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Summary: WOW! You won't regret reading this book........
Review: I have read all Linda Howard's books and I decided to start re-reading them a couple of weeks ago. I began with AFTER THE NIGHT. Linda Howard weaves a story of murder and betrayl, love and passion and she does it so magnificently that I didn't want this book to end. Faith Devlin has come back to Prosper, South Carolina after a twelve year absence. She will never forget the night that her mother left, supposedly with Guy Roulliard, who bascially owned the whole town. She was fourteen when Gray Roulliard, then in his twenties, came to their house and kicked her and her brothers and sister out on the street. So, after twelve years she has returned to find out what happened to Gray's father and clear her mother's name. Gray Roulliard could never forget that night, especially the desire he felt for a then fourteen year old Faith. He sickened himself feeling that way for a child, but she is now a woman and he wants her. Until he finds out why she came back. He feels pulled in two different directions, one toward the one woman who can make him feel complete and the other toward his family that he is now responsible for. This books is about the ups and downs of a love that both people are fighting, family that dissaproves, and murder. I can barely put into words the relationship between Gray and Faith because it was so intense. They're basically just trying to move on after the night that their lives changed forever. DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Unbelievably Good!
Review: I am fast becoming a Linda Howard fan and with very good reason. This is the second novel that I've read by her. After The Night is an excellent book (understatement). Linda Howard gives the reader the chance to experience what the characters are going through. She takes you there so that you feel like you're right in the scene with them. Not many authors can do that. I could not put this book down and read it in less than a day. Gray is so hot, every woman's dream, ( where can we find him?) Buy, borrow, or whatever this book and you will not be disappointed. And when you're finished , try ' Kill and Tell. ' It's good too. Oh and the love scenes in After The Night are to die for. We should all be as lucky as Faith.
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Summary: If 3.5 stars was an option..
Review: AYE, this book drove me NUTS! I read until she grew up, and then I took 2 weeks off the book because the story was already so real. It made me depressed just because I know this happens to people. Once I picked the book back up I got really into the story. LH writes great, strong characters so I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. The storyline was well, and real, but for some reason this book just didn't blow me away like the others. It was a great story, and worth the time, just not her best.
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Summary: Steamy, Entertaining Book
Review: "After the Night" is my first Linda Howard novel. I had heard from friends that Ms. Howard writes some of the most smoltering love scenes in the business, so I decided to see for myself. I'm happy to say that I wasn't let down. The book is not just senual, but also very entertaining. It's an interesting book with a strong storyline. The story takes place in the small Southern town of Prescott, Louisiana and revolves around the poor, "white trash" Devlins and the rich Rouillard's. Faith Devlin, daughter of the town drunk and town "sleep around", has had a yearning for Gray Rouillard for as long as she could remember. But Gray is older than Faith and seems to show no interest in her. On top of that, everyone in town is aware of the fact that Faith's mother, Renee, has been having an affair with Gray's father, Guy. One night Renee and Gray run off, never to be seen again. In retaliation, Gray throws Faith and her family out of town, calling them white trash and telling them to never return to Prescott again. Twelve years later, Faith Devlin Hardy returns to Prescott, a widow and in search of answers to what happened the night her mother disappeared with Guy Roulliard. She's now a successful business woman determined to show everyone that she's not trash and that she's a respectable person. Gray, hearing of her return, makes her stay in Prescott as hard as he can, throwing his money and weight around to where she can't even shop for groceries in town. But one look at Faith and he starts having dreams and feelings for her that he doesn't want. How can he fall in love with Faith and have a relationship with her if his only purpose is to destroy her? I read this book in one night, refusing to put it down for even a second. I totally recommend this book to any romance or intrigue fan. I was pleasantly surprised by Ms. Howard's writing and look forward to reading more of her novels. And yes, she DOES write some of the steamiest love scenes in the business!
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Summary: it was a good book, got a question though
Review: If gray's father really fell inlove with the woman who is married, what in the world was he doing with the heroinnes mother? He was so inlove he was still sleeping around on her? it just made it seem a little fake that someone "in love" would go sleep with some [slovenly] woman while the woman he supposedly loves is stuck married with a jerk.
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Summary: Yuck - steer clear!
Review: Lots of people have gone into the storyline, so I'll confine myself to comments on my reaction: this really stunk. I like Linda Howard: 'Twilight Shadows' is one of my top five romance novels ever. I like how Linda makes her tough, rough heroes fall in love and shows them learning to be tender and protective. But that never happened in this book: Gray was such a NASTY person. I kept waiting for him to realise that the way he was acting was wrong, or show some sign of respect or care for the heroine. But he just never did. I don't see how anyone could have fallen in love with him; he was constantly abusing the heroine, even when they had sex (I won't use the term 'made love' because it's not remotely appropriate). So he's a sexy guy: being good in bed just isn't enough to make up for acting so badly all the time. And good sex scenes aren't enough to hold a romance novel together if there's no other 'romance' in there. Plus, the heroine, Faith, despite being supposed to be a successful and determined person, was really a non-entity. I kept forgetting her name from page to page! If you like the sound of the storyline but don't want to deal with the above nonsense, I suggest you read 'Carolina Moon' by Nora Roberts. She handles the topic much better, without resorting to cardboard-cutout characters or outright vileness.
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Summary: took so long to get started
Review: I viewed a lot of lists concerning Linda Howard's novels, and I saw "After the Night" a couple of times as their number 1 favorite. When I finally got a copy of it, I was so excited, saying mentally, " this is going to be good, i know it..." As it turns out, it's started to be good at PAGE 172 or so.I didn't know that. And while I was reading, I was asking over and over again, am I in the good part yet?" That was the disadvantage of SOLELY relying to other ppol's opinions. They have different tastes.
Anyway, back to the novel in question...It wasn't that bad. As I was saying, the momentum began when I was halfway through it. I didn't like Gray that much and his change of heart towards Faith...well, let's just say that all I can see brewing up is the sexual attraction between them. Howard added a spoonful of protectiveness in his character just so it wouldn't be completely phony...As for Faith, my goodness, wat's there to doubt? She's the most "faithful" heroine I ever read. Her love for Gray never simmered through the years and she didn't let their family feud destroy her feelings for him. The difference between their emotions is that, Gray's affections were rooted from lust-oh okay-a bit of that protectiveness I mentioned above...and for Faith, they started as a child's innocent admiration and were strengtened as she battled poverty and her family's legacy.
So there yo go, too cold for Gray and too hot for Faith and u have lukewarm, not the best comparison...but close enough.
Finally, if it's Howard, then u can surely put ur money that there will be a mystery. I thought it was a good plot, but it was very easy to guess the culprit because Howard didn't really supply us a lot of candidates. All in all, I give it a four, it was an OK read, but not best of her works, in my opinion.
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Summary: depends on your point of view
Review: If you are looking for a book with great sex scenes, then this would be a great book for you. However, the main character Gray is very unlikeable, so unless your willing to handle his character, you might want to bypass this book. Also, Gray's change of character is unbelievable- he only changed because he was sexually attracted to faith!!
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Summary: This is such a great book!
Review: I really disagree with the bad reviews this book received...but that's just me. I love romance novels, especially where the characters seem to hate each other at first. Linda Howard is one of my favorite authors and this is one of my favorite books. Faith and Gray are awesome together. I recommend this book to all romantics like me.
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Summary: Steamy...
Review: Faith & Gray. Fiery mix. Very sensual novel. More sex than I particularly care for. Read it because it was a Linda Howard. Faith had a hard life. So did Gray, for that matter, but in entirely different ways. Have read a few times. Not a favorite, but definitely better than most offerings by other authors.
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