Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz
The Lost Night Files, Book 3
Berkley (January 7, 2025)
An unsettling investigation teaches two deeply suspicious people how to trust in the next thrilling novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz.
Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator Gideon Sweetwater to catch the stalker who has been watching her. Amelia suspects the stalker may be connected to the shadowy organization responsible for the night that she and her two friends lost to amnesia—a night that upended their lives and left them with paranormal talents.
Gideon suspects that Amelia is either paranoid or an outright con artist, but he can’t resist the chemistry between them. He takes the case despite his skepticism. For her part, Amelia has second thoughts about the wisdom of employing the mysterious Mr. Sweetwater. She is wary of the powerful attraction between them, and deeply uneasy about the nightmarish paintings on the walls of his home. She senses they were inspired by his own dreamscapes.
Amelia knows she doesn’t have time to find another investigator, and Gideon is forced to reckon with the truth when he disrupts what was intended to be Amelia’s kidnapping. Now the pair is on the run, with no choice but to return to the haunting ruins of the old hotel where Amelia’s lost night occurred. They are desperate to stop a killer and the people who are conducting illegal experiments with a dangerous drug that is designed to enhance psychic abilities. If they are to survive, they will have to trust each other and the passion that bonds them.
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Shattering Dawn – Jayne Ann Krentz
REVIEW
Conclusion to The Lost Night Files trilogy. Each book in the series is a standalone story/mystery with an overarching mystery for the three books. Shattering Dawn closes all the threads since book 1. Full of action and paranormal experiences. I think this is the weakest of the three books but still enjoyable. The trilogy concludes but there is a hint of a new spin-off series. Recommend for those who enjoy thrilling paranormal romantic suspense novels or urban fantasy.
Reviewed by Comfy Chair Books/Lisa Reigel (April 16, 2025)
Hardback loaned from public library
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THE LOST NIGHT TRILOGY
When three women lose their memories following and earthquake and fire, they start The Lost Night Files podcast—and soon find there are others like them. As they race to discover the truth of what happened that fateful night, they find danger and romance along the way.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author of over 50 consecutive New York Times bestsellers, JAYNE ANN KRENTZ writes romantic-suspense in three different worlds: Contemporary (as Jayne Ann Krentz), historical (as Amanda Quick) and futuristic (as Jayne Castle). There are over 30 million copies of her books in print.
She earned a B.A. in History from the University of California at Santa Cruz and went on to obtain a Masters degree in Library Science from San Jose State University in California. Before she began writing full time she worked as a librarian in both academic and corporate libraries.
Ms. Krentz is married and lives with her husband, Frank, in Seattle, Washington.
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