Why do I do this to myself? I keep looking for a Ms. Reisz book and when I find it, I greedily request it. Then I don't read it. Why? I don't know. Read this book. I loved it. I read it all in one sitting through the wee hours of the night. This is a page-turner and unexpected. Specifically, I didn't expect a supernatural element to it. I believe there is a little nod to The Bourbon Thief but I could be imaging it.

What I love about this book is how much yearning it generated for me. A love so powerful that it transcends time. This is like crack to a hopeless romantic. Mix it with loss, grief, and depression, how can I not love this book? I felt so much and this is one of the things I love about Ms. Reisz. She takes no shortcuts. She creates complicated love stories that make a person's soul weep in sorrow. My heart cracked a little each time as we learn about Faye and her broken life.

When I first started the book, it was a bit slow and I wasn't sure if I was going to like it. I should know better. Some of Ms. Reisz's books start a little slow and then wham it hits you straight in the face like a sucker punch. This is what happened to me as I finally become oriented and understand why Faye is leaving her husband. Full disclosure, I didn't read the blurb. I go into most of my books completely cold. I tend to go into Ms. Reisz's books completely cold because I don't want any expectations. I want to experience it without preconceived notions or hints. Probably why the stories hit me so hard.

Faye loved one man so deeply that she didn't want to live after he died. His death was completely senseless and after only spending 1 year with him when she wanted a lifetime, this shattered her. The loss Faye exhibits is so overwhelming it leaps off the page for me. Ms. Reisz's writing voice works so well for me because it appeals and speaks to me. She pulls me in and ensnares me in her web of intense emotions. Most of the time these emotions are dark, depressing, and melancholy. As a child decades before Emo even existed, this draws me in.

When Faye is confronted with a way to be with a man who is possibly a prior reincarnation of her husband, it is uncanny and magical. Every time there is hope, it is then yanked away from her. I felt like I was placed in a riptide and couldn't get out of the constant heartbreak. This is a complex romance that transcends time and I loved it. I highly recommend this multilayered romance for those who experienced heartbreak and want a chance with a happily ever after.

This was such a fantastic book.. I have no words to properly express how much I loved this book. This author is brilliant!

Not at all what I expected from tiffany Reisz. Incredible storytelling and fantasy. Moments of humor among her staple perfection in sex scenes. Outlander who?

The Night Mark is another winner from Tiffany Reisz. While so very different from her popular Original Sinners books, The Night Mark pulled me into the story just as quickly and kept me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen next.

I will say that time travel books aren't always my cup of tea, but I felt like The Night Mark was well done. I really enjoyed the magic of the water around the lighthouse being the trigger for those who traveled between the present and the past. I also loved that individuals had to make things right in each time as the story progressed. While I liked the main characters in the story pretty well, my favorite character was Father Pat Cahill. He brought a lightness to the story that it needed as much of the storyline was a bit dark at times.

The Night Mark is a romance that is all about true love finding you regardless of where you are in your life. I loved that whether in 2015 or 1921, true love prevailed. While nowhere near as sexy as most books I've read by Ms. Reisz, the romance was clearly the center of this story.

Rating: 4 Stars (B+)
Review copy provided by publisher

Another great, unique story from Tiffany Reisz. She has a gift for giving us flawed characters that we can’t help but love, witty dialogue and fantastic love stories. This is unlike anything I’ve read and I enjoyed every word.

I've told the public library that they must buy this one. It will fly off the shelf.

I’ve had this book sitting on my Kindle since last year. I apparently forgot all about it and others. But I did want to read and review it like I had promised to do when I requested it from Netgalley.

First of all, I am highly surprised by this book. I have been a fan of Tiffany Reisz for a few years, but I had honestly only ever read her erotica books. As much as I love her previous books, this one is more of my pace. I loved the idea of exploring Lowcountry in the 1921. I am a huge history buff and I have found many historical fiction books that have helped to engage my love for history. This is one of those books.

The beginning of the book was a little hard to get into. Faye is not the easiest character to relate to, especially when it’s clear that she’s riding the depression train. She’s unhappy with her marriage and apparently having a miscarriage.. or her period? It’s a real downer and almost turned me away from the book. But I was curious to see where Reisz would take the story and I carried on, and I’m glad I did.

As the reader begins to learn more about Faye and what has led her to this low point in her life, you really begin to feel for everything she’s gone through. The backstory (which will not spoil the book), is that Faye was married to the love of her life, Mark, several years earlier. They had a wonderful first year of marriage, where he was finally called up to the major league of baseball and she was expecting their first child. Sadly, fate had other plans for Faith and Mark. He was murdered in a carjacking and she eventually lost the baby. Faye’s life continues to spiral as she marries Mark’s best friend and loses herself in her grief.

