Long Night Moon

To the world, Sara Ivy had it all: a handsome husband, a manicured estate, the kind of ethereal beauty that drew all eyes to her. So when hard-bitten reporter Nash Audubon crashed a party to get an interview, all he expected was another run-in with a bored socialite. Instead, he got the surprise of his life. 

For Sara Ivy possessed an innocence that had no place in the sophisticated world of Chicago high society. Tempted to learn her deepest secrets, he followed her into the night...and in one dangerous moment discovered the real Sara--sexy, brave, and heartbreakingly defiant. She was ready to end the charade of her marriage to a brutal man, and Nash would move heaven and earth to cherish and protect her--even if it cost him his life...
THIS BOOK IS OFTEN COMPARED TO SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY.

LONG NIGHT MOON is a crossover between WOMEN'S FICTION and ROMANCE, and is more women's fiction.


LONG NIGHT MOON was originally published by Bantam Books. Theresa Weir wrote four books for Bantam. This was the fourth and last, written before she moved to Harper Collins.

LONG NIGHT MOON is a crossover book, spanning more than one genre. It's not as well-known as some of Theresa's other titles, but it has held up well, possibly because of a plot that might have been a little too outside the lines for the time. It's a very dark topic, but the book has a lot of funny dialogue and HEA.

A popular romance trope is one in which the hero thinks the heroine is one thing, in this case an evil bitch, and treats her cruelly, only to discover that she'd not who he thinks she is, and then he spends many pages on his knees, full of remorse. And not only is Sara Ivy not who he thinks she is, she needs his help. In one scene, The hero has been watching her for days, hoping to get a shot for his tabloid. When he sees her walking to beach in the middle of the night, he thinks he'll get a photo of her with a lover.
But the lover ends up being Lake Michigan, and he must swim after Sara Ivy to save her life. Later, on the shore, she hands gives him his camera and tells him to take her picture. Which he does. He develops the photo, but never runs it in the paper.