A review by bibliophile90
Midnight Hunter by Brianna Hale

4.0

"On these cold, unfriendly streets I found a flower, and I plucked it. I will have this one pleasure, this girl whose final surrender was that of a queen in battle."

I love historical romance especially ones that are about forbidden romances. I haven't read any books that are set in Germany when the Berlin wall was up, so this was a very interesting read to me. I wanted to see how Evony could fall in love with the 'enemy'. Secret police officer Reinhardt Volker is an anti-hero and the author did a great job in getting me to dislike him in the beginning. He did some very horrible things, which he didn't regret doing. Evony hated him before and after he kidnapped her. He saw something in her and he wouldn't let her go for anything.

"Do we deserve our happy ending, a Stasi officer and his captor who's not only forgiven him but fallen in love with him?"

I loved seeing how Evony was fighting with herself, because she was attracted to him but he was also the enemy. I thought the development in her feelings was very organic and it didn't come across as fake. I loved seeing how she piece by piece surrendered herself to Volker, but she also knew what she was doing shouldn't feel so good. There was also enough suspense in this story, that had me on the edge of my seat. It also had a dark edge to the story with explicit sex scenes (which were very HOT). This story has increased my interested in romance books that take place after the WW2 in Germany, specifically when the Berlin wall was still up.