These novels might be classified as suspense romance but they tend to emphasize the romance and the sex above all else, with some of the best books in the series including: Night Smoke won the Romance Readers Anonymous Award in 1994. It takes some poking and prodding on the part of the hero to open their hearts. However, they are also hesitant to pursue a romantic relationship. The heroes are not always alpha males but they are strong, possessive and protective. It also keeps them together, placing them in close proximity and paving the way for a bond to take shape. This sinister plot acts as the driving factor that ultimately brings the hero and the heroine together. In Night Smoke, the hero is a firefighter that must solve the heroine’s arson case. In Night Shift, the heroine has a stalker that the hero must identify and confront. The series is classified as suspense romance because each love story has a sinister plot at its heart. Each installment introduces a new hero and heroine to readers.
While Cilla and Boyd, the protagonists of Nightshift, only appear in that debut novel, Night Shift lays out a blueprint that its sequels continue to follow. Cilla was the most breathtaking woman he had ever met, and the more time he spent in her company, the more difficult it became for the detective to focus on his task. She called the police and, thus, met Boyd Fletcher.īoyd had one job: to keep Cilla safe and to find the man that had turned her life upside down. Words of adoration became threats and Cilla realized that she had drawn the ire of a dangerous figure.
So she was pretty accustomed to receiving calls from overly enthusiastic followers.īut then some of her fans crossed the line. Cilla was a late-night radio announcer whose sexy voice had won her an army of fans. Night Shift, the first novel, tells Cilla and Boyd’s story. The books feature technology and investigative tools that have long since been abandoned.
The Night Tales series started publication in the early 1990s and it shows.
Her books have a formula to them but Roberts works hard to make the execution of that formula new and fresh. Roberts wasn’t much of a writer as a child.īut she had an active imagination and was always making up stories in her head. She has written over two hundred novels under her real name and pseudonyms like Jill March. Nora Roberts is a favorite amongst romance enthusiasts.
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