When Night Falls [Paperback]

Kaitlyn O'Connor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2005

By the time the scientific expedition from Earth reaches Nardyl, they find devastation instead of the advanced civilization they had expected-a world where the survivors now live, or die, by the sword. Tessa becomes the spoils of war-the female taken captive by the strongest male. From the moment she sees them, Tessa is certain this race of beings has visited Earth in the distant past. Not only do they bear an unnerving resemblance to ancient man's concept of evil in fleshly form-Satan-but Lucien possesses the power to bend her completely to his will and 'possess' her with the carnal pleasure only he can give her-or withhold from her. Rating: Contains violence, graphic sex and explicit language, mild BDSM and profanity. Genre: Futuristic Romance.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: New Concepts Publishing (June 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586086855
• ISBN-13: 978-1586086855
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,303,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great alien sci-fi romance!, December 9, 2005

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Darkcat_ak "darkcat_ak" (Alaska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Night Falls (Paperback)

For Anthropologist Dr. Tessa Bergin, getting to interact with an advanced civilization is a dream come true. However, halfway through their two-year space flight to PIM9162 the scientists discover that something happened to the vastly populated planet and upon arrival, it appears to be a crumbling civilization devoid of life.

While not part of the first landing party, Tessa has formed a friendship with Dr. Layleh Lehman, who is. So, when the first landing party doesn't report, and the captain is threatening to just leave them dead or worse, stranded on the planet Tessa takes a shuttlecraft to try and rescue them. Instead she finds out that the planet isn't devoid of life and her life is in danger!

There are many things that I really like about WHEN NIGHT FALLS. While the story is a little longer than one you would find in an anthology, I think it's well thought out, so it doesn't feel disjointed, something I find very common with short stories. I also really like the fact that our hero, Lucien, is very much an alien. I got a moment of laughter over the fact that he resembles a demon and Tessa is fairly certain that his people had visited Earth starting the Christian concept of the devil.

Because there is time travel involved in Tessa's journey to Lucien's home world, in actuality twenty or so years have passed since a plague destroyed his people. Meaning, Lucien has been living alone. When he comes to the rescue of Tessa, Lucien does explain that the strongest male will keep her. He therefore takes certain efforts to protect her and keep her hidden by chaining her to the wall, so she can't reach the window. WHEN NIGHT FALLS is very sensuous, and quite a turn on! As a note for other readers, there is mild bondage, because Tessa tries to escape and Lucien is trying to teach her a "lesson".

While I would have liked to have known more about the planet, Lucien, Tessa or had more information provided, time is elapsing during the story. For some reason, knowing time is passing and not just two days makes reading short stories easier for me because it doesn't seem like they meet and then are in love. But I think what makes this story for me is Lucian takes her back to Earth. This event really has Tessa thinking and having to make the decision: Go back home to the known, or jump into the unknown where there might be love.

My only real complaint is that the grammatical errors need to get fixed. I read the electronic version, so I don't know if things were fixed in the paperback version. Regardless, I enjoyed WHEN NIGHT FALLS very much and can only hope that Layleh has her own story because she was rescued by Lucien's enemies the Anjels.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Para-normal , science fiction novel., March 4, 2006

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chic lit - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Night Falls (Paperback)

When Night Falls:
From the back.......By the time the scientific expedition from Earth reaches Nardyl, they find devastation instead of the advanced civilization they had expected--a world where the survivors now live, or die by the sword. Tessa becomes the spoils of war--the female taken captive by the strongest male. From the moment she sees them, Tessa is certain this race of beings has visited Earth in the distant past. Not only do they bear an unnerving resemblance to Satan--but Lucien possesses the power to bend her completely to his will and "possess" her with the carnal pleasure only he can give her- or withhold from her.

Great Plot and Story...The book only revolves around two characters. Lucien and Tessa. Not so very steamy scenes..This is a sci-fi with a little vanilla nookie at best. No cold showers needed after this one. I did enjoy the book for it's originality.
There is mention of a second female Lehla who is also lost to the spoils of war, I am sure we will see that Lehla will get a story of her own.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Synopsis, October 12, 2005

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vicarious adventurer "vicarious adventurer" (east coast usa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: When Night Falls (Paperback)

By the time the scientific expedition from Earth reaches Nardyl, they find devastation instead of the advanced civilization they had expected-a world where the survivors now live, or die, by the sword. Tessa becomes the spoils of war-the female taken captive by the strongest male. From the moment she sees them, Tessa is certain this race of beings has visited Earth in the distant past. Not only do they bear an unnerving resemblance to ancient man's concept of evil in fleshly form-Satan-but Lucien possesses the power to bend her completely to his will and `possess' her with the carnal pleasure only he can give her-or withhold from her.
Rating: Contains violence, graphic sex and explicit language, mild BDSM and profanity.