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Long Night Moon
To the world, Sara Ivy had it all: a handsome husband, a manicured estate, the kind of ethereal beauty that drew all eyes to her. So when hard-bitten reporter Nash Audubon crashed a party to get an interview, all he expected was another run-in with a bored socialite. Instead, he got the surprise of his life.
For Sara Ivy possessed an innocence that had no place in the sophisticated world of Chicago high society. Tempted to learn her deepest secrets, he followed her into the night...and in one dangerous moment discovered the real Sara--sexy, brave, and heartbreakingly defiant. She was ready to end the charade of her marriage to a brutal man, and Nash would move heaven and earth to cherish and protect her--even if it cost him his life....
For Sara Ivy possessed an innocence that had no place in the sophisticated world of Chicago high society. Tempted to learn her deepest secrets, he followed her into the night...and in one dangerous moment discovered the real Sara--sexy, brave, and heartbreakingly defiant. She was ready to end the charade of her marriage to a brutal man, and Nash would move heaven and earth to cherish and protect her--even if it cost him his life....
343 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1995
About the author
Theresa Weir
32 books312 followersTheresa Weir (a.k.a. Anne Frasier) is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of novels and numerous short stories that have spanned the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, fantasy, and memoir. During her award-winning career, she's written for Penguin Putnam, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins Publishers, Bantam Books/Random House, Silhouette Books, Grand Central Publishing/Hachette, and Amazon's Thomas & Mercer. Her titles have been printed in both hardcover and paperback and translated into twenty languages.
Her first memoir, THE ORCHARD, was a 2011 Oprah Magazine Fall Pick, Number Two on the Indie Next list, a featured B+ review in Entertainment Weekly, and a Librarians’ Best Books of 2011. Her second memoir, THE MAN WHO LEFT, was a New York Times Bestseller. Going back to 1988, Weir’s debut title was the cult phenomenon AMAZON LILY, initially published by Pocket Books and later reissued by Bantam Books. Writing as Theresa Weir, she won a RITA for romantic suspense (COOL SHADE), and a year later the Daphne du Maurier for paranormal romance (BAD KARMA). In her more recent Anne Frasier career, her thriller and suspense titles hit the USA Today list (HUSH, SLEEP TIGHT, PLAY DEAD) and were featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. HUSH was both a RITA and Daphne du Maurier finalist.
THE ORCHARD
An Oprah Magazine Fall Pick
Featured B+ Review in Entertainment Weekly
Number Two on October Indie Next List
BJ's Book Club Spotlight
LIbrarians' Best Books of 2011
Maclean's Top Books of 2011
On Point (NPR) Best Books of 2011
Abrams Best of 2011
Publishers Lunch (Publishers Weekly) Favorite Books of 2011
Eighth Annual One Book, One Community 2012, Excelsior, Minnesota
Target Book Club Pick, September 2012
www.theresaweir.com
Title List
Writing as ANNE FRASIER
Hush, USA Today bestseller, RITA finalist, Daphne du Maurier finalist (2002)
Sleep Tight, USA Today bestseller (2003)
Play Dead, USA Today bestseller (2004)
Before I Wake (2005)
Pale Immortal (2006)
Garden of Darkness, RITA finalist (2007)
Once Upon a Crime anthology, Santa’s Little Helper (2009)
The Lineup, Poems on Crime, Home (2010)
Discount Noir anthology, Crack House (2010)
Deadly Treats Halloween anthology, editor and contributor, The Replacement (September 2011)
Once Upon a Crime anthology, Red Cadillac (April 2012)
Woman in a Black Veil (July 2012)
Dark: Volume 1 (short stories, July 2012)
Dark: Volume 2 (short stories, July 2012)
Black Tupelo (short-story collection July 2012)
Girls from the North Country (short story, August 2012)
Made of Stars (short story, August 2012)
