With exhilarating pacing, plot twists, and clues dripped like candle wax, Before Nightfall will keep you up til dawn.

Business woman Kate Foster is kidnapped from an Istanbul street in broad daylight. No one knows where she is or why she was targeted. All Kate has to survive are her wits and the little knowledge gained on a three-day hostage training course where she clashed with handsome but challenging trainer, Finn Scott. Now Finn is charged with rescuing her. Before he can do that, he must untangle the truth behind why she was taken – a truth obscured by deceit – and Kate must survive until rescue comes.

Before Nightfall grabs you from the very first page. We follow Kate through her training course with Finn and the powerful attraction at the heart of their disputes, and we see her kidnapping in glorious detail. The novel is wonderfully atmospheric, particularly the scenes set in the industrial parts of Istanbul. Both Kate and Finn narrate the story, which allows for character growth as the tale unfolds and the stakes increase. Though the emphasis is on action and the ticking of time as the larger threat becomes real, Amphlett allows us to see Kate and Finn’s fear and desperation. In the early scenes the attraction feels a little underdone, partly because the protagonists have so little time together and some of what passes between them at the training facility is not revealed until later. Yet the fact they have little more than the promise-of-what-might-have-been to sustain them is wonderfully poignant.

Before Nightfall tells of an ordinary girl thrust into extraordinarily dangerous circumstances, and of a man who must confront his past to ensure they have a future. For her third novel, Amphlett builds on her reputation for excellent romantic military thrillers.

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