Vampire, Interrupted audiobook

Best one in the series, so far. Mainly because there was a moment when I was actually surprised. I love when a book does that. And, to be honest, it doesn't happen that often because:1. I'm old. Seen it, done it, got the t-shirt, shrunk the t-shirt in the laundry, turned it into a dog t-shirt and took a ton of photos for Facebook.2. I've read a hell of a lot of books. For every book I've reviewed, there are 5 that I read and haven't reviewed. If there is a trope, I have read it.3. I'm not an idiot. Usually things are so obvious in the way they are going, or with earlier hints, that I'm able to anticipate what's going to happen.So, a story that has a surprise in it is like a giant cake - chocolate - with Chris Hemsworth popping out of it for my birthday.Yes, I know I have a husband!!! Stop reminding me!Anyway, this book is about the matriarch of the family, Marguerite. She may be older than dirt, but she looks like a 20 yr old hottie, so it's Cougar Time, baby!!! I want to grow up and be just like her.Marguerite has been a major match-maker and a bit of a "smother" in the past books. Her meddling has been pretty funny to me, as a mother of "grown" kids. They get pretty surly about mom interfering in their lives starting in their teens, but you know, we actually don't care and find their surliness cute. Which makes them surlier. Hehe. We moms have to take our laughs where we can.This time, though, it is Marguerite who is getting set-up. The man is named Julius and he realizes that she is his life-mate, but also knows she had a bad, abusive marriage in the past. Julius is also older than dirt and has very few, as in none, skills in talking to women. Luckily, his son, Christian is here to help. Of course, some people are hard to help. Julius is just sitting there, not actually talking to Marguerite when they all go out one night.He gets his father alone:Christian: "you could at least talk to the woman."Julius frowned and avoided his gaze. "I am talking.""You aren't," Christian insisted. "You haven't said more than a handful of words."Scowling, he admitted, "I'm practicing in my head."Christian blinked at this. "Practicing?""Well, you don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind," Julius said with exasperation. "I have to approach this carefully, so I'm practicing.""In your head?" Christian clarified."Yes." Julius nodded. "In my head.""Right....Good, good," he nodded, and then said "but you know what would be even better?"Julius raised his eyebrows with interest. "What?""Talking to her OUT LOUD!" Christian snapped........“Okay, why don't we practice your talking with Marguerite? OUT LOUD. I'll be her."Julius stared at him blankly. "Now?""No, I was thinking maybe next April. Then you could maybe give her a call, arrange a date..."He arched his eyebrow in question, and snapped, "Yes, NOW.” Okay, I changed my mind, can I have Christian pop out of my cake? He speaks my language. lol!This book had a lot of fun, a lot of action, and even some feels which I didn't expect because these kinds of books aren't the "feels" kind. But, as a mom, I get mushy about mother-child things sometimes. My maternal instincts are high. Just ask my dogs when I dress them and baby them since my kids won't let me anymore.Unfortunately, you really do need to have read the first 8 books to appreciate this one. But, I was glad to find a book 9 in a series that I liked better than any of the others.

