Bayou Moon

By Rebecca York and Eden O'Neill

Bayou Moon by Rebecca York released on Apr 24, 1992 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373221886
• ISBN13: 9780373221882
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.7" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

fun quick read

I'm slowly working my way through Rebecca York's backlist--the only problem is she's writing so darn fast that I'll never catch up. This one's from 1992. Tess Beaumont is a TV reporter. She meets Vance Gautreau while doing a story on his sister's apparent suicide. He gets into an argument with the police and is thrown in jail; Tess bails him out at the behest of her boss so she can get a story. It seems his sister isn't the first former guest on a popular talk show to end up dead, and Vance is determined to prove she was murdered. Tess smells a story, so she invites herself along on his investigation. By the time danger threatens them both, it's no longer just a story to her, and she's in too deep to back out. There's also a mystery about Tess's past--she was raised by an aunt, and learned early on not to ask questions about her parents. The mystery and suspense were quite well done, but I wasn't quite as convinced by the romance. Maybe that's because I never quite connected with Vance. Usually, I can get a sense of a character through their dialogue--for some reason, it's important to me to know how they sound, while descriptions of their physical appearance don't matter much. Hmmm... *thinking* No, it's not so much the sound of their voice as it is their "voice"--that is, their speech mannerisms, the words they use, whether they're verbose or laconic, etc. Anyway, for some reason, Vance just didn't sound real to me. Could be the bayou accent, but I've read other books--even ones by the same author--set in the bayou, and didn't have the same trouble. Oh, well. I'm letting it go. It was a fun, quick read nonetheless.

GREAT MYSTERY AND ROMANCE

Wish there was a little help in pronouncing these names.Vance Gautreau [Gah-trow?]was a law unto himself and was very much a man's man.Tess Beaumont was a very citified KEFT investigative reporter and afraid of the bayou country.She worked with the camerman, Ken Holloway and they were sent to cover the story of an apparent suicide of Lisa Gautreau.It seems people were dying who appeared on the Brad Everett show on KEFTTess had been raised by her aunt, Pauline Beaumont, who apparently was keeping a twenty year old secret.Tess and Ken ran into Vance as the medics were pulling Lisa's body from the bayou. Contratemps happened and sheriff Frank Haney tossed Vance into his rat-hole of a jail. Tess was ordered by her boss to bail him out. That is the start of their strong attraction.In trying to solve the murders Vance ends up trying to protect Tess from a possible threat to her life. In her fear, Tess turns to Vance for protection. Someone definitely wants her out of the way.Vance is an excellently strong character, Tess is a modern woman strong enough to fight her fears. Despite my disgust with PMS - Vance and Tess work through their indepentant walls of self-protection and learn to trust and love each other. Oh, yes, and accidently happen to solve several mysteries. (g).Will definitely recommend --M - Excellent story - not a dull moment [except up those stairs] great characters - an all around excellent read.