Midnight Satin

by Laurie Grant

After the tragedies of the Civil War, one man must decide how to move on with his life?and whether there?s room left in his heart for the love of a beautiful woman who needs his help. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843954574
• ISBN13: 9780843954579
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

EXCELLENT STORY - JUST A BIT SLOW

I guess I was expecting a bit more of forceful masculinity from Jake Taylor. Just an impression from MIDNIGHT SILK. I found the interaction between Erica Mueller and her family very uplifting. And I had to chuckle when Erica didn't want Jake to find out that she was not a shy, blushing virgin. Yet still, she portrayed an innocence of relationship that was refreshing. Jake headed out for John Ransom's house, they had served in the Army together and were child-hood friends. John took in Jake and Erica and planned their wedding. Other than the rescue of Jake and the showing up of Von Schiller the story moved a bit slow for me. Pray tell, if Jake served well in the Confederate Army and his brother-in-law, Bowie Beckett just ran cotton for Taylor Hall - why was it Bowie that had the weird premonition about trouble and not Jake? Bowie is still The Man. Still it was an excellent story - a good set [just waiting for the next story of Kate Taylor and Dr. John Ransom - MIDNIGHT VELVET] Recommended - you should enjoy meeting the Taylor family again.

Nice sequel to Midnight Silk!

Laurie Grant offers up another entertaining historical featuring Jake Taylor, brother of Mariah from "Midnight Silk." Unlike many other writers who try to write Civil War fiction, Ms. Grant does her homework and gives an accurate historical portrait of the time period, the political climate, local customs, and the rarely-seen setting of the Texas frontier. Other than a couple of minor mistakes with period fashions, her portrayal of the time is as always faultless. We meet the "disgraced" immigrant, Erica Mueller, who's desperate for a fresh start in America. Determined to be a good German daughter, her resolve is tested when she rescues the handsome Jake. Can their love survive the rigid customs of the 19th century Victorian era, her strict, Old-World family, and the nasty seducer she thought she'd left behind? Enjoy!

fabulous refreshing Reconstruction romance

With the War Between the States over, weary Confederate Captain Jake Taylor returns to his Texas home, looking forward to starting anew away from the violence. On a trip to San Antonio, Indians attack him, leaving Jake for dead. While lying in dirt, he looks up to see a gold "halo" angel peering down at him. With the American Civil War over, the German Mueller family crossed the ocean hoping to leave behind the scandal caused by daughter Erica. When the golden haired Erica finds Jake seemingly lifeless on the dirt, she sees him as a form of atonement. As she nurtures Jake back to health, the nurse and the patient fall in love. However, Jake has to overcome her strict parents' objection to a non-German son-in-law and persuade his beloved that whatever her dark secret is he will love her forever even when the shame of the past arrives with a vengeance. The contrast of cultures between nineteenth century German culture and the more commonly used in romance tales Texan makes MIDNIGHT SATIN a fabulous refreshing Reconstruction romance. The story line focuses on the relationship and growing love between the former Confederate officer who has his traumas to deal with and the newly arrived "disgraced German lass who feels her fall from grace makes her unworthy of the man she loves. Erica's family adds depth as they object to the Texan, but while doing so they enable fans to compare the old world to the new. Laurie Grant (fitting surname for a Reconstruction Era author) furbishes a delightful romance with a strong cast that brings to life post Civil War Texas. Harriet Klausner