Marguerite is on her first case as a Private Investigator, accompanied by Tiny. Her first assignment is to locate the mother of a five hundred year old immortal. She is starting her career and is far from the protection of Lucian and her sons for the first time. Marguerite Rocks! After 700 years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally starts a career. If you've been waiting for Marguerite's story, this is it. It certainly cleared up some questions I've had about this character. Why did she marry Jean Claude in the first place? Why did she stay with him so long? Everyone loves Marguerite. I love her. Julius no doubts loves her and every one of her children love her. She's my favorite character for sure. The most heavily plotted and mysterious of all the Argeneau books, Vampire, Interrupted (a very apt title) reveals what happened to Margeurite when Thomas and Inez were trying to find her in Vampires Are Forever, and many skeletons come out of the closet in the process. In the middle of a chapter somewhere past 1/4th of the book, there was a mention of Margarite is Christopher's mother. I was stunned. Why there and then? This was a cute story about the Argeneau family matriarch, Marguerite, discovering what all her other family members have been enjoying.....her very own lifemate, Julius Notte!! She finds she has a five hundred year old son, Christian and with all the other twists and turns in this lovely tale, Marguerite finds a love of her own, in Julius!!Best one in the series, so far. Mainly because there was a moment when I was actually surprised. I love when a book does that. And, to be honest, it doesn't happen that often because:1. I'm old.2. I've read a hell of a lot of books.3. I'm not an idiot.The Argeneau series was an integral part of my introduction to PNR. I was delighted to find a group of romance novels that balanced love and lust against hilarity and mayhem. The relationships felt ridiculous yet never unlikely, as Sands made sure to craft compatible leads who were always on equal footing. The romance aspect didn't rely on flowery language, but rather a healthy desire to find someone to be happy with, to love and be loved by. This book was amazing and had me hooked from start to finish. Much better book, best of the series so far... Vampire, Interrupted by Lynsay Sands is a fantasy book about a few vampires, secrets, and action. She wrote this book to say don’t judge and persecute someone without all the facts. Just go with your heart and mind, don’t go on rumors and hatred. GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT FIRST. I really enjoyed it and if this does turn out to be the last book in the series, it's a very good way to end it. The beginning took me a little while to get into. Finally the match maker in the Argeneau clan finds her lifemate.....again!!! There is the usual hot steamy love scenes and even some exciting bites.... DAMN that was good! Alot of questions answered. Satisfying relationships. And just enough room to set up future books. Christian: "you could at least talk to the woman."Julius frowned and avoided his gaze. "I am talking.""You aren't," Christian insisted. "You haven't said more than a handful of words."Scowling, he admitted, "I'm practicing in my head."Christian blinked at this. "Practicing?""Well, you don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind," Julius said with exasperation. "I have to approach this carefully, so I'm practicing.""In your head?" Christian clarified."Yes." Julius nodded. "In my head.""Right....Good, good," he nodded, and then said "but you know what would be even better?"Julius raised his eyebrows with interest. "What?""Talking to her OUT LOUD!" Christian snapped.“Okay, why don't we practice your talking with Marguerite? OUT LOUD. I'll be her."Julius stared at him blankly. "Now?""No, I was thinking maybe next April. Then you could maybe give her a call, arrange a date..."He arched his eyebrow in question, and snapped, "Yes, NOW.”

** spoiler alert ** .As others have said, this seems to be the best book in the series. I have only read a handful, but they were forgettable.This one really sucks you in!OK spoilers ahead. I knew all these going into the story and still enjoyed it.Marguerite has had the shit end of the stick for the last 700 years, since her marriage at 15 to Jean Claude the assh*le.(At the end of the story, the author tries to redeem Jean Claude but really that ship has sailed and he will forever be the douche bag to end all douche bags in my book. Why would she want to redeem him???)Marguerite is trying to spread her wings after being married to an emotional sadist for so many years. She had never been allowed to do ANYTHING by herself before and was actually mind controlled by her despicable husband throughout their entire marriage. Why isn't she crazy? Well the author does a nice job showing how she chooses to remain single and autonomous. Yet I felt she was a bit of a doormat around Julius. He would command her and she would just go a long rather than rock the boat. To me, that's doormatty behavior. She is trying her luck at being a detective and with her human partner, Tiny, they embark on their first case together. To find out who Christian's mother is, because his father Julius refuses to tell him and claims that she is dead. Not long into the story, it is pretty obvious who the mother is... (view spoiler)[Marguerite (hide spoiler)]Anyways, turns out that there was one year in her life (500 years ago) that was fabulously happy. Jean Claude was thought to be dead for 20 years when she met her life mate Julius. They were married and she was about to give birth to their first son, when something awful happens. You don't learn what it was until about 2/3 into the story. (view spoiler)[supposedly Jean Claude returns and Marguerite not only leaves Julius to return to her first husband, but she tries to have the baby she just birthed killed. Fortunately the child was saved but Julius fell for this 180 in her behavior without questioning it. He NEVER sought her out to get her side of the story. This is his lifemate, and the woman he's been married to for a year and he just accepts that she would willingly try to murder their child???!?!? Man, Marguerite has poor luck in husbands. (hide spoiler)] So Julius shows up early into the story and between the murder attempts on Marguerite and the strange gap in Marguerite's memory of her marriage to Julius and being pregnant, he FINALLY begins to realize something nefarious is going on. DUH!I didn't suspect the true culprit til near the end. The ending was the usual last crazed stand by the bad guy with plenty of bad guy monologuing of evil deeds. Thank god the bad guy got their just deserts or I would have been pretty pissed!Now was Julius redeemed? I guess so, but not really because Marguerite makes it all to easy for him. I found him kinda a lackluster hero. He comes across as an arrogant prig with a tendancy to bossiness. I would have liked Marguerite to have a more vivacious mate who could help her spread her wings. Julius apologizes and feels remorse and is protective of Marguerite, so why am i unsatisfied? I think it is because of Marguerite. I loved her character but I was also disappointed that she never felt hurt that Julius hadn't loved her enough to seek her out before this. She was so GDamned understanding! She gets over her difficulties with trust WAY too fast. Then she accepts his apology like nothing happened. I can totally understand her making Julius feel better at the end by saying that it all had to happen the way it did so that she would have her other children (the younger ones she had with Jean Claude after he raped her mind to make her a puppet). But first I wanted her to show her pain to Julius. I mean for crying out loud, we're talking centuries of having your will removed. Of having your mind and body raped. There way more time spent on her broken/non relationship with her lost son, Christian.WTH???There's a cute little epilogue where we learn all about Marguerite's match making talents.So no. I enjoyed the heck out of the story but will probably never read it again.Safety is what it is (view spoiler)[ I don't think Julius was a monk during the entire separation, but it sounds like he's been celibate a long long time. Marguerite was mentally forced to have sex with Jean Claude for a very very long time. She hasn't been with anyone else since his death (hide spoiler)]

