The Man with the Midnight Eyes

by B.J. James

IT WAS DESTINY... — A chance encounter in an elevator had left Jazz Talbot breathlessly yearning for a spellbinding stranger...a man she never expected to see again. But fate intervened and brought her together with Dare McLaclin. The small-town doctor aroused in Jazz a soul-searching desire for which there was no cure.

Dare ached for Jazz, and he grew to love the child who had been left in her care. So when she needed a husband to help her keep custody of the little boy, Dare offered his services. But Jazz was wary of love. What would it take to make this wife-in-name-only believe in this man with the midnight eyes?

Genres: Harlequin, Romance

188 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

Reviews

[Kati · Rating 2 out of 5]

This used to be my favorite romance when I was a kid. Today, though... I don't know. I think I'm just not cut for simple romances anymore. I just don't get women who don't feel truly fulfilled until they have a husband and a brood of children. Jacinda gave up her career to take care of her sister's child, which I can understand - but as the book progresses, she does everything to accommodate the boy and later on Dare, she just lets Dare take over her life and that's something that my very soul rebels against! I mean, the MacLachlan brothers are lovable but there were moments where I would have told them firmly to back off! Jacinda just went with it. And the romance itself was needlessly complicated by their reluctance to, I don't know, date? It just felt way convoluted and sugary at the same time. I do love the MacLachlans and their backstory though.