The Night Side [Mass Market Paperback]

Melanie Jackson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2009

As a spy for Henry VIII, Colin Mortlock is sent to Scotland and finds himself called upon to break the curse hanging over his alleged enemy, the beautiful yet haunted Frances Balfour.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell; Original edition (August 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505528045
• ISBN-13: 978-0505528049
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,041,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Melanie Jackson is the award-winning author of more than fifty novels, novellas and poems published in various languages. She lives with her writer husband, her bossy cat and spoiled dog in the Sierra foothills where it is almost impossible to grow pumpkins (or anything else the deer like). Besides gardening, she is involved with animal charities.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Night Side, April 13, 2010

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This review is from: The Night Side (Mass Market Paperback)

Loved this romance/suspense period piece. The female character was feisty and independent and the male hero everything one would want a hero to be. Supporting characters were interesting and amusing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars entertaining paranormal historical romance, August 2, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Night Side (Mass Market Paperback)

The recent rout at Solway Moss battle left Balfour clan without a leader as the laird and his sons were all killed. The new laird is twelve years old George, who resides with his cousin, Lady Frances Balfour, who vows to protect him with the intensity of a lioness with her cubs.

Frances keeps hearing the howling of the ghostly canine Bokey. The residents insist the hound appears and howls whenever a Balfour is about to die. Frances fears that someone could be George as several people want to usurp the chieftain position from the lad whose only protection is the daughter of the dead laird. Frances fears she will be forced to wed. Hope arrives when King Henry VIII sends espionage agent Colin Mortlock to learn what is going on with the Balfour Clan at Noltland Castle; between a ghost and spirited female he learns more than he expected about life and love.

THE NIGHT SIDE is a typical Henry VIII romance that brings to life the intrigue and distrust that permeates much of Scotland and cleverly fostered by the English in the early 1540s. The lead couple is a delightful refreshing pairing as the heroine sees the outsider as her and her nephew's salvation. Melanie Jackson provides an entertaining paranormal historical as the spy comes out of the cold when he falls in love.

Harriet Klausner