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Summary: A great book, a real keeper!!
Review: The first part is about Laine the daughter of a con artist and Max an insurance investigator. Their story is light and funny, and their love story so "easy " despite their differences. I was so sad when the first part ends, it was too short.
The second part takes place about fifty years later with Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her gorgeous husband Roarke. Like in Imitation in death their relationship seems more settled, seems to have reach a kind of stability. Although the world of JD Robb is darker than the NR's one, the second part is not less funny (especially with the "new" Peabody). The only thing amiss in this book is the "in death" chronology which is kind of uneven. In the NR's companion, Remember When is after Imitation in Death and the more significant part (Peabody "situation") agree with that. But Summerset's holidays and the dates don't match: RW takes place in August and IiD in September!!
But of course that doesn't make the reading less enjoyable.
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Summary: Nora Roberts Has Hit on a Winning Combination
Review: Laine Tavish, owner of a growing antique shop in tiny Angel's Gap, has struggled to put down roots and shed her past as Elaine O'Hara, daughter of a small-time crook. Building a comfortable life for herself, she covets her privacy almost as much as she values her friends. But all that she has worked for is suddenly threatened by an odd visitor to her shop, which is even more disturbing when she recognizes him (too late) from long ago, just seconds before he dies in her arms. He ran straight from his encounter with her into the street and the path of a car. The words he whispered as he slipped away made no sense to Laine. While she is puzzling over what it means, she encounters another stranger to her little town: handsome and charming Max Gannon. Laine wonders if he is a friend or a foe. Once she decides, her life becomes even more complicated.Big Jack O'Hara, Laine's father, finally hit the big time with a diamond heist. Trouble is he hooked up with a very nasty fellow named Alex Crew, who never intended to split the take. Since Big Jack disappeared with the goods, Crew figures he has stashed them somewhere, and he's betting that somewhere is with Laine. He ransacks her home and her store, leaving her more angry than spooked. But he doesn't stop with just a wild search of her house. Fortunately, Big Jack taught Laine how to take care of herself. By the end of the first half of the book, almost everything seems well wrapped up. But there's more --- much more. Over fifty years later Laine's granddaughter, Samantha Gannon, writes a book about the decades-old heist. Samantha's elation over the book's success is quickly overshadowed by the discovery of her house sitter dead in her apartment. When another body turns up, the police sniff out the connection and the investigation gets hot. Lt. Eve Dallas lands the case and handles it with great aplomb. She tolerates no nonsense, tells it like it is, and commands a great deal of respect. She wants this guy --- bad. The murders are so cruel and violent, and Dallas believes that time is running out --- for her investigation and possibly for Samantha Gannon. She fears Sam just might be the next victim. The 480 pages of REMEMBER WHEN virtually flash by. Once you get involved in Laine's life --- and the lives of her family --- you'll be kicked back in your easy chair for hours of relaxed enjoyment. Nora Roberts has hit on a winning combination. --- Reviewed by Kate Ayers
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Summary: Two in one....
Review: With Remember When, we get two great stories written by popular writer Nora Roberts and her alter ego, JD Robb. Nora Roberts is a great romance writer who just happens to write great mysteries/suspence under her pseudonym. Finally she brings both of her talents into this 2-part novel. Remember When is written in 2 parts- part one features Nora Roberts writing style- the heroine is Laine Tavish who owns an antique shop....but she also harbors a secret past. She is the daughter of a conman and her past comes back to haunt her when her uncle comes to visit. Her uncle gives her a warning and then dies of a car "accident." Now Laine is targeted, her home searched and Max Gannon shows up to find out why. Together she and max work to find the secret and the hidden treasure. Part two - takes us into the future. Eve is a detected who is trying to find the treasure that has eluded Max and Laine. She is joined by Roarke- a handsome reformed thief. Together they try to solve the decades old mystery, murder and find the treasure. The epilogue reunites Lanie and Max (now grandparents) and brings the two stories together. Remember When is Nora Roberts and Jd Robb at her best- it will introduce NR fans to JD Robb series and vice versa.
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Summary: LOVED this book!!
Review: I love the way Nora Roberts/JD Robb blended the two stories together. WONDERFUL read! .. and such an innovative idea!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I highly recommend this book! This was the second Nora Roberts book I've read, and the first J.D. Robb and I loved it. She is a gifted story teller and easily draws the reader into the story. I love the way she sets this story in the present (2003) and then takes it into the future. Hers are books you don't want to put down until you're finished, and then when you're finished you wish there was more. The characters are very real and endearing. I'm am a big fan and will definitely be reading more of her books.
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Summary: Another winner from Nora.
