The Night Tales Series

The night tales series is made up of 5 books.
Night Shift
Night Shadow
Nightshade
Nightsmoke
Nightshield

The five books are all linked by a family etc as all of Nora's series and trilogies tend to but these ones are a little different. These books are a little darker with a more violent twist than her other books. She focuses all of the books characters meeting etc at night.
I throughly enjoyed these books and cannot decide which one i like the most!

Night Shift

Cilla O'Rourke is a beautiful young woman with a voice that could melt a thousand mens hearts. She is the voice of a radio show in Denver 10pm-2am. She is sexy and sultry on air and is a massive hit with the listeners. So much so that she is being stalked and threatened by a man.
The threats become a little more serious and violent in nature so the radio call in the cops.
In walks the sexy strong and somewhat moody Boyd Fletcher. Ahhhhhhhh sexy is what you feel from this man he is just pure MAN!
His partner is Althea Grayson who we meet later in another book, she is cool and composed and very in control.
Boyd has been facinated by Cilla's voice on the radio for some time and after meeting her he sees she is not what he expected, she is better!
Passion and feelings of wanting are immediately in effect on both sides but as Cilla's mother was a detective and her father a public defender who both got killed in action in the same room by the same man is too much for Cilla and she immediately refuses any and all advances.
BUT and there is always a but i think.....
Cilla cant help but need and be drawn to Boyd, he is hers and he fits and they both fall madly in love. In the meantime the psycho steps up his game and eventually has Cilla on the ropes. He attacks at the station and Boyd gets stabbed badly, Cilla fights with the psycho and Althea shoots him dead.
Boyd is critical in hospital and the usual fear and worry ensue. Deborah O'Rourke is Cilla's sister and in college she and Cilla are all each other have, we see more of the stunningly beautiful Deborah in the next book.
After much confusion and heart ache from Cilla and a very lovely proposal from Boyd the way she answers him is lovely and totally fits the characters. I will let you read that for yourseleves.

Night Shadow

This book is a little more on the dark and supernatural side. I will let you decide if you like it or not but in my opinion its pretty good and interesting.
The completly straight by the book asisstant district attorney Deborah O'Rourke takes no prisoners in the court room and she rarely looses. She is strong and confident and she believes wholeheartedly in what she is doing. On her way to her car in a very dangerous part of Urbana she gets attacked and dragged into an alley. The dark mysterious renegade the tabloids call Nemesis saves her just before she attempts to save herself. She is grateful but doesnt entirely believe in why he does what he does but she is physically attracted to him and he to her.
Gage Guthrie is a very powerful man, he has so much money he lives in a castle! He was a cop but on his last undercover sting it all went wrong, his best friend and partner got killed and he ended up in a coma fighting for his life.
When he came to 9 months later he had a special 'gift' for making himself disappear.... interesting??

Deborah meets Gage and is a little taken with him, he knows who she is but she doesnt know who he is... She gives in and dates him becoming more involved and falling in love but she is also falling in love with Nemesis who is repeatingly saving her life. She turns down sleeping with Gage but cannot refuse Nemesis, she gives in and when he kisses her for the first time she knows who he is.
Its terribly heart breaking and so emotional and she is torn between her beliefs and her love for Gage/Nemesis.
She moves into his castle and discovers that he is not exactly just nemesis, he has a kind of bat cave i suppose you could call it.
After her current case get very detailed and her life is put in danger, Gage helps her and together they work out who is behind it all and who killed his partner and almost him all those years before.
After a very violent showdown they get the bad guy and its all happy endings again. Another dark book with mystery and suspence intertwined with a little sex and passion to liven it up a little. Nora always stays true to her characters and underlying power of 'meant to be together' she still focuses on their passion and love and how good there are for each other.
An enjoyable book and you get to see Cilla and Boyd a little too, married with three kids.

