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fell in love again lt,stars.
A good romantic suspense from NR, I enjoyed Dora's theatrical family, Jed's character, on the other hand, is not as appealing, The finale was a bit more violent than I anticipated but all in all, a satisfactory read, This is an early work of Roberts that reads like the Collector, Except the Collector is far superior too me, I'm working my way through my charity find box of N, R's and finding that her earlier work, while very well written, just doesn't work as well for me, A very early Roberts and her talent is on display, Remarkable as a period piece as well smoking as a shared habit was oddly offputting, The heroine trying to internalize the conflicting messaging to women like being responsible for outcomes even in situations with a physically aggressive male felt broken, even as I recognized it as common for the time, too.
I liked the protagonists quite a lot, Yeah, Jed has some issues to deal with and it's clear he's going to find the right kind of soothing in Dora, But I didn't mind so much because he's going to provide the support and trust she needs in return, So it's reciprocal and means that each contributes their best to compliment the other, And I like that in relationships, particularly when they build trust through failure and recovery over time, Welldone.
But what's tanking it for me is the suspense aspects, I have a hard time with romantic suspense because I don't like the lurking danger to people I care about, And that's ramped up when there's villain PoV because you see dangers that are hidden from the protagonists and that makes me extra tense.
But this one doubles all that by having so much villain PoV and a truly unpleasant guy who just doesn't work as an actual person.
By the time I stopped nearly exactly the middle, we've had nearly a third of the page count by my completely subjective estimate be from bad guys.
We see burglary and killing and even torture, And a scene of sexual assault against Dora where we're headhopping like Roberts does between victim and perpetrator, Which was just ugly.
And the bigbad is a despicable rich guy who hoards treasures, kills without compunction, and is a psychopathic loner, Which doesn't really work at all, I mean, he's so megalomaniacal that he doesn't bother hiding his psychotic behavior, even from those who have similar power positions like a romantic partner who is rich, beautiful and nearly as accomplished a collector as he is where he puts his full crazy on display like that's not going to play negatively for him at all.
I don't think it works, But then, I'm not a fan of the suspense subgenre so I'm a poor judge, Which is why I'm going to dnf this without a rating, I'm not a fan of this type of romance and I'm bowing out because of the parts that make it this particular type of romance.
The romance parts were great, It's clear why Roberts had such a long and stellar career because she nails all the things that make romance great, Fortunately, I got far enough to get most of the payoff of Jed and Dora finding each other, So I'm content with that, I really liked this oldie Nora romance with suspense, I loved Dora, her humor and tenacity in dealing with Jed, Jed, his stern façade that hides an emotional damaged little boy and his inability to resist the irresistible Dora, And, Dora's wonderful family.
Dora Conroy is an antiques and collectables dealer with a small shop in Philadelphia, She lives above her shop and rents the other apartment, On a buying trip she buys several oneofakind items and her dad rents the vacant apartment to the very hot, very taciturn Jed Skimmerhorn.
It seems that some of those items were not at all what they seemed to be, When the shop is broken into not long after her return, Dora needs help and Jed, a cop who turned in his badge, is exactly the answer.
Jed wants nothing to do with Dora, but when she attacked every protective instinct he has is aroused, Well, not just his protective instincts, He has been alone his whole life, The poor little rich boy was continually mentally and physically abused so he shut up all his feelings and channeled all his energy into his job, and he was good at it.
Dora opens a part of his heart he had locked and thrown away to key to, He won't rest until Dora is safe and he gets to the bottom of why someone wants something she has so badly, they will kill for it.
The suspense is great but the frustration of not being able to warn the characters about something the reader has already read is awesome and painful.
I had a few issues with things that are pet peeves for me, like ignoring a hot meal so the main characters can have sex and ripping a sweatshirt in two to get at a woman really, who lets their food go cold for sex when you can always have sex later and has anyone tried ripping apart a sweatshirt You might be able to enlarge a hole that's already there, but I guarantee you it would be almost impossible to get through the ribbing at neck and waist, no matter how old and frail the sweatshirt, even for a strong man.
He might be successful but only after having jerked the woman's neck unmercifully, Once I got past those two things, I thoroughly enjoyed the rest, The suspense at the end was great and the villain really gruesome, Jed was a great hero rude, standoffish, and impossible, Dora was a great heroine warm, coherent, and an amusing conversationalist, Her take on things was slightly off the normal and was therefore always entertaining, And I loved the names Jedidiah, Ophelia, Isadora great names, Well worth reading a second and even a fourth time, No sé si hay una edición en español de este libro pero lo disfruté bastante, tiene un aire de "El guardaespaldas" : El tipo duro, policía, con pasado oscuro, héroe renuente y la chica es de una familia de artistas aunque ella ha tomado otro camino que la lleva a necesitar la experiencia de Jed como policía cuando adquiere un objeto en una subasta que la convierte en el blanco del villano.
