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Ghost Moon (The Moon Series, Book 7) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rebecca York
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 322454
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0425222454
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425222454
ASIN: 0425222454
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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To protect one man, she must risk the vengeance of many... A freed slave from a parallel universe, Quinn has come to this world on a vital mission. But she's stopped in her tracks by the seductive attentions of a mysterious spirit. He's a ghost named Caleb Marshall?a werewolf who was supposedly murdered by the ancestors of her dearest friends... When Caleb finds a way to take over a human body, Quinn can no longer resist her overwhelming desire, even though she's not sure she can trust him. But soon she discovers that they have a common enemy?and if she doesn't act fast, she may lose the man she's come to love, along with her life...
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 Read this only if... August 19, 2008
...you are a big fan of this series (as I am). I liked the other books that came before this one, but the seventh dulls in comparison - especially with regards to the language. It is sometimes very tedious to read (15 sentences starting with "He..." in a row? Come on!)
The plot is exciting enough to make it a must read if you like the series, but please don't judge the series by this book alone.
 More liike 4 1/2 stars.... July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Quinn never expected to run into a ghost in the woods! All she wanted to do was get to her world and bring Zarah back safely when Caleb Marshall suddenly appears. He has remained in the woods, unseen by others since his death in 1933 at the hands of his cousin. He seeks revenge on the descendents of his murderer... the very descendents who are sheltering Quinn and Zarah Meanwhile, Caleb uncovers danger that poses a national threat. Quinn is undeniably attracted to Caleb... but he's a ghost!
GHOST MOON is yet another fascinating installment in Rebecca York's Moon series! While the books in the series do have some weaving back and forth with the characters, the stories themselves tend to be stand alones. However, GHOST MOON does rely a bit on the background of Quinn, Zarah, and Griffin and the parallel universe that is fully explored in her short story, Huntress Moon found in ELEMENTAL MAGIC. Fans of the series have already seen bits and pieces of the alternate world but the various infighting and problems of that universe are fully described in Huntress Moon.
Rebecca York is a master at crafting realistic and credible worlds in the paranormal genre. Even better, her heroes and heroines have such passion between them that the reader is hooked. Quinn and Caleb's story offers some unique challenges and I liked the fact that Rebecca York didn't gloss over these challenges, even as their attraction was steaming up the pages. Instead, she incorporates them into the plot to produce one heck of an original storyline! The sheer creativity alone in addressing some of the very obvious problems the hero and heroine face makes this book worth reading.
GHOST MOON shows yet again why Rebecca York has had such success. Rebecca York is an author unafraid to take chances and GHOST MOON is proof her risk-taking works. Easily recommended!
COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES
 Sexy Ghost Story July 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to tell you this writer has failed to ever write a bad book. Seriously, everything she writes thouroughly entertains me.
Ghost Moon is no exception. It is a book that brings back a cast of some beloved characters and keeps true to form.
I have to admit this was a bit more complicated of a storyline in that it had a ghost, a visitor from another astral plane, werewolves, bad blood among cousins, a rebel leader in another world, a crazy maniac militant bent on blowing up D.C., a dead man, and lots of sexy situations.
Quinn is a woman from another world parrallel to our universe who opens a veil between our world and hers to bring a rebel leader's wife to safety. She teams up with Rinna and Logan (New Moon) who will help her learn about modern day Earth so she can better protect the pregnant wife of the rebel leader, Griffin, from her home world that is under attack. In the process, she stumbles across Caleb Marshall, who is the ghost of a werewolf who was murdered by his cousin 75 years ago. Quinn has psychic powers that allows her to form a bond and communicate with the sexy ghost. He is totally alpha and makes his attraction to her known right from the start. (Seriously, so sensual I thought the pages would burn up.) She falls for him but is torn between loving him because he is a ghost and the fact he is hell bent on revenge against the very people who are helping her to protect her leader's wife.
Just when Quinn believes their chance at a relationship is hopeless along come two men sent by a militant leader to bury a body in the forest.
Caleb takes over the man's life and he is able to make love to Quinn, as well as, finally be able to exact revenge on the Marshall Clan. Quinn must decide between her love of Caleb and her loyalty to the Marshalls. Which will she choose?
Every twist and turn that the book takes is well thought out. Romantic, sexy and action-packed Rebecca York again has found the way to blend romantic suspense, paranormal, science-fiction into a mesmorizing story. Clever writing that pulls together in a satisfying ending.
This was an exciting read that I devoured in two days. I have read every single book in the Moon series and by far Killing Moon has always been my favorite but now I have to add Ghost Moon too.
Disappointed May 22, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is so bad I am writing my very first review. The story line is instersting but the delivery left much to be desired. The hero is "whiney" and spends much of his time sick or semi-comatose. The heroine is dull and uninteresting. Save your money.
Flat and dull May 20, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ghost Moon is the latest in a series by Rebecca York, with six well-received previous works. This one is the first in the series that I've read, so unfortunately I can't compare it to the others. I'm stressing this because I didn't much like Ghost Moon---and since I haven't read its predecessors, I can't tell you if it's worse in quality than them, or if this is simply a series that doesn't suit my tastes. So, instead, I'll explain the reasons why I couldn't enjoy this one, and you can figure out how that relates to your own preferences.
York's writing style has an extremely staccato feel to it. It's almost entirely composed of very short, declarative sentences, particularly in the case of dialogue. This gives it a flat, stilted feel. I felt as though instead of reading a book, I was watching wooden actors do an emotionless, uninflected line-reading from a movie script. For a novel that's supposed to fit into the genres of romance, erotica, and thriller, a lack of emotion is the dead-last thing you want to convey. I often felt, particularly early on, that characters chose their actions relatively randomly, making assumptions or taking on feelings that were simply convenient to the course of action the author desired.
York puts nearly every last detail of every last moment onto the page. Normally when you're going through a scene there are things that are detailed, things that are summed up, and things that are skipped altogether. Unfortunately, York keeps up nearly the exact same plodding ultra-detailed pace throughout the entire book. Even during what should be climactic portions of the book, characters from our world are stopping to detail every last modern convenience to Caleb, rather than doing some of the explaining off-screen.
The use of a terrorist-related plot feels like a transparent desire to play on current fears, with little other reason for that particular choice. It hardly even enters into the story in the first half of the book, resulting in a very meandering and random feel to things, as though there's no plot to drive things forward. When it does finally matter, it feels almost entirely flat and one-dimensional.
Then there's Quinn & Caleb's relationship. The two of them don't have a lot of chemistry, and most of the chemistry they do share is used up early on in the book. A scene that I think was supposed to be one of the climactic love-making scenes between them comes across as stilted, forced, and ridiculous.
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