{"id":474,"date":"2008-02-20T20:41:08","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T01:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2008-02-20T20:41:08","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T01:41:08","slug":"demon-night-meljean-brook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=474","title":{"rendered":"Demon Night ~ Meljean Brook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/demon_night.jpg\" title=\"demon_night.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/demon_night.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"demon_night.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Charlie Newcomb was plagued by addiction until a car crash cost her the one thing that she had always counted on: the ability to sing. Scarred by her past, she sets out to deny the dependency that had dogged her steps for so long, and had finally settled into a routine. One that came to a screeching halt when a group of vampires invaded her life, thrusting her into the care of Guardian Ethan McCabe.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his resurrection as a Guardian, Ethan \u201cDrifter\u201d McCabe was charged to protect humanity from vampires and demons who would see free will manipulated for their own gains. When Charlie is attacked by a group of vampires intent on  using her to get to her scientist sister, Ethan steps in, risking his existence to keep her safe.<\/p>\n<p><i>Demon Night<\/i> is the fifth book in Brook&#8217;s Guardian series, but it stands very well on its own, and I would urge you to pick it up as such. The established world building of Guardians, demons, and their ilk is solid and thorough {and if you run into problems you can always refer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/meljeanbrook.com\/primer.html\" target=\"_blank\">primer on Brook&#8217;s website<\/a>.} But what really makes this novel a standout in the paranormal\/urban fantasy romance genre is Ethan. Downright sexy and sweet, Ethan is a blend of Beacon Hill refinement and old west grit; he is, in fact, one of the most sigh-worthy heroes I&#8217;ve run into in a good long time.<\/p>\n<p>Fact is, I&#8217;ve just finished it and I can&#8217;t wait to read it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Newcomb was plagued by addiction until a car crash cost her the one thing that she had always counted on: the ability to sing. Scarred by her past, she sets out to deny the dependency that had dogged her steps for so long, and had finally settled into a routine. One that came to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,45,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-paranormal","category-romance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V6sR-7E","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}