Reviews for Night of the Gunman

The average rating for Night of the Gunman based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-10 00:00:00 Andy Clack A review should cover what is on the page, not what I wish would have been on the page. But I’m going to violate that rule and say that it’s too bad that erotic romances weren’t mainstream back when Lilian Peake was writing. I do think this story would have been much improved if she could have unleashed her true intent with the sex scenes instead of having to shoehorn them into a marriage of convenience plot line. There still could have been the conflict of the on-the-rebound hero convinced that the virgin bombshell heroine only wanted him for money, but they could have worked out those differences outside of conventions and no one would have to call it love prematurely or pretend that these two are going to dive into a life of domestic bliss with babies and decorous missionary sex. The hero was sexually obsessed with the h from the minute he saw her photo in advertising spread. When he calls in the wide-eyed h to fire her from her job, she tells him that the sexy pose isn’t really her – and he claims that it is her – she just hasn’t owned it yet. Now doesn’t that sound like a fun start to sexy tale? The hero loves to order the heroine around and given the chance, I think LP could have written some very hot dominant/submission scenes that revealed their true motivations and fears and issues with trust without the clunky OW and OM storyline. I actually thought that when the hero brought her to work in his office after they were married, that he was going to demand something sexual rather than have the heroine answer the phone. That would have fit his personality. LP writes about bodies – the hero’s is broken when he meets the h. (He broke his leg trying to rescue his two-timing fiancé on the ski slopes.) The heroine’s is the object of many male gazes, but she can’t seem to own her sexuality. Even her mother tells her that the photo shoot is who she is. When the H/h do have sex LP goes as far into the bedroom as she can, even describing how they were positioning to compensate for the broken leg. I usually skim sex scenes, but hers are worth reading closely because she does a lot of with subtext and euphemisms. There was also a progression to their sex scenes so that I believed their relationship was becoming more intimate and they were finding some harmony. That's why the contrived breakup was so annoying. The sex scenes felt real - the reactions to OM and OW meddling didn't feel real. I liked these characters when they were sexual together, but they were boring and stupid in all of their other scenes with various minor characters. The story was just okay – but the chemistry between the two was there and I wanted to kidnap them and drop them into the future so they could fly their freak flags without the constraints of a vintage HP.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-09-28 00:00:00 Mark Williams I love Lilian Peake! She's fast turning into a favourite of mine - not quite along the lines of Diana Palmer and Betty Neels yet, but pretty close! I love the angst and pain in her books, and I adore her heroines! They are so sweet, compassionate, sympathetic and vulnerable, they are my exactly my kind of heroine. The hero, bitter and jaded after a skiing accident where he tries to save his ex-fiancée but finds out she is having an affair with another man, and now with a broken leg, in a lot of pain, and using crutches, fires heroine from his company because of a rule broken - heroine doesn't know about the rule. He thinks she is a big gold digging tramp, only out for money. The reason Lynda wants money is for her arthritic mother, unable to now provide for herself. Hero gives heroine an address to go to, to find work. Obviously the address is his own house and he proposes4 a marriage of convenience, promising to take care of her mother. He needs someone to help him around the house since he is disabled. It is fairly obvious he is smitten with the heroine, but all he does is give the heroine sarcastic answers and be a big asshole. Heroine, once she realises that she loves him, accepts his proposal. The story is basically about how he is rude to her, sarcastic and unfeeling, except in the bed. What I loved about the heroine was that she wasn't a doormat, she gave almost as good as she got, and she didn't (well, not exactly) show her vulnerability (very much, that is), to the hero. I loved her comebacks and her anti-doormat-ness. Goes to show how an author can create a strong, yet sweet and lovable heroine. This type of heroine is so difficult to create, because there is such a fine line between strong and bitchy. The hero, I adored. I have a big thing for cruel, mean heroes, and make him disabled and grumpy and unfeeling? I'm a goner. This book was a wonderful love story that I thoroughly enjoyed. It didn't get the 5 stars because it wasn't as good as a 5 stars. I mean, it was a good story, but the angst wasn't as deep or as poignant as a 5 star one would be. But nonetheless, it was a great story. LILIAN PEAKE IS AWESOME.