Stars (short story collection, August 2012)
Zero Plus Seven (anthology, 2013)
Stay Dead (April 2014)
Writing as THERESA WEIR
The Forever Man (1988)
Amazon Lily, RITA finalist, Best New Adventure Writer award, Romantic Times (1988)
Loving Jenny (1989)
Pictures of Emily (1990)
Iguana Bay (1990)
Forever (1991)
Last Summer (1992)
One Fine Day (1994)
Long Night Moon, Reviewer’s Choice Award, Romantic Times (1995)
American Dreamer (1997)
Some Kind of Magic (1998)
Cool Shade RITA winner, romantic suspense (1998)
Bad Karma, Daphne du Maurier award, paranormal (1999)
Max Under the Stars, short story (2010)
The Orchard, a memoir (September 2011)
The Man Who Left , a memoir and New York Times bestseller (April 2012)
The Girl with the Cat Tattoo (June 2012)
Made of Stars (August 2012)
Come As You Are (October 2013)
The Geek with the Cat Tattoo (December 2013)
Her first memoir, THE ORCHARD, was a 2011 Oprah Magazine Fall Pick, Number Two on the Indie Next list, a featured B+ review in Entertainment Weekly, and a Librarians’ Best Books of 2011. Her second memoir, THE MAN WHO LEFT, was a New York Times Bestseller. Going back to 1988, Weir’s debut title was the cult phenomenon AMAZON LILY, initially published by Pocket Books and later reissued by Bantam Books. Writing as Theresa Weir, she won a RITA for romantic suspense (COOL SHADE), and a year later the Daphne du Maurier for paranormal romance (BAD KARMA). In her more recent Anne Frasier career, her thriller and suspense titles hit the USA Today list (HUSH, SLEEP TIGHT, PLAY DEAD) and were featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. HUSH was both a RITA and Daphne du Maurier finalist.
THE ORCHARD
An Oprah Magazine Fall Pick
Featured B+ Review in Entertainment Weekly
Number Two on October Indie Next List
BJ's Book Club Spotlight
LIbrarians' Best Books of 2011
Maclean's Top Books of 2011
On Point (NPR) Best Books of 2011
Abrams Best of 2011
Publishers Lunch (Publishers Weekly) Favorite Books of 2011
Eighth Annual One Book, One Community 2012, Excelsior, Minnesota
Target Book Club Pick, September 2012
www.theresaweir.com
Title List
Writing as ANNE FRASIER
Hush, USA Today bestseller, RITA finalist, Daphne du Maurier finalist (2002)
Sleep Tight, USA Today bestseller (2003)
Play Dead, USA Today bestseller (2004)
Before I Wake (2005)
Pale Immortal (2006)
Garden of Darkness, RITA finalist (2007)
Once Upon a Crime anthology, Santa’s Little Helper (2009)
The Lineup, Poems on Crime, Home (2010)
Discount Noir anthology, Crack House (2010)
Deadly Treats Halloween anthology, editor and contributor, The Replacement (September 2011)
Once Upon a Crime anthology, Red Cadillac (April 2012)
Woman in a Black Veil (July 2012)
Dark: Volume 1 (short stories, July 2012)
Dark: Volume 2 (short stories, July 2012)
Black Tupelo (short-story collection July 2012)
Girls from the North Country (short story, August 2012)
Made of Stars (short story, August 2012)
Stars (short story collection, August 2012)
Zero Plus Seven (anthology, 2013)
Stay Dead (April 2014)
Writing as THERESA WEIR
The Forever Man (1988)
Amazon Lily, RITA finalist, Best New Adventure Writer award, Romantic Times (1988)
Loving Jenny (1989)
Pictures of Emily (1990)
Iguana Bay (1990)
Forever (1991)
Last Summer (1992)
One Fine Day (1994)
Long Night Moon, Reviewer’s Choice Award, Romantic Times (1995)
American Dreamer (1997)
Some Kind of Magic (1998)
Cool Shade RITA winner, romantic suspense (1998)
Bad Karma, Daphne du Maurier award, paranormal (1999)
Max Under the Stars, short story (2010)
The Orchard, a memoir (September 2011)
The Man Who Left , a memoir and New York Times bestseller (April 2012)
The Girl with the Cat Tattoo (June 2012)
Made of Stars (August 2012)
Come As You Are (October 2013)
The Geek with the Cat Tattoo (December 2013)
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May 20, 2010
Theresa Weir does it again with a heartbreaking story of a battered woman and a hardened, homeless, ex-con. Sound interesting?......even if it doesn't, believe me....it is!
