Midnight Crystal by Jayne Castle (book three of the Dreamlight trilogy). 373 p.
A mildly pleasant if utterly unmemorable romance novel, with a faux science-fantasy setting--in the future, on a distant planet, everyone has psychic powers of some kind, but the cultural trappings are all modern-day American. Except that the cars, the electricity, and any kind of power sources are crystal based. (Don't ask, it's pretty goofy, not to mention vague.) A powerful man with loyalties to one organization meets a spirited woman whose loyalties lie with a seemingly competitive organization. Naturally they are forced to work together. Blah, blah. Sorry--it's more enjoyable than I'm making it sound, but I'm completely unable to describe why, because the individual elements are fairly lame.
The most interesting thing about this book, to me, is that it was published as a paperback original. All of Jayne Castle's books are--but "Jayne Castle" is a pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz, whose books come out in hardcover. As do her historical romances written as Amanda Quick. Since this Dreamlight Trilogy features one book published under each name, books 1 and 2 were in hardcover, but book 3 is not. It just seems like an odd publishing decision.
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