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After Midnight (Mira S.)

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Back cover reads:
A POWERFUL MAN CAN MAKE A WOMAN STRONGER...
OR BREAK HER HEART.
Nicole Seymour had lost at love before--a first marriage that was such a fiasco she never even had a proper wedding night. The Kane Lombard strolled down a South Carolina beach and into her heart. Here their pasts seemed very far away, and all that mattered was discovering was how much they cared for each other. But both were keeping secrets. "Beach bum" Kane was actually a wealthy Houston oil man, whose family owned the tabloid newspaper that was digging up dirt of Nikki's U.S. Congressman brother. Nikki, the laughing, innocent woman of Kane's dreams, was really the elegant, glittering Charleston socialite sister of his bitterest enemy. All too soon lies and political intrigue made them angry opponents. Their passion would become a two edged sword-a hunger that brought them together and a searing pain that drove them apart. And Nikki Seymour would become a woman in love with the one man she should never trust.

Pakmer's books usaly don't have to much depth so I usaly don;t consider them among my favoirt books. But I do enjoy her plots and they are easy reads so I won't deny reading them. After Midnight though is just my kind of book, so despite there nt being that pull on my emotions I still can honestly say it is among my favoits. I am reffering though to the original, not the new reprint. And there is a huge difference.

Clayton Seymor's sister meets and falls for a man she met on her island get away and she is not all to excited about this because he happens to be her brothers biggest enemy.

Nicki Seymor knows that Kane Lambord is Clay's foe, the man who is funding his opponents bid for congress and whos father owners a tabloid that could expose the scandelous marriage between his sister and his political ally. But Kane does not know Niki is Clay's sister. Its the whole forbiden love thing, meets her brother is destroying him, and yet he still loves her and everyone thinks they should hate each othet but they don't.

But beware, the second version of the story is absolutly horrible. Clay and Niki and Cortez are pretty much the same charectors in both, but in the newer one Palmer turned Kane into a total jerk and so there realy is more reason to dislike him than anything. The relationship between he and Niki consistes of three enconters on the island before he decideds to try and seduce her and a realy creepy situation in his bed while she's sick. I read this first and because of the teaser in the begining of the book, which gives a scene that is not in the book, I decided that I had to read the origianl because as bad as the second book was I felt like there was obviously a lot a stuff changed, and in fact there was. If you've already read the second one and thought Kane was a jerk you'll think he's much better origialy, he does not push her to be his mistress and he legitamatly shows normal feelings for her, plus he doesn't go so far when she's sick, and she's also not as sick and weak. Of you can't find the now out pf print version try the newer one and pretend he's not so bad.

Nikki Seymour saved her brother's political rival, Kane Lombard, after an unfortunate accident. The handsome Texas oilman didn't know who he was for a while and by the time Nikki also realized Kane's identity, she couldn't deny her attraction to him. Kane is furious with her apparent duplicity and severs the relationship before it has a chance to grow.

Meanwhile, a web of political power and intrigue ensnares Nikki's brother, forcing him to choose some rather fair weather friends in his climb to acclaim in Washington. Nikki and Kane develop some problems of their own, too. An illegal dumper sets Kane's company up for felony contamination charges and Nikki can't seem to compete with a host of lovely ladies only too willing to become Mrs. Kane Lombard.

Will Nikki's brother come to his senses in time? Will the two lovers, Kane and Nikki, ever find happiness together when so much stands between them? Find out After Midnight.

I was disappointed when reading this book. I am an avid Diana Palmer fan, but this story kept jumping around, and not enough on the two main characters. Usually, Mrs. Palmer has me hooked by the second chapter, and can not wait to see what happens next. With, After Midnight, I kept looking to see how many more chapters were left, so I could start another book. Hopefully, A Hero's Kiss (to be published later), will be much better.

This book is a re-print. The original was written under the name Susan Kyle. The storyline is passable but it's got too many sub-plots happening at the same time, which sorts of distracts the reader from the main plot.

I think this book was originally written under DP's other pen name, Susan Kyle. (SPOILER ALERT!!) Typical to DP's books, the heroine is a virgin (even though she has been married in the past) and the hero is older and more experienced. It is a great story about love overcoming some pretty big obstacles. I highly recommend this one as well.

The plot was ok but Ms. Palmer nees to look at a map if she's never been to the area she is writitng about. They were going to take the jet from Charleston to Seabrook Island? Ummmm you can drive to the island itself in about 15-20 minutes from downtown Charleston. It would take you 30 minutes to get to an airport that would be completely out of the way.

I read Diana Palmer for a easy no brains love story this was not it. To many plots and relationships going on and not enough on the main couple. I give it 2 stars because its Diana Palmer.

I can usually enjoy Diana Palmer's stories but why do they always have to include the innocent virgin and the arrogant male? This makes it a little too unrealistic. As the other reviewers stated, this book has way too much going on and not enough interaction with the main characters.

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