Just Before Midnight

Meet Me at Midnight

by Suzanne Robinson

It's 1899, and American heiress Mattie Bright is too modern for her own good.  Mattie would love to spend her days racing through town in her motorcar. Instead she's in London looking for a husband whose lineage will make her fortune respectable. The only interesting man Mattie has encountered is the handsome Lord Cheyne Tennant—and they've been at war from the moment they met!

No one knows that Cheyne is working with Scotland Yard to catch a blackmailer plaguing London's wealthiest aristocrats. He'll need a daring young woman to help capture the culprit--but no gilded English lily will do. Mattie, with hair black as midnight and a fearless soul to match, is just perfect.  But Cheyne doesn't know just how far Mattie will go to find the adventure she craves.  And when he finally realizes how much she means to him, it may be too late to protect her....

Genres: Romance, Historical, Historical Romance, Victorian, Adult, Mystery, Historical Fiction

336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 29, 2000

About the author

Lynda Suzanne Robinson (b. July 6, 1951 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American writer, author of romance (under the name Suzanne Robinson) and mystery novels (under the name Lynda S. Robinson). She is best known for her series of historical whodunnits set in Ancient Egypt during the reign of Tutankhamun and featuring Lord Meren, "the Eyes and Ears of Pharaoh". She lives in Texas with her husband and has a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin.

Reviews

[Jiyoung · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting settings and fine hate-to-love relationship.

[R · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I enjoyed some parts of the book, there were others that annoyed me. The heroine's turns of phrase, for one. While they could be amusing (such as when she called the hero a skunk), often they were just irritating.

I did like the hero, though, and overall this was an okay book. I certainly didn't see the villain coming, although this might just be due to my poor villain-identifying skills. And actually, I really would have preferred the villain be someone else, because I liked the villain's character.

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars This was really funny up until the mystery overtook everyone and everything. I laughed out loud and giggled several times while reading about the antics of Cheyne and Mattie. Too bad it all got swallowed up by the not-as-interesting side story.