Nightshade

Althea Grayson is a very tough cop, she was Boyd Fletchers partner and a friend. She now works alone and Boyd is the Captain. She is on a terrible date with a terrible man and she gets beeped to a scene. She is all dressed up but its her job.
On the scene is Colt Nightshade, he was speaking to the dead man when a drive by happened. He dived for cover and the other guy didnt.
Colt is a very good and old friend of Boyds and when he finds out Colt is there is drags him in to find out whats happeneing.
Althea in her dress sits in and he immediately likes what he sees. She on the other hand doesnt, sure he is really hot and has a great body but his attitude stinks.
A friends daughter ran away and now she is missing, a letter from another girl told her parents she was being held by some men so they asked Colt to help find her. He of course helps and ends up in Denver and working with Boyd and Althea.
As they get deeper and deeper into the case he is a loose cannon and she tries to be calm and hold restraint. they soon realise that they like each other and that they have a little spark. The case is looking into sex tapes and young women which is hard but has to be done.
Althea has a past and not a good one growing up in the foster system, it touches her this case and Colt doesnt hear why until the end but he grew up with  a great childhood and has got a harvard degree in law, has been in the airforce and been on serect missions. An all rounder you might say?

After a funny night stuck in the mountains they find where the girl is and Althea goes in to distract the three men while Colt gets her out. Thea can really handle herself and he goes back to help her and she has it all under control.
After she talks to the girl and helps her through the ordeal and explains that if she can do it then anyone can.
After a very emotional scene and a lot of thinking and understanding on her part she finally gives in to Colt. He wants to marry her on new years eve but she has other ideas.
She shocks him in saying yes to start with but no to new years eve, she wants it at thanksgiving at Boyd and Cillas home.
You see her marry Colt at the end of the book with Cilla and Boyd, Deborah and Gage (and baby) and a few friends and family. A really lovely story and ending i think!

Nightsmoke

This book follows Natalie Fletcher (Boyds sister) who runs the family business and is extremely sucessful. After a really late night she gets a call one of her buildings is on fire. After she gets there the arson investigator arrives. Ryan is moody and mean and really really fit!!
She really doesnt like him especially when he almost accuses her of fraud and he really doesnt like her and thinks she has far to much money and doesnt really get the whole poor thing.
They clash and fight and he falls in love, she does eventually too. As they work together to find out who set the fire, more happen and it starts to look like someone is after her.
After a very emotional and horrible fight, he breaks it off because he doesnt think that they could ever belong together and live in the same world however after she storms off telling him that she loved him and immediately leaves the city he goes after her. Following her around trying to apologise.
She eventually comes back after a heart to heart with Thea (a very pregnant and in labour Thea) and he mets her at the airport. They argue and he tries and tries to apologise, she goes ot her office and just as they are sorting out how they feel an explosion in the office and a fire breaks out. They are trapped on the 42 floor and the exit is blocked by fire.
He knows there isnt much time so endagers his own life to save hers.
They get out and into hospital and after a touch 24 hours Nat is fine and he is mending. After a touching heart to heart in the hospital as she is discharged he agrees that maybe they could start by living together and she refuses only to tell him she wants marriage and kids.
A really happy moment that makes you heart swell and go arrrrrrrrr.

Nightshield

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and i think this one is probably my favourite. I think its my favourite because i felt more drawn to the bad boy character?
Allison Fletcher is a detective like her dad Boyd was, he is now the commisioner and she is in his old precinct. Due to recent break in's and their link to a local club the owner is asked to help. He has known Boyd a long time and owes him his life.
Jonah is a once upon a time crook as a child and really horrible childhood until Boyd helped him. When he meets Ally he is a little taken with her and he decides nothing can happen because of Boyd.
They rub each other up the wrong way alot and they begin to have a little steam and passion.
After she has worked in the bar undercover for a week they get a break and find the people responsiblefor the break in's. She goes off with her team to arest them and it goes a little wrong. An officer is shot and she is shot at so has to shoot a woman dead.
Jonah goes to her at the hospital and takes her home, he feels protective of her and they start to get closer. He stops whats happening with no reason and she finds the challenge exciting.
Once she has cracked most of the case and is interviewing the workers at the bar she seduces Jonah. He has no choice and is totally taken in by her and they finally have their time.
The sex and passion is really intense and probably the best out of all in this series. The ring leader of the burglaries heads for her and her apartment gets trashed, she moves in with Jonah in the meantime.
The bad ultimately comes to a head and a bloody violent one where Jonah jumps infront of a bullet to save Ally.
After much heat and arguing she tells him she lvoes him and wants to marry him which shocks him.
The book jumps to them arguing about a sports event and have been married for 18 months, when she comes in from the kitchen he is gone.
He is in the bedroom holding their 2 week old baby daughter.......

Really good series and i enjoyed them a lot, not what i expected but i was plesantly suprised. I believe i am yet to find one of her books i dont like. maybe i never will?
my score for the series 8/10.