Review: I read Remember When with some trepidation, after all its a big "ask" to seemlessly blend the two styles and established characters from both sides of Nora's writing career. Also, I had never read J. D. Robb before and had no interest in doing so. How wrong I was. The first part of the book is set in present day and written by Ms.Roberts. We have a pretty conventional story between the two leads, Laine and Max, and a nice assortment of background characters including Laine's Father, a con man, thief and lovable rogue.And they are all hunting diamonds. In approx 250 pages we have a great romance, a grand adventure and recovery of part of the haul. So, part two deals with the unsolved mystery of the rest of the diamonds and a view into the world of J.D.Robb's Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her gorgeous husband Roarke. This is the world of the "In Death" series and it does'nt matter if you have'nt read a word of them before - the dialogue and storyline flows.Here it is Laine and Max's granddaughter who becomes involved, when her housesitter is murdered and the old case comes back to haunt them. The whole book was expertly plotted and written - although I guessed the culprit way before the end it did'nt spoil my enjoyment one whit. I would highly recommend it - this one had something special about it , and yes, I'm off to get the back copies of the "In Death" series! Funny. Moving. Different. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Too Cool!
Review: If you like Nora Roberts books and J.D. Robb books (one and the same author) you will love Remember When which combines all the best of both "authors" The first half of the book is vintage Nora Roberts with a diamond hest thrown in for suspense. The second half calls forth Eve Dallas to solve a 50 year old crime. It's a great-fun read.
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Summary: An Interesting Concept Produces Good Result
Review: Remember When is an entertaining read that is light and funny in the first half and dark and suspenseful in the second. I feel that to truly understand and appreciate this book you will need to have read and enjoyed at least some of the In Death series written by J.D Robb as the characters have been through so much that you really need some background in order to appreciate the many characters and their relationships this time around. The first half of the book centres on Laine Tavish and Max Gannon and their whirlwind love affair. Max meets Laine whilst pretending to be just another customer in her antiques shop. In reality he is an investigator trying to find out if Laine is involved with a robbery of diamonds her father perpetrated. The dialogue between Laine and Max was sparky and energetic and had me laughing out loud many times. Nora Roberts' seamless writing style was entertaining and stylish. I did not have any trouble believing that the couple were meant to be together. All in all, the first half was fun and entertaining and I was sad to let Laine and Max go. (Sorry, but I had to include *SPOILERS* in the next paragraph about previous In Death books to explain my opinion).
Readers who know Nora Roberts well may have read some of her past offerings as J.D. Robb. These books are set in New York in the future, around 2059, and deal with the long standing relationship between Eve, a police detective, and Roarke, a billionaire businessman and ex-criminal. I must say that I like the relationship between Roarke and Eve - it is complicated and tender, passionate, loving and very deep. They both have had tough pasts and difficult times but they are clearly meant to be together. However I must say that I don't care very much for J.D. Robb books. I lost all respect for Roarke after it was revealed (In Vengeance in Death) that he brutally murdered people who were guilty of a rape and murder some years ago. The unbelievably disgusting methods he used to kill the criminals turned me right off him and I haven't been truly able to enjoy a J.D. Robb book since. I also don't like the harsher plots and shallow characters the books seem to thrive upon. The view in these books is that the future is a rather grim and violent place. I would recommend Remember When to those who have enjoyed Nora Robert's past books but I would urge new readers to try some of her stand alone books first (such as Homeport or Carolina Moon) and some of the J.D Robb series before they read this one as it is good, but not in my opinion her best. JoAnne
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Summary: Contemporary Romance Meets Futuristic Romantic Suspense
Review: Nora Roberts combines her skills as a contemporary romance author with her alter ego, J.D. Robb, who writes futuristic romantic suspense in this single two-part novel. Part I involves Laine Tavish, attractive owner of a small Maryland antique shop. But when her father Jack's ex-partner Willy tracks her to her business before he is killed in a traffic accident, Laine finally realizes that her past as the child of a con artist has reared its ugly head. Private investigator Max Gannon also meets Laine, as he believes that she may know where Jack hid the diamonds stolen in his most recent heist. In this crafty mix of suspense and romance, Max and Laine become allies personally and professionally as they try to discover where Willy might have hidden the diamonds during his brief visit to Laine's shop, as they must also elude Alex Cross, the mastermind of the heist who wants to recover all of the diamonds. Fast forward to year 2059 when Lieutenant Detective Eve Dallas is investigating the murder of a woman who was house-sitting for her friend, Samantha Gannon, an author who wrote a book about the meeting of her grandparents, Max and Laine, and their investigation into recovering the diamonds, though the one quarter belonging to Alex Cross was never found, and he died in prison. And when Samantha's cleaning lady is found murdered, Eve and wealthy entrepreneur husband Roarke believe that the murders are somehow connected to the missing gems, as they seek to locate the whereabouts of Cross' son. No holds barred suspense, terrific romance between Eve and
Roarke are carefully combined with references to the technological advances in the not too distant future.
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Summary: What's Not to Like?
Review: If anyone has read any other J. D. Robb books, this one (including all others) is a keeper. My review will be very short and to the point: Buy it!!! If I hadn't been working, going to school, and getting a hot water heater all in the same week, I would have read the book in one sitting. I own all of J. D. Robb books and am very reluctant to allow anyone to read my copies. If they are loaned to very near and dear friends, they know to bring my books back in the same condition they received them (pristine) or they have to repurchase the book.
But this book is a definite keeper....
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