Nightfall

by Anne Stuart

Book Overview

This no-limits, no-holds-barred thriller takes readers to the heart of erotic obsession, where a woman falls in love with a convicted murderer and will do anything to have him--even after she learns the truth about his wife's death and his children's disappearance.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451404750
• ISBN13: 9780451404756
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Onyx Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

One of Stuart's Best!!

There is NO ONE that creates such vivid characters of men with black hearts and even blacker souls, and the woman compelled to love them no matter what. Moonrise is my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE book, but Night Fall comes a close second.Cassidy is the daughter to a famous tell-all writer father, Sean, who has just made a pack with the devil, a pack that includes 'giving' his daughter to the devil for his own dark purposes. Her ailing father see the chance to have the book of the decade - maybe his last work - to reveal what a court trial did not: what happened to Richard Tiernan's children the night he murdered his wife. Did he kill them as well and hide their bodies?In order to secure the inside information, he invite Tiernan into his own home while the book is in the works, and Tiernan awaits sentencing that could result in his death for the murders of his wife and children. Manipulated by the powerful father, Cassidy is forced to agree to edit the book, but soon begins to feel that is merely an excuse to put her in the path of Tiernan.What does he want with her? What dark plans does he have for her? Repulsed by a murderer, Cassidy is slowly drawn against will to the compelling man full of secrets and darkness. What more can he be hiding? Isn't killing his wife and children bad enough? What dark secrets lurk in his soul, and why is Cassidy and his complete control over her so suddenly important?Stuart delivers a sexy, steamy dark mystery that will keep you biting your nails to the very end. A book that lingers in the mind years after you finish. I literally could not put this one down!!

Chillingly wonderful

When Cassidy receives the call from her father Sean that he is ill and would like her to visit, she takes his word as a banker would a convicted bank robber's word. She doesn't trust the sitation or the man. Her father, Sean, is a tabloid-like writer who searches for the most gossip infested stories to untangle and break wide open to the public in books. When he stumbles upon his new pet project, Richard Tiernan, he once again has the writer's lust to ferret out the tale, grit, and details. He will do nearly anything to accomplish his greatest percieved novel. Even take the suspected murderer into his own home and entice his eldest daughter home to unknowingly serve as a temptation for Richard.Cassidy is unable to explain her attraction to Richard. She is aware of his suspicion of murder and half believes the rumors are true that he has murdered his wife and children and is hiding the bodies of his children where they cannot be found and yet there is something about him that moves her. That challenges her. The mystifies her.When Cassidy agrees to take on Sean's project of editing Sean's novel and leave her own job behind for a while she plays the cat and mouse game Richard weaves for her and the game seduces her beyond her wildest dreams.While a dark book with thick suspence and sexual tension that at times can be spine tingling this is a truely insightful look into the dark side of romance, love, and intrigue, murder, death, and trust. This is a must read for the ones who are not afraid to get their hands, imaginations, and eyes a little dirty.

One of Anne Stuart's darkest books

This is not for the faint of heart. (Yes, I know that's a cliche.) Keep in mind that it's a book about a woman drawn to a man who has been convicted of murder. If you hate that kind of book, this one will make you very uneasy. Even if you like this kind of book, it could still make you uneasy.I'm a big fan of Gothics. Many Gothics used the plot about the woman who is sucked into a relationship with a man who could be a murderer. Rarely, however, did the authors go beyond the basics of the story, exploiting the simplistic thrill of the plot -- but missing what makes it tick. In the worst of these books, the heroines had no interior life, no logic. This book is not like that. When this book is over, you'll know why the characters acted as they did. Anne Stuart never takes the easy way out. She explores all the dark corners of this sort of relationship. Why would a woman fall for a guy who could be not just a killer, but a serial killer? And what is HE up to?Anne M. MarbleReviewer, All About Romance

A mesmerizing novel of romantic suspense.....

If there was an award for the very best writer of romantic suspense, Anne Stuart should receive it. Like most of her books, this one is dark and edgy, sensual and romantic. Why does Cass's father bring a killer into their home? Is Richard a killer? And, if he's not; who killed Richard's wife? And, what happened to Richard's children? Richard's motivations, Cass' motivations, and her father's make up the gist of the story. With the suspense of the story alone, you have enough to read, to keep you mesmerized. With the romance, you have the taste of spice, that makes all Ms. Stuart's books so special.

A good night's read

This book is not for everyone...there is a darkness, almost a gothic quality to it. However, when I loaned it to a friend, I received an irate call the next day accusing me of sabotage...she could not stop until she had finished the book and all tasks were forgotten. Ms. Stuart keeps the reader on the edge until the end, but the edge is not soft and romantic. This book is more mainstream suspense than romance. Much as Poe might do, the action is primarily mental, mind games, manipulation, secrets on a variety of levels. One can never be sure of the guilt or innocence of the main character, or the wisdom of the heroine's involvement. This book is to be read page by page, not skimmed. Perhaps my friend had the right idea...this should be read in one sitting for the total effect. Romance remains (I am too much a diehard romantic to be but so enthusiastic about books that don't contains SOME romance), but be warned that this is no bright sunshine of a book. Like its title, the book seems best in the night