3.5 STARS ✮ JOCELYN ADAMS ✮ NIGHTINGALE

NIGHTINGALE

Jocelyn Adams

✮✮✮ 3.5 STARS ✮✮✮

Stuck writing for the dull society pages, journalist Darcy Delacorte sets her sights on getting an interview with reclusive millionaire Micah Laine. While she expects the broody tycoon to be a challenge, she isn’t prepared for his dark charm or his price for the sordid details of his past—a price that begins with her spending a week alone with him.

Micah may be a loner, but he’s not a monk, and there’s something about Darcy… He decides that if Darcy wants him to reveal his secrets, she’s going to have to reveal a little of herself. The bigger the revelation he offers up, the bigger the cost he’ll demand from her—a secret of her own, her wildest fantasies, a kiss. And that’s only for starters…

But when Darcy reveals a vulnerability Micah never expected, he knows he should get away fast, or be in danger of losing his heart

Two souls. Two stories to tell. One island. Seven days. If you’re fond of a story which has a brooding hero, a lady who is harbouring her own secrets, brings some revelations along the way and is very steamy to boot, then Nightingale most definitely ticks the boxes.

Ask me your questions when you’re ready, and I’ll show you the monster inside the man.”

This isn’t my first foray in Jocelyn Adams’ writing, but the first contemporary romance I’ve read by her and I have to say her writing style is perfect for a modern day love story, creating just the right amount of angst and pain and balancing that with touching and passionate. And when journalist Darcy Delacorte shows her interest in writing about reclusive philanthropist, Micah Laine’s charitable foundation, she doesn’t expect him to call her bluff: he’ll share his story in exchange for a week of her company at his island home.

I intend to explore every dark corner of you while you try to do the same to me.”

Micah and Darcy’s attraction to one another heated the pages nicely and, as they begin to open up to one another on a deeper personal level, it brings a warmth to their story that pulls at your heart. And whilst it all takes place over a relatively short period of time, it actually feels like these characters have known each other much much longer.

I feel like I’m slowly waking up from a bad dream, and every time I open my eyes, you’re there like the dawn.”

Whilst I can’t deny that it was a little predictable, particularly heading towards the end, there’s no denying that Nightingale was another enjoyable story from Jocelyn Adams and I look forward to seeing what she brings her readers next.