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It starts with a call to the New Orleans police that Harper has information about a recent murder that may be connected to six other women in five states spread across the country. When these women are all found to be murder victims, seemingly not-connected to one another, then the FBI and various police departments all are in a frenzy to talk to Harper, who becomes the number one suspect.

I plowed through to page 93 and wondered if I should stop as this book had far too many words, paragraphs and yes even pages for me. I decided to stop for the night and maybe start again the next day. The next day I started again and by speed reading large chunks I finally got so enthralled that I could not stop reading until I turned page 564 at the end. An abridged version would have been a much better read, but even with this fault I give this book five stars which is a level that only twenty five percent of my reviews get.

Ikes tells the story by interweaving surprise after surprise but yet manages to hide important revelations until the very end. If you only read one of his books I defiantly recommend this book.

love this book fantastic history he is the best the tile says it all . i recomend this audio story. the best love it love it,

When I started this book, I almost put it down when I learned that this was about an on-line erotic website and I expected maybe this was just going to be one sex scene after another, but it turned out not to be. This was a very exciting thriller that I found difficult to put down. The plot involved a doctor and his wife/concubine who were working on some twisted scientific theory, gathering specimins for their experiments. Well, there's more to it than that of course, but in comes the main character, Harper Cole who works as a SYSOP for this website. Harper has some secrets that come into play and eventually lead the killers to his doorstep. Harper was certainly a flawed character who was attempting to do the 'right' thing. Harper is married to Drewe, a local doctor. Drewe is the sister of Erin, who is the mother of Holly. Unknown to Drewe, her husband is the father of her sister's daughter.
Oh-oh, that could be trouble. Drewe was probably the most likable character in the book and she turned out to be a lot stronger than I or her husband expected. Anyway, this book has plenty of action and plenty of great subplots going on dealing with the family situation and in the end they all tie in together. This is the second book I've read by Greg Iles and the second one that was over 600 pages and definately did not seem that long. This is a quick read and and easy recommend. Not a boring moment in it. Even the discussions of computereze were made interesting although some time I had no idea what they were talking about, being technologically challenged as I am.

I originally bought this book because of Greg Iles' connection to Ole Miss (my daughter just graduated from Ole Miss).

But, I have to say what a surprise find this was. I loved this book. There were always twists and turns that kept you pulled into the book. I love his style of writing. He gives lots of details but he makes those details interesting. You don't want to skim through those filler details like most books. It makes the books I have read in the last year or so pale in comparison. I have subsquently bought 8 more of his books and have them stacked to read.

As a Mississippian, I think his books are ten times better than John Grisham (another Ole Miss alumni).

Mortal Fear is a truly chilling story. Harper Cole is a futures trader, he is also a key employee in an online erotic website whose primary patrons are wealthy women. Cole is the first to realize that some of his clients are being killed off in in bizzarre, violent ways. The M.O.'s don't match, but one thing does: each of these women has had their pinneal glands removed and Harper Cole is the FBI's number one suspect. Cole has no choice but to be his own advocate and so begins a cat and mouse game between himself disguised as his own sister-in-law and a brilliant serial killer.

Author Greg Iles uses the fact that the anonymous nature of the internet breeds both brutal honesty and the ability to be as deceptive as we like. This anonymity is an illusion that is only a click away for a skilled computer hacker and therein lies the really frightening atmosphere that is created. The most chilling parts of the book take place between the disguised Cole and the Killer nicknamed "Brahma" by the FBI. We learn the secret past of this killer and also the secret darkness that Harper Cole has hidden deeply within. What makes this so chilling is the readers realization of his/her own darkness; the things that we keep tightly within ourselves for fear that the masks that we wear will be torn away revealing a demon beneath.

Mortal Fear is a frighteningly pleasureable read that hits at the core of what it means to be three dimensional beings that contain within all the worlds darkness and all the worlds light.

A must read for fans of subtle horror.

