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Night Huntress #4.5
One For the Money
Cat and Bones’s romantic vacation is interrupted when they’re enlisted to guard a spoiled heiress with both human and undead hitmen on her tail. Things quickly go from bad to worse when details of their assignment make their way through the supernatural grapevine, and what started as a simple bodyguard job ends up being a fight for survival that neither Cat nor Bones saw coming. This story takes place after the events of Destined For An Early Grave and before the events of This Side Of The Grave.
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First published August 3, 2010
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Jeaniene Frost
73 books26.8k followersJeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night Huntress series, the Night Prince series, the Broken Destiny series, and the Night Rebel series. To date, foreign rights for her novels have sold to twenty different countries. Jeaniene lives in Maryland with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling – by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.
For information on Jeaniene's books, book trailers, free reading, contests, creature mythology, and more, please visit: www.jeanienefrost.com
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January 10, 2022
5 stars!
Cat and Bones are on a job to protect a spoiled heiress, Tammy Winslow, whose life is in danger because her cousin wants her dead.
As Don doesn’t succeed to find said cousin (Gable), Cat and Bones take the matter into their own hands. They make a nostalgic visit (or two) to the place of their first date, the nightclub called Bite.
The story accurately summarizes the events of the previous books. The newly turned and grief-stricken Justina is here, an unusual self-defense lesson is presented, as well as a hot sex scene and an action scene where Justina .
A great novella of the Night Huntress series. Recommended.
Cat and Bones are on a job to protect a spoiled heiress, Tammy Winslow, whose life is in danger because her cousin wants her dead.
As Don doesn’t succeed to find said cousin (Gable), Cat and Bones take the matter into their own hands. They make a nostalgic visit (or two) to the place of their first date, the nightclub called Bite.
The story accurately summarizes the events of the previous books. The newly turned and grief-stricken Justina is here, an unusual self-defense lesson is presented, as well as a hot sex scene and an action scene where Justina .
A great novella of the Night Huntress series. Recommended.
February 2, 2018
Cat and Bones look after and protect a spoiled heiress that her cousin wants her dead.
Their holidays are ruined and they all end up at Cat' childhood home where Justina is already there.
Justina tries to cope with the fact that she is a vampire and Bones really helps her.
I just love Bones and his mother in law together.
Cat falls in love with him one more time and I could not stop smiling:
By the time Bones announced it was Tammy's turn, I'd fallen in love with him all over again. Flowers and jewellery worked for most girls as a romantic gesture, but here I was, misty-eyed at watching him show my mother how to stab the shit out of him.
Nice short story. It's worth reading it (although Tammy is very annoying) as
-it shows the improvement in the relationship of Bones and Justina
-it shows the Justina' acceptance for her new situation
-it shows the length of Cat's new powers
Their holidays are ruined and they all end up at Cat' childhood home where Justina is already there.
Justina tries to cope with the fact that she is a vampire and Bones really helps her.
I just love Bones and his mother in law together.
Cat falls in love with him one more time and I could not stop smiling:
By the time Bones announced it was Tammy's turn, I'd fallen in love with him all over again. Flowers and jewellery worked for most girls as a romantic gesture, but here I was, misty-eyed at watching him show my mother how to stab the shit out of him.
Nice short story. It's worth reading it (although Tammy is very annoying) as
-it shows the improvement in the relationship of Bones and Justina
-it shows the Justina' acceptance for her new situation
-it shows the length of Cat's new powers
January 21, 2023
One for the Money by Jeaniene Frost
Night Huntress series 4.5. Urban fantasy vampire romance. Can be read as a stand-alone but better as part of the series.
Cat and Bones are on vacation but end up on guard duty. The spoiler heiress has no clue as the simple job becomes much more.
A bit amusing, a lot bloody plus vampire politics makes this short story a fantastic addition to the series. Cat should know better than to expect a relaxing weekend. It was so nice of Bones to train Cat’s mother.
Night Huntress series 4.5. Urban fantasy vampire romance. Can be read as a stand-alone but better as part of the series.
Cat and Bones are on vacation but end up on guard duty. The spoiler heiress has no clue as the simple job becomes much more.
A bit amusing, a lot bloody plus vampire politics makes this short story a fantastic addition to the series. Cat should know better than to expect a relaxing weekend. It was so nice of Bones to train Cat’s mother.
October 3, 2016
I don't know how I have missed reading this story before but finding it was a pleasant surprise. I really miss Cat and Bones and having a chance to hang out with them again was a true pleasure!
