Meant to Be Immortal (Argeneau #32)

by Lynsay Sands

Blurb:

Mac Argeneau knows all too well: immortals can be killed. Not with holy water or silver crosses, but by decapitation or being set on fire. So when Mac’s house bursts into flames—with him inside—he’s sure it was no accident. But who would want to kill a scientist specializing in hematology? There is a silver lining: a blonde investigator appears on the scene and sparks feelings in him that have been dormant for centuries.

CJ Cummings is in town on a special investigation, but she’s been waylaid by the local police to deal with this arson case. The biggest mystery is how this sexy scientist with silvery blue eyes has emerged from a blazing inferno without a burn mark on him. He’s clearly hiding something. Sure, she’d love to see him without his lab coat, but she’s got a job to do—despite his insistence that he needs a bodyguard and...he wants her.

But when a second attempt on their lives puts CJ in harm’s way, it’s Mac who will do anything to safeguard the woman who’s destined to be his life mate.

Themes: Contemporary, Vampires

Rating: 4 stars

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Review:

I can honestly say that I have never laughed so much reading one of Sands’ novels but, Meant to Be Immortal was beyond hilarious. I have been a huge fan of this series for almost a decade since reading my first story, which actually happened to be the 4^th or 5^th, but I quickly went back and caught up on the greatness and I haven’t looked back since. While these stories always carry a sense of gravity and importance as there is danger, traumas, and life-altering love, there are many simple moments of laughter and little jokes that make the story even more beautiful. This newest installment kicks off with a blaze (sorry couldn’t resist the pun) when Mac Argeneau finds himself trapped in his brand new basement with the house above him in a full blaze and he knows there is very little chance he will survive. When by some miracle he makes it out, he has some serious work to do to get himself healing, but he never imagined getting out of the fire would only be the beginning of his troubles. CJ Cummings is in the small town on an investigation of the local cops, but when she is asked to assist with the investigation she gives in graceful when she learns someone perished in the fire. Arriving on scene, she soon finds herself wrapped in a strange investigation and guarding the sexy body of Mac who in fact did not perish and was barely injured in the fire. As they spend time together, avoiding attempts on his life and her again and again, Mac and CJ find it harder and harder to resist the attraction between them. And when some friends join the party life only gets more and more complicated. Can CJ accept this sexy and intriguing immortal as her lifemate and become his everything or will she walk away and leave him with a broken heart? Mac was the kind of character that I would classify as the absent minded professor, a little bit socially inept, but brilliant in all other ways. When faced with his lifemate, it becomes obvious that he needs some help in convincing her that he is the man for her, but the help comes in way too many unwanted and unlikely ways. HE is sweet, sexy, and loving to be sure, but I imagine had he just been himself from the beginning CJ would have fallen much sooner. CJ was very determined to keep her heart guarded from Mac and to just get her job done and get home, but the more she was around the nutty professor and his friends the more she came to like and want him. She was strong, sassy, street smart, and witty in the perfect complement to Mac. Together their passion was explosive to be sure, but the laughter they shared and the silly moments made it their love story all the more interesting to me. I am dying to find out who finds love next in this group of immortals and get to know their lifemate. Sands magick never fails to succeed.