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Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance #2
The Moon by Night
Book 2 of Cheney and The Inheritance. Cheney and Shiloh Irons-Winslow return to New York from their honeymoon and enthusiastically begin work--Shiloh at Winslow Brothers Shipping and Cheney in her medical career. But their tranquility is shattered when Cheney discovers that a young doctor she hired as an assistant hides a scandal in his past and possibly murder in his heart! Danger and plot twists abound as the Morrises pen yet another thrilling chapter in the continuing saga of the much-loved Cheney and Shiloh. Sequel to Where to Seas Met.
384 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
About the author
Lynn Morris
42 books113 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Lynn Morris (born 1954) was a Christian fiction author. She was the daughter of Gilbert Morris and co-wrote with him on some of her books.
Series:
* Cheney Duvall, M.D. (with Gilbert Morris)
* Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance (with Gilbert Morris)
* The Creole (with Gilbert Morris)
* Omega (with Gilbert Morris and Alan Morris)
Lynn Morris (born 1954) was a Christian fiction author. She was the daughter of Gilbert Morris and co-wrote with him on some of her books.
Series:
* Cheney Duvall, M.D. (with Gilbert Morris)
* Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance (with Gilbert Morris)
* The Creole (with Gilbert Morris)
* Omega (with Gilbert Morris and Alan Morris)
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March 7, 2011
I really loved the first series about Cheney and was sorely disappointed by the first book following her marriage to Shiloh. Happily this one was a little better. There was a lot about medical practice in 1869 and about life in New York City at that time. Shiloh adopts two 'mutts' that turn out to be Irish Wolfhounds- I love that breed! Some good personal stories and many threads to carry into a next volume. A fair amount of religious content but overall it was still a good story
January 22, 2014
i felt like the set up dragged on and on and the end was rather hurried and forced. i like the new butler and dogs... they are great additions to the family.
May 13, 2017
Book 2 of Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance. Cheney and Shiloh Irons-Winslow return to New York from their honeymoon and enthusiastically begin work??? Shiloh at Winslow Brothers Shipping and Cheney in her medical career. But their tranquility is shattered when Cheney discovers that a young doctor she hired as an assistant hides a scandal in his past and possibly murder in his heart!
June 15, 2018
Cheney and Shiloh return to New York. Cheney is buried in being a doctor and Shiloh is running a very successful Winslow Brothers Shipping Company. Although they love each other deeply, they find themselves drifting apart, separated by their careers. Another great read.
December 7, 2019
Good read.
July 9, 2023
A lot of description at first. Skimmed a lot in the beginning, but it got a lot better later on in the book.
paused
June 8, 2025Ready for chapter 17.
September 29, 2025
I enjoy reading book about characters I love after their "happily ever after"
July 4, 2026
The Moon by Night has all the things that made the original series so strong: great side characters, a compelling plot, banter, a snappy flow and wonderful descriptions.
Cheney and Shiloh are their old selves, complete with witty repartee, and we get time with the original supporting characters- Cheney's parents, Dev and Victoria, even Mr. Jack. The series isn't the same when they aren't in it.
And we spend most of this book doing medical things, which was the whole point of the first series. Cheney isn't the same character when you remove her from the medical scene.
Here, Cheney is setting up house in a newly founded hospital in New York, and we get a new cast of doctors. And I appreciate how each of the books incorporates their titles so well. This one begins at night, in a cellar where Cheney is performing an autopsy, and she gets creeped out by the sound of someone on the staircase she can't see on the dark side of the room. How perfect is that?
One of the new characters is the main villain, and it is one of the better villain storylines of the series. The villain has motive- money, and he is delusional, which is portrayed well, and in such a way as to make him suitably creepy, although he doesn't immediately appear that way. He seems normal at first. And several reveals about his character along the way are very well done also.
One funny addition is that Cheney and Shiloh acquire two dogs, Irish Wolfhounds to be exact, and while it provides for some amusing moments, I find it a trifle concerning, as while Shiloh's desire for children is mentioned multiple times, Cheney puts it off again and again, and even by the end of the last book, there isn't any indication that they are closer to having a family, and the inclusion of dogs seems a bit like a substitute. And I'm a cat person, so what can I say?😹
There is use of the miscommunication trope in The Moon by Night, unfortunately. And while it isn't infuriating- it does serve a narrative purpose, there are times where I was thinking "just talk to each other!"
Specifically, in the last book, the one before this one, Cheney wanted Shiloh to go to medical school to become a doctor, but backed off because she realized she was pressuring him into it. Here she goes to the other extreme, and keeps her work and married life strictly separate. In the process, she gets into an ethical scrape, but doesn't talk to Shiloh about it, because on the one hand she doesn't want to pressure him into the medical field again, and on the other hand, she wants to punish him for not going to medical school as she'd wanted.
This is realistic, as I've seen firsthand couples who are petty like this, but one of them should've been mature enough to have broken the cycle.
It is reconciled by the end; they're honest with each other, and Cheney apologies, but after rereading this, I've decided Shiloh, although he is younger than Cheney- speaking of that, Lynn Morris has a thing for writing older women and younger male love interests, but anyway, Shiloh is the more mature of the two. He beats himself up internally, thinking that Cheney is superior to him in so many ways, but that just isn't true. Shiloh is endlessly generous and thoughtful, and turns into a bit of a stay-at-home husband in this, which aggravates me. He talks about occupying himself with hobbies and planning a party because Cheney is gone so much, and that is never fully addressed. Just because Shiloh eventually decides to become a doctor doesn't automatically mean Cheney will prioritize time with him.