Now, Faye has become determined to find herself again. She leaves her husband and finds herself exploring the coastline of South Caroline. While there, she discovers a photograph of a man who looks just like Mark… a photo from the early 1900’s. Her journey of discovery leads her to discovering a way into 1921 and into the body of a young woman named, Faith Morgan.

I’m not usually a fan of time travel books, but I found that I enjoyed how Reisz incorporated this aspect into her story. Overall, this is a historical fiction book that offers an element of romance and mystery. If you are looking for a typical Tiffany Reisz book, this isn’t the book for you. But if you are open to it, I do think others will enjoy how the author is expanding her work into other genres and types of storylines.

I love books about Time Traveling! They speak to me!!! Tiffany Reisz did an amazing job with this story. Her writing is amazing as always. The blurb for this book is vauge for a reason, so I'm keeping my review that way. You won't want to miss out on this book!

Reisz never disappoints! Such a great concept and perfect execution. I loved the romance, mystery, and supernatural themes in the story and couldn't put it down!

Oh, how I wanted to love this book. But alas, I didn't.

The first quarter of the book was very emotional as the details of Faye's marriage and her husband's death were slowly revealed. I was totally sucked in. Even I fell in love with her dead husband. Then Faye took a summer photography job on a sea island to try to reinvent herself, and I really enjoyed her trips around the island and the mystery of an unusual bird that seemed to follow her wherever she went, and then the discovery of a painting of a woman who looked too much like her to be coincidence. It was shaping up to be a delicious read, and I couldn't put it down.

But then the part I'd been waiting for, when she woke up in 1921 and met Carrick, a solitary lighthouse keeper who looks exactly like her husband, felt like a bit of a letdown. In all the other time travel/time slip novels I've read, the traveler has been pretty knowledgeable of the period they traveled to. But in this case, Faye is very much a modern girl dropped into a past she knows absolutely nothing about, so many pages are devoted to her discovering how people got along before electricity and modern conveniences, and I ended up skipping those pages. Regular readers of historical fiction will likely find those sections boring as well.

This was also a bit different for me in that Faye is not transported to the past as herself. She wakes up in another woman's body, with none of that woman's memories, though she dreams that woman's dreams. When she looks in the mirror, she sees another, much younger woman's face. They look similar, but not exactly the same. So that took a little getting used to. And it also made me feel like Carrick actually fell in love with another person. Her love story with her husband was so well drawn that I really needed to see her love story with his lookalike transcend that, but I think the author actually made it too hard to beat.

And as far as the historical aspect goes, learning about the life of a lighthouse keeper is pretty much all there is. (Though I did enjoy that part very much.) It's like the author purposely chose a place in time where she wouldn't have to do a lot of research because nothing of historical importance occurs. I also really hate when an author gets political in their fiction. There were several jabs at present-day Southerners based on outdated stereotypes, and she even managed to get in a 1921 shout-out to Hillary Clinton. I seriously get enough identity politics and divisiveness in my real life; I don't want it in my escapist fiction. I also thought the villains were too over-the-top and one-dimensional to be believable.

So why did I keep reading? Well, I really just wanted to see how it would all play out, whether Faye would be able to stay in the past or if the future would call her home. I was waiting for her love story with Carrick to reach epic proportions. I thought it a wonderful premise, and as soon as I read the blurb I wanted to read the book. It just fell really short for me in the execution.

I haven't been disappointed by Tiffany Reisz so far. She writes the kind of books that could reconciliate any kind of reader with romance novels, bringing so much human depth to balance the sexy parts. The romance here is so sweet, perhaps even more so because of the low number of sexy scenes.

More than the romance, it's the story of Faye, a woman a bit lost in life after losing a husband she loved deeply and ending a subsequent bad marriage (that neither her or Hagen didn't think it was a bad idea before getting married is beyond me, but grief makes people do weird things) that gets to me. She tries to get back a bit of herself by taking a photography job, and end up finding her place in 1921, not only with Carrick, but with Dolly and the island. People finding family in the weirdest places. I'm a sucker for those.

I'm also a big fan of the way Reisz handles the time traveling part, especially the consequences on our present. Seeing the past being slightly edited when Faye comes back was a nice touch, and the way it affected Father Pat was well done.

I was less a fan of the final come back - the phone call to Hagen - which was maybe a bit too sentimental for my taste, but I agree it was important to just remind everyone that Hagen was not a bad guy, and definitely not a mirror for Faith's horrible husband

I received this book for free from Harlequin through NetGalley, but my opinion is still my own.