This is the first book I've ever read by Greg Iles and I thought it was a gripping novel. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. So much, in fact, that I fear none of his other novels will measure up to this. Time will tell.

If you've never read any of Greg Iles novels, I guarantee that this one will bring you back for more by this author.

This is the first novel of this author that I have read and it was soo good and entertaining that I am going to read more stories by Greg Illes. Like in case of John Grisham, after reading his first novel, The Firm, I wanted more and I have later read all books that Grisham ever wrote.

The Quiet Game is really hard to put down. The characters are well developed and the story gripping until the very end. It is definitely a five star and I highly recommend it to everybody else. Another book that I recently read and highly recommend is The Burden of Proof

If only I could add a 6th star, I would. Greg Iles is by far my favorite author. This story was good -- very, very good. But having a writer who knows how to weave a story and keep you guessing page after page -- now that is TALENT !! I fashion myself a very difficult to please reader and an amateur sleuth. If I can figure out who-done-it before the last page I consider the author a disappointment. This book was NO disappointment. I thought I had it figured out 6 different times. WRONG !! Mr. Iles kept me guessing until the very end. I wish I hadnt read Turning Angel first because now I feel as though I've lost a friend because Penn Cage won't be waiting for me when I get home from work. I have to agree with another reviewer -- my only criticism of Mr. Iles is that he doesn't write fast enough. I NEED ANOTHER PENN CAGE NOVEL !!

I bought this book for my Kindle because I'd read previous books by Greg Iles that were moderately entertaining. And this one got user raves, which is usually fairly dependable. But this book is seriously schlocky. It's actually borderline racist in places--there's one section where he talks about the "different smell" that black people have! I really have a hard time imagining that the 175 reviewers on Amazon are so ignorant that a sentence like that would go unnoticed. The characters are not only cliched, they're actively mean in this very subtle, assumed way: a hundred pages in, I felt kind of dirty, the same way you do when you're in an awkward social situation and someone tells a racist joke? I don't know how else to describe it. It was just offensive. I want to delete it off my kindle, actually, and feel like a sucker for buying it in the first place.

I'm sure you could make some argument that the author is only "portraying" the "New South" and perhaps revealing its hypocrisies through the main character. I would love to give Iles the benefit of the doubt on that. The problem is, I really can't empathize with this character at all; someone so selfish and classist and racist is not someone I can get behind, hero or anti-hero; and it didn't seem to me that Penn Cage was being portrayed as an anti-hero.

Furthermore, the book was kinda slow.

I like crappy but entertaining books as much as anyone; but if you're a reasonably well-educated person who likes thrills and entertainment, skip it. Go look up Michael Monroe's two hardboiled detective novels set in North Carolina if you want well-written, sensitive studies about race and class with an actual plot; or, even better, check out Pellecanos.

THE QUIET GAME is a richly-written, multi-layered thriller, as all Greg Iles books are, with Natchez as the cauldron & politics & law enforcement as the fire, with deceit, conspiracy & blackmail for flavoring. Lawyer-turned-author Penn Cage returns with an aching heart & his daughter, after years & careers away, only to find his parents under threat. What follows is pure Greg Iles. This author has created a likable hero of ordinary proportions, with extraordinary skills, perceptions & courage, & a tale that's worth every minute of your time. I'm a great fan of Greg Iles.

What a pleasant surprise. I read Isle of Palms (2 1/2-3 stars)so I was not expecting to love this work by Ms. Frank so much. The flow of her voice is gripping. There were times I wanted to take a break but found I could not put this book down. The tales of the Hamilton family in 1963 and 1999-2000 were enthralling. I feel Ms. Frank handled the good and bad times of the 1960s very well; with great respect and honor for all those involved. The intensity of family was a wonder to behold. I also found it interesting how Ms. Frank told the story of the entire Hamilton family but yet was able to decide which family's members to keep a mystery (yet fully a part of the story). I do not usually "jump ahead" in my readings but this story was so gripping I found myself inpatient to find out what becomes of the family at certain times of their lives. Thank you Ms. Frank for introducing to us and sharing the Hamilton family with us.

