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Summary: ROMANTIC SUSPENSE AT ITS ABSOLUTE BEST!
Review: Dee Davis just gets better with every book. DARK OF THE NIGHT is not only a wonderful romantic suspense, but an edgy political thriller. Riley O'Brien and Jake Mahoney are wonderfully drawn characters. It's said that opposites attract, and these two certainly do. If Riley doesn't want Jake, I'll be happy to take him home with me. :) There's enough twists and turns to keep the most ardent suspense fanatic happy, and a gripping love story that will leave you breathless and wanting more. It doesn't get any better than this.
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Summary: A PLEASANT SURPRISE
Review: I read DD's AFTER TWILIGHT and was majorly disappointed. Pretty much scratched this author off my list. However, my memory is not what it used to be and I recently purchased DARK OF THE NIGHT. Is this the same author? Unlike AFTER TWILIGHT, this is a tightly woven romanic suspense novel. Great characterization and you are guaranteed to fall in love with the hero. A good summer read (or anytime really). A keeper. Enjoy!
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Summary: Great book
Review: I really loved this book. It was one of those you just have to read until you finish even though I had to stay up till 2 in the morning. The plot kept me involved all of the way and I really found that I was truly wrapped up in the characters and how they turned out. The author really pulls you into the suspense of the political arena and I really felt myself wanting the budding romance to work out well. As an Atlanta native I also really enjoyed the authors Atlanta descriptions they were right on the money and made it an even more enjoyable read. I highly recomend this book to others.
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Summary: Not as good as her others
Review: I was fairly disappointed with Dark of the Night. After reading After Twilight and Just Breathe, I expected something better than what I got. Too many twists and turns, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I just found it tedious. Dark of the Night was missing a lot of the humor that was found in Just Breathe, and it didn't have as great a love match between the characters as in After Twilight.
I definitely recommend reading the other two by this author first, then give this one a try.Now, it wasn't all bad. The story, if a little far fetched, was gripping and enticing, but I thought the friction between the leads, Riley and Jake, just wasn't enough to make the story riveting, which is why I gave it only three stars.
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Summary: Bad
Review: I was looking foward to this book and then I read it and was so shocked! It could have been a really great book if only the characters had morals. It was suspensful and like I said could have been a good book if the characters didn't jump at the first hormonal chance to cheapen what could have been a good romance. I strongly advise that anyone with the smallest shred of morality stay away from this book. I only wish someone could have warned me.
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Summary: Winner of the WordWeaving Award for Excellence
Review: Ice queen Riley O'Brien devotes herself to her father's campaign, setting aside her own needs and desires for the goal of her father's presidency. They are at last poised for success, and a romantic relationship now could mean political suicide. Then a car bombing following Riley's appearance at an abortion clinic results in violence when she mistakes a reporter's car for her own ride. When the bomb explodes, investigative reporter Jake Mahoney knocks Riley to the pavement just in time to prevent serious injury. Police are at loss to determine if the bomb was aimed at reporter Jake Mahoney or at the senator's daughter. Ordinarily, Jake would not be trailing senator's daughters. But the usual political reporter was indisposed, and he stepped in to cover the story. As luck would have it, a contact introduces him to Riley, landing him a quick interview, and Jake finds the spark of fire carefully concealed within the perfect façade irresistible. He later assumes his car was destroyed as a result of a bad case of mistaken identity. Then to add insult to an already bad day, Jake follows a lead to Police Chief Douglas Michaels' home, only to run into Riley who has arrived for a scheduled meeting. When no one answers the door, they venture into the unlocked house only to find the police chief dead by his own hand. The incidents of the bombing and the suicide seem unrelated, yet they bring Riley and Jake into a collision course of danger and passion, even as their overwhelming attraction could endanger Riley's father's election. Jake finds Riley to be a sweet mix of fire and ice, and he refuses to back away. Riley has never met anyone who makes her feel such a gamete of emotions from anger to desire. But the only place the future president's daughter and the journalist can meet is in the dark of the night. Author Dee Davis pens a multi layered romantic suspense that readers won't be able to put down in THE DARK OF THE NIGHT. Living in Atlanta myself, I was impressed with the ability Davis has of working in the atmosphere and the detail that marks this sprawling metropolitan area. From the park that runs along side the Chattahoochee River to the OK Café at the corner of Paces Ferry and Northside Drive, Davis uses this city to great effect, capturing the political minefields and southern affectations with flair. Characterizations are likewise artfully wrought from the innocent and the manipulative, to the guilty. A deftly woven tale of corruption and secrets, THE DARK OF THE NIGHT wins the WordWeaving Award for Excellence.