This author has just not ever had the notoriety that she deserves. Her contemporary novels are some of the most thought provoking and engaging of the entire genre, and her books never disappoint. Long Night Moon is no exception to this rule.
Domestic Violence is a tough topic and Weir delivers a look into one woman's nightmare. Weir doesn't take any shortcuts and we see, up close, the cycle of abuse. Sara's story will haunt you. Nash is also a man with a painful past. He is a recluse, not letting anyone too close.....untill Sara. The friendship and ultimate relationship that develops between Nash and Sara is what really sets this book apart from others and makes it memorable. These characters deserve their HEA!
This author has just not ever had the notoriety that she deserves. Her contemporary novels are some of the most thought provoking and engaging of the entire genre, and her books never disappoint. Long Night Moon is no exception to this rule.
Domestic Violence is a tough topic and Weir delivers a look into one woman's nightmare. Weir doesn't take any shortcuts and we see, up close, the cycle of abuse. Sara's story will haunt you. Nash is also a man with a painful past. He is a recluse, not letting anyone too close.....untill Sara. The friendship and ultimate relationship that develops between Nash and Sara is what really sets this book apart from others and makes it memorable. These characters deserve their HEA!
March 14, 2011
Theresa Weir's romances have always stood apart for me from others that I've read, and I've always had a hard time putting my finger on why. There's an "otherness" about her books .... she's not the first or last to write about damaged people caught in dangerous situations, or about quiet lives of desperation, but she has a way of telling her stories that is poignant and compelling, and she creates characters and situations that stay with me long after I've finished her books. "Long Night Moon" is, to me, the one of the best of her books, and one of her most haunting.
The book is based in the tragedy of Nash Audubon's life .... an ex-convict who lives out of his car and his office at a quirky newspaper called "Shoot The Moon". The paper prints articles about alien babies and lost cows finding their way home, and the occasional expose, and he does whatever its publisher, Harley Gillette, needs him to do. Nash lives in the present, untouched by the people around him, until one night he sees Sara Ivey try to kill herself. Sara is a beautiful socialite who has snubbed Nash's attempt to interview her; the wife of Donovan Ivey, a businessman turned politician, she's part of Chicago's high society and seems to have everything. But her desperate action in Nash's presence sets off a series of events that bring them together .... Sara is desperate to escape her abusive marriage, and Nash, who is fascinated by her at first, and then drawn to her with deeper feelings, wants to help her.
"Shoot The Moon" isn't always an easy one to read .... Nash is more invested emotionally in their growing relationship than Sara for some time, and both struggle with painful experiences that mar their time together. And there are scenes of violence as Donovan Ivey fights to keep Sara from leaving him. But Weir's lovely way of writing and the strength of her characters keeps the reader caught up in the story. She has created wonderful characters not only in Nash and Sara, but in Harley and in Sara's father, who remains one of my favorite people from any of Weir's books.
I love this book and it remains with me even when I'm not reading it.
The book is based in the tragedy of Nash Audubon's life .... an ex-convict who lives out of his car and his office at a quirky newspaper called "Shoot The Moon". The paper prints articles about alien babies and lost cows finding their way home, and the occasional expose, and he does whatever its publisher, Harley Gillette, needs him to do. Nash lives in the present, untouched by the people around him, until one night he sees Sara Ivey try to kill herself. Sara is a beautiful socialite who has snubbed Nash's attempt to interview her; the wife of Donovan Ivey, a businessman turned politician, she's part of Chicago's high society and seems to have everything. But her desperate action in Nash's presence sets off a series of events that bring them together .... Sara is desperate to escape her abusive marriage, and Nash, who is fascinated by her at first, and then drawn to her with deeper feelings, wants to help her.
