Carnal Innocence

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte

Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times best-selling novelist Nora Roberts captivates millions of fans with her provocative blend of scorching passion and chilling suspense. With Carnal Innocence, she creates a gripping tale of murder, infatuation, and true love in a small southern town. After beautiful concert violinist Caroline Waverly breaks up with her conductor and lover Luis, she escapes to her late grandmother’s home in Innocence, Mississippi. Instead of peace and tranquility, however, she finds the town torn with suspicion over two brutal murders. When she discovers a third victim in the murky waters behind her house, she turns to her dangerously handsome neighbor, Tucker Longstreet, for protection. But Tucker has a reputation for breaking hearts - even worse, the police count him their number one suspect.

You’ll want to lean back in your easy chair and let Nora Robert’s steamy prose and Tom Stechschulte’s stirring interpretation transport you to Innocence where the nights are filled with promise and secrets are hard to keep.

©1991 Nora Roberts (P)1999 Recorded Books, LLC

You will not guess who....

Carnal innocence is slightly out of our time frame but it is a good story having been written in the 90s. The best thing about this story is that you will not guess who the perpetrator is. It's a great twist. The narrator needs some work on his southern accent but overall a good listen.

A Wonderful Book!!!

Nora Roberts has out done herself, I always knew she was a great author, but this book kept me on the end of my seat...... The narrater was great and easy to listen too.... 5 Stars!!!! The ending was a surprize, but it was also great to know the two main characters were going to stay together... I look forward to Ms Roberts next book!!! Thank you Nora for your wonderful insight to romance.......

Weaved together perfectly.

Between Nora Roberts writing ability and Tom Stechschulte's performance, this book is a definite audible must.

Carnal Innocence

The story line was not Nora Roberts strongest. I would title this as a murder mystery, not a romance. The romance seemed a little messily thrown together, seemingly last minute afterthoughts. I did like the twist at the end. The reader did an EXCELLENT job at portraying the characters and capturing the southern charm/accent that was needed for Innocence. Overall, in my opinion: kinda a weak one on NR's part, made better by the speaker.

Nora does it again!

One of my favorite books by far! This is a much older book by Nora Roberts (everybody smokes & they light up anywhere). I worried I wouldn't care for an older book but I was wrong. The story is based in a small town in Mississippi. The town became a character of its own, full of quaint shops, beautiful homes & gorgeous scenery. The town was full of delightful characters that Nora made us feel like we knew. It is full of humor, danger & a great love story. I had such a good time being immersed in not only the main story line but also the side stories that kept the book at a quick pace. And I had no idea who the killer was!

I'm from Alabama so I am sensitive to narrators who have fake sounding southern drawls or make southerners sound stupid. Tom Stechschulte did neither. The characters had distinct voices I could follow and even had some different degrees of southern twang. He did a great job of sinking me into the story without distracting me with annoying nuances in his voice.

I give this story an overall A+! I highly recommend it to any lovers of a good mystery romance, especially Nora Roberts fans.

Good read.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

It is a good read, I am a fan of Nora Roberts. The only thing that was a tad disappointing was the predictable use of stereotypical behaviors in the characters.

Read the book years ago but was better as an audible

Narration was fantastic !!!! Would highly recommend this listen - could even be shared on a long drive

An unexpected favorite

Nora Roberts has such a talent for creating believable characters with convincing dialogue. Having listened to and enjoyed many of her books including the more recent ones, I was dubious about getting one that was written many years ago. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Surprised by the multiple levels of the storyline as well as the narrator's exceptional performance. The narrator added a lot to my appreciation of the story. I've never visited the South, but have known a variety of women and a few men from various Southern states. The narrator captured the nuances of a "Southern drawl" so that the regional expressions Roberts so deftly integrated into the dialogue, sounded authentic and perfect spoken by different characters The story also included insightful comments not only about male/female relationships that Roberts is so famous for, but also politics, race, traditions, customs, human nature and the very culture of small town America that could be anywhere in the country. It definitely never seemed at all "dated" as the issues mentioned are as current now as when the book was written. The characters were well developed and the mystery was an intriguing plot impossible to unravel until the very end revealed it. I highly recommend this book even if you have read all the rest before now. This will provide nearly 18 hours of continued entertainment.

That was just an absolute shocker. Outstanding.

That was a wonderful book. That is the kind of book that should be on teachers lists of must read. It will probably some day be one of those books that everyone will want to read. It should be there already. The characters are so very real. It was funny, shocking, romantic and really about family. The narration was absolutely perfect. I will listen to this one many times.

Excellent

Nora Roberts did it again! Excellent story, excellent characters, and an EXCELLENT reader! Although would love to hear what happened to some of the other characters.