A Rose at Midnight

With some authors I just NEED to have every book they've written and Anne Stuart is one of them. If you've read any of her books (historical or modern) you know she goes in for a dark hero who is usually more bad than good (or maybe I should say so bad he's good). At any rate, I stumbled across this earlier book and WOW!!! What a ride. It takes place right after the French Revolution and our French heroine has managed to survive but not without a load of emotional scars. She is living in England when low and behold she is presented with the opportunity to take revenge on the Englishman (our hero) she blames for all the woes she and her family suffered during the reign of terror. And we're off. . . Needless to say things don't go as she plans. Great story line, great characters who are FULLY developed and complex. Wonderful "secondary character" love story. Order this book! It is worth the extra you will have to pay for a used copy. A definite keeper to add to your Anne Stuart collection. It's 394 sexy pages of adventure, tears and pleasure!

The characters in this novel are tortured and somewhat unlovable, but they are so wounded and needy that they complement one another. Anne Stuart is such a clever and skilful writer that she is able to take a storyline that could fail miserably in someone else's hands, and write something delightful and compelling. Think of this book as a reluctant buddy novel where the hero and the heroine go on a road trip.

I ran across this book in a used book store,and I thought that the cover was horrible but have really enjoyed many of Anne Stuart's books so I bought it. I have never enjoyed a book so much. I read at least 4 or 5 romance novels a month and this is quite possiblely one of the best romances I have ever read. The heroine and hero are both tortured souls, each with a past they have to come to terms with. The beginning of the this book is by far the most orginal I've ever read with the heroine plotting and planning the hero's murder. There is also a secondary love story in this book that is almost just as good as the primary one. If you like rich detail, with high sexual tension and accurate historical settings and you're ever lucky enough to run across this book,grab it up in a hurry.I promise you will not be disappointed... Great Romance!

This is the kind of good old-fashioned betrayal\revenge, 'dark enigmatic hero finds redemption in the arms of the woman he loves' kind of story, the kind that's all too often done with a sore lack of sophistication and imagination by other authors. I think this little-known book is Ann Stuart's absolute best work. I know she's written some more notable contemporary suspense\thriller romances, but 'A Rose at Midnight' truly is one of the most divine books a romance reader will ever come across in her lifetime. Compared to much of the garbarge that's so readily churned out by the romance genre, this book's existence is all the more WOW-some.