Rating: Summary: Nancy Gideon's award winning vampire romance series is back! Review: "Move over Anne Rice!" --Romantic TimesAfter a 400 year existence as a vampire, Gerard Pascale wants only to be left alone to shadow the midnight streets of turn of the century New Orleans . . . until blackmail binds him to a mortal bride who may not be as helpless to escape his will as he at first believes. "An extraordinary, suspenseful tale. Ms. Gideon once again displays her awesome talents in bringing a handsome but deadly predator out of the night and into your hearts. A definite keeper!" --New Age Bookshelf "Out of the ordinary, powerful and satisfying! For those who want a juicy bite of the dark side, MIDNIGHT ENCHANTMENT is a delicious slice . . . a rare treat!" --Romantic Times "When I want to escape reality, I pick up one of Nancy's vampire books . . . her MIDNIGHT series is the best I've ever read!" --Amanda Ashley aka Madeline Baker Re-live the magic with MIDNIGHT ENCHANTMENT. For more information on this trade paperback offering, check out the publisher's site at <www.imajinnbooks.com> For information on reprints of the original three books of the series, contact Kensington Publishing, John Scognamiglio, 850 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022 Nancy Gideon is a bestselling author for Silhouette and has had two original horror screenplays optioned. She also writes as Dana Ransom, a "Career Achievement in Historical Adventure" winner and as Rosalyn West, HOLT Medallion winner and two-time Romantic Times nominee.
Rating: Summary: Extremely underdeveloped..... Review: ...is how I would describe this plot. There seems to be a lot to work with here---but the end falls so short of its possibilities. The action takes place in the span of a few days---making it difficult to believe the "eternal" love that manifests suddenly in the last chapter. There are far too many questions unanswered about these characters to develop any attachment to them--- and as a result the choices they make seem arbitrary and disjointed. There may be great potential in the series if the characters are "fleshed out" a bit---but I withold judgment until further reading in the series.
Rating: Summary: Not Bad Review: Be careful when you first purchase this book. The copy I received was missing pages 65 - 96. Of the first part that I read I would have like to see Laure (the heroine)be stronger and smarter with regards to her step brother. I have read many other vampire/romance novels and I think more depth could have been put into the characters in this book.
Rating: Summary: Captivating Story Review: Before MIDNIGHT ENCHANTMENT, I was a virgin--reader of vampire stories, that is. Wow, what an initiation. Terrific book, yummy hero. Gideon grabbed my attention on the first page and didn't let go until the end. In Oliver's words, "please, may I have more?" Anxiously waiting for the next book in this series.
Rating: Summary: Nice hero, weepy/whiny heroine Review: Gerard deserved better - he is blackmailed into marrying a spineless, weepy childlike woman who then betrays him, that was nice, and then it's only when she changes that she gets some spine. I like the tone of the book, but I don't like pushover heroines who are in constant need of handkerchiefs.
Rating: Summary: Nice hero, weepy/whiny heroine Review: Gerard deserved better - he is blackmailed into marrying a spineless, weepy childlike woman who then betrays him, that was nice, and then it's only when she changes that she gets some spine. I like the tone of the book, but I don't like pushover heroines who are in constant need of handkerchiefs.
Rating: Summary: Midnight Enchantment Review: Gerard has been living in New Orleans to recover from the damage done by Bianca, which you can read about in Midnight Surrender. Gerard is approached by Percy who threatens to expose the fact that he is a vampire if Gerard doesn't marry Laure, Percys' sister. Not only does he have to marry her he has to make Percy his financial handler. Gerard agrees and they are wed. He thinks Laure knows and is an accomplice to all of this. Little does he know that she had been tricked into marrying him not knowing she was marrying a vampire. Percy has a deep and hidden hatred for his sister, whom he professes to care about. Laure comes from a family that is known for practicing voodoo. There are quite a few misunderstandings during her marriage to Gerard. Gerard slowly ends up falling in love with Laure, but due to the fact that he still thinks she is trying to trick him he fights that love. Gerard also thinks he is beyond feelings of love or anything else other then the urge to kill and drink blood, but he is sadly mistaken. Laure and Gerard end up at Nicole and Marchands' house hiding from the voodoo woman who wants to kill them. The woman also happens to be Laure's aunt and the head of the voodoo cult in the area. She wants to kill Gerard and absorb his power. There are quite a few good twists and turns in this book of which I will refrain from telling. Let me say if you liked the first three books of the Midnight series then you will love this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes vampires and romance in the same book.
Rating: Summary: Midnight Enchantment Review: Gerard has been living in New Orleans to recover from the damage done by Bianca, which you can read about in Midnight Surrender. Gerard is approached by Percy who threatens to expose the fact that he is a vampire if Gerard doesn't marry Laure, Percys' sister. Not only does he have to marry her he has to make Percy his financial handler. Gerard agrees and they are wed. He thinks Laure knows and is an accomplice to all of this. Little does he know that she had been tricked into marrying him not knowing she was marrying a vampire. Percy has a deep and hidden hatred for his sister, whom he professes to care about. Laure comes from a family that is known for practicing voodoo. There are quite a few misunderstandings during her marriage to Gerard. Gerard slowly ends up falling in love with Laure, but due to the fact that he still thinks she is trying to trick him he fights that love. Gerard also thinks he is beyond feelings of love or anything else other then the urge to kill and drink blood, but he is sadly mistaken. Laure and Gerard end up at Nicole and Marchands' house hiding from the voodoo woman who wants to kill them. The woman also happens to be Laure's aunt and the head of the voodoo cult in the area. She wants to kill Gerard and absorb his power. There are quite a few good twists and turns in this book of which I will refrain from telling. Let me say if you liked the first three books of the Midnight series then you will love this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes vampires and romance in the same book.
Rating: Summary: Thumbs up Review: Gideon has done it again. Sensual writing, a hero that's just to die for, and enough plot twists to keep even Sherlock's interest. Midnight Enchantment captures the essence of vampire lore. It wafts across the pages, tantalizing the senses with the kind of mastery that has fascinated readers for centuries. Bravo!
Rating: Summary: ONE OF THE BEST! Review: I have read all of Nancy Gideon's books in the Midnight series. I have to say this book, Midnight Enchantment, is her best to date. This story is about Gerard Pasquale who had tormented poor Louis Radman for centuries. After 400 years of existing as a vampire, all Gerard wants is to be left alone. He is in New Orleans, weak - merely existing. His powers at an all time low. His recovery is slow because he had lost his will to go on. It is here that his existence as a vampire is discovered and in danger of being disclosed. He is blackmailed into marrying a mortal woman, Laure Cristobel. She does not know with whom she has tied herself with. She believes Gerard to be ailing and in need of companionship until the truth slowly begins to unravel before her very eyes. Even though she is fearful of being married to a vampire, she begins to fall in love with him. But treacherous times await the couple as a dangerous plot draws ever closer. As a secret enemy awaits the precise moment in which to strike . . . Gerard Pasquale is still the "naughty" vampire. He is brooding, handsome and very, very dangerous. Laure's love has the power to overcome her fear, to see behind Gerard's unemotional facade to the man he used to be. A man who longs for acceptance and love. Midnight Enchantment is an awesome read and definitely a KEEPER.
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