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Vampire Valentine
Mirabeau LaRouche knew she had a job to do, but she never expected her assignment to take her through New York City's dark, dank underground-in her bridesmaid gown, no less! And when her partner turns out to be mortal private investigator Tiny McGraw, Mireabeau knows it's no ordinary Cupid's arrow that has struck her heart this Valentine's Day.
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Published January 28, 2020
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Lynsay Sands
124 books12.3k followersLYNSAY SANDS is the nationally bestselling author who is known for her hysterical historicals as well as the popular Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series. With her witty and charming personality, Sands describes books as, “Waking dreams or stories, tales to amuse, entertain and distract us from everyday life.” She’s been writing stories since grade school and considers herself incredibly lucky to be able to make a career out of it. Her hope is that readers can get away from their everyday stress through her stories, and if there are occasional uncontrollable fits of laughter, that’s just a big bonus. Visit her official website at www.lynsaysands.net.
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September 13, 2025
Story 3 stars Narration 4.5 stars
This was a novella about a Valentines Day meeting between an immortal woman and the mortal man that is helping her with a teenage girl that is being tracked by a bad vampire who already changed the girl against her wishes. The two take her down into the sewer tunnels to keep anyone from finding her. They, of course, do come out of the tunnels.
This was unlike any other Argeneau book I’ve read by this author. Because it’s a novella, the action was quick. I was expecting some kind of drama or life and death stuff but no. Sorry if that’s a spoiler, but I felt like you need to know. There is lust, but no actual sex scene, some almost stuff. The teenage girl is a brat, but has a horrible backstory. Even that didn’t forgive some of her actions for me. It just wasn’t like any of these books at all and I was disappointed. Some suspense or even humor would have gone a long way to save this, but no. I was bored and I hate that since I’ve enjoyed almost all the books in this series.
This was a novella about a Valentines Day meeting between an immortal woman and the mortal man that is helping her with a teenage girl that is being tracked by a bad vampire who already changed the girl against her wishes. The two take her down into the sewer tunnels to keep anyone from finding her. They, of course, do come out of the tunnels.
This was unlike any other Argeneau book I’ve read by this author. Because it’s a novella, the action was quick. I was expecting some kind of drama or life and death stuff but no. Sorry if that’s a spoiler, but I felt like you need to know. There is lust, but no actual sex scene, some almost stuff. The teenage girl is a brat, but has a horrible backstory. Even that didn’t forgive some of her actions for me. It just wasn’t like any of these books at all and I was disappointed. Some suspense or even humor would have gone a long way to save this, but no. I was bored and I hate that since I’ve enjoyed almost all the books in this series.
December 1, 2024
too short to really feel anything towards this book but it wasn’t as badly written as i expected
July 22, 2026
This was pretty cute for a little while! I've been curious why I see so many of these sorts of stories at the bookstore near me and the answer is thus: A magical system exists here that removes from you the burden of choice and the burden of love. You are instead chosen and released to it, fated to be bound to another specific ideal person that just happens to be hot and pleasant and kind. You can't resist this, you have no choice in this, it just happens to you during the course of you living your normal life.
That's basically it! A little too much of this book is explaining to the reader odd little details to the fantasy, like, do you grow leg hair any more when you become a vampire? Does your ability to read someone else's mind happen all the time or only when you feel like doing it? How is this hotel room we used vampire charms to get going to get paid? What happens if you are old and then get vampirism? Do you age backwards back to like 30, and why that number specifically? They usually say "it's the nanos" which I presume to be a reference to nanobots, which I presume to be how vampirism works here, but it's honestly quite crazy that they spend so much time in the book explaining little details but forget to tell you the main thing about how vampires work here.
But anyways, all of that stuff should be moved through as quickly as possible! The focus should be on the romance, and unfortunately, their courting lasts exactly one scene, where they are going through a sewer near the beginning, and after they leave that sewer, they know they are soulbound to each other and have no need to learn anything further. They certainly do not need to prove their love, or take a risk, or be curious, or anything like that, all of that is decided for them by "the nanos". They just need to live in domestic bliss forever.
Which is a shame because I think the writing style is fun, and the dialogue feels great. And for the first half of this book, it's an enjoyable little story where the femme is the powerful defender type and the masc is the thinking and strategic sort, and that's a fun bit of power reversal from what you usually see. The teen girl is written to be annoying but I think they did a good enough job making her a fun presence.
Will I read any other book in this series? No, I don't like these "love at first sight, fated to be lovers" stories, they just seem so boring. Where's the fun of the courtship? Where's the risk, where's the trying and failing and learning and showing one's grace in that process? Where's the unexpected? Not something they do here in this series.
That's basically it! A little too much of this book is explaining to the reader odd little details to the fantasy, like, do you grow leg hair any more when you become a vampire? Does your ability to read someone else's mind happen all the time or only when you feel like doing it? How is this hotel room we used vampire charms to get going to get paid? What happens if you are old and then get vampirism? Do you age backwards back to like 30, and why that number specifically? They usually say "it's the nanos" which I presume to be a reference to nanobots, which I presume to be how vampirism works here, but it's honestly quite crazy that they spend so much time in the book explaining little details but forget to tell you the main thing about how vampires work here.
But anyways, all of that stuff should be moved through as quickly as possible! The focus should be on the romance, and unfortunately, their courting lasts exactly one scene, where they are going through a sewer near the beginning, and after they leave that sewer, they know they are soulbound to each other and have no need to learn anything further. They certainly do not need to prove their love, or take a risk, or be curious, or anything like that, all of that is decided for them by "the nanos". They just need to live in domestic bliss forever.
Which is a shame because I think the writing style is fun, and the dialogue feels great. And for the first half of this book, it's an enjoyable little story where the femme is the powerful defender type and the masc is the thinking and strategic sort, and that's a fun bit of power reversal from what you usually see. The teen girl is written to be annoying but I think they did a good enough job making her a fun presence.
Will I read any other book in this series? No, I don't like these "love at first sight, fated to be lovers" stories, they just seem so boring. Where's the fun of the courtship? Where's the risk, where's the trying and failing and learning and showing one's grace in that process? Where's the unexpected? Not something they do here in this series.
March 12, 2025
I enjoyed it. I was curious how they had met since they were mentioned in previous books and I’m glad that I got to see Stephanie as a kid since I think her book was the second or third one I had read in the series. It was nice and short but still believable. I think it ended well and Lucien as always was a pleasure lol
August 1, 2024
This was a cute short novella! Clearly leagues better than the previous few books.
April 28, 2025
I wish this had been just a bit longer!!! They’re very cute
April 26, 2026
Cute little novella
June 30, 2025
A sweet little interlude between Mirabeau and Tiny. While escorting Stephanie to Port Henry, these Argeneau adjacent characters discover their mate bond as they get to know each other during less-than-ideal circumstances.
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