The basic story here is boy meets girl. Girl is oblivious to boy. Boy kidnaps girl to get something he can only get from said girl. There were a couple of things that bothered me about the story. For instance, there could have been a little more involved with the kidnapping itself. I mean how does a vampire reach the tender age of 103 and not check the back seat before getting in the car? Or how easy would it have been to make one phone call and call off the proverbial dogs who think you’re being held against your will when you decide to stay with your kidnapper willingly? But of course if either of those things had happened we wouldn’t have had the events that followed happen, so it’s all par for the course.

That being said, I greatly enjoyed reading this book. Without giving too much away, I genuinely liked Paul as a lifemate for Jeanne Louise. I think they fit perfectly together. She grew up feeling abandoned and like she didn’t belong in her own family and Paul is a package deal. He comes with a ready-made family of his own. I found The Lady is a Vamp to be a sweet, albeit bare bones read. To be honest, for a paranormal romance, there really wasn’t much that you would call romance to it. What there was however was a lot of feeling. You felt for Paul, you felt he hopelessness at not being able to save his little girl. You definitely felt for Livy, trying to put on a brave face for her father. And you definitely felt for Jeanne Louise and the tough decision she has to face. It’s not what you would usually get from a Lynsay Sands’ Argeneau story, but it seemed to be exactly what Jeanne Louise needed. For that I would count this as a definite keeper.

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