Four by Moonlight

Four by Moonlight, a 2016 release by Class Act Books, by author Linda Nightingale, is an anthology of four novellas by an amazing author with a fluid writing style. The passages are imaginative and lush in the descriptions of persons, places and things.

Gypsy Ribbons, portrays a powerful, enduring love between the brigand Simon and Lady Victory “Tory” Darby. Heartbreaking in its intensity; driven to its sad end. A winner for sure.

In Star Angel, Lucy Spears, a lonely Idaho housewife, is tied to a man who is good but is not good for her. One night, a nameless man appears at her side and shows her what love can be in all its private intimacy, innately rich and desirable. One night only and he's gone. Will he return as Lucy wishes? Perhaps. . .

New Orleans, 1944. Newlywed Meggie Richelieu, on the evening of her grand wedding escapes the festivities of the wedding reception to go to the one place on earth she cannot resist where the ghost of her beloved brother Yves draws her. Gatekeepers Cottage is an alluring story of forbidden love, too passionate to ignore. Too dangerous to endure.

The Night Before Doomsday is the longest and most detailed in the collection tells the story of Azazel of the Grigori, one of the fallen angels. Banished to Earth he lives as he has always wanted--by his heart, by his will. A beautiful and tragic story of will over duty.

Out of 5 stars, this earns a 5