Blood Moon

I received this book for free from the publisher. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Blood Moon by Sandra Brown
Narrator: Kyf Brewer
Published by Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Audio on March 4, 2025
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Suspense
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes
Pages: 448
Format: ARC, Audiobook
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In this sexy thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, an unruly detective and an ambitious TV show producer work against the clock to prevent another young woman from disappearing before the next blood moon—while trying to resist the attraction between them. 

Detective John Bowie is one misstep away from being fired from the Auclair Police Department in coastal Louisiana. Recently divorced and slightly heavy-handed with his liquor, Bowie does all that he can to cope with the actions taken (or not taken) during the investigation of Crissy Mellin, a teenage girl who disappeared more than three years prior. But now, Crisis Point, a long-running true crime television series, is soon to air an episode documenting the unsolved Mellin case. Bowie has been instructed by his unscrupulous boss to keep to his grievances and criticisms over the mishandling of the investigation to himself.
 
Beth Collins, a senior producer on Crisis Point, knows what classifies as a great story and when there’s something more to be told. After working on the show for seven years, Collins is convinced that Crissy Mellin’s disappearance was not an isolated incident. A string of disappearances of teenage girls in nearby areas have only one thing in common: They took place on the night of a blood moon. In a last-ditch effort to find out the truth, Beth enlists Detective Bowie to help her figure out what happened to Crissy and find the true culprit before he acts on the next blood moon—in four days’ time.   

With their jobs and their lives at risk, Bowie and Collins band together to identify and capture a perpetrator, while fighting an irresistible spark between them that threatens to upend everything.
 

This was very entertaining! I have been reading Sandra Brown’s work for a long time and am always excited to get my hands on any of her new releases. Her writing just seems to work for me, and this book is no exception. The story grabbed me right away and it wasn’t long before I fell for this new group of characters.

Beth is a producer of a true crime television show and has questions about a case before the episode airs because she thinks there might be more to the story. John Bowie is a detective who was involved in the case and isn’t completely satisfied with how the investigation was handled. The pair decide to look at things a little more and find that Crissy Mellins’s disappearance may be one in a series of crimes linked to the blood moon.

The story had plenty of action and twists and turns to keep things very interesting. I was never quite sure what would happen next and couldn’t wait to see how the mystery would be solved. I loved the fact that the author was able to surprise me before it was all over. John and Beth were great characters and I thought that they worked well together. They had just the right amount of chemistry to make their budding romance feel authentic.

Kyf Brewer did an amazing job with the narration of this book. I thought that he handled the various character voices very well and I never had any trouble determining which character was speaking. I found his voice to be quite pleasant and found myself wanting to listen for hours at a time. I am certain that his performance added to my overall enjoyment of this book.

I would recommend this book to others. I found this to be a solid book with just the right blend of romance, mystery, and action. I am already looking forward to picking up another of Sandra Brown’s books.

I received a review copy of this book from Hachette Audio and Grand Central Publishing.

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