The Midnight Effect [Kindle Edition]

Pamela Fryer (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Pamela Fryer’s smooth, unobtrusive writing style adds to the enjoyment of this fascinating story ... GOOD READING!”
~ Long and Short Reviews

“TOP Notch storytelling! I am looking forward to more books by Ms. Fryer!”
~ Single Title Reviews

“I loved The Midnight Effect. It was a pitch-perfect page turner with a likable hero, heroine and child! The characters were well-motivated and stayed in character and the complicated plot was fleshed out flawlessly.”
~ Night Owl Romance Reviews
 

Product Description

A wounded cop. A frightened woman. A desperate race to save a child in danger...

In a single phone call, Lily Brent's entire life—past and future—becomes foggy with confusion and danger. Her estranged sister is dead, and the body is lacking one definitive mark: a surgery scar from the kidney Lily thought she'd donated to her sister long ago.

There's more than a mystery on her hands. There's a niece she never knew she had, and a madman on her trail who's hell-bent on getting the child back.

When a beautiful woman crashes her car into his remote mountain gas station, followed closely by a man with a silencer-equipped pistol, three years of inactive duty fall away as Miles Goodwin springs into action. He saves Lily and her golden child, but nothing can save him from the painful reminder of the family he lost. Retreating to his emotional coma, however, isn't an option; they're far from safe.

There's something strange about a six-year-old girl who's never eaten a hamburger or heard of Tinkerbell—and who seems to be the source of psychic phenomena so powerful, someone's willing to kill to get her back.

Warning: Contains heart-pounding suspense, a charm-your-socks-off kid, and a compelling romance that may inspire you to combine your DNA with someone you love!

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 765 KB
• Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (August 25, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002LLCI56
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Woman + Child on the run; Enter Tortured Ex-Cop--What a perfect combination!!!, June 27, 2010

By 

Sassafras "The Sassy Book Lover Extraordinaire" (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Midnight Effect (Paperback)

Miles is an ex-cop who is tortured; he longs for death, but can't bring himself to eat his gun. Three years ago, his wife and child were killed in an auto accident. Miles ceased living from that point until a little girl named Annie and her aunt Lilly land in his lap. Lilly and Annie are on the run for their lives. Miles saves them from almost immediate death as silenced bullets whiz by and his cop-sense comes roaring back. There are paranormal aspects/psi-phenomenon that give depth to the story--Annie is "gifted" in amazing, unbelievable ways. The villain is the most diabolical that I've read about in a long while. My only non-glowing comment is that I wanted a little more information about Lilly's life, backgroundand personality. The author gives us little snippets of information here and there, but most of what we see of her personality comes from Miles' subjective perspective. Nonetheless, this is a compelling read. I can't wait to see whether this is a start of a series. I will be watching for more from this author.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Midnight Effect a great read., February 6, 2010

By 

Sharon Hamilton "SharonsGardens" (Santa Rosa, Ca) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Midnight Effect (Kindle Edition)

Pam Fryer's Midnight Effect was a fast, hot read and I loved all the action. The story was well developed, combining a great satisfying romance with elements of science fiction/fantasy and paranormal. The ex-cop hero was a perfect compliment to the heroine who was spunky and used to getting her own way. I highly recommend it.

Sharon Hamilton

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The story and relationships needed more development. I wasn't pulled in enough to feel like I was there., August 27, 2010

By 

Jane (Chicago, IL, United States) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Midnight Effect (Paperback)

STORY BRIEF:
Miles' wife and daughter died in a car crash three years earlier. Miles quit the police force and runs a gas station. He still grieves and frequently considers suicide. Lily's car runs into the gas station causing a fire. She and her niece Annie are on the run from a man shooting at them. Miles puts them in his car and takes them to a friend's home. Lily tells Miles her story. Lily's sister Cassie worked for Colton and had a child Annie who is now six years old. Annie has psychic abilities. Colton has been using Annie as a test subject at his research facility since her birth. Both Cassie and Annie were kept there against their wishes until they recently escaped. A suspicious car accident happened which killed Cassie, but she was able to make a video tape in the hospital before she died. In the tape she asks Lily to take guardianship of Annie and to keep Annie away from Colton. Miles reluctantly comes back to life enough to help Lily and Annie.

REVIEWER'S OPINION (WITH VAGUE POSSIBLE SPOILERS):
This felt like an early draft that needed more work. It had an interesting overall plot, but it lacked development. At times it almost felt like I was reading an outline. A number of things were not explained, told, or shown. For example, if the bad guy could find them using her cell phone, why didn't he find them at an earlier time? He also would have known about the friend they were staying with and could have used that information later. There were a couple of hotel scenes that needed more details, for example how did the bad guy find the victims at the hotels and what was he thinking and doing? I wanted more details about Cassie's car accident. I wanted more information about the psychic abilities of Annie and others. I wanted to know what Colton was going to show his outside investors regarding the children and his facility. I wanted more details about how Colton knew of Lily's conversation with a former employee. Miles' decision to go someplace alone near the end was stupid. The FBI's interest and actions needed more explanation and details.

I wanted more character development especially about Lily and Colton. The Lily and Miles relationship needed more development time. Miles is reluctant to love anyone due to his grief, but all of a sudden things wrap up too quickly into a tidy happy ending.

There was a psychic occurrence toward the end which I liked. It surprised me.

DATA:
Story length: 237 pages. Swearing language: strong, including religious swear words. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 1, about 3 pages long. Setting: current day state of Washington. Copyright: 2010. Genre: paranormal romantic suspense.