Ink & Moonlight (Clair de la Lune Book 4) by Alexa Piper

Book 4 in the Clair de la Lune AU serial begins right where book 3 left off, with Cecil in the hospital and a Soyer who is quite reluctant to involve himself once again in one of Cecil's messes.


From the blurb:

Soyer wanted a new life, a fresh start, but his past is proving tenacious.

In Amory, Soyer has found someone he can’t imagine letting go. After getting snowed in together, no one and nothing should be able to come between them, but things aren’t quite that simple, not in the small town that is Clair de la Lune.

But no matter what, Soyer will fight to keep Amory. The only question is, will Amory want to be kept?

Ink & Moonlight follows the events of Ink & Snow, Ink & Flowers, and Ink & Sleigh Rides which should be read first.


Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's review:

"𝚆𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏, 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎."

Gahhh the ending of this one!! Naughty Alexa! They are killing me with these mini cliffys, but that just shows you how much I am enjoying these little novellas. Every ending has me dying for the next one! There is a ton of cuteness in this one with Soyer and Amory being snowed in. I love how Amory doesn't let Soyer be too serious all the time. He convinces him to do more than hide away and Soyer usually always has a good time in the end. It may just be because Amory is present, but I'm still calling that a win.

If you were hoping book 3 was the last we see of Cecil you will be disappointed my friends, however I think it was intriguing how things played out. Like Soyer, I'm skeptical, but also kind of believe Cecil. Maybe this version of him won't be an evil son of a bitch. Anything is possible in an AU!

We make it all the way to just before the big town tree competition before we have to wait for the next book. I didn't know if Amory's team with Soyer added had a chance at beating the mayor's smart tactics, but I'm even more uncertain now after that ending! I'm crossing my fingers book 5 ends up on my kindle very soon because like finishing every other novella in this series, I need to know what happens next!!


Ink & Moonlight is currently available as an e-book