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Stroke Of Midnight (2013)

by Olivia Drake(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1250002095 (ISBN13: 9781250002099)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

St. Martin's Paperbacks

series

Cinderella Sisterhood

review 1: This story begins with a jewel theft, a suspect who with the help of his daughter flees the country (even though he claims he is innocent), and a romantic involvement thwarted when the daughter finds her boyfriend trying to arrest her father. Now 10yrs later, the father is dead, the daughter returns to find the real jewel thief and of course becomes involved with the former boyfriend. Though it is mentioned that this is book 2 of a series by the author. I found the reference to shoes quite enjoyable but having Prince Charming I don't know. The storyline moves along nicely, has a few surprises and ends quite nicely.
review 2: 3.5 Stars!Thank you St Martin's Paperbacks for providing me a copy of this finished book exchange of an honest review!After her father's g... moreet's accused of stealing the Blue Moon Diamond, Laura watches her entire life change within a blink of an eye. Just when things looked like they were going great with Alex the Earl of Copley, she walks on him trying to apprehend her father and take him in for the stolen jewelry when a matching set of earrings is discovered in his desk drawer.Now her father is dead, murdered on the streets on London and Laura comes back into the society that shunned her father in disguise. Her intentions are to find the real thief and murdered and bring justice to her father and clear his name. Little did Laura expect was to end up being a companion to Alex's aging aunt with memory issues thanks to the London's matchmaker who stuck her there.Stroke of Midnight did have a bit of Cinderella undertones in it, which I think is what made this book that much appealing to me. I really enjoyed Laura, a girl who lost everything but would stop at nothing to bring down one of the society elite's in order to prove that her father was innocent. Alex of course has his own doubts simply of what he knows about Laura's father, which strains their relationship. Plus it doesn't help that in order to save her father from Alex, Laura just happened to cut his cheek and leave a scar to remember her by.I loved that it had an interesting story line, love, mystery, betrayal and eventually a wonderful HAE. The sparks between Alex and Laura still remain after so many years, but both of them feel a bit betrayed by the events that have unfolded and it's going to take some healing of the heart. When Laura gets caught in the scandal of her own doing, she must marry Alex in order to save face with the society if she still wants to be able to find the man that accused her father.I really liked both Laura and Alex. It was so sweet how she took care of his Aunt. Both obviously have issues they need to resolve, especially since Laura thinks that Alex is only marrying her out of lust and that so she can bare his heir. The mystery had me guessing until the very end and the culprit ended up being someone I wasn't expecting but it all fell into place nicely and was a very enjoyable read! less

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