Edge of Night

by Carol Warburton

In 1858, to earn money to join her married sisters in Utah and to escape an unscrupulous guardian, twenty-one-year-old Tamsin flees her Massachusetts town and becomes housekeeper for a mysterious bachelor.

Genres: Lds Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Clean Romance, Fiction, Adult

278 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

Reviews

[Teya Teya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy WOW! She pulled you right into the time and you were there at ever turn and hoped with the characters. I was completely enthralled in the story. The end that came reverted back to modern day and I teared at the sweet ending. I loved it!

[June · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book that portrays how some women were successful in getting away from powerful hungry men and find peace and acceptance in a safe place. It also showed how some people risked so much to help free slaves.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok LDS read. I liked the love story, but like a lot of LDS books I am finding lately the writing is not very good.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was pleasantly surprised. Christian Fiction of any kind is rarely well done. (LDS is no exception.)

Graded a B.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this historical fiction book about life in the late 1850's in Massachusetts. It was a love story and an adventure, and was about the underground railroad and how dangerous it was to help the slaves escape to Canada. It is LDS fiction, but little of the story has to do with the Church.

[Daisy Dandelion · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains a romance and an abolitionist adventure. The two are woven together quite well. Easy to read and exciting.

[Kristine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading a historical fiction set during the underground railroad.

[Kemi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story itself was good. 4 stars
The book needed better grammatical editing. 3 stars

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suspend realistic belief. It’s a page turner that kept me on the edge of my seat.

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book takes place in 1858. A young girl's mother died and her sisters married living far away and she is at the mercy of a benefactor. This person makes improper advances toward her so she flees at night, not knowing where she would go. The story goes on to tell of kind people she meets that become fast friends and a job as a house keeper for Caleb Tremayne. This is the time in history of
run away slaves finding safe houses to go to and people helping them, if caught lost property and everything they had, jailed etc. It is another good book by Carol Warburton.

[Maria Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is only LDS fiction because the author is LDS and she included temple work in the Prologue and Epilogue but it really wasn't part of the story itself at all and felt odd to me. Both could have been left out. Two older sisters have already joined the Mormons and moved west when the story opens but that is it. There is a clear Christian theme in the actual story but not specific to Mormons. Have faith. Trust God. It fits all Christian faiths.

I liked the working of the underground railroad aspect of the story. I had to wonder if I would have been brave enough to act in that situation.

The book is clean generally but has some mild content. Since it is dealing with slavery the "N" word is used a few times. Also there is attempted rape and an explanation that incest had occurred but not graphic. There is a shooting of the main male character and a murder as well but more in defense of others than anything so that kind of violence is included as well. To say all that exists in the book makes it sound worse than it was.

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book intrigued me when I was working in the Deseret Book store. I would always look at the shelves trying to find a jewel among all the books there. This one I was pulled into from the very beginning. It had a plot of trying to get those slaves to the north so they can have their freedom but it also had a love story in there. The love story is complex and rocky but prevails in the end amongst all the chaos surrounding them. Because of this book I had to read the sequel to it. So you can find out what happened to the main character's sister.

[Dorry Lou · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book held my attention from the beginning. There was a certain amount of mystery which added to what will happen next. Its the story of a girl whose sisters have married & she has no contact with them as she does not know where they are. Then her mother dies leaving her alone. She is left to the mercy of a man who is her benefactor. After improper advances towards her she leaves in the middle of the night. Strangers help her find work with a mysterious bachelor. It goes from there as she finds herself in the middle of a dangerous situation. I enjoyed the book very much.

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Generally speaking, this was a nice story. I did wonder what the title had to do with the story? The story seemed to be one kind of story (a romance) until about the middle when suddenly it became a story about freeing slaves and really not much of a romance. I liked the first half of the story better but it did have to go somewhere and I guess that is where freeing the slaves came in. I did skim-read some with this which is normally a 2-star deal but this was otherwise good enough that I couldn't give it such a low rating.

[Swhe641200 · Rating 3 out of 5]

GSB Story about Tamsin who was left a lone after the death of her Mother. Her Sister had run away with her husband to be. Her other sisters had joined the church and gone west. The landlord made improper advances to her and she runs away becoming a house keeper to a rich man who helps slaves. It was a nice story easy to read and has adventure but turns out good because she ends up with the rich man.

[Sherdene · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book as well. Once again, Carol Warburton does a great job bringing together the main characters. The adventure they have keeps your attention throughout the book. You need to make sure and read this book before you read "Before The Dawn" from the same author.(check out my review on the book)

[Alyson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even though I read this book as an "escape" and just for fun, this book actually had to do with helping runaway slaves. I had to laugh, since reading books about black history seems to be a theme for me in since April. This book was enjoyable to read and a page turner. Thanks to my neighbor, Shauna Ward, who lent it to me.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, I really like the name Tamsin. She doesn't even realize how beautiful she becomes through her courage and unselfishness. I really liked the development of the relationship between Tamsin and Caleb. I know we can't even imagine slavery and its cruelty. But, HURRAH to those who fought it and courageously aided the Underground Railroad.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hurray for the underground railroad heroes! I read this historical fiction a while ago and as I started it again, remembered how it went. Carol Warburton is a gifted writer. I really like the main characters of this book.

[Alissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thanks, Chrissy for recommending this one. I enjoyed trying a new author. The storytelling kept me turning pages, and it was an interesting look into what it might have been like to be hiding and helping runaway slaves.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Over all a really good read. I have this feeling, however, that an editor got a hold of her story and forced some rules on her on how to write. It just felt a little mechanical. Still, I Loved the story.

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story with a fascinating setting. I would only loosely classify it as 'LDS fiction' - it has few references to the church and someone totally unfamiliar with the church would not be confused reading it.

[Terra · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only gave this book 2 stars because I just didn't love it enough to recommend it to friends. If you are LDS and want a clean read, then this is the book for you. I just thought it was missing something. I don't know what that something is, but I just wasn't that interested.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I lliked the book but if you're looking for an honest-to-goodness romance, this isn't it. But i liked the history behind it concerning the underground railroad.

[Julieanne Stagge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed it, but I like the sequal to this book better.

[Candace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the sequel to "Before the Dawn". I thoroughly enjoyed both of them!

[Alysia · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED it!!!

[Connie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful book to read that holds your interest all the way through.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my old favorites.

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it because it wasn't the stereotype mormon book. It really was intriguing. And the plot was fairly imaginative.