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Silent Night
During the holiday season, three women--a college student, the wife of a murdered DEA agent, and a widow--must run for their lives when they become the targets of a mysterious enemy who will stop at nothing to silence them, forever. Original.
340 pages, Paperback
First published October 31, 2004
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About the author
Claudia Dain
37 books100 followersIt was while writing a descriptive essay in seventh grade English (that was the assignment, to write a 'descriptive essay') that Claudia first fell in love. With descriptive essays. Boys being what they are in seventh grade, there was hardly much choice.
By her ninth grade year, Claudia was spending hours each week in her bedroom writing descriptive essays that heavily featured older boys (eleventh grade). She also practiced her kissing technique on a pole lamp next to her bed. It was less than satisfactory, but the writing was fun.
She attended the University of Southern California as an English major. She'd mastered kissing by this time and writing, strangely enough, was still fun. 'Strangely' because while it had become obvious to her that almost everyone enjoyed kissing, it was equally obvious that very few people enjoyed writing. This was as peculiar to her as, well, not enjoying kissing.
Clearly, something had to be done. The idea of combining kissing and writing seemed the obvious course of action. While Claudia does not claim to have invented the romance novel, she certainly has a lot of fun describing kisses and inventing men to bestow them upon. And not a one of her heroes looks remotely like a pole lamp. (And don't act like one either.)
Claudia was first published in 2000, is a two-time Rita finalist, and a USA Today Bestselling author. Which just goes to prove that you can make a career out of kissing and writing about it.
By her ninth grade year, Claudia was spending hours each week in her bedroom writing descriptive essays that heavily featured older boys (eleventh grade). She also practiced her kissing technique on a pole lamp next to her bed. It was less than satisfactory, but the writing was fun.
She attended the University of Southern California as an English major. She'd mastered kissing by this time and writing, strangely enough, was still fun. 'Strangely' because while it had become obvious to her that almost everyone enjoyed kissing, it was equally obvious that very few people enjoyed writing. This was as peculiar to her as, well, not enjoying kissing.
Clearly, something had to be done. The idea of combining kissing and writing seemed the obvious course of action. While Claudia does not claim to have invented the romance novel, she certainly has a lot of fun describing kisses and inventing men to bestow them upon. And not a one of her heroes looks remotely like a pole lamp. (And don't act like one either.)
Claudia was first published in 2000, is a two-time Rita finalist, and a USA Today Bestselling author. Which just goes to prove that you can make a career out of kissing and writing about it.
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July 8, 2018
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The story was a great idea! I liked the plot a lot. The writing was very realistic for getting into the brain of a 20-year-old (speaking as a not-so-distantly-20-year-old myself). My only complaint was that it ended too soon! But it WAS a short story, so some things have to be left unsaid, I suppose...
Still of the Night
This one had me on the edge of my seat. GREAT action and suspense scenes, and the hero had me falling in love with him. (Oh CONNOR! *swoon*)
Wounded
Evelyn Rogers's story was the sexiest piece of the three in Silent Night. I'm all about the tall, dark and handsome mysterious stranger, so this one was fine by me. The heroine was a little more tortured than I generally like my heroines to be, but I enjoyed the story anyway, and the ending was satisfying.
The story was a great idea! I liked the plot a lot. The writing was very realistic for getting into the brain of a 20-year-old (speaking as a not-so-distantly-20-year-old myself). My only complaint was that it ended too soon! But it WAS a short story, so some things have to be left unsaid, I suppose...
Still of the Night
This one had me on the edge of my seat. GREAT action and suspense scenes, and the hero had me falling in love with him. (Oh CONNOR! *swoon*)
Wounded
Evelyn Rogers's story was the sexiest piece of the three in Silent Night. I'm all about the tall, dark and handsome mysterious stranger, so this one was fine by me. The heroine was a little more tortured than I generally like my heroines to be, but I enjoyed the story anyway, and the ending was satisfying.
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