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Midnight Series #2
Midnight Lord
Barely escaping from a life of indentured servitude in the colonies only to fall prey to his injuries, former English lord Stephen Wingate is nursed to health by Megan Drake, who fears that Stephen is not who he claims to be. Original.
384 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1995
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January 11, 2025
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2.5 stars
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Poor Stephen has had a hard time of it! First, the Earl was kidnaped, then impressed. One night, he was able to escape that ship. Unfortunately, it was not land he saw but a convict ship. Most of their passengers died, so the captain switched Stephen's identity with a dangerous but dead convict so he could get more money selling him. Stephen was sold to a very cruel man who made a press gang look like a cakewalk. Now, he's escaped, but the wolves are behind him, and he is too ill to go further.
Stephen collapsed in front of Megan's cabin. She and her brother take the sick man into their home. Meghan used to run her father's plantation until he died. Her mother married a fortune hunter who was strangely awarded guardianship of a 23 year old Meg. Hmm.. nothing strange there. The man loses everything and takes his wife's children to the frontier in Virginia. He is later murdered. Megan's eldest brother took off. So now it's just Megan and her 16 year old brother. I love that Megan doesn't dwell on her loss but focuses on creating a home for her brother.
She knows she'll never marry because who would want or be faithful to a plain, skinny woman like her. Words from her mother that ruin some of her character because her inner monologue repeats this a lot!
She decides to help Stephen even if she believes he is lying about his identity. She nurses him back to life. Stephen needs to leave before he is caught but he can't leave Meg with all this work. So he stays for the harvest. He isn't much help at first because he's never had to do anything for himself. Humourous occurrence does happen because of that fact, but I wish there were more. Eventually, he falls in love but can't leave Meg behind. He marries her and plans to take her to England.
The 2nd half is Stephen adjusting to life in England. The villain who kidnapped him already was vanquished in book 1. So he dedicates fixing the wrongs done to Meg. He will do anything for his wife, including not upsetting her with bad news, which proves to be a mistake. Still, Stephen was a great H who grew to a wonderful human being.
Unfortunately, Meg started to get on my nerves. She constantly puts herself down and never thinks she's good enough for him to be faithful. That thought process got old. It doesn't fit with her resilient personality. The author needs to write better conflicts because this was a lame excuse.
So, the book was just okay. I'll never reread it again. I'm not sure if I'll read the last book 🤔
2.5 stars
Read in order
Okay
Poor Stephen has had a hard time of it! First, the Earl was kidnaped, then impressed. One night, he was able to escape that ship. Unfortunately, it was not land he saw but a convict ship. Most of their passengers died, so the captain switched Stephen's identity with a dangerous but dead convict so he could get more money selling him. Stephen was sold to a very cruel man who made a press gang look like a cakewalk. Now, he's escaped, but the wolves are behind him, and he is too ill to go further.
Stephen collapsed in front of Megan's cabin. She and her brother take the sick man into their home. Meghan used to run her father's plantation until he died. Her mother married a fortune hunter who was strangely awarded guardianship of a 23 year old Meg. Hmm.. nothing strange there. The man loses everything and takes his wife's children to the frontier in Virginia. He is later murdered. Megan's eldest brother took off. So now it's just Megan and her 16 year old brother. I love that Megan doesn't dwell on her loss but focuses on creating a home for her brother.
She knows she'll never marry because who would want or be faithful to a plain, skinny woman like her. Words from her mother that ruin some of her character because her inner monologue repeats this a lot!
She decides to help Stephen even if she believes he is lying about his identity. She nurses him back to life. Stephen needs to leave before he is caught but he can't leave Meg with all this work. So he stays for the harvest. He isn't much help at first because he's never had to do anything for himself. Humourous occurrence does happen because of that fact, but I wish there were more. Eventually, he falls in love but can't leave Meg behind. He marries her and plans to take her to England.
The 2nd half is Stephen adjusting to life in England. The villain who kidnapped him already was vanquished in book 1. So he dedicates fixing the wrongs done to Meg. He will do anything for his wife, including not upsetting her with bad news, which proves to be a mistake. Still, Stephen was a great H who grew to a wonderful human being.
Unfortunately, Meg started to get on my nerves. She constantly puts herself down and never thinks she's good enough for him to be faithful. That thought process got old. It doesn't fit with her resilient personality. The author needs to write better conflicts because this was a lame excuse.
So, the book was just okay. I'll never reread it again. I'm not sure if I'll read the last book 🤔
November 18, 2023
This was a satisfying read that I would recommend to book lovers. Midnight Lord by Marlene Suson is the second of her Midnight Trilogy. The setting of this historical romance is 1741, Virginia Frontier.
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March 13, 2012
I found it to be a muted love story. What I mean by this is that the storyline revolved more along the lines of the day-to-day/daily interaction/friendship between characters. There was no real sexual tension that I felt in the words of this book. It was not a hot, spicy romance book. I also felt there could have been a little more struggle when it came to Stephen. Not that in real life I would wish more negativity on anyone but this is a book and I think more drama could have added a more intense storyline. For instance, perhaps Stephen could have been recaptured by Flynt (and of course re-escaping) or perhaps there could have been more of a struggle when it came to reclaiming his birthright, or Meg could have really left him and he had to chase her longer and fight harder to win her back...The book had some real potential to be amazing. As it was, overall, it was okay. Not a "WOOOW!!" but it didn't really bore me either.
October 23, 2015
older romance (mid 90s publication) sweet and tender. highly insecure heroine can get on your nerves a bit but still a sweet read.
July 3, 2009
It was OK, her insecurities were a little hard to take after 200 pages of it.
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