Great story and although I enjoy her erotic fiction more, I always look forward to whatever tale this author weaves. A compelling book, this one will leave you turning pages deep into the night.

I purchased a copy of this book.

Review left on Amazon. 5 stars.

3.5 stars Tiffany Reisz has given us another enjoyable book with a uniquely original story line. I don't often read romance and time travel is confusing to me, but this one was still a worthy read. I enjoyed the lowcountry setting and can appreciate the amount of historical research that was done. Anyone who enjoys historical romance or time travel may want to check this one out.

The Night Mark by Tiffany Reisz is a romance novel with just a touch of erotica and this will surprise fans of her prior novels, which were erotic novels with just a touch of romance thrown in. But Reisz proves she is adept at either genre and with The Night Mark expands both her horizons and that of her readers.

After the death of her husband Will and then the ill fated marraige to his best friend, Faye Barlow finds her life falling apart. Now divorced and widowed, she accepts a job photographing the South Carolina coast line. She hopes, this is a way to put her painful past behind her. Photography is the only thing that means anything to her anymore. In grief she married a man she didn't love while she still mourned the only man she did. Will.

In a small beach town, Faye learns of the legend of The Lady of the Light, the lighthouse keeper's daughter who drowned mysteriously in 1921 on Bride Island. The island is remote and dangerous to reach but Faye finds herself drawn to the island and the to the history of the light house keeper. A man bares an uncanny resemblance to her dead husband. Faye must make it to Bride Island and explore the crumbling lighthouse. But what she finds instead is her own fate on Bride Island and she is pulled back into the sea and when she surfaces, she is on Bride Island. She is on Bride Island. She is the Light Keeper's daughter. She is the Lady of the Light and it is 1921.

Faye has traveled back in time to a place she does not belong but finds instead that it may well be the only place she belongs anymore. But the world she has entered is not what it seems in photographs and Faye may be in mortal danger.

The Night Mark is a time traveling romance novel fraught with adventure and danger and forbidden love. While not original in its premise and somewhat unbelievable in parts, not the part where Faye goes back in time and falls in love and lust with the light house keeper who looks like her dead husband. But for me it was marrying Will's best friend who was pretty much an ass, though he did care about her, while her husband was barely in the ground. She remedies this by running away. This all goes to show the amount of loss Faye is in with the death of her husband and why this opportunity to be with a man who looks just like him makes it all worth the risk.

As the relationship grows and no The Lady of the Light was never really the light house keeper's daughter so this is not one of those tales of incest love affairs. But to say much more of their relationship before Faye travels back in time to inhabit the girl's body is to reveal too much of this intricate tale that needs to be explored and enjoyed by the reading.

The Night Mark, while not original in its premise, is better than most of its contemporaries by the prose and cadence of Reisz's writing. She also keeps to the proper sci/fi laws that state everytime you travel in time you change the future. I am not an avid reader of romance novels but I will admit that this is a book I enjoyed and though, not what I expected from this author, still a very good read.

THE NIGHT MARK is an intriguing paranormal romance, firstly because I didn't know where the story is going, and then because the author got me hooked into her characters and I absolutely had to see what's going to happen next!

I'm not going to give you even a hint because this story is best experienced for yourself. Needless to say, Tiffany Reisz swept me into an amazing journey and the way some you-thought-were-insignificant-secondary-characters suddenly had a different meaning and significance as the pages turned really blew my mind. I thought the lighthouse having different marks (light patterns, I think, as it's been some time since I'd read this) during the day and during the night was very interesting. Doubtless, Tiffany Reisz is an amazing storyteller and you can bet I'm going to glom her backlist while waiting for the next book to come out!

Another beautiful story from Tiffany Resize.I didn't expect anything less!Even though it's a little bit different from what we have used to read from her still so good!

She has nothing to live for in the present, but finds there's something worth dying for in the past…

From Tiffany Reisz, the international bestselling storyteller behind The Bourbon Thief and The Original Sinners series, comes an enthralling new novel about a woman swept away by the tides who awakens to find herself in 1921, reunited with the husband she's been mourning for four years. Fans of Kate Morton and Diana Gabaldon will fall in love with the mystery, romance and beauty of an isolated South Carolina lighthouse, where a power greater than love works its magic.



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Faye made a big mistake after her husband was killed by marrying his best friend. She corrected that mistake is and starting to claw her way out of her depression by taking on a new photo commission. She becomes fascinated by the derelict lighthouse on Bride Island but the last thing that she expects is to be pulled through time to meet the lighthouse keeper who is the image of her late husband.