This book was amazing and had me hooked from start to finish. Marguerite is on her first case as a Private Investigator, accompanied by Tiny. Her first assignment is to locate the mother of a five hundred year old immortal. She is starting her career and is far from the protection of Lucian and her sons for the first time. Waking up to find an assassin with a sword in her room, she realizes someone does not want the mother's identity revealed. I liked reading about Marguerite exploring new territory and her relationship with Tiny. Julius Notte is determined to protect his son Christain from the past but the presence of Marguerite complicates things. Julius tries to woo Marguerite while an unknown enemy wants her beheaded. Julius had his hands full worrying about his son, Marguerite and trying to figure out what really happened five hundred years ago. The characters in this book were looking for a love or relationship denied to them and trying to fix the mistakes of the past. The book was plot heavy, filled with twists and turns. I hated the unknown, vicious villain and was shocked when I discovered who it was. This book was like dark chocolate - dark, sinful and satisfying.

** spoiler alert ** Since the beginning of this series I've always loved Marguarite because she's like super young looking and super old with four children, and she acts like a mother that should be in her 50' or 60's but yet again she looks like she's in her late teens early twenties. But they way she is with her kids and having something to do with every single one of them finding their lifemates was quite comical on its own, and quite canny as well. However, I've always also felt so bad for her because of what Jean Claude had done to her, and knowing he was NOT her lifemate. Well in this story, she is on the search for Christian Notte's mother in England, this is where she ends up meeting Julius Notte, Christian's father. Though introductions are quite um dramatic since she was woken up having Julius holding Tiny up in the air by his throat, and then throwing him across the room a few times as Tony attacks him. (but here's a little seecret for you... but shhhh it's a SPOILER.... Julius and Magaurite are lifemates.... shhh don't tell anyone ok, so Julius was jealous to see Margaurite in bed with another man. But he didn't realize she was attacked and neither her or Tiny wanted to be in that room, and Tiny wanted to be close to her incase she was attacked again.)so a little later on and I mean really a little later on like oh probably what would count as 20-30mins in the book, Christian, Marcus, and the others come to the conclusion that Julius and Margaurite are lifemates. How they found out, by the little slip ups of both Julius and Margaurite. So Julius asks his son for some help woo-ing her, or his son offers to help him, I fully can't remember on that part, but either way it doesn't matter. Because Julius decides to travel with them on the search for Christians mother, because he wants to be close to Margaurite.Margaurite isn't quite sure why Julius is staying close by, but she goes with it, cause Margaurite keeps getting attacked. (poor lady). So throughout the book, they travel to different parts of Europe to search for clues about Christians mother, and in the meantime Julius and Margaurite get to know each other. But neither wants to disclose any information on their ex's. Funny thing though Margaurite then realizes that Julius is her lifemate. But that is only part of what makes this book interesting.SPOILER DO NOT READ THE NEXT PART IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THIS VITAL PART OF THE BOOK!!!!!!What makes this boook interesting, is that Margaurite is Christians mother, that five hundred years ago, Jean Claude had presumed to be dead, and Margaurite a widow. She had met Julius back then and obviously being lifemates found each other, and fell in love, and got married and concieved a child together. BUT! right before she had given birth, someone had took control over Margaurites mind and made her give birth and had her order his son death by the maid, and then made it look like Margaurite killed the maid for disobeying. Then wiped all her memories, and placed different ones in, and then the fact that Jean Claude was not dead, and had came back for Margaurite. Thus making the rest of his life miserable for her. But at least she had gotten four children out of it that she loves more than life. Well of course Margaurite doesn't remember any of this, but Julius has proof, he has a potrait of her in his study at his home in Italy. So of course then they fly to italy, one to show her this proof and two to hopefully keep her safe from the attackers.Once there she ends up meeting his family (again) mom and dad aren't too thrilled but Aunt Vita, she seems to be happy about it. Vita catches Margaurite in Julius's office and gives her a little chit chat about how sad he was when she left, and that how pleased she is that he will be happy again. Then one night Margaurite and Christian go out and have some Mother & son bonding time, to get to know each other. They end up being attacked on their outing and kidnapped. They are placed in some kind of dungeon, both injured and low on blood, UH OH! Back at the house Julius is frantic with worry about his love and son. This is where the Argenau's come in. At once Julius tries to attack Lucian because he thinks that Margaurites memories which has to be done by a 3 on 1 memory swipe meaning 3 vampires on one vampire or