Until Midnight

By: Maya Banks

Narrated by: Tim Campbell

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Her mother would absolutely die. Her father would send her away to a convent. And Sebastian and Quinn...she shuddered to think of her brothers' reaction were they to suspect what she was doing. Yet here she stood, poised to knock on the door of London's most renowned lover.

Lady Jenna's future may be promised to a man who leaves her cold, but she is determined to spend her present in the arms of Grayson Douglas, a rake whose prowess in bedroom activities is a legendary topic of London's most esteemed women. But she gets more than she bargained for as nights of passion turn into more and they both soon find themselves torn between duty and love.

Contains mature themes.

©2019 Maya Banks (P)2019 Tantor

One of the absolute best historical romances of all time

For the past 5 years, I have been on a historical romance novel "kick". 98% of what I read is this genre- Focusing on regency England. Maya Banks and this novel are easily in my top 10 of at least 1500 novels.

Loved it

I loved this so much! The love story was sweet. The dash of mystery was perfect because it didn’t overpower the story. And of course Tim Campbell is an excellent narrator. Great book! I loved it.

the best of all

i loved this book. fairytale romance with a bit of heat. Tim Campbell is amazing just love his voice

Suspend Belief!

If you know anything about this period in England, one will realize that an unmarried woman would never approach a man to teach her lovemaking skills; however, it works. Plot had just enough tension to make reading Until Midnight enjoyable for a few hours.

The 2nd book I've read by M. Banks-EXCELLENT

This is the second book I've listened to by Maya Banks and I'm looking forward to many more hours of listening/reading her many books because she is such a good writer! Her writing is tight and flowing. Every sentence adds to the story. Nothing is extraneous. Also, because there is a mystery involved, the details keep you guessing until the denouement. Good suspense. The romance story had me close to tears a couple of times. Granted, I'm a softy as far as romance is concerned but I have never before been close to tears while listening to a book. I've been close while reading but not while listening. Perhaps it was because of the narrator's performance. Tim Campbell is one of my favorite narrators and he again proves his talent with this performance.

Storyline not new but parts are well done

The storyline gets your attention right away with the expectation that Jenna will experience sexual exploration and sensual desire in her contacts with Greyson. Her experience bar at this point is set extremely low as her fiancé is repugnant and Jenna has had no other experiences to compare to her relationship with her fiancé. Initially the meetings with Greyson focused on sharing confidences so, of course, the relationship developed along more than sexual sensual lines causing conflict between Jenna’s family expectations, her commitment to her weird fiancé, and her feelings for Greyson. The listener must suspend disbelief in the following storylines: 1. Although she comes from a close family no one, including Jenna, questions or objects initially to her engagement to the horrible fiancé, 2. Jenna shares a house with her brothers but is able to carry out clandestine meetings with Greyson, 3. That Greyson was ever a rake, his past rakish behaviors were never satisfactorily addressed, and finally the behaviors and roles of characters essential to the story ending are disingenuous - I won’t go into the ending and spoil it for other listeners.

My new #2 favorite author!!!

I held off on reviews for the entire series as I wanted to see if they all lived up to the first book, "Duchess of My Heart". I'm happy to say that Maya Banks has hit a home run with this series. Excellent story, character development, containing romance, sex in the correct context, suspense, and protagonists that I loved. I heartily recommend this series. Timothy Campbell delivered, as he always does, a top-notch narration!

Maya does not disappoint

Another lovely romance . Captivating me from page one to the last . I highly recommend this book

I am a new fan!

This book was so well done! I’ve already listened to it two times over. The plot, character development, relationships…just a super enjoyable listen. Looking forward to listening more from this author….and this book is going into my favs!

Story became unbelievable

As the final chapters came about, Gina’s character became weaker and I list interest. Gray was also weak towards end of the story.