Midnight Bride

Midnight Bride
by Susan Carroll

Midnight Bride
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Author: Susan Carroll
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-04-17
ISBN: 0345433971
Number of pages: 308
Publisher: Ballantine Books

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Book Review: it's better for me the second time around
Summary: 3 Stars

I have to admit this book didn't do much for me the first time I read it. Perhaps it was because I read books 1-3 one after the other without a break, so I probably had sort of 'St. Leger overload', if you will. This book fared much better the second time around, after staying away from it for a few years.

I'm not a fan of romance story that's caused by a love spell. To me that indicates deception and dishonesty from the get go, and it will never work for me. But Susan Carroll pleasantly surprised me with her story-telling skills and the plot twist, thus the book ended up much better than I anticipated.

Val is not my kind of hero. In book 2, he appeared to be too judgemental and was too high up on his high horse that he never was a hero material to me. Then Susan Carroll provided this reader a chance to see more of Val and his personality, and made me understand him a bit more. I never really warmed up to him though, and the character that truly got my attention was Rafe. But then I always like dark heroes with a tormented past like Rafe. I also thought he got the worst deal from the beginning, rather unfairly too, so I'm glad he's redeemed in this 3rd book and finally got his happy ending.

Summary of Midnight Bride

In her award-winning historical novel The Bride Finder, bestselling author Susan Carroll bewitched readers with the legend of the St. Leger men--the descendants of a medieval sorcerer haunted by an unnatural past. Now Carroll once again conjures the unforgettable castle by the sea--a place where love is as mysterious and invincible as the family legacy. . . .

Valentine St. Leger is a healer with a wounded heart. Born with the amazing gift to eliminate the suffering of others by taking their pain into his own body, Val's gentle hands cannot change a tormenting truth: he will never marry. According to history, should he defy his destiny and wed, his unfortunate bride would be doomed to an early death. Though he aches for the one woman who knows all his secrets, he cannot return her passion. Until a night of magic transforms Val into a different man, a man with desires he can no longer resist.

Kate Fitzleger has loved Val almost her entire life and is not about to let a foolish superstition ruin her chance for happiness. Venturing into a forbidden room of the St. Leger castle to steal an ancient book of sorcery, she desperately hopes to find a powerful love potion. On All Hallow's Eve, when the spirits of good and evil mingle upon the earth, Kate tempts fate with an unholy spell that goes awry.

When Val awakens, he has no memory of the bizarre events that have changed him--the visit from an old enemy or the return of a lost heirloom that has altered his soul. All he knows is that life is for the living . . . and his fair Kate is ripe for seduction. He will tempt heaven and hell to have her--even if it means he could lose her forever.

Brimming with enchanting characters and stunning atmosphere, Valentine's Bride is a romantic masterpiece that will hold your imagination captive and provide a glimpse of a timeless world found only in dreams or the most treasured love stories.
Setting: Torrecombe, Cornwall, 1770s

Sensuality rating: 7

Hip, hip, hooray! Susan Carroll's Midnight Bride, the third in the St. Leger series, will delight readers with its piquant humor, fiery sensuality, and white-knuckled suspense. Dr. Valentine St. Leger, younger son of Anatole and Madeline St. Leger, is a gifted healer. But his gift, the ability to eradicate his patients' suffering by absorbing it himself, has left Val partially crippled after healing his brother Lance's battle wounds. That matters nothing to Kate Fitzleger, adopted daughter of the St. Leger's bride finder; Kate has loved Val all her life and will do anything--even turn to the dark arts--to make Val return her love and choose her for his bride.

But the St. Leger legend conspires against Val and Kate, promising an untimely death for any woman foolhardy enough to marry into the family. When fate intervenes in the form of a malignant stranger, Val finds himself transformed, ready to risk all--even Kate's life--to slake the passion burning for the mischievous sprite who loves him. Kate, initially thrilled by Val's passionate overtures, begins to question the changes in the man she loves. Could it be just the magic talking? Susan Carroll's suspenseful tale of the supernatural and sexy star-crossed lovers is a page-turner and sure to be another hit. Carroll's fans eagerly await each new offering; expect great things from this gifted storyteller. --Alison Trinkle

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