This was the first time i read a book by this author and it will be my last. For some reason i couldn't get into this book, i'm used to contemporary romance and this didn't have it. I feel bad that i only gave it 1 star but some other readers might like it!

Couldn't put this book down and you know a book is really good when reading it makes you laugh out loud!! I have become addicted to Dorthea Benton Frank's writing. I have visited the areas that she writes about and reading her books makes me what to go back to South Carolina as soon as I can.

My neighbor gave this book to take along to the beach. She insisted that I would love it and that it was a great beach read. Well, she was right. Sullivan's Island was a wonderful, moving story. There were bits of humorous moments that kept the story on a lighter tone. Sometimes I couldn't help but laugh out loud and at times I wanted to cry. The characters were seemed real to me and they were people that I could relate to. This book was consistently interesting, and it was hard to put down.

Sullivan's Island is truly a wonderful novel that is straight from the heart about family life. Ms. Frank's real gift is evident in her ability to create such a believable and likeable heroine. The novel is set in the Deep South and if you have ever traveled and spent time in that beautiful area this story will bring back memories of the ocean and marshes of the South. The book is full of the local color and flavor of Charleston's barrier islands and the author does a wonderful job of evoking the laid-back atmosphere of this area. All in all, it was an entertaining read that is ideal for an easy at the beach. I'd gladly recommend this book to all my friends.

My first of the Gennaro/Kenzie series, my 2nd Lehane novel. Lehane has a great reputation but after reading this and Shutter Island I have not yet been blown away. They both start off very strong but fail to deliver in the end. For "Prayers" I was disappointed in the direction of the 2nd half of the book. Starts off intruiging but plateaus and does not sustain the same level of suspense throughout. It was OK.

This book was fun to read and well written. Lehane creates colorful characters, and makes them seem extremely lifelike. But this book is excessively violent, and the ultimate "reveal" is simply not believable. Nor are many of the plot twists along the way. Reading this book is like guzzling a 6 pack of diet soda -- tastes good going down, but leaves you feeling empty and slightly dirty inside.

I was expecting more from Dennis Lehane after reading the epic "Gone Baby, Gone", the multilayered "Mystic River" and the hypnotic "Shutter Island". "Prayer for Rain" is good but it is also a run of the mill piece of work. In hindsight, I can understand why Lehane hasn't reunited Kenzie and Gennaro since this thriller was published back in 1999.

Dennis Lehane deserves all the praise he receives. He is truly a master writer and story teller. He always delivers a well-written, strongly plotted and entertaining story. Prayers for Rain ranks up there with Gone Baby Gone and Mystic River. This book is dark, gruesome, violent and riveting. It's well paced and Lehane provides a number of twists and turns, as usual. Nothing, however, comes out of left field. Everything makes sense once investigator Patrick Kenzie and his partner Angela Gennaro answer the dangling questions. You'll race through this book.

Never one to be deterred by legal "technicalities" when he solves his cases, Patrick Kenzie, a Boston private detective, is up to his eyeballs in his own problems when Karen Nichols asks him to stop a stalker. Kenzie and his long-time partner/sometimes lover Angie Gennaro have worked together in four previous Dennis Lehane novels, but they have now split, and Kenzie is at loose ends. After solving Karen's problem, he ignores a later phone call, then reads six months later that she has jumped to her death. Thinking that she must have had a new problem that he was too "busy" to investigate, he wonders if he might have contributed to her death and feels honor bound to find out why she jumped.

As Kenzie investigates Karen's background and family, he turns up what may be the most dysfunctional family situation ever created. But he also discovers that Karen led a totally different life at the time of her death than the seemingly innocent and vulnerable life she led just six months before. Her mother and stepfather are unfazed by her death--and no one misses her or mourns her--except Kenzie, who is more curious than mournful. Teaming up once again with Angie, who helped him with an early aspect of the case, he continues his investigation, eventually calling upon Bubba Rogowski, another old friend, for help. Rogowski, a Vietnam War vet with "lobster tails" of scars on his chest and hidden shrapnel within his chest, has even bigger scars and "shrapnel" within his psyche.