El final de éste me pareció un poco apresurado pero no molestó mucho, El romance estuvo super entretenido,
Not a huge fan of Roberts at least not yet but i enojyed this book, It has a vibe that reminded me of "The bodyguard": The tough guy, police, with dark past, reluctant hero and the girl is from a family of artists although she has taken another path that leads her to need the experience of Jed as a cop when she acquires an object in an auction that makes her the target of the villain.
The end of the later seemed a bit rushed to me but it didn't bother me much, The romance was super entertaining and the steamy scenes were great,.c'mon GoodReads! Give us half!
I was pretty surprised that I liked this one as I tend to not like her earlier works as much.
I believe this was originally written in,
I liked the characters, Jed was sometimes a bit too not nice, But I liked Dora's character a lot, Very fun and relaxed and didn't let his attitude bring hers down,
This was a really fun read, Sometimes there was a tad too much focus on the villains but overall I loved this one, NR really knows how to draw the emotions out of her readers, Aboutof the way through I was so anxious because And then again at the end, At And finally the scene where
That actually happened a lot in this book for me, I was often scared, twice actually terrified for Dora, and nervous or laughing along with the witty dialogue, The relationship between Jed and Dora, however reluctant it was, was entertaining to read about, He liked her despite how irritating she made him, and he was often shocked to realize how comfortable he was around her,
The ending was awesome too,
.stars. I have so been missing my romance, This was just a breath of fresh air, Nora Roberts is just not for me, . Isadora runs an antique and collectibles shop, Her family is into theater acting and she used to be an actress, She is undaunted, persistent, beautiful and bright, After bidding some collectibles in Virginia, she had no idea about the trouble those things would bring her,
Jedidiah love the name is an ex cop who turned in his badge after his sister died, He is a rude boar, closed off, has a temper and wants to be left alone, But Dora got under his skin and gradually breaks down the wall he erected,
I love Dora's family, They are so open with their affections for each other, They love the flair and the drama, Also, I love the banter between Jed and Dora, It was funny. This is the first and probably the only book by Nora Roberts that I finished and enjoyed, I was so surprised when I found out this book was first published in! I was sure it was somewhere in the earlys.
I wasnt that interested in the crime part of the book, but I loved Doras family, and I absolutely enjoyed the sarcastic banter between her and Jed.This is the flipside of my previous read: an earlier work that demonstrates exactly why an author had a career spanning the decades, Its definitely formula, but its on repeat because it works, Me costó un poco terminar de leerlo porque no andaba en un buen momento con las lecturas, aun así me gusto y por eso mi calificación final es.
Como he disfrutado de este libro, Me encantan los protagonistas, con sus ironías y sus puyas, Dora es genial y su familia es maravillosa, La verdad es que este libro se ha convertido en uno de mis favoritos de esta autora
/Mystery plot was patently obvious, but enjoyed entering into the world of collectibles, old books, and antiques.
Tesouros Escondidos já está há algum tempinho entre nós mas só agora tive oportunidade de o ler, Posso dizer que gostei o enredo não é extraordinário mas a história é boa e está bem contada, Dificilmente sobressairia no mercado actual, com tanta oferta de thrillers empolgantes e romances arrebatadores,
Gostei da forma como Nora Roberts intercalou o romance com a resolução do problema em mãos que, embora não seja nenhum mistério já que a identidade dos vilões bem como os seus objectivos e motivações são revelados logo no início, não deixa de ser interessante.
A escrita é a habitual mistura de competência e elegância, pontilhada com diálogos dinâmicos e, neste caso, divertidos, já que Dora e Jed estão em picardia constante.
Gostei que ambos viessem de realidades familiares bem diferentes mas que tentassem compreender as origens um do
outro, A família de Dora, sempre presente e preocupada, é uma excelente adição ao elenco,
Aprecio sempre quando Roberts leva o seu tempo a contar e a desenvolver a sua trama, o que nem sempre acontece nas trilogias que escreve.
A sexy, funny, fast paced book, I absolutely loved the h and her quirky family while H was suitably tortured, I loved their interactions. She was smart, selfadmittedly mercenary and liked to collect pretty things, She 'chased' H in the sweetest and funniest way,
And I loved the way they called each other by their surnames I can imagine this couple being best friends, regularly bickering and loving each other.
The intimate scenes packed a punch in a world of generic sex scenes, the scenes in this book highlighted their passion, need for each other and the growing love between them as well as the humour interspersed.
I must say this some authors of old have a gift for making the most out of intimate scenes without using erotic words or even specific terms to name body parts Nora Roberts conveyed the passion between this couple beautifully.