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Summary: Great Suspense
Review: Although I write in this genre, I don't normally read it, but have heard so much about Nora Roberts, I thought I'd try her. This book was great: romance, suspense, what else can you ask for? Wonderful read.
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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: I am an avid Nora Roberts fan and have every single one of her books including the ones she writes under "JD Robb." By far, this is my least favorite of ALL her books and she has written many. I was very disappointed with this. I felt the characters were rather dull and cliche and I did not care for the "ghost" theme. However, everyone has an "off" day, and I am anxiously awaiting her next novel...
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Summary: One Sultry Novel by The Queen Of Steam!
Review: The queen of 'steam' has written one of her best in this sultry tale of romance and mystery. The story takes center stage in where else, but sulltry New Orleans... A book that hits the mark! Another 'must read' by gifted storyteller Nora Roberts.
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Summary: a Scary Book
Review: It was a exiting but very scary book. I like the suspence because when you started reading you couldn't put it down. When he heres voices and wakes up in differnt places in the house.
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Summary: A Pleasant Surprise
Review: While I have not read every book by Nora Roberts, nor have I liked all that I have read, this book mesmerized me. Declan [with his wicked sense of humor and steadfast determination] is by far the most remarkable hero I have read to date and Lena [a role model for any woman who wants love and independence] made me want to nurture my own. The story line was well thought out and implemented and the secondary characters added the extra dimensions necessary to make it an outstanding read! While I have recommended this book to each of my customers and a few strangers, I do wish the ending had been a bit more developed and detailed. Even with this, I would still suggest everyone read this book. I hope to see more stories along this line from Ms. Roberts. Thank you for a delightful read!
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Summary: Midnight Bayou
Review: Page turning entertainment that is hard to put down. A typical Nora Roberts book - wonderful reading.
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Summary: Enjoyable Read
Review: What I liked best about this book was the crackling dialogue between the characters, much of which brought a smile to my lips. The characters are well drawn and the paranormal aspects of the plot are intriguing. The romantic scenes are handled adeptly, and the plot moves along quickly. Interactions with the secondary characters are well done. However, I think that the conclusion was too abrupt; instead of a dramatic climax, the end just dwindles, and you are left with a sense of letdown instead of the sigh of satisfaction you get when a novel ends perfectly. That said, the other 95% of the book is amusing and well written, and I would recommend it.
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Summary: A Truly Haunting Love Story
Review: Blood is thicker than water. Even a dank, Bayou swamp is no match for familial ties. In the final days of the nineteenth century, a brutal crime is committed and quickly hushed by the matriarch of a proud Louisiana family. Blood is wiped methodically from the floor; a young woman's brutalized body is removed from Manet Hall, her cloak lined with bricks; and a watery grave awaits. A grieving husband will spend the next few months fighting the ugly whispers claiming his wife, "a filthy Cajun whore," ran off with another man. Lies, Lucian Manet rages silently! Abigail's disappearance, however, will ultimately bring about the Manet family's doom. Fast forward to the present. Declan Fitzgerald is a successful Boston lawyer yearning for a different life. Biding a jaunty goodbye to his law career, Declan buys the dilapidated and decrepit Manet Hall, and moves to Louisiana with a firm purpose in mind: to restore the once grand Hall to its former glory. More than an irresistible impulse for home improvement is at work here, though. Restless spirits haunt Manet Hall. Doors open and close at will. A baby's piercing cries compete with a waltz's sad melody. And Declan himself is plagued with visions, maybe even memories, of a tortuous past rife with grief and betrayal. Into this confusing quagmire walks Angelina Simone. Darkly sensuous, Lena is Declan's answer to a nagging worry. Long fearful he was incapable of love, Declan's heart thuds, somersaults and does an Irish jig in his chest at his first glimpse of the sexy bar owner. From there, it's a heady and delicious mad-crashing into love -- for Declan at least. Lena is in need of a little persuasion. Ghosts and reincarnation are easier to believe in than a lasting love to Lena's mind. Thankfully, Declan is up to the challenge. But first, that dark Bayou secret of the Manet family, so long denied, needs to be brought into the light -- for only then will time move on and love have another chance. MIDNIGHT BAYOU is a truly haunting love story. There are no half-measures taken. Abigail's violation and brutal death is horrific and heart-rending. I felt sick to my stomach reading that brief passage. Declan and Lena's blossoming romance is therefore a balm to a reader's frayed nerves. Be they reincarnated lovers or merely victims of circumstance, Declan and Lena will soothe the most ardently romantic soul with the absolute rightness of their relationship. MIDNIGHT BAYOU is more Declan's story than Lena's, however. This is a definite plus from my viewpoint. As Manet Hall is rebuilt, Declan's character is likewise revealed brick by brick, and what an unveiling it is! Old-fashioned yet tough, Declan is a romance reader's dream. The paranormals elements of MIDNIGHT BAYOU are subtle in the beginning; and there's a unique plot twist that will raise an eyebrow or two. (I'm still not certain how I feel about it. Unique, yes and oddly fitting, it's a plot twist that nonetheless stirred a squeamishness to life in me). Nora Roberts has an extraordinary gift for story-telling, though. You really shouldn't miss out on this prolific author's latest -- and maybe greatest novel to date. It certainly has unusual staying power to my mind!
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Summary: Good but not her best
Review: This was a really good book. A little strange as far as topics go, but she pulls it off pretty well. I didn't abandon it which I do often when not kept interested.
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Summary: Beginning is good, middle is good . . . . . .
Review: Ms. Roberts does a great job providing detail of her characters. The idea for the story is good. The read is wonderful up to the end when the book suddently stops. It's like someone said okay you have to stop NOW. I truly liked Declan and Lena and would have liked to see the real end to the story.
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