Customer Reviews

Heart of the Night

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It was hard to say just who's story this was - so many characters all with depth, strengths and charm of their own - society twin sisters, Savannah the over achiever top attorney and Susan the divorcee socialite; their childhood and best friend Megan raised from blue collar to socialite thru marriage. Then, as always, there are the men in their lives - Sam, the hard nosed, down to earth cop; Will, Megan's loving society husband; and last but not least, Jared Snow - the voice, the heart and the soul in the heart of the night!

This story was impressive showing very successful and dynamic people on the outside and examining the all too human complexities of sibling rivalries, issues of self esteem in the privileged world of the Newport elite! Toss in some really hot and sinfully sensual love scenes as well as a mysterious socialite kidnapping and you have in this, an almost perfect read! This was an extremely fast page-turner that I consider high praise from a die-hard historical romance genre book reader such as myself. This story invoked a lot of feeling here and I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to any of those who like to read into the `heart of the night'.

I read this book about 3 years ago. I loved it. When I am buying a birthday gift for friends, I often get a copy of this book for them. This book kept me so interested. I love Barbara Delinsky, buy this is my favorite!

I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS BOOK! I THINK EVERY WOMAN HAS IMAGINED WHAT A SEXY SOUNDING DJ LOOKS LIKE. WE HAVE A REAL SMOOTH TALKER HERE IN AUSTIN ON MAIGC 95.5; BARBARA DELINSKY MUST HAVE HEAR HIM WHILE SHE WAS HERE ON TOUR AND CREATED JARED! JARED SNOW IS A WONDERFUL CHARACTER. IF ONLY REAL MEN WERE MORE LIKE HIM! YOU FORGET THAT SAVANNAH AND JARED HAVE ONLY KNOWN EACH OTHER SUCH A SHORT TIME BEFORE BECOMING DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH ONE ANOTHER. IT ISN'T HARD TO BUY. TO ME, IT WAS HEART WARMING!
THE SISTER RELATIONSHIP IS AWESOME AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP WITH MEAGAN IS COMPLEX. SAM CRAIG IS "REAL" AND FUNNY!
THIS IS AN AWESOME READ. ONCE I PICKED IT UP, I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. I AM NEW TO DELINSKY, HAVING ONLY READ FOUR OF HER NOVELS, BUT I AM HOOKED! I LOVE HER STYLE OF WRITING AND ALL OF THE BOOKS HAVE VERY GOOD FLOW. ONCE YOU START...IT IS HARD TO STOP. I'M ON LINE SNATCHING UP EVERYTHING SHE HAS WRITTEN NOW! I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE HAS WRITTEN SINCE THIS, BUT IF IT IS ANYTHING CLOSE TO HEART OF THE NIGHT, I AM SOLD!

I like Barbara Delinsky's books mostly because she has such a gift in making her characters come to life on each page. "Heart of the Night" definitely has a lot of heart in it. Love, lust, friendship, conflicted loyalties, fraternal twins' jealousies, insecurities, duplicity, real men with you know whats, kidnapping, frame ups and death, and of course the jerks who are bosses and coworkers. The main treat is the pulsating, throbbing voice of Jared Snow the DJ who keeps the ladies in R.I. drooling and doing other things all night long.

I can recall having had a "crush" on an all night DJ's voice that was like smooth, creamy, luscious (fill in the blank with your choice) orgasmic-like delight. Mine? - melt in your mouth chocolates! Mmmmm.

Well, anyway, although this book was written back in the 80s, it has an aura of timelessness that the author comments upon herself. I agree. And, in my opinion, of all Delinsky's books this one will remain my favorite. It is a wonderful, thoughtful tale filled with deeply drawn characters who remain in your heart and mind long after the last page. Buy it, enjoy it, and have some luscious Godiva or Sees while you read.

Bestselling author Delinsky broadens her field with her latest by adding a touch of mystery to romance. Voice performer/director Sandra Burr offers a highly listenable reading to this tale of three women - one of whom is missing.

Sisters Savannah and Susan are rivals, perhaps experiencing the sibling jealousies common to many, until they join forces to solve the kidnaping of Megan, a well-to-do mutual friend. As they begin to explore possibilities both are resistibly drawn to two very different men.

Jared Snow is a late night disc. jockey with a voice that seduces; Sam Craig is a macho detective whom Susan cannot resist.

Shocks and surprises abound as the investigation leads Savannah and Susan further into the discovery of dark machinations and deeper into the heart of love.

Romance is back; and her name is Delinsky. Loved this book: it was humorous, romantic, a little suspensful, and a bit naughty. Don't know how I missed this one on the first go round. GREAT READ!

I stumbled on this book in a used book store before its re-release, and fell in love with it.
I love the characters and their complexity.
I'm not a great fan of Barbara Delinsky, but I wish she would write another one like this.

I had actually forgotten how much I enjoyed this book until I picked it up again last night in the bookstore. I think this is one of the books that not only made me a Delinsky fan, but a romance book fan as well. It is just really well done. And it holds up 15 years after it was first published!Delinsky is more a "women's fiction" writer than a "romance" writer these days -- which is a big loss to the romance genre. My only comfort is that every few years I can pick up one of her best romance titles -- in this case 'Heart of the Night" -- and have a few hours of blissful reading enjoyment once again with familiar but still enjoyable characters. And may I also add that if you liked this book, then you owe it to yourself to pick up Delinsky's "Through My Eyes." It's another title that stands the test of time.

This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It has it all...romance, mystery, suspense. I am a huge fan of Barbara Delinsky and have never been unhappy with any of her books. You will not want to put this one down. Good for yourself or as a gift.

Thank goodness that's over! Ninety-nine percent of this story was about EVERYONE's never-ending emotional problems and it went on and on. I don't know if this story could have been saved by a psychiatrist... or a good exorcist. It could have been an interesting plot: a kidnap-mystery with a twist, including a late-night sexy-voiced DJ...but it ended being quite creepy (all the female's obsession over the DJ) and extremely cheesy. The mystery was barely mentioned and the "twist" was made way too obvious early on as it could have been a good "shocker" at the end.

Narrator, Sandra Burr, uses a little-girl, syrupy voice for her females and usually a goofy or nasally voice for her males.