Midnight Run (Midnight Series, Book 2) [Paperback]

Lisa Marie Rice (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 10, 2004

Claire Parks has been very sick, but she's fine now-just fine-and ready to paint the town red. Well, pink. On her first excursion into the wild world of dating, she nets Bud, a tall, sexy, good-looking lumberjack. She won him fair and square, her prize for not dying. But after a weekend of wild sex, she discovers he's not what she thinks he is. Undercover police officer Lieutenant Tyler "Bud" Morrison can't believe his eyes. What's a 'princess' doing in a dance club known for its rough trade? She needs rescuing, and rescuing women is what Bud does best. He saw Claire first-finders keepers. After a weekend of the hottest sex he's ever had, he's definitely keeping this one. When trouble comes her way, he pulls out all the stops to protect her. Except Claire doesn't want Bud at her back. She wants him in her bed. Review quotes for Midnight Run by Lisa Marie Rice A must read! One of the best romantica books I've read this year! If Lisa Marie Rice isn't on your auto buy list, she should be. ~Sara Andrade, Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews Midnight Run belongs in my "keeper" shelf and I look forward to Ms. Rice's future titles. ~Mireya Orsini, The Road to Romance Midnight Run is a must-read book for romance lovers! ~Tara Black, Courtesy The Romance Studio

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Ellora's Cave (December 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419951068
• ISBN-13: 978-1419951060
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lisa Marie Rice is eternally 30 years old and will never age. She is tall and willowy and beautiful. Men drop at her feet like ripe pears. She has won every major book prize in the world. She is a black belt with advanced degrees in archaeology, nuclear physics, and Tibetan literature. She is a concert pianist. Did I mention her Nobel Prize? Of course, Lisa Marie Rice is a virtual woman and exists only at the keyboard when writing erotic romance. She disappears when the monitor winks off.

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64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dumbfounded and Amazed - An Absolute Treasure of a Book, March 7, 2006

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K. Montgomery (Columbus, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Run (Midnight Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

Where has this author been all my adult reading life? Better yet, where have I been that I'm just recently discovering her? Well, it's all good now, because there's no stopping me from reading everything this author will ever produce. Sure, I've got a keeper shelf, but I've never vowed to buy a book just because a particular author's name graced the cover. I'm breaking that particular dry spell and claiming here and now that Lisa Marie Rice's books will always be a must buy for me. Here's why:

Claire Parks is a woman on a mission. Having been terminally ill most of her young life, she's more than ready to experience all the things she never had the opportunity to. Wild parties, the rougher side of life, you name it, she wants to experience it. Sex? Well, absolutely! She's on the prowl for a good time and when she meets undercover Lieutenant Bud Morrison at a club, she just knows she's safe and secure with him. When the good cop gives her a ride home, thinking a white trash guy like him could never get close to a princess like her, he's in for the surprise of his life when he gets an invite into her home. What proceeds is the best, no holds barred sex of his entire life. It was dirty, it was rough and it was a turning point for him and Claire both. He know's he's found something special and he's not about to let Claire slip through his fingers. When they each find out who the other really is though, will their new found love be enough to hold them together? Or will Claire's tragic past drive them apart?

This is not erotica as I have read it before by other authors. Rice consistently produces heartfelt and heart wrenching stories, with the perfect mix of naughty and nice, that just make me want to read them over and over. There's a depth to her writing, her characters, that readers seldom see in other books. There's a good solid plot line that, so far, interweaves nicely with the other two books in this series (first "Midnight Man", "Midnight Run" then "Midnight Angel"). Bud Morrison has a very strong presence in the book, very much a rugged alpha male meets Pierce Brosnan-like persona. Strong and formidable, yet dashing, kind and extremely caring all in one. He's outraged at any foul treatment of women and children and he takes his job as a cop, protector if innocents, seriously. Claire is the type of heroine you just want to weep for, because of her tragic past and her determination to actually LIVE, then stand up and cheer for her (kind of a "You go, girl"!) when she gets a man like Bud. Actually, you could almost feel jealous of her, but hey, it's fiction ladies. Alas, siiighhh, these men are not real. So, if you haven't read Lisa Marie rice's books yet, don't just pick up this one - get them all! Prepare to absolutely live in her books. The stories are so compelling, the men so HOT, you'll wish you were one of the heroines of her books.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sequel to "Midnight Man", June 16, 2005

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Andrea Roe (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Run (Midnight Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

Having recently discovered this author, I am busily obtaining all her backlist. Once again, Ms. Rice excells at creating larger-than-life characters. The heroine's tentative entry into a sexual relationship, the hero's suprized tumble into (gasp!)love, are tender and funny. The heat in the sex scenes gains it's intensity from thier love.

I am an omnivorous reader of all fiction, and it has been years since I was impressed by a romance author to this extent. Readers of Linda Howard and Suzanne Brockmann would not regret reading Lisa Marie Rice. I can hardly wait for the third book!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LMR Does it again!!, November 22, 2007

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Kelly "Reviewer for The Sinfully Sensuous" (Littleton, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Run (Midnight Series, Book 2) (Paperback)

So many times a sequal is not as good as the 1st, but this book did not disappoint.

Bud is a hot alpha male and Claire is the perfect beautiful counterpart. A very heartwarming emotional read. It is nice to read a story with a great balance of suspense and hot chemistry.