As Kenzie uncovers Karen's long-time psychiatric problems and their origin within her family, the suspense ratchets up. Karen's little half-sister died at the age of four, and her stepbrother Wesley has had no contact with the family for ten years. Kenzie's insatiable curiosity about the family leads to new information that complicates what might have been a relatively straightforward case of family dysfunction and turns it into a case of manipulation, psychological warfare, and emotional torture.

Lehane, an absolute master of suspense, juggles plot lines and complications with aplomb, in the process creating intense scenes filled with local color and oddball details. As his characters face (and create) scenes of stomach-turning violence (and even sadism), the focus remains on people, not violence for its own sake. Though no one can claim that these are all rounded characters, they are usually unique, so fascinating that the reader always feels their behavior to be at least plausible--for them. As the plot lines converge, the novel winds up to a wild conclusion, filled with violence and several big surprises. One of Lehane's early (1999) novels, this one shows all the promise that he continues with Mystic River and Shutter Island. n Mary Whipple

The Given Day: A Novel
Darkness, Take My Hand (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)
Sacred
A Drink Before the War
Gone, Baby, Gone (Harper Fiction)

This is seriously the best book i have ever read. I was upset that the book was over. I wish Nora Roberts would make a sequel to this book. I already bought the movie and i loved it too. This is a must read.

I am NOT a reader but enjoyed the movie based on the book so decided to give the book a try. I was completely hooked after only a few chapters. To the point that I read it in 3 days, I couldn't put it down, I had to find out what happened next. Even though I knew basically what was going to happen since I'd seen the movie. Roberts gives such great detail and makes you feel as though you are there and can almost feel the emotions of the characters. It has a mystery and a great love story that are perfectly molded together. It seems to have something for whatever mood your in. The characters are descriptive and personal and you care what happens to them. The dialoge is witty,very entertaining and sensual at times. You are rooting for the sisters to make it through the year and come out a family. And you definetly want Ben and Willa to find the love they both want and deserve. This book was so captivating that I got several more Nora Roberts books and have enjoyed them all. However Montana Sky is by far my favorite of the 7 or 8 I've read so far.

This was such a great book!!!! I could not wait to turn the page. Nora Roberts out gig her self with this one!!!!!

This story centers around three sisters. Willa has lived on Mercy Ranch her entire life. Even though she grew up with her father, he never approved of her or had a nice thing to say to her. Tess is all Hollywood. She is a writer, and thrives in that environment. Then there is Lily, who is shy, and afraid of her own shadow. She has been running from her abusive ex for a long time, and longs to find somewhere she belongs. When Jack dies, all three are brought to Montana. They find out that they must live together or lose out on their inheritance. If they can survive all the twists and turns, they may have found the family each one needs.

It is a great book, and very intense read. The characters are written very well, and the secondary characters are important to the story also. A little more violence than I am comfortable with, but I think it was necessary to the story.

I have been looking forward to reading a Nora Roberts or J.D. Robb book for a few years now and i finally got started on one...Montana Sky. It started out ok and then I was very disappointed when being the animal lover that I am, i had to read graphic details of how a killer tortured and killed 4 animals and a human in a most grotesquely horrific manner. This has ruined the whole book for me and i am so disappointed that i can not finish the book now. It could have been a good story with interesting characters even though you can see right thru it and tell who will wind up with who, i really wish the author did not ruin it with these grotesque torture and killings of animals. I dont think i would want to read another one of her books because of this. I would imagine the majority of her readers are females and i am not quite sure how many females do enjoy reading of animals being tortured, killed, decapitated. Totally ruined the book and any future books by this author for me.
Big disappointment.

