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This was a little different. The first romance is not the actual romance, but explains why the heroine is so emotionally shut off when she later meets the real hero. We know Macey is the hero, despite the fact that the heroine doesn't feel anything for him except a sisterly affection, because the author repeatedly tells us that he's incredibly intelligent, handsome, insightful, knows everything on earth practically and can bend every person to his will, and knows the heroine better than herself. I mean, really, what else could he be but the hero?

I got a bit irritated with this constant ramming down the reader's throat how wonderful Macey is--I guess to counteract the fact that the heroine isn't lusting after him on first sight. Apparently these authors thing the reader will think less of the hero in a situation like that, so she has to make up for it. I actually like the relationships that are built on a solid foundation, like this one.

But the end really irked me with Macey actually pulling on her the very thing that made her emotionally closed off. I didn't buy for a second that she would be turned on by a repeat of the most traumatic moment of her life. I also didn't like how Macey develops more and more mind reading skills to give him the upper hand with the heroine.

It's a fairly easy, fast read, with lots of angst for those who like that sort of thing, plenty of emotion and with a heroine who is refreshingly intelligent and independent, until the end, when she suddenly does a 360. Too bad.


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Stranger In The Night Charlotte Lamb 9780373104178 Books Reviews

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She hadn't even known his name.

As an inexperienced drama student, Clare had been shocked and disgusted by the sudden and rough lovemaking of Luke, an older, handsome stranger. She had turned away from love—for good.

Now, nine years later, Clare was a famous actress. She valued her friendship with Macey Janson, a leading playwright and producer, because Macey was willing to leave it at that -- just friends.

But when chance suddenly thrust Luke back into Clare's life she faced a strange situation that was a threat to all her relationships.
Another very well done story by Charlotte Lamb. Unlike some of the more contemporary romance writers she takes time to develop her story and her characters.

Clare, the heroine, was raped at a New Year’s Eve party at 18, and has shut down her physical responses to men since. Of course she never seeks any therapy, and for the era, early 80s, that’s not so surprising. She’s an up and coming actress, and in a way, she channels her horrible experience, her cynicism and distrust in positive ways as she is no pushover in a career that definitely takes advantage of women. Interesting reading this in the post-Harvey Weinstein era as the media makes it sound like rape/sexual harassment in show business is just now rearing its ugly head when the casting couch has been going on for ever.

Ironically although she is shut down emotionally and physically with men, her long time best friend happens to be male. The hero is the long-suffering and patient Macey, famous playwright to her actress. They are kind of the dark side of When Harry Met Sally. Can men and women be friends?

The friendship/unrequited love is perking along until the evil villain comes on the scene again and acts as another catalyst to the hero and heroine. The villain tries to make his move on the heroine again which she is not up for. His smarmy presence as well as the hero’s desire to punch him into the next millennium releases the heroine’s emotions, and she starts to see the H in a different life. Sexually.

Sartorial alert Villain wears a blue denim suit. I don’t know what it is with Harlequins and their men’s costuming, but please, a denim suit!

Well done secondary characters are an incredibly annoying older actress that is so OTT she not only steals scenes in the book but tries to get the heroine displaced in a play written just for her, and the potential OW with eyes on the hero.

Two scenes I would loved to have read.

One, I was hoping for the villain to come back on the scene again as it would have been so satisfying to see him flattened, but the coward left the country.

Two, to see Rowena, the older actress, get schooled as a minor character in the play.
This was a little different. The first romance is not the actual romance, but explains why the heroine is so emotionally shut off when she later meets the real hero. We know Macey is the hero, despite the fact that the heroine doesn't feel anything for him except a sisterly affection, because the author repeatedly tells us that he's incredibly intelligent, handsome, insightful, knows everything on earth practically and can bend every person to his will, and knows the heroine better than herself. I mean, really, what else could he be but the hero?

I got a bit irritated with this constant ramming down the reader's throat how wonderful Macey is--I guess to counteract the fact that the heroine isn't lusting after him on first sight. Apparently these authors thing the reader will think less of the hero in a situation like that, so she has to make up for it. I actually like the relationships that are built on a solid foundation, like this one.

But the end really irked me with Macey actually pulling on her the very thing that made her emotionally closed off. I didn't buy for a second that she would be turned on by a repeat of the most traumatic moment of her life. I also didn't like how Macey develops more and more mind reading skills to give him the upper hand with the heroine.

It's a fairly easy, fast read, with lots of angst for those who like that sort of thing, plenty of emotion and with a heroine who is refreshingly intelligent and independent, until the end, when she suddenly does a 360. Too bad.