March 4, 2019
I so love these short stories. Especially considering that we rarely get to see the more peaceful sides of their life. Though this can hardly be called peaceful. But it was hilarious and I loved it.
January 17, 2018
I was impressed by how much they managed to cram into this novella! it had action, romance and humour but it didn’t really add anything to the storyline. This should really be cheaper if not free feeling a bit ripped paying $4 for 60 pages of what reads like fan fiction considering it’s not relevant to the main story line.
December 18, 2016
I love Bones. End of story.
August 1, 2020
This is a fun little Bones and Cat short. Of course they're protecting an idiot of a spoiled rotten brat. But I did enjoy seeing Cat and her mom start to balance out where they are in their relationship after what happened to her mother.
June 9, 2018
A short fun read that worked perfectly well as a standalone for me...
“We're your guardians until my uncle tracks down your cousin and arrests him."
Tammy's face was almost comical in its incredulity. "But it's daylight," she said at last. "Vampires can't go out in the sun, everyone knows that!"
Bones chuckled. "Right. And we shrink back from crosses, can't travel over water, can't enter a home unless invited, and always get staked in the end by the righteous slayer. Really, who'd be afraid of a creature like that? All you'd need is a Bible, a tanning bed, and some holy water to send us shivering to our dooms.”
Cat’s and Bones’ romantic get-away is cut short when they are called upon to protect a spoiled human heiress with a price on her head in One for the Money by Jeaniene Frost. The author can sure cram a lot of fun excitement into sixty pages! Even though I’ve not read the rest of the series, I thoroughly enjoyed this delightful romp on the wild side. It’s available as a single novella and in at least two anthologies: Magic Graves and Death's Excellent Vacation.
As the story opens, man-and-wife vampires Cat and Bones’ R&R time away is interrupted when they, along with Fabian, a ghost, are called into service to protect Tammy, who is annoying and not exactly cooperative. They whisk Tammy away to Cat’s childhood home which is supposed to be a safe, secluded refuge – only to find Cat’s mother there. Cat’s mother has issues of her own as she detests vampires – but is now a vampire herself. Can Cat and Bones keep Tammy safe as they become targets too? Will Cat and Bones eek out any alone time amid all the ruckus? Can Bones find a way into Cat’s mother’s hard shell? Pick up this novella to find out!
Following please find a few of my favorite quotes from this cute novella:
“Let me get this straight," Tammy interrupted. "I asked some of my father's old government friends for help when 'accidents' kept happening to me, and someone sent a vampire to protect me?"
"Actually, two vampires," I corrected. "The ghost was a bonus.”
---
“Whoever said 'Don't play with your food' sure hadn't been a vampire.”
---
Here I was, misty-eyed at watching him show my mother how to stab the shit out of him.
One for the Money is a short read that worked perfectly well as a standalone for me. I enjoyed the humor, the spicy romance, the action sequences and the mystery. Cat’s and Bones’ sweet, sassy and hot relationship makes me want to read more stories featuring them. If you are craving a quickie escape, One for the Money can take you where you want to go!
“We're your guardians until my uncle tracks down your cousin and arrests him."
Tammy's face was almost comical in its incredulity. "But it's daylight," she said at last. "Vampires can't go out in the sun, everyone knows that!"
Bones chuckled. "Right. And we shrink back from crosses, can't travel over water, can't enter a home unless invited, and always get staked in the end by the righteous slayer. Really, who'd be afraid of a creature like that? All you'd need is a Bible, a tanning bed, and some holy water to send us shivering to our dooms.”
Cat’s and Bones’ romantic get-away is cut short when they are called upon to protect a spoiled human heiress with a price on her head in One for the Money by Jeaniene Frost. The author can sure cram a lot of fun excitement into sixty pages! Even though I’ve not read the rest of the series, I thoroughly enjoyed this delightful romp on the wild side. It’s available as a single novella and in at least two anthologies: Magic Graves and Death's Excellent Vacation.
As the story opens, man-and-wife vampires Cat and Bones’ R&R time away is interrupted when they, along with Fabian, a ghost, are called into service to protect Tammy, who is annoying and not exactly cooperative. They whisk Tammy away to Cat’s childhood home which is supposed to be a safe, secluded refuge – only to find Cat’s mother there. Cat’s mother has issues of her own as she detests vampires – but is now a vampire herself. Can Cat and Bones keep Tammy safe as they become targets too? Will Cat and Bones eek out any alone time amid all the ruckus? Can Bones find a way into Cat’s mother’s hard shell? Pick up this novella to find out!
