Review: Nightfall by Anne Stuart

Nightfall by Anne Stuart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Anne Stuart is the master at writing dark, sexy, suspenseful romances. No one creates such vivid characters of men like her. Men with dark souls...think Luke Bardell from Ritual Sins, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... , Coltrane from Shadows at Sunset, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... , Thomas Griffin from Still Lake https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... , - ruthless, manipulative, who will use women for their own gain. They characters are flawed, vulnerable, dangerous and so very compelling. Her characters are never stereotyped or formulaic.
Nightfall is one of Anne Stuart’s earlier novels, first published back in 1995, when I first read it.

This is a dark and mesmerizing tale that takes you on an emotional and breath-taking rollercoaster from start to finish. A steamy, sensual mystery of betrayal, fear, redemption, dark desire, longing, lies, love. And what you are prepared to do for the love of your child.

From the author's website....

This is my fate . . . to die for unspeakable crimes. All I ask is that a stranger give herself to me and to my secrets.

Richard Tiernan has been sentenced to death. With an ulterior motive and a heart full of dark truths, he agrees to tell all to an ailing writer whose greed and ambition are so strong that he will even give his own daughter to Richard in return for one last Pulitzer-winning story.

I want Cassidy Roarke. I need her. But she has to prove she's worthy. That she can be trusted.

Cassidy's spent her life struggling to earn her father's respect and love. Now his health is failing, and her feelings for him are even more complex. Loyalty is a sacrifice. Daughters can be broken by their fathers. She has to help when he calls. He's bailed Richard Tiernan out of prison just long enough to coax the shocking facts out of him. What happened that night? What did Tiernan really do to his family?

Her father will sell his soul to the Devil before he dies. So be it.

Richard Tiernan may take them both to Hell.

A well-written, intense, fast paced mystery that leaves you guessing until the end.....what exactly does Richard Tiernan want from Cassidy Roarke, is he guilty of what he has been accused of.... I kept asking.
The chemistry between the two was sizzling, sensual, hot - off the charts...as they say...


This is one of those books that you will read over and over again.

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