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When the line between crime and justice blurs… Her trust in her protectors shattered, Taylor Jones strikes out on her own to find out why someone powerful enough to circumvent the Witness Security Programme wants her dead. She was almost enjoying her quiet new life with a nice, normal guy courtesy of a new identity. Then her next-door neighbour turned up dead, a stray bullet barely missed her, and a former FBI agent knew she was right in the line of fire. Soon Taylor discovers a chilling connection between the South American cocaine trade, terrorism and a secretive cabal that began with the fall of Nazi Germany…whose influence reaches all the way to the White House. But even more frightening, she suspects her nice, normal guy may be at the centre of it all… A rare and potent mixture of adventure, mystery and passion that shouldn’t be missed. Romantic Times BOOK reviews on Touching Midnight
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First published December 1, 2007
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Fiona Brand
156 books49 followersFiona Brand has always wanted to write.
After working eight years for the New Zealand Forest Service as a clerk, she decided she could spend at least that much time trying to get a novel published.
Luckily it took five years, not eight, before Fiona wrote her first award-winning novel.
She has won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year award (category section) twice, one of her novels was listed by Romantic Times as one of their all-time top two hundred favorite romance books and she has been featured in Next and She magazines.
Fiona lives in a subtropical South Seas paradise called the Bay of Islands with her two sons.
After working eight years for the New Zealand Forest Service as a clerk, she decided she could spend at least that much time trying to get a novel published.
Luckily it took five years, not eight, before Fiona wrote her first award-winning novel.
She has won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year award (category section) twice, one of her novels was listed by Romantic Times as one of their all-time top two hundred favorite romance books and she has been featured in Next and She magazines.
Fiona lives in a subtropical South Seas paradise called the Bay of Islands with her two sons.
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February 27, 2009
Probably give this a 2.5 if I could. The book just didn't engage me at all. I got 3/4 way thru and started flicking, so that's a good indication for me.
In saying that, the characters were good, the plot interesting. But IMO there was little to no connection between the h & h. But somehow? they ended up in love and hEA?? It just didn't work for me at all. There was little dialogue between the two and therefore, to me, how did they connect enough to fall in love. Dialogue is a must, in fact a prerequisite for forming any 'attachment.'
An ok filler, but wouldn't really recommend it.
In saying that, the characters were good, the plot interesting. But IMO there was little to no connection between the h & h. But somehow? they ended up in love and hEA?? It just didn't work for me at all. There was little dialogue between the two and therefore, to me, how did they connect enough to fall in love. Dialogue is a must, in fact a prerequisite for forming any 'attachment.'
An ok filler, but wouldn't really recommend it.
November 17, 2012
This is the second book in the series, which focuses on Nazi war criminals and their cadre of child prodigies and a hurried escape from the fall of the Third Reich.
This story starts, as did the first, with a scene which makes little sense at first, as it brings a woman looking for something hidden. She finds it, and loses it, and the rest of the story focuses on the search.
It was a good historical novel. delving into an area often neglected, the genetics programs of the 30s and 40s. .
However, I have trouble with the character interaction. The men seem stilted, the women unreal, the old people helpless. And their is a weird physic event.
It took me a while to finish this because of the lack of character development. Overall good but not great.
This story starts, as did the first, with a scene which makes little sense at first, as it brings a woman looking for something hidden. She finds it, and loses it, and the rest of the story focuses on the search.
It was a good historical novel. delving into an area often neglected, the genetics programs of the 30s and 40s. .
However, I have trouble with the character interaction. The men seem stilted, the women unreal, the old people helpless. And their is a weird physic event.
It took me a while to finish this because of the lack of character development. Overall good but not great.
April 6, 2009
Recommended by several people as someone who writes like Linda Howard...umm, hardly. Somewhat close but no cigar...something lacking between the h/h...decent lovescenes...the storyline at least in this one was hard to follow...I started in the middle of the book just to get a gauge of the h/h interaction, skimmed through the rest of it...am going to read another one of hers and see how it is.
Okay, I'm revising my earlier review...I read it from the beginning this time, really got into the history part and loved the Sara/Cavanaugh story from WWII, so bittersweet....still could;ve used a bit more oomph/communication between Sara/Bayard but all-in-all it was pretty good.
Okay, I'm revising my earlier review...I read it from the beginning this time, really got into the history part and loved the Sara/Cavanaugh story from WWII, so bittersweet....still could;ve used a bit more oomph/communication between Sara/Bayard but all-in-all it was pretty good.
December 23, 2009
Taylor Jones is in deep trouble, somehow her cover is blown and theres an assassin hunting her, she should be safe under the witness protection program but it's not working so she goes about trying to find out who is watching her, why and what is it that they want from her.
I found it a compelling read, there were some plot holes but overall it was quite readable and it kept me reading until quite late.
I found it a compelling read, there were some plot holes but overall it was quite readable and it kept me reading until quite late.
April 29, 2008
Suspense. Fiona Brand is another author I followed from her stint in category romance into more mainstream fiction. Her writing is strongly reminiscent of Linda Howard in every way from characters to plot, style and even favorite adjectives.
I had the same problem with this book that I had with Howard's last - interesting characters but I couldn't have cared less about the plot.
I had the same problem with this book that I had with Howard's last - interesting characters but I couldn't have cared less about the plot.
April 9, 2010
Finished this one on the plane yesterday. It has a good storyline, fairly intricate, and the main character is a good one, but it fails to tie the characters together...it falls flat when the 'heroine' starts to interact with others. Okay, but not great.
December 4, 2010
A thriller from a woman's perspective. Very engaging storyline unfolding at a brisk tempo. Certain passages strain the effort to suspend disbelief, but the book is happily neither formulaic nor predictable.
April 2, 2008
I enjoyed the second installment of Fiona Brands trilogy very much, can’t wait for “Blind Instinct”!
May 27, 2010
A great thriller/suspense surrounding people in WitSec and their quest to save themselves and track down the Columbian cartel and Nazi cabal behind all of their troubles.
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May 8, 2012I was not crazy about her new books, I liked the Harlequin romances better.
August 19, 2012
3.5 stars
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