Following please find a few of my favorite quotes from this cute novella:
“Let me get this straight," Tammy interrupted. "I asked some of my father's old government friends for help when 'accidents' kept happening to me, and someone sent a vampire to protect me?"
"Actually, two vampires," I corrected. "The ghost was a bonus.”
---
“Whoever said 'Don't play with your food' sure hadn't been a vampire.”
---
Here I was, misty-eyed at watching him show my mother how to stab the shit out of him.
One for the Money is a short read that worked perfectly well as a standalone for me. I enjoyed the humor, the spicy romance, the action sequences and the mystery. Cat’s and Bones’ sweet, sassy and hot relationship makes me want to read more stories featuring them. If you are craving a quickie escape, One for the Money can take you where you want to go!
March 28, 2022
Rating: ❤❤❤❤
Heat Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
Narrator Performance: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
Great shorty from Jeaniene Frost. It's always fun to read about Cat & Bones and their exploits. And even though this was short we still got sexy action between them. Something that thrilled me was Bones' treatment of Justina and in turn her good deed towards him.
As far as narrators go Amanda Ronconi is one of the best. I absolutely love her but I think of her as Molly Harper's narrator. Hearing her perform Cat & Bones instead of Tavia Gilbert was a little weird but I definitely enjoyed it. In a way I liked her version of Bones' voice better. It was deeper in pitch than Gilbert's. However, unlike Gilbert, Ronconi can't seem to pull off a good English accent. It sounded Australian to me.
Heat Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
Narrator Performance: 🎧🎧🎧🎧
Great shorty from Jeaniene Frost. It's always fun to read about Cat & Bones and their exploits. And even though this was short we still got sexy action between them. Something that thrilled me was Bones' treatment of Justina and in turn her good deed towards him.
As far as narrators go Amanda Ronconi is one of the best. I absolutely love her but I think of her as Molly Harper's narrator. Hearing her perform Cat & Bones instead of Tavia Gilbert was a little weird but I definitely enjoyed it. In a way I liked her version of Bones' voice better. It was deeper in pitch than Gilbert's. However, unlike Gilbert, Ronconi can't seem to pull off a good English accent. It sounded Australian to me.
January 12, 2023
Enjoyable short with characters I love! I listened to the audio and enjoyed it. Amanda Ronconi is no Tavia Gilbert, and I'm one of those that love Tavia Gilbert's narration. She did a very good job though. =)
April 3, 2022
Aww, yes. It's good to be back in the crazy, wicked, messed up world of Cat and Bones. And it kind of makes me want to indulge in a re-read, so that's always fun!
Anywho. This time around, Cat and Bones are trying to keep an heiress safe from some supernatural baddies. This sort of interrupts their planned vacation time AND ends up with them sharing space with Cat's mama (who is not the biggest fan of Bones) as they work on figuring out how to keep said heiress out of the line of fire.
A little family time (unintentional as it is), a little sexy time (on the sly because vampires have REALLY good hearing), a fight or two, and a vampire couple doing what they do best. Good times all around.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
Anywho. This time around, Cat and Bones are trying to keep an heiress safe from some supernatural baddies. This sort of interrupts their planned vacation time AND ends up with them sharing space with Cat's mama (who is not the biggest fan of Bones) as they work on figuring out how to keep said heiress out of the line of fire.
A little family time (unintentional as it is), a little sexy time (on the sly because vampires have REALLY good hearing), a fight or two, and a vampire couple doing what they do best. Good times all around.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
December 30, 2020
3.5
Very nice and short story. Justina is back and is bonding with Bones a bit when he teaches her how to kill a vampire. I just love how they bicker with each other xD
Tammy, the spoiled heiress, is very annoying.
Very nice and short story. Justina is back and is bonding with Bones a bit when he teaches her how to kill a vampire. I just love how they bicker with each other xD
Tammy, the spoiled heiress, is very annoying.
March 21, 2023
4.25/5 stars! This was a cute novella in the Night Huntress world. Cat and Bones are stuck guarding an annoying heiress as a favor to Uncle Don. This was a quick read but kept us in this world until we could get to Night Huntress 5.
November 18, 2017
“You want me to stab you?” my mother asked in disbelief.
Bones gave her an impish grin. “Come on, Mum. How many times have you dreamed about that?”
