Night Shadow

This is the second book in the Night Tales series, and my favorite.

Deborah O'Roarke is an assistant district attorney. Gage Guthrie is.... well, he's a lot of things. He's an ex-cop who'd been nearly killed in the line of duty and spent several months in a coma. He's very wealthy, due to an inheritance.

And he's Nemesis, a superhero who can turn invisible.

Law and order vs. vigilante superhero. It's irresistible.

I grew up with Batman (Adam West, not the comics), and there are definite similarities--regular guy, secret identity, even the butler.

There are also similarities to the In Death series Nora writes as J. D. Robb--the very wealthy man, the computer expertise, the house, and the butler again.

I'd complain about a mask keeping Deborah show more from recognizing that Gage = Nemesis, but there's a long comics tradition there. It works for Batman and Spider-Man, and a simple pair of glasses keeps Lois Lane from recognizing that Clark Kent is Superman, so there's a huge amount of precedent there. Plus, Deborah is a little smarter than those other women: ****mild spoiler**** she can tell she's kissing the same man. ****

This is one of Nora's unusual books--there's Art of Deception, the slapstick-silly one, Storm Warning, the Agatha Christie one, and Night Shadow, the comics one. It seems that there's another one that's a departure.... ah, I think it's Search for Love, the gothic one, maybe. I'd love to see Nemesis comic books, but sadly, it's not going to happen. (I asked.) show less

Masked superhero (he can turn invisible) with a fortune (shades of batman) meets beautiful DA, falls madly in love at first sight and then finds himself embroiled in an adventure that solves the mystery of who betrayed him and who is trying to kill her.

It's fun. The invisibility thing could have really been left out and the story wouldn't have been much less for it. It's a fun light read with echoes of batman.

Gage is Bruce Wayne, Nemesis is Batman.
Deborah falls in love with them/him. He can't resist her from the moment he rescues her.
I seemed dumb that working at the DA's office Deborah didn't know about hiding property ownership by criminals.

Other than a couple pages, there is little follow through from first book. Cilla has finished law school, now top DA in another city. Saved by a Batman type guy, Nemesis, she is torn between happy with his results but not his no help from police style. Falls for rich guy, Gage, a former policeman. Sexual attraction for guys creates story.

Didn't care for as much as Night Shift. Too unrealistic.

Filled with romance, suspence and keeps you on the edge to find out what gonna happen. Great read.

Cala Tor siempre ha sabido cuál era su destino: tras graduarse en el Instituto Mountain, será la compañera de Ren Laroche, el sexy lobo alfa a cuyo lado luchará y dirigirá su manada, además de proteger los emplazamientos sagrados de los Guardas. Pero cuando infringe las leyes de sus amos al salvar a un guapo chico humano que salió de excursión, Cala empieza a cuestionarse su destino, su existencia y la esencia del mundo que conoce. Si se atiene a los mandatos de su corazón, puede perderlo todo? incluida su propia vida. El amor prohibido, ¿merece el máximo sacrificio?