THE NIGHT MARK has to be one of the better time travel romances that I have had the pleasure to read. The characters are all to easy to relate too and the circumstances are ones that anyone who has lost a loved one would wish for. Especially since the story is all too believable.


I highly recommend this book to anyone who believes in the power of love and how it can work in mysterious ways. There is a couple sex scenes but nothing to graphic so this is a book that anyone can read and enjoy.


*** I received this book at no charge from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed within are my own.

Tiffany is one author that I know will bring her "A" game to her books. Her stories are captivating and witty. My favorite by her is the Bourbon Thief. That book was consuming and flawless. When I saw this one was available I jumped at the chance to read it. I don't usually go for the historical romance or even time travel books but this one spoke to me.

The story jumps between 2015 and 1921. I didn't really have any issues with that part of the book and the story premise was solid. I fell into some problems with what I felt was a lack of chemistry between Faye and Carrick. It was just to luke warm for my taste. There was also lots of questions and very few answers. It felt a bit overwhelming at times. Also, a bit different for a Tiffany book with all the detail that was given. I need to be shown more and not told so much, if you know what I mean.

All in all I semi enjoyed this. It won't be my favorite Tiffany book but I liked it for what it was. If you like historical with a side of mystery then I suggest you go ahead and give this one a shot.

Shel: You know what? Tiffany Reisz's name may have been what drew me to this novel but it's her writing and wicked storytelling abilities that keep me picking up her books. Honestly, The Night Mark is so far outside of my comfort zone that I know I probably would never have picked it up if it wasn't for Tiffany Reisz and there's a lesson there, a lesson I keep learning: Good writing and good storylines can get me out of my genre reading every time.

Court: I'm so proud of you Shel. She is right though. Tiffany Reisz is a master storyteller, and every single time we read one of her books we get something different. She is a true artist, and I am so glad we read this book, because it was a beautiful blend of character and setting driven plot, a little bit of something different and twisty with some paranormal factors figured in - in truly a way that I didn't expect at all. She made me fall in love with every single character, and that was a gift in itself because some of them didn't really deserve it.

Shel: The Night Mark swept me up in the story of Faye and Faith and Will, Carrick, Hagan, and Pat...and Dolly. I had to know how their stories would end and if Faye could find a way out of her deep grief; if Carrick would find happiness after a great loss; and what, exactly, did Pat know. In order to do this I had to do the easiest thing ever when reading a Reisz book: sit back, relax, and enjoy the story. I suspended my doubts and followed Faye into the waters of South Carolina and to her present, past, and future.

Court: We did. As I said, Tiffany's story is so beautiful and it is that the thought and research and effort she put into making this story wonderful shows through the pages. I mean, when I learned more about honing my writing craft from The Mistress than I did about sadism, well...you know that she really puts a piece of her heart in her work and it really means a lot to her. And to us. Gah, I just really loved this book, and I really, really can't say too much about the specific plot but each scene gives us something with the timeline, the scenery, conversations had...it was deep, and beautiful and really a special book. And I learned a lot about light houses, and that is so cool.

Shel: If you're a faithful Tiffany Reisz fan, you're going to love this novel. It's got so much heart and held me in its thrall--I couldn't put it down until I finished. I'm still thinking about Faye and Carrick and wondering all kinds of things about time travel now and that to me is the best gift of all--my imagination has been lit and it's all due to this novel. Thank you, Tiffany Reisz for the journeys you continues to craft and take me on.

Court: I really enjoyed that this one had a small tie to The Bourbon Thief, too. Bride Island was introduced in that book, and where this novel is set, and I thought that was pretty cool, too. Faye is a complex heroine for us to get to know, but I'm glad to have some thought provoking thoughts with her and this was a great read.

Beautifully written story Ghostly transcendent ethereal magical
4.2 ethereal stars!
Well this was nice story beautifully written!

This book was so dreamy and so touching it gave me a terrible heart ache!!!


Tiffany knows how to create characters bigger than life and write about love! I only wished the plot had been a little bit more complex but really.. who cares???

I just can’t resist reading Tiffany Reisz! I was hopelessly lost in these pages, what is it about Tiffany's books that are just hypnotic irresistible?

I just can't resist her!

Because her writing is like a drug
Because she writes beautiful stories
Because her stories are tragic and yet provocative
Because she is always pushing the boundaries
Because I am sucker for the afterlife and for love stories of second chances and that transcend time

AND… Faye's and her husband were from Rhode Island!

Loved this book!