"Shoot The Moon" isn't always an easy one to read .... Nash is more invested emotionally in their growing relationship than Sara for some time, and both struggle with painful experiences that mar their time together. And there are scenes of violence as Donovan Ivey fights to keep Sara from leaving him. But Weir's lovely way of writing and the strength of her characters keeps the reader caught up in the story. She has created wonderful characters not only in Nash and Sara, but in Harley and in Sara's father, who remains one of my favorite people from any of Weir's books.
I love this book and it remains with me even when I'm not reading it.
June 24, 2015
Theresa Weir has a habit of writing about broken people. She is not ashamed of taking the darker elements of a relationship and bringing them into the light. LONG NIGHT MOON is just such a story with a well-written hero and heroine.
Sara Ivy appears to have everything in life including gorgeous looks. Her husband is wealthy and they are a popular couple. Or so it seems.
Nash Audubon is a reporter and after 'the real' story. He follows her looking for something that will earn him a headline. What he doesn't expect to find is what happens to Sara behind closed doors.
What starts at first as something shallow, Nash soon becomes her champion. He becomes a different man when he sets aside 'the story' to protect Sara. Her husband's character is chilling and he doesn't know how to handle the word 'no'. Sara not only wants out of the marriage but to keep her life intact.
This novel is engrossing as Ms. Weir meant it to be. The subject is spouse abuse; the imagery is good. Not without a few flaws, it still rates a solid four stars. The author manages to infuse passion and danger at the same time. If you haven't read this author's work before try this romance.
Sara Ivy appears to have everything in life including gorgeous looks. Her husband is wealthy and they are a popular couple. Or so it seems.
Nash Audubon is a reporter and after 'the real' story. He follows her looking for something that will earn him a headline. What he doesn't expect to find is what happens to Sara behind closed doors.
What starts at first as something shallow, Nash soon becomes her champion. He becomes a different man when he sets aside 'the story' to protect Sara. Her husband's character is chilling and he doesn't know how to handle the word 'no'. Sara not only wants out of the marriage but to keep her life intact.
This novel is engrossing as Ms. Weir meant it to be. The subject is spouse abuse; the imagery is good. Not without a few flaws, it still rates a solid four stars. The author manages to infuse passion and danger at the same time. If you haven't read this author's work before try this romance.
January 13, 2014
Yeesh Weir sure knows how to bring the dark and heavy.
I knew this author wrote well when it comes to real life issues and an amazing load of angst but this one just takes the cake. The heroine was going through hell and the hero seemed too oblivious which drove me off the wall at times. But then again he had his own nightmares so I guess giving him some lee-way is necessary.
If you're looking for a story of two characters living in hell and using each other to escape, then this is for you.
I knew this author wrote well when it comes to real life issues and an amazing load of angst but this one just takes the cake. The heroine was going through hell and the hero seemed too oblivious which drove me off the wall at times. But then again he had his own nightmares so I guess giving him some lee-way is necessary.
If you're looking for a story of two characters living in hell and using each other to escape, then this is for you.
November 10, 2015
This is marketed as "romantic suspense" but it is neither romantic nor suspenseful. Brutally abused wife meets tortured hero and is emotionally abused by him until the utter dolt wakes up and realizes that the married woman he thinks is a tease is actually being terrorized by her husband. The heroine does nothing to save herself and spends the majority of the book suicidal, drunk, and/or half naked. Out of this I'm supposed to believe the Happily Ever After that suddenly appears? Theresa Weir has always written dark romances, but this one was just distasteful.
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April 22, 2010
This book is difficult to rate. On the one hand the writing and story-telling are excellent, but on the other hand, the subject matter was just too painful for me. Reading romance is a form of escapism for me, and the abusive marriage in this book just felt too real, too depressing, and too distressing for me. Still, I feel this book is very special.
April 14, 2013
Touching, tragic, terrifying romance between two damaged people. I loved it. I'm so glad I've found this author.
March 13, 2015
I loved this story. Like always, I love how Theresa Weir writes characters with flaws. Loved the ending, how it shows a happy couple, yet it does talk about struggles they had/have.
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