Paradise County

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Summary: electric erotic suspense
Review: This book was an excellent read! Riveting, and hard to put down, from the country charm of a thoroughbred farm to the suspenceful and surprising murders and mysteries. Very steamy sex scenes, and a great plot!!! Recomended A+++ read!

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Summary: Awesome book.
Review: This book was great. And ya, there is a psycho killer on the loose, but that is why this is a romantic-suspence, and not just a romance. It had me on the edge of my seat, and was so hot, I could have melted. This book broke me into romance, and I still love my suspence books. Loved it. Mrs. Robards is one of my favorties.

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Summary: not her best work
Review: This book was not what I expected from ms Robards. I have enjoyed her books a great deal in the past. For about ninety percent of this book, no one knows there is a bad guy, or even that people are missing or being murdered. Only the readers know, not the characters, which doesn't make for much suspense throughout the book. The story mostly concentrates on Alex and Joe's relationship, and at the very end the two kids go missing. Everyone thinks that they have just run off. The whole big ending with the bad guy takes about five minutes and is very anticlimactic. I would wait for the paperback.

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Summary: Robards needs to learn that less is more...
Review: This book was nowhere near her usual standard. I read Robards novels for interesting plots, richly drawn characters, and a little romance and intrigue on the side. This novel, however, is less a romance or a mystery than a disgusting, excessively violent treatise on how to abduct and torture animals and women. Ugh. I was disappointed that an author as creative and talented as Robards would resort to the unsubtle, unnecessary, repulsive descriptions that she does in this novel. I REALLY do not want to read a detailed description of a pathetic stray dog being lit on fire and tortured, to say nothing of the equally disturbing descriptions of what the killer does to his victims. I don't mind the presence of a psycho killer, but I think the novel would have been much more suspenseful, and a lot less stomach-turning, with more subtle descriptions. After all, things the reader has to imagine himself are the most frightening. Things laid out in repellent detail are just disgusting.

Rating:
Summary: Robards needs to learn that less is more...
Review: This book was nowhere near her usual standard. I read Robards novels for interesting plots, richly drawn characters, and a little romance and intrigue on the side. This novel, however, is less a romance or a mystery than a disgusting, excessively violent treatise on how to abduct and torture animals and women. Ugh. I was disappointed that an author as creative and talented as Robards would resort to the unsubtle, unnecessary, repulsive descriptions that she does in this novel. I REALLY do not want to read a detailed description of a pathetic stray dog being lit on fire and tortured, to say nothing of the equally disturbing descriptions of what the killer does to his victims. I don't mind the presence of a psycho killer, but I think the novel would have been much more suspenseful, and a lot less stomach-turning, with more subtle descriptions. After all, things the reader has to imagine himself are the most frightening. Things laid out in repellent detail are just disgusting.

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Summary: Great read!
Review: This book was very good and has an exciting, fast paced storyline. I was kept guessing as to who the serial killer was, which is usually obvious. Which might be because I did take the advise of a previous reviewer, who forewarned reader's about graphic animal cruelty scenes in the beginning of the book, by skipping those sections of the story. I really wish authors who used sadistic villains in their stories would leave more to the readers imagination. I really have no need to be "in the mind of a killer." Especially when trying to enjoy a good romance. But, after having skipped that bit of the story, I really don't feel that I missed a thing. The relationship between all the characters, first and secondary made this book well worth the time I spent reading. The story is very realistic, I kept thinking, "Thank goodness, that's exactly what I would do!" Unlike most portrayals of truly frustrating characters that never do the obvious.

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Summary: Vicious. Sadistic. Romance?
Review: This book was written by a monster. I thought I was reading a
romance, with a murder intrigue setting. Instead I got "Silence of the Lambs." I don't enjoy reading about animals and people
being tortured and killed. If this former romance author wishes to continue writing these sick books. Please stop classifying them as romance novels. p.s. I threw it in the garbage!

Rating:
Summary: Vicious. Sadistic. Romance?
Review: This book was written by a monster. I thought I was reading a
romance, with a murder intrigue setting. Instead I got "Silence of the Lambs." I don't enjoy reading about animals and people
being tortured and killed. If this former romance author wishes to continue writing these sick books. Please stop classifying them as romance novels. p.s. I threw it in the garbage!

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Summary: Paradise County
Review: This is another of her "can't put this one down" books. I love everything I've read by this author. I am more partial to contemporary romances and this one is an excellent one. I found myself fantacizing of moving to this town to find the hero in this book. You can never go wrong with Karen Robards.

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Summary: 10Star Robard Book
Review: This is one of K.Robard's best books. Alexandra Haywood and Joe Welch have a fiery attraction to spice up this suspense story. Joe personifies tall, dark, sexy and handsome. Fantastic read and the sexual attraction makes you want to keep on reading to see where all of it is heading. Loved the teenagers but especially JOE and ALEX. Don't miss this one.. .