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Cover of Night
Cover of Night
Author: Linda Howard
In the charming rural town of Trail Stop, Idaho, accessible to the outside world by only a single road, young widow Cate Nightingale lives peacefully with her four-year-old twin boys, running a bed-and-breakfast. Though the overnight guests are few and far between - occasional hunters and lake fishermen - Cate always manages to make ends meet wi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781423309994
ISBN-10: 1423309995
Publication Date: 6/27/2006
Edition: Unabridged
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3.5 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
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Farscapegirl avatar reviewed Cover of Night on + 180 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
Wonderful Linda Howard story! A bit slow to start but she really built all the characters with all the background info. and made an almost unworkable plot premise acceptable due to explaining the protagonists mind-set. Her attention to detail made the book flow more and made the hero and heroine mean more to me and the secondary characters from the town (Especially Creed & Neenah)! A-/B+
MELNELYNN avatar reviewed Cover of Night on + 669 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Cate is still mourning the loss of her husband who died three years earlier of an infection, leaving her with infant twin boys. Realizing that she could not make ends meet in Seattle, she moves to a small town in Idaho and buys a B&B. When her latest guest leaves via the window rather than the front door and does not come back the next day, she notifies the police. Meanwhile, the town is trying desperately to get Cate and the local handyman, Cal together - even going so far as to sabotage her plumbing, but she does not seem to notice him.

The guest is Jeffrey Layton, an accountant who is blackmailing a Chicago gangster. He has info on a flash drive that would ruin the gangster, and he has left a trail straight to Cate's door. When the gangster hires thugs to bring Jeffrey and the flash drive in, they rough up Cate and her friend and have a run-in Cal, who would do anything to protect Cate. The thugs leave with bruised egos and Layton's suitcase. Sensing danger, Cate has her mother take the twins to Seattle for a visit, which turns out to be smart. The two thugs come up with a ridiculous plan to take the town hostage to obtain the flash drive when they determine that she did not give them all Layton's luggage.

When the hired thugs (their numbers swollen to six) strike, all hell breaks loose in Trail Stop, Idaho. Little do they know Cal is a former Special Forces soldier - a one man army if you will. With the aid of his former mentor Joshua Creed, Cal organizes the townspeople who are cut off from the outside world. Cate and Cal are forced to climb their way out of the valley via a sheer cliff to obtain help.
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Helpful Score: 4
Another terrific book from Linda Howard. This book is not as sexually charged as previous titles, but the book is powerful and captivates. A small town is cut off from the outside world and taken hostage as enemies fight to recover damaging computer documents that can topple illegal activities. The hero and heroine save the day.
larinzia avatar reviewed Cover of Night on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Linda Howard is one of my favorite writers of romantic suspence. She pulls the reader into both sides of the story. I like that the "romance" is almost secondary to the real plot of the story.
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Helpful Score: 2
Book Club Edition. Cate Nightingale runs a bed-and-breakfast in small Idaho town. One morning a guest disappears and starts a train of events that will leave the town and its residents at the mercy of a gang of murderous men.
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sumrwind avatar reviewed Cover of Night on + 135 more book reviews
Linda Howard alone is enough for this book !!!
I have read it 3 or 4 times....time to let it go.
xmascarol avatar reviewed Cover of Night on + 261 more book reviews
This is the kind of book that once you start reading you can't put it down. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Excellent mystery.
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Another good book by LH. Story changed up on tape 2, this threw me a little, but it was explaining a main part that comes in later. I enjoyed it. Unabridged - 8 tapes
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I really enjoyed this story and if I hadn't already read it twice; I would have ordered this book on CD. A very good story.
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I just love this audio book. It had romance, intrigue and action.
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In the charming rural town of Trail Stop, Idaho, accessible only to the outside world by only a single road, young widow Cate Nightingale lives peacefully with her four-year-old twin boys, running a bed and breakfast. Though the overnight guests are few and far between-occasional hunters and lake fisherman-Cate always manages to make ends meet with the help of the local jak-of-all-trades, Calvin Harris, who can handle everything from carpentry to plumbing. But Calvin is not what he seems, Cate's luck is about to run out. One morning, the B&B's only guest inexplicably vanishes, leaving behind his personal effects. A few days later Cate is shocked when armed men storm the house,demanding the mystery man's belongings. Fearing for her children's lives, Cate agrees to cooperate-until Calvin saves the day, forcing the intruders to scatter into the surronding woods. The nightmare, however is just beginning Cate, Calvin and their entire community find themselves cut off and alone as the threat gathers intensity and first blood is drawn. WIth thewir fellow residents trapped and the entire town held hostage, Cate and Calvin have no choice but to take the fight to their enemies under the cover of night. While reticent Cal becomes a fearless protector, Cate makes the most daring move of her life...into the very heart of danger


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