October 12, 2021
I loved that book!! It was interesting to find out hidden parts of Jastina’s personality.
August 3, 2024
Short and hilarious
While on vacation, Cat and Bones are asked to watch over a bratty heiress with a contract on her head.
And there starts the fun. For the reader, literally.
While on vacation, Cat and Bones are asked to watch over a bratty heiress with a contract on her head.
And there starts the fun. For the reader, literally.
July 22, 2017
Short read as a part of Magic Graves, which was also published as a part of the Death's Excellent Vacation anthology
January 29, 2016
This was in a bind up with another novella I read earlier this month. So I figured I'd read it since I had it. I don't know where it fits in the storyline but it doesn't really matter to me. I haven't read the series yet but I know a lot about it since it was a older series and I knew the characters ended up together.
October 24, 2016
Meh, heiresses are boring, and so is guard duty.
May 22, 2022
One for the Money
Night Huntress, Book 4.5
I Picked Up This Book Because: I can’t believe I missed a book in the series.
Media Type: Audiobook
Source: Scribd
Dates Read: 5/5/2022 - 5/5/2022
Stars: 3 Stars
Narrator(s): Amanda Ronconi
The Characters:
Bones:
Cat:
Cat’s mom, Cat and Bones’ ward whose name I can’t remember but think 2000s Paris Hilton
The Story:
Honestly I’ve waited too long to write this and can only remember what happens enough to know I place this in the “I liked it” pile.
The Random Thoughts:
I like Amanda Ronconi just fine but I missed Tavia Gilbert.
Night Huntress, Book 4.5
I Picked Up This Book Because: I can’t believe I missed a book in the series.
Media Type: Audiobook
Source: Scribd
Dates Read: 5/5/2022 - 5/5/2022
Stars: 3 Stars
Narrator(s): Amanda Ronconi
The Characters:
Bones:
Cat:
Cat’s mom, Cat and Bones’ ward whose name I can’t remember but think 2000s Paris Hilton
The Story:
Honestly I’ve waited too long to write this and can only remember what happens enough to know I place this in the “I liked it” pile.
The Random Thoughts:
I like Amanda Ronconi just fine but I missed Tavia Gilbert.
April 2, 2017
Es la primera historia que no me gusta del todo en la saga. Bueno, al menos Justina ya no tiene tanto repelus a Bones.
November 10, 2019
3.5 stars
July 29, 2022
אמאלה תפסיקו למות לי
רצחתם לי את הלב כבר
רצחתם לי את הלב כבר
January 30, 2023
It's good to at least have one book with them not fighting about breaking up. Even if it's short!
August 4, 2017
It was great reading Cat and Bones characters again especially seeing Justina in a bit of action! Very short read.
February 19, 2021
One for the Money is a novella and book 4.5 in the Night Huntress series. This is a quick listen at only 1 hour and 16 minutes in length.
In this book, Cat and Bones are on the vacation that they took immediately after the end of the big battle that ended book 4. Cat’s uncle, Don, reached out and asked her as a special favor, to please guard a young spoiled heiress who had both living and dead hitmen after her. There isn’t a whole lot of time for much plot given the length, but the author did a good job tying it all up and also including some side plot with Cat’s mom, Justina, who is a new vampire after being forcibly changed by the bad guy in the last book. She seems to be warming a tad to the undead but time will tell if she will ever decide to pull the stick out and embrace it all.
Given the length and the quick mission, there isn’t much to really make me feel anything about this book one way or the other. There wasn’t anything wrong with it, but I don’t think it calls for any more than a 3 star rating from me.
The narration did not do it for me. It isn’t the narrator’s fault though, so I feel kind of bad that she is probably being harshly criticized by most people who listen to this. The entire series up until this book has been narrated by Tavia Gilbert so her voices are the voices I and other readers come to expect from these characters and everything else just sounds weird and out of place. Thankfully the rest of the series goes back to the original narrator. Not sure how this particular novella ended up being an outlier.
I highly recommend this series. I think it is one of my favorite that I have read or listened to in a long time. This novella, however, doesn’t add much to the overall story of these characters so I think you can take it or leave it, depending on if you want to spend the money just to read/listen to everything with Cat and Bones.
In this book, Cat and Bones are on the vacation that they took immediately after the end of the big battle that ended book 4. Cat’s uncle, Don, reached out and asked her as a special favor, to please guard a young spoiled heiress who had both living and dead hitmen after her. There isn’t a whole lot of time for much plot given the length, but the author did a good job tying it all up and also including some side plot with Cat’s mom, Justina, who is a new vampire after being forcibly changed by the bad guy in the last book. She seems to be warming a tad to the undead but time will tell if she will ever decide to pull the stick out and embrace it all.
