A Stranger's Kiss

You don't have the first two books in this trilogy listed. They lead you into this book, as they were so connected that the first one just continued again in the beginning of the second book. I read all three and reviewed the first one and wanted to review the second one..."A Lover's Kiss" but it is not listed. This book was awesome if someone likes intrigue. It is a page turner to say the least. If someone is interested in buying this book to read, I recommend that you find the other two and read them first as it gives this one so much more meaning. #1 A Bandit's Kiss....#2 A Lover's Kiss....#3 A Stranger's Kiss You had already fallen in love with Rafe in the second book and this gave you his sad story. He had lost his memory in the war and came home and befriended Nick. He and Nick are in all three books as it is an ongoing saga. He seems to have lost not only his memory but all that is near & dear to him, daughter, wife & family plus everyone's respect. His nemisis in the book is Beau, his wife's cousin, who is "EVIL INCARNATE". I couldn't put the book down. Truly a recommended book.

Rafe Howard had been a hard, thoughtless man before he returned to England after the war against the French. He suffers from amnesia, recalling only vague, illusive dreams. A chance meeting with the Midnight Bandit kept him from pursuing the little he gleaned from his dreams. Believing his daughter dead, Rafe returns to his home to a hostile wife who refuses to live with him and blanket animosity from his contemporaries. Rafe has lost everything, including his daughter, his wife Andria, and his memories. Soon, however, he realizes their daughter is not dead. A mysterious woman had been planted in his life with false information. But the question remains as to why anyone would cause such pain to the grieving parents. Andria misses the powerful, special connection she had shared with her husband. But after a child died that they had loved as their own, the pain seemed to eat at their relationship. Even the birth of their daughter wasn't enough to keep them together. In the last months they had been together, suspicion and false blame replaced gentle love and tender caresses. After Rafe left and her child disappeared, Adria visited every orphanage in London desperate to find her daughter. Resigned to her grief, Andria's life becomes touched with havoc once again with Rafe's return. She'd prefer to deny her feelings for the man she married after he caused so much pain.Author Maria Greene pens an irresistible historical romance in A STRANGER'S KISS. Revenge and true love provide powerful motivation in this tale of betrayal and redemption. Part of the Midnight Mask miniseries, A STRANGER'S KISS reads beautifully also as a stand-alone. Sketching the deepest of emotions with grace, Greene creates moving and memorable characters. Unfortunately, the distrust between the characters results in a tense reading experience. Recommended.