A Dark and Stormy Night

De: Anne Stuart

Narrado por: Laurie Catherine Winkel

Katie Flynn isn’t sure she wants to be living in a gothic novel. Tempestuous weather? Check. Haunted mansion with a sketchy housekeeper? Check. One gorgeous man, dark and brooding, chained by an impossible secret? Check. But she’s no vulnerable, brainless heroine, even if she’s having a hard time resisting her unwilling host.

O’Neal has no choice but to rescue Katie from the hurricane that is ravaging the rocky Maine coast, and all his efforts to send her on her way meet with failure. If she stays much longer, she’ll find out about the spectres and the curse and things that go bump in the night. If she stays much longer, he just might fall in love with her, when love is out of the question in his dark life.

But Katie has other ideas, including finding out just where those secrets lead. Danger is all around, and the truth is unbelievable. But that doesn’t keep her from falling in love with a haunted man who’s everything she ever wanted.

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Slightly darker than a Scooby Doo mystery

This was quite tame compared to the author’s other works. From the two vaguely described sex scenes to the indirect references to murder, this would be fit for daytime TV. There was some humor, light paranormal anctivity, and a little tension, but honestly the reveals were unsurprising and the resolutions a bit too pat. The biggest downer was O’Neil, whose ‘woe is me’ pity party was an unrealistic plot driver. He’s also quite the dim bulb when it comes to spotting danger. Where’s those meddling kids when you need em to pep up the story?