Given the length and the quick mission, there isn’t much to really make me feel anything about this book one way or the other. There wasn’t anything wrong with it, but I don’t think it calls for any more than a 3 star rating from me.
The narration did not do it for me. It isn’t the narrator’s fault though, so I feel kind of bad that she is probably being harshly criticized by most people who listen to this. The entire series up until this book has been narrated by Tavia Gilbert so her voices are the voices I and other readers come to expect from these characters and everything else just sounds weird and out of place. Thankfully the rest of the series goes back to the original narrator. Not sure how this particular novella ended up being an outlier.
I highly recommend this series. I think it is one of my favorite that I have read or listened to in a long time. This novella, however, doesn’t add much to the overall story of these characters so I think you can take it or leave it, depending on if you want to spend the money just to read/listen to everything with Cat and Bones.
March 14, 2020
Once again, it's been years since I last read a book in this series, so I thought I'd start with a short story to remind myself what's what, before reading the next full book.
This one is about a favor that Cat and Bones agree to do for Don, guard a human heiress that someone wants dead enough to send both human and undead hitmen after. It was only supposed to be for a little while, but when they're still stuck guarding the entitled brat after a few days, they decide to poke the hornet's nest and see what comes out.
Short and straightforward, this served as a nice reminder of Bones and Cat's dynamic and badassness, as well as their world. My memory is still fuzzy on a lot of details, but I guess I'll pick things back up while reading One Grave at a Time next.
Previous book reviews:
✦ This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress #5) ~ ★★★ (03/09/2014)
✦ Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress #4) ~ ★★★ (17/04/2013)
✦ At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) ~ ★★★★ (22/08/2011)
This one is about a favor that Cat and Bones agree to do for Don, guard a human heiress that someone wants dead enough to send both human and undead hitmen after. It was only supposed to be for a little while, but when they're still stuck guarding the entitled brat after a few days, they decide to poke the hornet's nest and see what comes out.
Short and straightforward, this served as a nice reminder of Bones and Cat's dynamic and badassness, as well as their world. My memory is still fuzzy on a lot of details, but I guess I'll pick things back up while reading One Grave at a Time next.
Previous book reviews:
✦ This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress #5) ~ ★★★ (03/09/2014)
✦ Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress #4) ~ ★★★ (17/04/2013)
✦ At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) ~ ★★★★ (22/08/2011)
August 19, 2016
4 Money Stars
I have come to realize I love anything Bones and Cat, and this short story is no different.
The narrator changed for this one, and that’s ok but I am just so used to Tavia Gilbert version of Cat and Bones that Amanda Ronconi threw me off a little. But that is not to say this wasn’t a good audio because if you don’t know Amanda Ronconi she does some stellar audios and she totally did justice to this book.
So this book is about helping a human girl and keeping her safe as a favor to Don. And Cat will pretty much do anything Don asks of her.
So this girl Tammy who is very forward in her like for Bones is also a pain in the butt, and Cat gets her mom Justina to help hide the girl.
And in doing so they decide to train Tammy a little in how to defend herself against a vampire, but Bones has ulterior motives he wants Justina to learn how to defend herself and he knew she wouldn’t willingly learn herself.
I love Bones even more than I did before is that even possible? Who knows but my heart just grew more for Bones.
*All my Reviews are 100% honest and my own.*
I have come to realize I love anything Bones and Cat, and this short story is no different.
The narrator changed for this one, and that’s ok but I am just so used to Tavia Gilbert version of Cat and Bones that Amanda Ronconi threw me off a little. But that is not to say this wasn’t a good audio because if you don’t know Amanda Ronconi she does some stellar audios and she totally did justice to this book.
So this book is about helping a human girl and keeping her safe as a favor to Don. And Cat will pretty much do anything Don asks of her.
So this girl Tammy who is very forward in her like for Bones is also a pain in the butt, and Cat gets her mom Justina to help hide the girl.
And in doing so they decide to train Tammy a little in how to defend herself against a vampire, but Bones has ulterior motives he wants Justina to learn how to defend herself and he knew she wouldn’t willingly learn herself.
I love Bones even more than I did before is that even possible? Who knows but my heart just grew more for Bones.
*All my Reviews are 100% honest and my own.*
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