Other than that, I love nearly everything about this book. Especially the crumbs we get regarding Fiona Kay Keane and Bain Winslow. Their relationship is by far my favorite thing about this sequel series. Fiona is introduced in Where Two Seas Meet, and she is adorable. And I've had a soft spot for Bain Winslow since I read the series for the first time. He is a villain, and the series ends before he can undergo a true redemption arc, but we get glimpses of his changed character book by book, and I love it. And his chemistry with Fiona is perfect. I don't know if the authors intended for them to be so shippable, but they are.🥰
The Moon by Night is worth a solid 5 stars.
Cheney and Shiloh are their old selves, complete with witty repartee, and we get time with the original supporting characters- Cheney's parents, Dev and Victoria, even Mr. Jack. The series isn't the same when they aren't in it.
And we spend most of this book doing medical things, which was the whole point of the first series. Cheney isn't the same character when you remove her from the medical scene.
Here, Cheney is setting up house in a newly founded hospital in New York, and we get a new cast of doctors. And I appreciate how each of the books incorporates their titles so well. This one begins at night, in a cellar where Cheney is performing an autopsy, and she gets creeped out by the sound of someone on the staircase she can't see on the dark side of the room. How perfect is that?
One of the new characters is the main villain, and it is one of the better villain storylines of the series. The villain has motive- money, and he is delusional, which is portrayed well, and in such a way as to make him suitably creepy, although he doesn't immediately appear that way. He seems normal at first. And several reveals about his character along the way are very well done also.
One funny addition is that Cheney and Shiloh acquire two dogs, Irish Wolfhounds to be exact, and while it provides for some amusing moments, I find it a trifle concerning, as while Shiloh's desire for children is mentioned multiple times, Cheney puts it off again and again, and even by the end of the last book, there isn't any indication that they are closer to having a family, and the inclusion of dogs seems a bit like a substitute. And I'm a cat person, so what can I say?😹
There is use of the miscommunication trope in The Moon by Night, unfortunately. And while it isn't infuriating- it does serve a narrative purpose, there are times where I was thinking "just talk to each other!"
Specifically, in the last book, the one before this one, Cheney wanted Shiloh to go to medical school to become a doctor, but backed off because she realized she was pressuring him into it. Here she goes to the other extreme, and keeps her work and married life strictly separate. In the process, she gets into an ethical scrape, but doesn't talk to Shiloh about it, because on the one hand she doesn't want to pressure him into the medical field again, and on the other hand, she wants to punish him for not going to medical school as she'd wanted.
This is realistic, as I've seen firsthand couples who are petty like this, but one of them should've been mature enough to have broken the cycle.
It is reconciled by the end; they're honest with each other, and Cheney apologies, but after rereading this, I've decided Shiloh, although he is younger than Cheney- speaking of that, Lynn Morris has a thing for writing older women and younger male love interests, but anyway, Shiloh is the more mature of the two. He beats himself up internally, thinking that Cheney is superior to him in so many ways, but that just isn't true. Shiloh is endlessly generous and thoughtful, and turns into a bit of a stay-at-home husband in this, which aggravates me. He talks about occupying himself with hobbies and planning a party because Cheney is gone so much, and that is never fully addressed. Just because Shiloh eventually decides to become a doctor doesn't automatically mean Cheney will prioritize time with him.
Other than that, I love nearly everything about this book. Especially the crumbs we get regarding Fiona Kay Keane and Bain Winslow. Their relationship is by far my favorite thing about this sequel series. Fiona is introduced in Where Two Seas Meet, and she is adorable. And I've had a soft spot for Bain Winslow since I read the series for the first time. He is a villain, and the series ends before he can undergo a true redemption arc, but we get glimpses of his changed character book by book, and I love it. And his chemistry with Fiona is perfect. I don't know if the authors intended for them to be so shippable, but they are.🥰
The Moon by Night is worth a solid 5 stars.
January 29, 2015
A good story but a little too telling. The tension builds but there is no mystery--everything is spelled out for the reader and predictable. Shiloh as always is wonderful but maybe a little too perfect in this installment. In other books in the series he at least has flaws in this one...it all seems to fall on Cheney. That's a little disappointing. Still, the characters are ones you have come to love so worth the read.
February 17, 2021
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June 18, 2008
I loved this book. All of the Cheney Duvall books had an air of mystery and excitement that kept high drama levels. But this one by far was the best with an old house and murder that Cheney and Shiloh have to figure out with their medical expertise and the townsfolk with grave backgrounds. It was fun and as always educational to the time period.
August 11, 2013
Although the first book in "The Inheritance" series was a bit confusing to me, now that I am getting to know the characters a bit better -- this book was much more enjoyable. I liked the hospital setting as opposed to the sea-ship setting in the first book. Ready for the last book in the trilogy and more intrigue with the many personalities that surround this family.
March 5, 2018
Re-Read
January 14, 2010
January 14, 2010
August 15, 2008
I loved this one as much as the first!
December 27, 2010
great book
July 10, 2015
Reread
March 23, 2015
Good clean. Appropriate for young teens.
July 6, 2015
Enjoyed another book about Cheney and Shiloh--wish that there were more than three books in this series.
September 12, 2015
Love this series! I'm re-reading it with my preteen daughter (who reads at a college freshman level according to a reading and comprehension diagnostic).
May 28, 2023
Not my favorite, because we don't get to see Cheney and Shiloh interact nearly as much as I like, and the hospital drama becomes a bit tiresome after a while.
February 3, 2016
I was hoping it would get better. It didn't.
February 22, 2018
Loved re-reading this old favorite. The Cheny DuVall series is one of my all time favorites. Her character paired with Shiloh Irons is such a good love story combined with the story of their grown spiritually is my favorite types of stories.
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