Roses at Midnight

by Alexa Smart

Set against the teeming backdrop of 19th-century London comes the story of a free-thinking, young woman who is stalked by a shadowy killer—and thrust into a world of seduction, madness and dark desire...

Gifted painter Amaryllis Meeks believes in women's rights and free love, although she has yet to lose her heart. But she almost loses her life when she is attacked one night on a foggy London street. It is only pure luck that saves her from a dreadful fate—and a dangerous destiny that unites her with London's most notorious nobleman.

Amaryllis knows she should beware of Victor Sayville, Earl of Blackstock, a man rumored to have murdered a young actress. Yet she cannot resist his darkly hypnotic lure...and is soon drawn into his lush, seductive world. But it is the earl's unconventional hobby—the cultivation of exotic roses—that holds Amaryllis in thrall. Red as blood, white as snow, they symbolize everything she has ever desired—and feared. For this sensual stranger who has unleashed her secret passion may also be a madman who has set free a savage force that haunts her dreams and threatens her life and love.

Genres: Romance

316 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

DIANE A.S. STUCKART who also writes as ALI BRANDON, ALEXA SMART, and ANNA GERARD, is a member of that proud breed, the native Texan. She was born in the West Texas town of Lubbock, home to Buddy Holly, prairie dogs, and Texas Tech University, where her mom once taught. Most of her formative years, however, were spent in Dallas with her parents and siblings: one younger sister and three younger brothers. And then, when she was fifteen, her dad's work took them north of the Red River and into Oklahoma, settling just outside Oklahoma City. 

Reviews

[Barbara Leuthe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good with some twists you will not expect.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was weird. I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this book.