mortal to erase their memories, very dangerous and powerful juju. Come to find out that it wasn't Lucian who was involved in it, nor was it Martine, Jean Claudes sister. But that it was Jean Claudes best friend, and Julius's own sister who did it. This was found out by Julius's father Niccodemus Notte telling him how things were when he was a baby and why he was all under guarded protection. Meanwhile back at the dugeon plae, Vita shows herself to Margaurite and Christian, and explains why she has done this, and the attacks on Magaurite, and proceeds to tell them that she is the one who was part of the 3 on 1, and that Jean Claude was indeed never dead, but was in hiding because he had found his lifemate and had turned her, and since he had turned Margaurite it was a big no-no for him to turn his lifemate. But Vita had plans for Jean Claude so he had killed his lifemate and his unborn child. And used Jean Claude to wipe Margaurites memories and have her son killed. And Vita killed the maid. Which explained why Jean Claude was such a monster, though it didn't excuse the treatment he gave to Marguarite. Vita was jealous of Julius, Julius was the baby and the only boy. And he was treated like a god where she was just treated like a woman, and it pissed her off. He was just so happy with life in general that it drove her mad. So she wanted him punished and used the ones he loved to do it. But this time she wants to end it all, Margaurite, Christian, and Julius's lives. But her plan didn't work out she was caught and sent before the council and executed. Everyone eventually went back to Canada to wherre Lissandra had her babygirl. And Margaurite had finally gotten her Happily Ever after.

A Few Surprises Are In Store When Matchmaking Momma Marguerite Finds Her Own Mate, With Vampire Interrupted Sands wraps up a great Argeneau vampire romance in a much deeper and complicated plot than usual and includes several twists that end up making this a fresh addition to her long running series. Finally it is Argeneau matriarch Marguerite's turn to find her lifemate after playing matchmaker to all of her extended family in the previous books. Knowing of Marguerite's hellish 500 year marriage to a vamp who was not her lifemate, it is not surprising that Marguerite is a bit cautious when she first begins feeling the heated pull to gorgeous Julius Notte. Julius doesn't seem to feel the same reluctance to persue Marguerite as a lifemate even though he has lost a lifemate in the past, a relationship he refuses to discuss. It is actually this lack of disclosure that fuels his son Christian's search for information on the mother he never knew, and it is that search that brings Julius and Marguerite together as the case to uncover the truth is Marguerite's first in her new career as PI. But even as Julius promises not to hinder Marguerite progress, there is a mysterious assassin that keeps trying to take Marguerite out of the picture permanently. Determined not to suffer the anguish of loosing a lifemate again, Julius will do everything in his power to keep Marguerite safe, but will he reveal the painful secrets that have been hidden for centuries? Without revealing any of the surprises, a nice thing about the romance between Marguerite and Julius is that both characters are presented as more mature than the leads in Sands previous romances -- even though Marguerite's son Lucerne is in reality only a hundred years younger. And because Marguerite and Julius are older characters, both have major past relationship issues that they have to overcome to be together. For Julius part of his past to overcome is that his loss changed him into a darker, more serious and grumpier person, so in the book it is fun watching him get hints from his son and a quirkly mortal on how to court a woman again after being alone for so long. Marguerite's martial nightmare makes her more cautious with Julius, but having known such unhappiness, it also makes her more suseptible to the lure of a happily ever after even though that sounds like a contradiction. I liked Vampire Interrupted and it works fine as a standalone read, but it is original enough that you will still enjoy it even if you thought you were getting tired of the Argenaus. And if you can't get enough of them, Sands does a nice family reunion at the end of Vampire Interrupted bringing all the pairs together at Lissiana's child's christening. Sands has started including a Argenau family tree in the front of her books, so hmm, who's next? (Unless you have the ARC version of this book, heed the other reviewers' warnings and don't check out family tree until after you've read the book.) The rest of the books in Lynsay Sands Argenau series: A Quick Bite ( Book 1) Love Bites (Argeneau Vampires, Book 2) Single White Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 3) Tall, Dark & Hungry (Argeneau Vampires, Book 4) A Bite to Remember (Argeneau Vampires, Book 5) Bite Me If You Can (Argeneau Vampires, Book 6) The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7) Vampires Are Forever (Argeneau Vampires, Book 8) If you are looking for a new vamp series that has a similar 'bite', bag-feeding vamps and a bit of humour mixed in with the romance, you might want to give Kerrilyn Sparks Love at Stake series a try: How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake, Book 1) Vamps and the City (Love at Stake, Book 2) (This is my favorite) Be Still My Vampire Heart (Love at Stake, Book 3) Sugarplums and Scandal (Contains a connected short)