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Summary: Classic Romantic Suspense
Review: It is always exciting to find an author who keeps getting better and better with each new book. With DARK OF THE NIGHT Dee Davis has created the new standard for excellence in Romantic Suspense. What makes this book a classic is that she has been able to weave together the "romance" readers crave, within the body of a suspensful tale that pushes the reader scrambling toward a satisfying final page. Quite often in Romantic Suspense offerings either the romance or the suspense suffers at the expense of the other. Yet not with this offering. Ms Davis has effortlessly blended the two together: the romance nor the suspense plot suffers as both are professionally presented and executed creating an especially statisfying read. The reader will adore this hero and heroine who struggle to find a way to have what they each seek but not at the expense of those they care for. Although at times there seems to be maybe one to many subplots going on, she weaves them altogether making a rich tapistry the readers will cloak themselves in. I appreciate an author who can leave just the right amount of clues along the way and still offer up some surprises to the very end. This is a fullbodied story with many twists and turns, yet the reader will appreciate the lack of red herrings so often used by authors to throw off the readers scent. It is apparent she always has the reader at the forfront of her story, something some more experienced authors could learn from. Davis provides all the right ingriedients with an especially high level of sensuality in the romance, the sexual tension between our couple seems to increase effortly as they crave each other when the suspense heats up. With so many big names leaving traditional romance to enter this fast growing subgenre, it is wonderful to see a newcomer set the classic standard of what a romantic suspense should be. Garwood, Johanson and Coulter could take a few lessons from this newcomer on what romantic suspense should be and often isn't. If you haven't read any romance suspense before starting with this classic best may make all others pale in comparison. Yet, why not start with the best of this subgenre! If you read no other romanctic suspense book this year, DARK OF THE NIGHT should be on the top of your TBR pile. This one is surely destined to be a future RWA RITA recipient.
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Summary: powerful political romantic suspense
Review: Mary Catherine "Riley" O'Brien loves her father Senator Carter O'Brien. Just as important is he fact that she believes in him and actively supports his front running campaign for the presidency. Currently Riley provides a speech at an Atlanta abortion clinic. Atlanta Journal-Constitution homicide reporter Jacob "Jake" Mahoney covers Riley's stop because his paper's political reporter is "ill". After she finishes her speech, Riley walks to her friend's car, but mistakenly tries to enter Jake's similar-looking vehicle. The car explodes and Jake saves Riley's life.
Not long afterward Riley goes to the home of Chief of Police Douglas Mitchell where she runs into Jake who is on an investigation. They find Douglas dead, an apparent suicide victim. Jake and Riley work together to learn the truth even as the pair falls in love. If they survive their quest, which is turning into one of justice for an unfortunate individual, will Jake realize Riley is much deeper than his hollow me-only ex-wife?
Though coincidence is overused and the front-runner and his family refuse Secret Service protection will jar readers, DARK OF NIGHT is a powerful political romantic suspense tale. The attraction between the lead couple is so intense that the audience will need asbestos gloves to keep from burning a finger. Jake and Riley make the story line move forward as the audience will like both of them and hope they come through the ordeal to insure justice occurs even at the cost of an almost First Family. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Suspense & Love!
Review: Riley O'Brien and Jake Mahoney had two things in common; they both were together when bad things happened and they both needed each other. Riley was a devoted daughter to her congressman father who was in the presidential race. She did everything in her power to support him including never having her own life. Because Jake was an investigative reporter he was always on the scent of any trail that might lead him to a story like Riley. When bad things start to happen the only person Riley could truly rely on was Jake. Through the mist of lies, betrayal, accidents, and deaths, Riley and Jake form a bond between them; love. Riley on the surface seems distant and much of an ice queen but underneath the cool and calculated attitude beats the heart of a very passionate woman. Jake is arrogant and bull-headed but protective and filled with a compassion he never knew existed. They are both unique and diverse characters. Ms. Davis wrote a great romantic suspense packed with action and love! Romance At Its Best...
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Summary: Cardboard characters, extremely contrived plot
Review: The h/h are cardboard cutouts who have great sex; there is nothing here that explains more than a sexual attraction, especially not enough of one for the required Happily Ever After. The plot is rife with extreme coincidences (the Saab mixup, the prison friendship) and inconsistencies (the horrible ex- encouraging hero in his new romance...) It would have been great if some attempt had been made to realize the potential of the h/h differences: class, social position, politician's daughter vs. investigative reporter, but these issues were only dealt with glancingly. Her involvement with him was unbelievable to begin with, given her long-term commitment to her father's campaigns (and based on the minimal interaction they had had by the time she jumped in to the relationship with him); not enough groundwork was done to make it believable for me (i.e., an electric handshake and laser-intensity blue eyes aren't enough).
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