Wait Until Midnight

by Amanda Quick and Amanda Kvik

Book Overview

"A wonderful story of mystery and romance.... Amanda Quick is the queen of romance. All of her books are keepers, and Wait Until Midnight is no exception."--A Romance Review The sins of Adam... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739448722
• ISBN13: 9780739448724
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Jove Pubns
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Enjoy Over and Over

Quick intoduces Caroline and Adam to each other in such a bazaar manner, that you see Quick's creativity and taste the ironical in a most entertaining way. This book is best enjoyed on the unabridged Audio CD, in case you missed it in the book. Quick deviates from her simple sweet humorous though quick paced style to murder, suspense and intrigue with a dash of humor. The development of this love affair has some unexpected twists in the plot and the actors on the audio CD portray the story with fast moving reality. This book is easily Listened To over and over. Its a fun book, a fun read.

Hooray for Amanda Quick!

I had read the mixed reviews here when I picked up the book. I have had very mixed feelings regarding her more recent works. I enjoyed the Paid Companion and sicee this wasn't part of the recent series, I picked it up, but I wasn't holding my breath. I loved this book. The begining was a littls slow going. But as the main characters got to know each other I really enjoyed the connection. I found myself smiling in the middle of it. I really liked that the mystery aspect was not overly obvious (although I was reading it as a romance novel, not a mystery, so I wasn't really trying to solve the mystery). I also liked that the mystery climaxed at the very end of the novel. My biggest complaint is that two of the characters are named Julia and Julian. Granted, these characters are never together and it isn't too confusing, but of all the names in the world to come up with it seems strange that they would do this. The psychic aspect of the novel was interesting. I loved learning the history of our hero and his unusual family. I loved Quick introduced us to some shady characters just to throw us off the real villian's trail. Good read. I am probably givig it such a high rating because I am pleasantly surprised after some of Quick's other, recent books. Some of my favorites from her past writing include "renvezvous" and "seduction."

Good old fashioned romance

I really liked this newest edition from Amanda Quick. I am a huge fan and found this latest edition to be just what the doctor ordered for a night of fun, romantic reading. I liked everything about the book from the characters to the plot. I did not find it lacking and I really like it when there is nothing in the way of the hero and heroine getting together. I prefer to read about other circumstances outside the romance. I want my characters to have immediate chemistry and move forward from there. I dont' need suspense or guessing when it comes to them falling in love. Let the mystery come from other characters, throwing the hero and heroine together and in danger. But they should always trust eachother and stand up for eachother. This was definately the case with Wait until Midnight. When the time came to stand up for him, she didn't hesitate and he did the same for her. I liked Adam a lot. I liked his makeshift family. I found him very sexy. I didn't want the story to end.

EXCITING BOOK, GREAT READING

Caroline Fordyce writes sensational romance serials for one of the newspapers in London. Three years earlier she had to change her name and find a way to support herself and her two aunts. The Great Scandel, as she calls it, has killed all hopes for her marriage and happiness. Although she changed her name and moved to London she stays clear of the ton so no one will recognize her. Living on the outskirts of society with her aunts is a very quiet life. She is involved with the Society of Psychical Investigations. She plans to put a medium in her next serial. While she lives a quiet life, she has a hunger for a grand adventure. Adam Hardesty is a member of society who has a secret. He is trying to protect his adoptive siblings from exposure in a stolen journal. The journal is being used to blackmail him and his family. It has somehow fallen into the hands of a medium named Elizabeth Delmont. When he finds her dead in her house, he searches for the journal. Unable to find it he starts to investigate the people who had attended her last seance. One of these is Caroline. And before you know it they are deeply involved in the murder and mysteries going on in the Society. With humor and wit we enjoy their adventure and the inevitable romance that developes. I love Amanda Quick and this is a wonderful story.

terrific Regency romantic suspense

While Queen Victoria grieves the loss of her beloved Albert and the members of Polite Society emulate her wearing mourning jewelry, physical research is the rage. When Adam Hardesty enters medium Elizabeth Delmont's home, he finds her dead, her skull crushed by a poker. She is wearing a wedding veil and brooch with a broken pocket watch nearby stopped at 12 o'clock. The next day Adam visits Caroline Fordyce who attended a séance at the victim's home just hours before the murder occurred. He asks Caroline if she took a diary that belonged to the medium because he does not want secrets about his past to come out. Caroline insists she does not have it and fears her secrets will become known. She persuades Adam to allow her to join him on his investigation. When a second medium is murdered, the broken watch left behind at the crime scene has Adam's name on it. Caroline provides Adam an alibi. As they continue to make inquiries, they become lovers and try to keep the other safe struggling with the case. Amanda Quick is deservedly respected for her terrific Regency romantic suspense novels, but in WAIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT, the talented author switches settings to the Victorian era yet maintains high quality of her previous historical romantic mysteries. Her latest tale has a gothic feel to the plot, but as expected the hero and heroine are likable characters whom readers will become absorbed in their investigation as much as their evolving relationship that ultimately turns to love, danger, and risk. Regardless of the time period, Ms. Quick provides a fabulous tale that seems always to land on the keeper shelf. Harriet Klausner