Fantastic! This might be my favorite book in the Argenau novel's!This book centers around family matriarch Marguerite Argeneau. She is currently working as a P.I trying to help Christian Notte discover his long lost mother. His father, Julius, refuses to tell him his mother's name and every P.I he has ever hired, is scared off by Julius.Marguerite is determined to help Christian, and then she is attacked in her hotel room and almost beheaded. Christian's father shows up and ends up revealing that Marguerite is indeed his lifemate and he will help them while they searched for Christian's mother so that he could keep Marguerite safe. There are so many twists and turns in this book, and it was very difficult to try to guess at the mystery of who Christian's mother is, and why people seem intent on killing Marguerite.I really enjoyed being to read more about Marguerite, because it was obvious in the other books that she was very focused and devoted on her family. But it was nice to see her have a chance at being happy as well. It was also nice to see her family gathered together in it, and get glimpses into how they are doing.But this book definitely needs to be read after reading Vampires are Forever. The two books have story lines that are occurring simultaneously. And the two story lines converge towards the end of Vampire, Interrupted.

Much better book, best of the series so far...Marguerite Rocks!Description:After 700 years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally starts a career. She's training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal's mother. It seems simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she's in way over her head. My Thoughts, The story runs parallel to Thomas's story for the most part. This book to me is the most interesting so far. It treats us to a deeper, more robust plot, getting to know Marguerite a bit more and understanding her MUCH better. I really like the twists and turns LS took with the plot. I'm loving on the Italian Vampires and can't wait to see them in further books. Julius was an interesting character but other thank his love for Marguerite and Christian we really didn't learn anything about him. The ending was good but like in a lot of her books felt kinda rushed. I did like the peek at the end of the her children mixing together. All in all I good story, some interesting characters...I would recommend this book.4 stars for this outing of the Argeneau Family.

Such a tragic love story! Marguerite's story is one with many twists and turns. Marguerite is investigating the birth of Christopher Notte and trying to find his mother for him. She meets Julius Notte and is instantly attracted. They are lifemates. Lifemates that were separated many years ago by a jealous evil person who pretended to be a loving member of their family.Marguerite's memory of Julius and their life together is completely wiped. Julius joins his son Christopher and Marguerite on the search for Christopher's mother all the well hoping that the journey will bring back Marguerite's memory so that they can be together again like they were many hundreds of years ago. Fantastic book. Makes me sad all over again just thinking about it. Melissa Reviewer for 1000 + Books to Read

If you've been waiting for Marguerite's story, this is it. It certainly cleared up some questions I've had about this character. Why did she marry Jean Claude in the first place? Why did she stay with him so long?If you haven't been following this series, you may not enjoy this book as much as I did. The series begins with Single White Vampire. If you like Sookie Stackhouse and Queen Betsy, then don't miss this series...

Love the whole series