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Meagan McKinney
Kensington, Feb 2001, 23.00, 320 pp.
ISBN: 1575666154
For two hundred years the St. Valliers family lived at Shadow Oaks in Cane Town, Louisiana. However, the once proud and elegant Bayou plantation is near the end of its' existence as financial problems beset the last two members of the St. Valliers clan. To save the estate and restore it to some of its past glory, Stella, a tenured college professor, has taken a leave of absence to come home and help her ninety plus spinster Aunt Rose.
While exploring a remote part of the estate, Stella clandestinely observes a drug exchange on the next estate owned by Senator LeBlanc. She reports it to the Sheriff and the Feds, but both ignore her. Things change when undercover US Marshal Garrett Shaw is shot and recovers at her estate. As the Ph.D. and the lawman become acquainted they fall in love, but dangerous individuals with high connections plan to kill both of them.
STILL OF THE NIGHT is an exciting romantic suspense novel that will provide much entertainment to sub-genre fans. The story line contains action, but is clearly character driven. Stella is a brave individual who places her life on hold for tradition and the love of her aunt. Garrett risks his life for the job and to protect the two women whose world he crashed. Meagan McKinney has written a wonderful tale that will gain her new readers.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
Making a living subplot
Yes
Making a living:
- office romance among coworkers
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- government investigator
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- sensitive
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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