The book was in decent shape...it took a while to receive compared to other books I have purchased but it was acceptable.

this book called heaven and earth, was a great book, however i recived
2 copies when i ordered only l. your policies make it stupid to return
it from a dollar stand point. this is just a complaint, not a request
for a remedy.

Great little book. It grabbed hold of me and didn't let go until I came to the end. Couldn't wait to read the next in the Three Sister's Island trilogy

I liked nothing about any of the characters.
I didn't find anything good about the heroine and I don't know how could the hero really fall for her. It didn't make sense since he was lusting after Mia almost to the end.

Mia the former best friend of Riply was a wicked witch only without a broom who constantly stabbed Riply in the back by bringing her down in front of Mac.... and supposedly she still loves her friend very much and misses her terribly.....What the hell?

This was and excellent book from a wonderful series. I was sad when I finished reading it!

Michael Chabon's amusing and insightful novel Wonderboys concerns an aging novelist, Grady Tripp (also the narrator), whose life and 2,600 page novel are quickly spinning onward without him. Other important characters include Grady's long-time agent, Terry Crabtree, and Grady's most gifted and troubled student, James Leer. The novel is divided into parts, of varying length, that move fluidly between present actions, the past, and what it means to be a writer. It is funny, sad, and bizarre in so many ways, but it does seem to capture some of the ethos of writing and reading literature.

Fun to read but complex as all the threads of the plot come together. A very enjoyable book. I'm reading "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" now and I'm impressed by Chabon's originality and skill. I love it when books are so good that I crave uninterrupted time for reading.

The story goes that Chabon composed Wonder Boys in a few weeks, after getting stuck on a 1,000 page tome. Turning his predicament around, he decided to write about being bogged down with an unfinishable 1,000 page manuscript.

I never understood why writers think writing itself, or their misdemeanours when they can't engage in it, should be of such great interest to the public. But this aside, one can't expect a work produced in a few weeks to live up to one that was matured over years; so fans of Kavalier & Clay are likely to be disappointed by Wonder Boys. The WWII, comic-book-inspired epic was a rich and deeply-felt adventure tale, but this is mostly about parties and the hangovers that follow them, and it takes the reader no further than a few miles outside the university campus. Even Chabon's normally lush, elliptical, but evocative style is only ironic in this earlier novel. And it contains minor inconsistencies. Of course, Chabon is never boring, and he doesn't fail to amuse with anecdotes and nice character portraits. But this book seemed to me atypical and unworthy of his awesome imagination.

In this farcical send-up of academia and the writing life, author Michael Chabon focuses on forty-ish author Grady Tripp, an aptly named writer/professor who is so often stoned that after seven years he has written two thousand pages of a book that is not even close to being finished. Grady's book, Wonder Boys, is much like his life--lacking in focus, fixated on the moment, and completely empty of goals or a sense of direction. His third wife has walked out on him; he's been having an affair with the Chancellor of the college where he teaches, and she is now pregnant; his editor is pressing him for a final draft of his unfinished book; and his publisher and everyone at the college are wondering if he will ever duplicate the success of his first novel.

As the novel opens, Grady "saves" one of his students, James Leer, from a possible suicide attempt, but his "mentoring" of James leads to hilariously absurd disasters for both of them. Grady's editor, the tuba-playing transvestite "girlfriend" who accompanies him, a collector of memorabilia from the marriage of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio, and the violent owner of a car that Grady was given to settle a debt, further flesh out the wacky characters and keep the reader amused and laughing almost non-stop.

As the weekend progresses and Grady's personal life further unravels, he finds himself driving around with the transvestite's tuba, the Chancellor's fatally shot malamute, and an equally dead ten-foot boa constrictor in the car's trunk. Scenes in which he tries to prevent the trunk from being opened are worthy of the Marx Brothers.

