Night Shadow [Mass Market Paperback]

Catherine Coulter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1989

Dear Reader:

Night Shadow, the second book in the Night Trilogy, originally came out in the summer of 1989. I haven't rewritten it, just cleaned it up and wrapped it in a very nice new cover.

Knight Winthrop, Viscount Castlerosse, first appeared in Night Fire. He is the quintessential Regency bachelor who plans to marry and impregnate his wife just before he croaks, and thus his heir will be raised without the vagaries of his sire.

Yes, Knight is a very happy camper, what with him being the center of the universe. Then the unthinkable happens. A woman shows up on his doorstep claiming to be the widow of his murdered cousin, Tristan Winthrop. As if that isn't bad enough, with her are his cousin's three children. If that still isn't enough they are destitute and have nowhere to go. To top it all off, Ugly Arnold is hard on her heels.

What is Knight supposed to do now? Why, he takes them in and bids his former life goodbye. You'll laugh until your belly aches at the antics of Laura Beth, Sam, and Theo. You'll enjoy how the very clever, creative Lord Castlerosse deals with this new species. But how will he deal with his cousin's widow Lily?

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About the Author

Catherine Coulter lives in Northern California with her husband Anton and her cat Gilly, who's as old as her marriage.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Avon; Regular Print/Single Titl edition (August 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380756218
• ISBN-13: 978-0380756216
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > ( C ) > Coulter, Catherine R.

More About the Author

Catherine Coulter is the author of the New York Times-bestselling FBI thrillers The Cove, The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh House, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take and TailSpin. She lives in northern California.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars That Knight Winthrop is one charming guy!, June 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Night Shadow (Mass Market Paperback)

This was DEFINITELY the best of the trilogy. NightFire was too emotionally draining and NightStorm was too abrupt or something!

Anyway, I enjoyed Knight's character. He's charming, easy going, light hearted and funny. A confirmed bachelor, no one can believe it when he takes in Lily and her three children.

Lily tells Knight that she is the widow of his cousin who was recently killed in Brussels and that she is the mother to Laura Beth and step-mother to Theo and Sam. Of course, Lily has not told Knight the complete truth and is terrified that he, unused to children, will lose patience and throw them all out into the street. She is surprised to find him tolerant of the children's antics (the scene with Laura Beth in Knight's study drawing is hysterical!) and he is surprised to find himself not only enjoying the children, but also incredibly attracted to Lily. Of course what neither of them knows is that Knight's cousin was murdered and that somewhere among Lily and the children's things are hidden jewels that two criminals are looking for thus endangering Lily and the children. So there's the mystery of the jewels to be solved, and the relationship of Lily and Knight to be resolved with lots of fun along the way.

This was a nice, sweet story and Knight and Lily make a cute couple. An enjoyable read!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love Coulter but at times this was not 5 stars!, December 15, 2004

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This review is from: Night Shadow (Mass Market Paperback)

I really find Knight just an amazing character. You could start to tell in Night Fire that he had great potential. His attitude about love, romance, children - so many strong feelings about things - he just thought he would marry at 40 and then have an heir and leave the child rearing to his wife and continue remotely from afar being and absentee father and husband. Wow - did his life change at 27 when his dead cousins wife, Lily appears at his door destitute and with his 3 children. Lily was such an intriguing, beautiful woman and those children just totally set his life in an unsettled state. I don't know which captivated Knight more - the children or Lily!! I guess the only reason I did not give this 5 stars would be - too much children. I realize they were important to the story but I just don't enjoy that much chilren - prefer more intense love story. and that might be another one of my complaints Knight thinks eventually that Lily is a loose woman - although he wants to wed her even though he believes this. I am not exactly sure why he felt this way. For many reasons though I would recommend this book the second in the series!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLANT!!!!! I LAUGHED OUT LOUD..., November 30, 1998

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This review is from: Night Shadow (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a great story... It was so funny ,The characters were fun and the servants were funny. The love story was interesting with twist and turns. Lily and Knight ..I loved them . I loved how Julian St.Clair was thrown in also (from the rebel bride.I only wish Knight said "I LOVE YOU" to Lily when she wasn t sleeping or knocked out. I loved the banter between Lily and Arielle near the end about there husbands with the french spies.Knight really became a loving father,surprise for a confirmed bachelor. great fun story!!!