Night Magic by Karen Robards [Review]

Night Magic by Karen Robards
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: December 4, 2023

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Karen Robards
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Romance writer Clara Winston dedicates her newest book to her cat, Puff, without knowing what havoc she is about to unloose on her placid (boring?) life. Because there’s a rogue CIA agent out there whose code name is Puff, and some very bad guys want to kill him.

When the bad guys show up at mild-mannered Clara’s house, thinking that she can lead them to the man they’re hunting, she is rescued by that man, disgraced CIA agent Jack McClain. Jack is green-eyed, black-haired, infuriatingly macho—and every bit as sexy as the romantic heroes she’s always writing about. Clara hates him on sight, but if she wants to survive he is the only game in town.

With Puff very reluctantly in tow, they go on the run for their lives, battling each other until the sizzling chemistry between them explodes into red-hot passion.

Thoughts on Night Magic: It looks like this book was originally published back in the 80s, so, yeah, some aspects are a little dated. But it's fun. I mean, you get a romance author who is NOT up for all the adventure Jack unwitting delivers to her doorstep and a CIA agent who comes with a lot of baggage. Like, A LOT. And I'm not talking about any physical baggage either. In fact, Clara's cat Puff is kind of the only physical baggage between them.

So. Clara and Jack. She's dragged (kicking and screaming for the most part) into Jack's life all thanks to one (seemingly) harmless dedication in a book. She gets menaced, kidnapped, and nearly killed (several times) by some VERY BAD PEOPLE who think she knows where Jack is. To be frank, Jack isn't terribly sympathetic when they first meet and there might be some hard feelings on Clara's end because of it. After all, she's only in this situation because of Jack, right?

On Jack's end, his career is floundering after an operation gone bad and he's determined to get the job done with this newest operation he's been tapped for. Besides which, the information he's been entrusted with is big and needs to stay out of the bad guys' hands. He's driven and focused and getting distracted by the tempting woman on the run with him would probably be a very bad idea. Very bad. But what can a guy do when the woman of his dreams is within reach?

A whole lot of danger, a very unhappy cat, more adventure than a quiet romance author wants to deal with, bad guys, good guys, double crosses, a man who is determined to see things through, and a lady who has far more steel than she gives herself credit for. Good stuff!