The dialogue is snappy, the narrative speeds along, the word play and humor never flag, and the satire of academic life and the world of writers shows the stamp of familiarity and the author's own offbeat sense of perspective. A grand farce which carries the bite of satire, Wonder Boys avoids the arch self-consciousness of so many novels of academia and comes across instead as pure, unadulterated fun. Mary Whipple

Summerland: A Novel: Summerland
The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Maps and Legends
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection (P.S.)

Most people marvel at Michael Chabon's use of language: his long, complex sentences; his wide and surprising vocabulary; his unique descriptions; and his comedic rhythm. And yes, in Wonder Boys, readers will find these in abundance. But, equally emblematic (and less talked about) are Chabon's larger-than-life characters, and his action-packed plots and sub-plots.

This author's love for comic books and so-called "genre fiction" bleeds through every page. All his characters (even minor ones) are so filled with color readers might picture them drawn by the hand of a Disney animator. And, in 350 plus pages, Chabon does not let a single scene go by without injecting it with an interesting event or conversation. In this way, he is very much a contemporary American Dickens. What I mean, is that like Dickens, Chabon moves his characters on and off the novel's field (sometimes never to return), and while the action of any given scene may not be necessary to the plot, it is nevertheless interesting.

what's one more spot to a tiger? Anyway ... .

If this book wasn't in a genre that in the end saturated me, I would give it five stars.

The style is good (perhaps a weeny little macho-stereotyped), the moral problem posed is genuine and deep, as a mistery i'ts OK, and nowhere does the pace slow down.

Read it if you can. It's one of the best. Better, I think, than most Scandinavians (and US, it goes without saying) ones.

I had a hard time putting down this book. It raised moral and ethical issues all wrapped up in a tale of mystery and suspense.

The surrounds the disappearance of a four year old who belongs to a worthless mother. What has become of her? Is she dead or alive.

The answers to these questions are answered in the final parts of the book, but the ethical and morality issues dealt with remains with the reader forever.

This book genuinely surprised me. It took a while to catch my interest at first, but it was good enough to keep me reading. The last fifty pages, though, were absolutely gut-wrenching, in the way you want a book to be gut-wrenching. The characters are faced with a huge moral dilemma, where there is no easy answer, no option that seems palpable, but a decision must be made. Action must be taken. And the rest of their lives, the characters are left to wonder if they did the right thing. And ...more This book genuinely surprised me. It took a while to catch my interest at first, but it was good enough to keep me reading. The last fifty pages, though, were absolutely gut-wrenching, in the way you want a book to be gut-wrenching. The characters are faced with a huge moral dilemma, where there is no easy answer, no option that seems palpable, but a decision must be made. Action must be taken. And the rest of their lives, the characters are left to wonder if they did the right thing. And we, as the audience are left with that same question. What is right? Is that determined by popular vote? Lawmakers? Each person individually? If there is absolute morality, where do we find it in those sticky situations that have no easy answer? I'll be thinking about this book for a while.
It contains pervasive language throughout and disturbing images

I find it difficult to digest that the police cop and the criminals staked out Amanda's house at the same time.

After reading the first couple of chapters of this book, I lost interest, too wordy. Took too long to get to the missing girl. Too descriptive in many pages, gets boring. The very end of the book picked up when we learn where the child is. If it wasn't so descriptive maybe it would have been a faster read. Maybe too many characters.

Read this book and I was sooooo disappointed. Keep in mind that Dragonsong and -singer are my favorite Comfort Food reading.

1) McCaffrey has no time sense at all. And whomever the fans are that are supposed to be keeping her in line should be taken out and shot.

2) The events in this book utterly contradict cannon. SOme things I can excuse, like SIlvina being kind about the memory of Petiron- one just doesn't needlessly crush a 14 year old's feelings (Menolly), and auld ange syne can do funny things. However, Sebell's history completely changes, for instance.

3) Total wish fulfillment. Look, i know you admired the man you based Robinton off of, but really! No One is this blessed.

