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Summary: Absolutely Brilliant
Review: "Sacred Sins" is one of Nora Roberts' older works from the 1980's. None-the-less, it is a fantastic read, filled with sexual tension, suspense, mystery and intrigue.
Top psychiatrist Dr. Tess Court has been convinced by her senator grandfather to help the police catch a serial killer. Her profile on the killer, nicknamed "The Priest", indicates a disturbed and terrifying mind at work.
Detective Ben Paris doesn't have much respect for psychiatrists after his brother's unsuccessful treatment of post-war depression, which ended in tragedy. Ben doesn't care about profiles and motivations; he just wants to get his man. Ben and his partner, Detective Ed Jackson, are a wonderful odd-couple, and their interaction provides readers with some wonderfully witty and amusing scenes.
Tess and Ben continue to work together because they both have a common goal - stopping "The Priest". As they spend time together, a powerful attraction develops between them, and Tess and Ben's relationship blooms into a passionate romance.
As Ben and Tess work to catch the killer and delve deeper into his mind, it becomes apparent that Tess may be his next target, and his only hope for salvation!
Now Ben can only wait, and pray that when this madman decides to go for Tess, he will be in time to stop him.
"Sacred Sins" is a truly entertaining and exciting read. I was completely absorbed by the story and enjoyed every minute of it. Nora Roberts has once again created rich and realistic characters who will win readers' hearts and has crafted a top-notch tale guaranteed to leave readers sated and happy!
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Summary: A Wonderfully Thrilling Read!
Review: "Sacred Sins" is one of Nora Roberts' older works from the 1980's. None-the-less, it is a fantastic read, filled with sexual tension, suspense, mystery and intrigue.
Top psychiatrist Dr. Tess Court has been convinced by her senator grandfather to help the police catch a serial killer. Her profile on the killer, nicknamed "The Priest", indicates a disturbed and terrifying mind at work.
Detective Ben Paris doesn't have much respect for psychiatrists after his brother's unsuccessful treatment of post-war depression, which ended in tragedy. Ben doesn't care about profiles and motivations; he just wants to get his man. Ben and his partner, Detective Ed Jackson, are a wonderful odd-couple, and their interaction provides readers with some wonderfully witty and amusing scenes.
Tess and Ben continue to work together because they both have a common goal - stopping "The Priest". As they spend time together, a powerful attraction develops between them, and Tess and Ben's relationship blooms into a passionate romance.
As Ben and Tess work to catch the killer and delve deeper into his mind, it becomes apparent that Tess may be his next target, and his only hope for salvation!
Now Ben can only wait, and pray that when this madman decides to go for Tess, he will be in time to stop him.
"Sacred Sins" is a truly entertaining and exciting read. I was completely absorbed by the story and enjoyed every minute of it. Nora Roberts has once again created rich and realistic characters who will win readers' hearts and has crafted a top-notch tale guaranteed to leave readers sated and happy!
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Summary: Suspenseful ...
Review: ... unless you figured out "whodunit" early on, as I did.This is an excellent suspense novel all the same, and creates very believable characters in Ben (the detective investigating a rash of murders by a killer dubbed "the Priest") and Tess (the psychiatrist brought in to create a profile of the killer's mind). Friction between them is evident from the start, as they hold each other's professions in low esteem, but the two learn to accept the other's views and of course, become romantically involved along the way. When Tess becomes the Priest's next target, the drama is heightened as it becomes a race to catch the Priest before he catches Tess. An enjoyable, fast read, and one with an ending that may surprise some greatly if they don't catch the little hints dropped along the way.
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Summary: Is there nothing new under the sun?
Review: I'm really getting weary of formula fiction. You know, the theory that opposites attract and live happily ever after -- well, after they've stopped the crime spree and saved their city from a psychopathic killer. I'm not against romantic stories about rough-around-the-edges cops and the women who love them...I just wish authors could add a new wrinkle or two. This book is perfect for the beach or when you've been in bed for a few days with a cold and don't want to tax your brain. But, good fiction, it's not.
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Summary: Just Loved It
Review: A first Nora Roberts book and I was delighted. The characters were real, the story was wonderful, and Ben Paris can put his shoes under my bed anytime.... I just loved him. I thought I knew who the killer really was, but as usual, I was wrong. I was so involved with this book I couldn't put it down. If you haven't read it, you should.
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Summary: I'm in love with Ben and Ed!
Review: AND Nora Roberts, ofcourse! They are her creation after all! It is always a pleasure to read a Roberts book. She always makes you feel like you know the characters so well. She goes deep into their personalities, complicated as they are, and turns them from mere words on papers to actual people that you fall in love with! Tess and Ben are both strong, intelligent people. She's a successful psychiatrist that really cares, and he's one hell of a homocide detective... who isn't really keen on psychiatrists. They come together to catch a serial killer, and reading their struggle to accept and understand each other is very enjoyable indeed. As well, Ben's partner, Ed, is really cute!
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Summary: I'm in love with Ben and Ed!
Review: AND Nora Roberts, ofcourse! They are her creation after all! It is always a pleasure to read a Roberts book. She always makes you feel like you know the characters so well. She goes deep into their personalities, complicated as they are, and turns them from mere words on papers to actual people that you fall in love with! Tess and Ben are both strong, intelligent people. She's a successful psychiatrist that really cares, and he's one hell of a homocide detective... who isn't really keen on psychiatrists. They come together to catch a serial killer, and reading their struggle to accept and understand each other is very enjoyable indeed. As well, Ben's partner, Ed, is really cute!
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Summary: The start of something great...
Review: I agree with those reviewers who are calling Sacred Sins somewhat dated and formulaic because it does feel that way if you're reading it now for the first time. But as a long-time Nora fan who read Sacred Sins when it was first released back in 1990, I'd just like to remind everybody that this was the START of Nora's career!! These two characters, more than any others from earlier books illustrate the archetype characters that we know and love Nora for! Ben Paris is a classic hero and still possibly my favorite Nora hero, though it's a tough call after all this time. I don't think Sacred Sins should have been released again in hardcover - that seems like a stretch. But if you're just discovering romantic suspense, and just discovering Nora, to start with Sacred Sins and build from there is exactly what her career did. I am a grateful and appreciative fan, more than a decade later. I guess it's all in the perspective. At a recent Nora booksigning I chose to have Sacred Sins and The Villa signed because they represent to me the spectrum of her career and my following of it.
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Summary: Not fast paced or intriguing enough
Review: I didn't find that this book had enough intrigue and suspense to keep me interested. I found the relationship between Tess and Ben to be a little too important in the book. It was more prevalent than the story line. What was that again? Oh Yeah.... a man is murdering women and they've dubbed him "the priest". Well, I would've liked that story line developed a little more than the romance. If you want to read this for suspense, don't bother.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I love it when Nora Roberts writes books like this - they are the reason that I continue to read her stories. While there is love, passion, and romance in the book, the plot inherintly lies around mystery and suspense. Can a psychatrist and a homicide detective overcome their predjudices and work together to find the first serial killer to ever stalk the streets of D.C.? Along the way, Roberts introduces us to the rather dim side of both professions, sitting us in both a dingy police station and a posh office. The story is beautiful and frightening all at one. I loved it.
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