Stay Through the Night

Stay Through the Night by Anne Mather Harlequin Presents # 2581 - 2006 Sent by her frantic mother to find her teenage sister, Rosa travels to a remote Scottish island. She'd been told her sister has taken up with best-selling horror author, Liam Jameson. Only when she finds Liam, her sister isn't with him nor had she ever been. After a horrendous attack by a deranged fan, Liam keeps pretty much to himself. Not only does he face the physical scars and daily pain, but the emotional ones too when his fiancée left him. Rosa sees the man Liam is and she's intensely attracted, but after a disasterous marriage she'd not willing to risk her heart again. Liam doesn't want Rosa's pity so he finds ways to push her away. This was a lovely read about betrayals and personal healing. Liam isn't a typical Presents alpha - in fact, I don't think I'd class him as alpha just determined and bitter. Rosa has a tough job convincing him that the outer scars mean nothing to the man he is inside. I was routing for both Liam and Rosa, and was very happy they found there HEA. :D

I really loved this book. Often you find a hero that is completely confident, if not arrogant, and he seems to have no problems of his own, while the heroine is bombarded with problems and self-esteem issues. I loved that both of them were hurt and heal each other.

Book Description: Liam Jameson is a world-famous writer of paranormal thrillers. But fame has its price, and now Liam lives reclusively on a remote Scottish island. Then Rosa Chantry knocks on his door and throws his world upside down. His desire for her is strong, but his conviction that he cannot satisfy a woman is stronger. But Rosa is persistent, and so is Liam's need for her. She is determined to ease his fear that the past has robbed him of his power as a man.... This book was better than I expected. It brings together two people, seriously hurt and betrayed in the past, dealing with trust and self image issues as a result of past wrongs. He adds to their problems a crazed fan, and self-absorbed ex-fiancée; while she adds an addled, inconsiderate, mother, a selfish, self-absorbed sister (Mom's favorite), and a horrid ex-husband. This story is a quick read sure to please Harlequin Presents fans.