![]() Thorne, who arrived in Spindle Cove a year ago when the militia arrived - that event is the plot of A Night to Surrender – seems utterly immune to Kate’s charm. All except the exceedingly dour Corporal Thorne. Kate is a lovely person - she sees the best in almost everyone and can coax a smile from all. Kate loves the welcome she’s found at Spindle Cove and the town cares deeply for her as well. She has memories - scraps of her past - locked away in her head but she can’t quite figure out what they mean. She’s tried for years to learn something of her past - she’s written requests to countless English parish registers asking for information about a girl born between 17 named Katherine - but has never found from whence she came. She was raised in the harsh Margate school for girls where she was deposited when she was five. Kate, like most of the women who have found their way to Spindle Cove, doesn’t have a place in mainstream society. The lovers in A Lady by Midnight are kind as can be Kate Taylor, Spindle Cove’s resident orphan music teacher, and Corporal Samuel Thorne, he of the glower and glare. ![]() The reason for that, I think, is that I’m bored with heroes who proclaim, despite evidence to the contrary, they just aren’t good enough for the women they love. ![]() I enjoyed this book more than the first one but less than the second. ![]() The first book in the series, A Night to Surrender, did not enchant me as it did many other reviewers. I’ve had mixed reactions to Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series. ![]()
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