If easy-to-read, action-packed, paranormal romance is your cup of tea, then Dark of the Moon, the final installment in Rachel Hawthorne’s Dark Guardian’s trilogy, will be a tasty treat.

Picking up where Full Moon left off, Dark of the Moon is told from the point-of-view of Brittany, a tough gal who has been training to be a Dark Guardian her entire life. Unfortunately for Brittany, no one has claimed her as his own, and she will have to go through the excruciating transformation from girl to wolf alone. Even more tragically, when Brittany sets off on her own to face the moon, nothing happens. She is not a wolf, and she will never be a Dark Guardian. Of course, as her luck would have it, Connor (the love of her life and object of her obsession for years) is finally starting to notice her. But how can he love a girl who can’t shift?

When both Brittany and Connor are captured by Bio-Chrome at the hand of the power-hungry genius, Mason, there will be no more secrets between Brittany and Connor and also between the shifter and Bio-Chrome. …» more

I had an awesome time at Books-A-Million because two of the new books I ventured out for were in stock, one of which was Full Moon, the second installment in Rachel Hawthorne’s Dark Guardians trilogy.  I must admit that I was somewhat wary to read Full Moon after having read Moonlight and loved it. I thought perhaps Full Moon would suffer by comparison. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Hawthorne certainly took Lindsey’s character and created a new adventure for the Dark Guardians that certainly rivals Moonlight in action and romance.

With mere weeks remaining until the full moon will mark her transformation, the rebellious beauty, Lindsey, finds herself torn between two Dark Guardians–her safe lifelong friend, Connor, and the sexy, dangerous Rafe.  Both men have claimed her as their own, and Lindsey shares a deep connection with them both–but will she choose the mate her parents have selected or the one her heart desires? …» more

Forget everything you know about werewolves because Rachel Hawthorne portrays them so much better than Hollywood. In Moonlight, the debut novel in the Dark Guardians series, werewolves are certainly not the out of control, hairy monsters of movies and stories past. In fact, the term werewolf has a negative connotation pointed out in Moonlight, and werewolves are actually characterized as shape shifters sworn to protect their land and their families, or packs.  Not to mention the beauty and gracefulness of their movements and nobility of their characters. Hawthorne, who portrays shape shifters similarly to Stephenie Meyer’s beloved Jacob Black, has certainly made me a fan of these brave and heroic protectors.

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