Shadow Lover

by Anne Stuart

Book Overview

Victim. Lover. Both? His dark game is seducing her- just as it was when they were young.How can he still have that power over her? Eighteen years ago, she saw him die. Wealthy, selfish, and greedy,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451408691
• ISBN13: 9780451408693
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Onyx Books
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

This is a sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat kind of book...

And make sure to start this book when you have plenty of time to finish, this is one book that is very, very hard to put down... This was my second Anne Stuart book, and this one, so different in style from the first book I read by her, has established in my mind that this is a consistently top-notch author, no matter what the type of storyline. Shadow Lover features a classic "bad boy" hero, yet at the same time he is surprisingly endearing, he grows on you. (Is that the fascination there is for that kind of hero - the challenge of making him a lovable man? I wonder). Is he or isn't he? Is he who he says he is? Is he who she thinks he is? Or is he all of the above? Possibly none of the above? Previous reviewers have outlined the plot, but the part that was impressive for me was the way I, the reader, had my emotions tied in knots. One minute I thought - yes, he is! Then the next minute, no he's not! This is not so much about an ending - is he or isn't he? But rather the ride, it's sort of like an emotional roller coaster where you don't know where the roller coaster is going, you never know where Ms. Stuart is going to go next, but boy, do you care! Anne Stuart is a master at manipulating emotions, and she is also a fabulous writer who can transmit a mood by just a few words. She is also an author with an instinctive knowledge of the human psyche. What her pen sometimes shows us is not always a very pretty sight - yet we know that it's true, nevertheless. Her understanding of both the good and the bad of human nature, and her talent in writing it realistically is what makes her an excellent writer, and her portrayal especially of the "dark side" is what gives her novels that *edge* - and an edge-of-your-seat reading experience. I don't usually like these kind of dark and suspenseful novels, but Anne Stuart is such a good writer that I forgot that part. Oh, and did I mention that Anne Stuart is a good writer?

A six star novel

Excellent work by Anne Stuart, this book will keep you reading all the time, and when you can't read it because you are at work or at the movies, you will think about what will happen next in the book. The way that Alex-Sam makes his plans to know the truth about his life will not let you forget about the book until you finish it.

Another sexy suspense from Anne Stuart

Tired of the same old romantic suspense written by once favorite authors that promise much but deliver little? If so, read SHADOW LOVER, cleverly crafted by Anne Stuart who never lets her devoted fans down. Alexander MacDowell, morally bankrupt, degenerate and beautiful, has returned home after eighteen years to reclaim his place in the bosom of his spiteful, sniping family. Or has he come after the sizable fortune he will inherit from his terminally ill mother? Or will he instead claim Carolyn, the MacDowell family's own Cinderella? Would you recognize your first love were he to return to you after almost twenty years? Carolyn believes she would. And this Alex is not the boy who tormented her as an adolescent and who torments her now as a charming and all too sexy man. While falling under his spell once more, she nonetheless tries to unmask him as a fraud. And while she longs for this man to be Alex, she knows he can't be. Because Carolyn saw Alex murdered as she hid behind an abandoned boat the night he was shot to death at the family's beach house. Yet this impostor knows family secrets so private that he must be the resurrected Alex. Could some miracle have spared his life, or is someone in the family plotting with him in order to gain a share of the inheritance? Surprising, sexy and suspenseful, this novel is another in a long line of winners from Anne Stuart. You won't want this great read to end, but you'll be compelled to race through it to discover the truth of Alex's identity. If you enjoy this novel, try Stuart's other more recent novels of the same vein, MOONRISE, NIGHTFALL, or RITUAL SINS. You won't be disappointed.

Once again Anne Stuart comes through!

Ever since reading Anne Stuart's Ritual Sins, I can't seem to get enough of this author. Shadow Lover was another Anne Stuart masterpeice. Dark, powerful, with many twists and turns. Eighteen years earlier, Alex MacDowell ran away leaving a distraut mother and Carolyn, the foster child. Now that his mother is on her deathbed, he's back. Is it the real Alex, or an imposter? Throughout her childhood Carolyn Smith idolized Alex, even though he tormented her. On the night he left, Carolyn followed him to the beach and watched as someone shot him and murdered him. Now another Alex is in the picture and Carolyn has fallen in love with him. Has she fallen in love with an imposter?Anne Stuart's Shadow Lover is one of those books that grab you from the beginning and you can't put it down until all questions are answered. This is a hands down must read!