This book always makes me laugh, cry, have the feels, and do some epic eye rolling on how much Paul has drug his feet. ( )

I don't know why I bother.

WOW, this one was amazing! So enduring, to have a child in it who has cancer, and to have Jeanne Louise give her one turn to this girl, was just awesome. I'm glad Jeanne Louise got her happily ever after in the end. ( )

Paul's daughter has a brain tumor and so he kidnaps Jeanne Louise to get her turn Livy into a vampire to save her. Jeanne Louise figures out Paul must be a life mate so tries to get him to fall in love with her so she doesn't have to turn Livy. Things of course don't turn out exactly like that. ( )

Paul Jones has been working at Argeneau industries for two years. Each day he looks forward to having the same break as Jean Louise, even though she doesn't even realise he is alive. Paul, a recent widower and a single dad, sometimes feels guilty about his attraction to Jean Louise but he cannot stop watching her. When his daughter ends up with terminal cancer, Paul quickly realises that the only way to save her is to turn her. He contrives a plan and goes through his options only to be pushed into kidnapping Jean Louise by a visit from the infamous Margarette who encourages him to follow his heart. Paul desperately wants to save his daughter but when he kidnaps Jean Louise he finds that he wants more than his daughter live a long happy life, he wants a life with Jean Louise as well. Unfortunately, according to immortal law, Jean Louise only has one turn.

If I had to describe The Lady is a Vamp in one word, it would be predictable. This is the second time Sands has used kidnapping as a vehicle to have her lovers in proximity with each other. From the moment Paul kidnapped Jean Louise, there is never any doubt that he will be her lifemate and that they will stroll into HEA together, horny but with smiles. I kept thinking, haven't I read this before?

The moment Jean Louise realises that Paul is her lifemate, she stops trying to escape and actually helps him to evade hunters. Jean Louise's only issue she is only able to turn one mortal and Paul wants her to save his dying daughter Livvy. Jean Louise realises that in his desperation, Paul would do anything to save Livvy and naturally wants him to agree to be her lifemate without the big elephant in the room causing a problem. Jean Louise is clear in her training not to get to close to mortals because they die, therefore; avoiding the temptation to turn them but finds herself doing everything she can to ease the child's pain.

So, Paul and Jean Louise are supposed to be on the run from the hunters but they have time to have camp fire nights and go shopping. No wonder the hunters found them in short order. At this point, I stopped believing that Paul and Jean Louise are actually scientist and intelligent people. If Sands is going to have her characters on the run, they should act like it. Smart people don't stay in the area after they have spotted. Canada is a big country, and the two could have gone anywhere but chose to stay in Southern Ontario. Yeah for smart people.

When Livvy is turned by Jean Louise after suffering a mortal wound, everyone pities Jean Louise because now she cannot turn Paul. Jean Louise and Paul have only known each other for a couple of days and have already declared true love. Jean Louise however decides that she cannot stick around and watch Paul die, as he is destined to do in 40 years because it would be to painful. I found myself laughing at this because in each book Sands would have us believe that after only a few days, readers should invest in the romance but The Lady is a Vamp proves the exact opposite. True love is faithful. We all know each day that it could be snatched from our grasp at any moment but we get on with the business of living. Paul isn't facing some terrible life ending disease or condition when Jean Louise decides to leave him, he's simply living his life. Jean Louise's decision makes her selfish and makes me absolutely doubtful that what these two people feel for each other should be labelled anything other than lust.

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