4) Unless it interfers with Cheap Plot Devices- let's just say I was just as surprised that Robinton's retarded son as I was for Mr. HOlland's deaf son. ALl teh plot downs were utterly predictable- not just because I am familiar with Pern.

Oh well, at least there wasn't an abused daughter who became the MOst Awesome, jsut to find an Awesomer guy, give it all up to be a mother, just to abuse/neglect her daughter (who is teh sequal). At least we were spared that.

I enjoyed listening to Robintons early years. It gave me a new view into a character that I have always loved in the Pern novels.

If you have read any of the series you know how the Masterharper steals your heart from the first book. This book makes you love him even more. Wraps you up from beginning to end in Annie's wonderful world. Enjoy.

The narrator of this was excellent. I have a long drive to college, 3 days a week and this made the driving easier. Anyone who likes Pern will love this.

Product was unfortunately faulty on CD7
however the story is as good as ever

This is the first of the Quinn books I read, and I enjoyed it enough that I immediately went out and chased down the original Quinn trilogy. After I read them, I started having questions about Seth's story. Spoilers: After seeing how much stronger Seth was by the end of Phillip's novel, I had trouble believing that he'd cave to Gloria's blackmail in Chesapeake Blue. I could see him being afraid enough of Gloria to give in to her when he was a teenager, but not when he was in his late twenties. Maybe if he'd only been 20 or 21 in Chesapeake Blue the blackmail plot would have seemed believable. But not when he's older. Considering the family ties would have just grown stronger between Seth and the adults, I think he would have gone to Cam and Anna if the blackmail continued after he was 16 or 17. I still really enjoyed the book, though.

Chesapeake Blue: The Chesapeake Bay Saga #4 (Chesapeake Bay)

This book is a MUST READ! I love Nora Roberts' writing style so much!!! She has this way of building the characters so that you FEEL like you're right there in the book and you are experiencing EVERYTHING with them! She is true to the history of this saga with this book. Revisiting all of the characters that we have come to know and love from the first three books. I'd LOVE to see another book in this series with the story of Aubrey and see the Quinn Brother's rebuild what was lost in this story.

I promise you this much...if you buy this book and begin reading it...you won't want to put it down until the last word!!!

I will say starting off, that having read about young Seth for so long in the other books, it was hard to get used to reading about him being alluring to women. I kept picturing him as a little boy and it was difficult to put him in the roll of the adult hero. The whole thing with his mom was strange to me. Were we really supposed to find her threatening? SO anyway, I just love Anna and it was great to hear her yelling again. Other than seeing the others and their progression, I felt like I was watching my little brother have sex and it was just not working.

I received this book as a Christmas gift. The first Nora Roberts book that I've read. Before reading this book I was mostly into Mystery thrillers. Now I'm definatly reading some romance novels. I really enjoyed this book and am now reading more from Nora Roberts.

I was incredibly excited to read about Seth. It started out great. I was like WOW, Seth is an adult. It was weird. I loooooved him as a kid, so it was definitely hard to adjust to him as an adult, and I'm not entirely sure this is how I thought he would turn out, ya know? Like the physical and personality descriptions just weren't what I thought for him. I loved reading about the Quinns and their children. Cute, cute, cute. But then he met Drusilla, and I was instantly BLECH about the book. First of all, I hate that name. That was the name of a crazy, evil vampire on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," so I couldn't get that out of my head. But mainly, she was soooooooooooo uninteresting and unlikable as a character. Together, they were even more unlikable, and I kept checking the inflap hoping that this wasn't the heroine, that this was a sidetrack or something. So when Dru mentioned his connection to Aubrey, I was like YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!! Here comes the real romance, the one I actually want to read about. I was giddy and actually got into the book, but nope. That didn't work out. I thought Roberts had set up a Seth/Aubrey romance since the first book, and I was very disappointed that that's not what happened. Plus, Gloria is back in the picture, and she's been blackmailing him for 14 years??? UGH. I thought we solved all of that in Phillip's book, but apparently not??? HMMMM.