The world building is detailed out- though from a different perspective- so there will be no issues of getting lost and the plot is self-contained. This book is written as a standalone and it will work as that since it is a parallel story to the author's popular YA Sci-Fi Romance Lux series. Nothing is as it seems will now be my new mantra for any connected books to the Lux/Arum stories. After reading this one, my perceptions of the two Ying-Yang (light/dark) alien races was turned on its head. Oh, and it crosses over from the YA to an adult novel? Count. Naturally I was insatiably curious about a novel written with one of the villainous Arum from the Lux series as the hero.
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Metzger was born in New Rochelle and went to Connecticut College for Women from where she graduated with a philosophy degree. When she is not reading or writing romances or painting, she can be found volunteering at the Montauk public library, yard sailing, beach combining, and gardening. Metzger never got married and currently loves in Montauk with Tino her rescue long-haired Chihuahua. The Romantic Time Magazine also gave her two Career Achievement Awards. Her novels which are usually set in England during the Regency period have won a ton of awards including the Madcap award for humor in romance writing, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and a RITA from the Romance Writers of America. She has written more than a dozen novellas and more than three dozen novels in her long career that she launched in 1981 with her novel “Bething’s Folly.” Apart from her career as a fiction author, she has also worked as an artist, editor, greeting card verse writer, and proofreader. 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