NIGHT
FALL – Cherry Adair 
A
Perfect 10
Ballantine
ISBN: 978-0-345-49990-5
October 2008
Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Mallaruza, Central West Africa – Present Day
It might’ve been a vacation on the surface,
but T-FLAC/psi operative Simon Blackthorne is there at the behest
of his college buddy, now Mallaruzan president, Abioyne Bongani.
An unknown wizard of unexplainable powers is hovering around the
country and, quite frankly, is making Abi nervous. Now, to the
layman, wizards are creatures of myth, but Simon and Abi both
know they truly exist, because if there is no such thing as wizards,
then Simon is a figment of the imagination as well. But the way
Blackthorne figures it, he can do a little investigating and enjoy
a vacation at the same time. When was the last time he had one
of those?
When Simon meets Abi’s publicist, Kess Goodall,
his first thought is she’s not a woman he’d usually
be attracted to. But there’s something about the redhead
that strikes a nerve, and it’s not just her humanitarianism
and desire to do right for the people in Africa. All senses are
on high alert, and Simon realizes that he may have trouble on
his hands if she stays in his radar. When he hears that Abi wants
him to accompany Kess on her return trip to a medical aid camp,
Simon prepares for the worst, thinking that the best thing that
could happen to them is a night in the sack. But the trip turns
into a nightmarish journey when they realize that a mysterious
virus is not only killing African people, but the doctors and
medical team that Kess was working with to treat the ill have
been heinously murdered.
Kess Goodall may only be a publicist, but she’s
found her niche working alongside the medical teams caring for
the dying and ill who suffer from an unknown virus that has already
killed too many. In Abi, she finds a president who not only wants
to honestly bring central West Africa up in the world, but watches
helplessly as his people die. Needless to say, she’s his
number one fan. But his college friend, Simon, is another matter
entirely. There’s just something…off about him, something
she can’t put her finger on (although she’d have no
trouble letting her fingers do the walking), and she feels out
of sorts around him.
And this is where I’m at a loss. How do I,
a simple reviewer, try to summarize a book that touched me in
so many ways? Where do I even begin to start? Cherry Adair has
scored many fans with her T-FLAC/psi series, and although this
book is a branch off of the original books, NIGHT FALL can be
read on its own. It’s been a long time since I read an Adair
book, and although I’m beating myself up for that, I had
no trouble whatsoever jumping right in and enjoying a helluva
ride. The book has all of the makings of a Perfect 10, and I’ll
tell you why: with every flip of the page, the reader will be
drawn into tightly woven suspense that includes an element of
paranormal fiction. The heady sexual tension and romance that
is an earmark of just about any Adair book is not only elemental,
but prominent as well without detracting from the suspense.
NIGHT FALL, in my opinion, is romantic suspense done
right with the paranormal enhancing the story. It’s the
perfect blend of every one of my favorite romance fiction genres.
And now I’ll stop before I go all fan-girl
on the author. While I love my favorite authors, I don’t
want to freak them out…<g> Just go buy the book!
Amy Cunningham |
