Friction

Sandra Brown lived up to expectations with her latest novel but I found that the narrator spoilt it for me. Stephen Lang's Crawford Hunt sounded like a recovering alcoholic/caveman. The other characters were well depicted. I also found numerous instances during the narration where there had been editing, with the narrator's timbre suddenly changing and breaking the flow. A poor audiobook production, Hachette Audio, sorry!

It was a good story. Not very complex but an easy "read". It was predicable, not a lot of twists and turns in the plot.

The main character reminded me of Timothy Oliphant's character in the FX series Justified.

He did a decent job of the voices although the production was poor. There were obvious times that the editor had cut in different readings because the tone of his voice would abruptly change. These unfortunately were done in mid script and not during natural breaks in the story.

If you are a long time fan of S.B. as I am, you will recognize her classic romance/mystery stye of writing in this story. This is not her best, but it will not disappoint. As always, S.B. has a last minute twist before the story ends.

When Crawford has any dialogue with Georgia. She will grab your heart.

My fave readers are Victor Slezak, and Jonathan Davis. Check out their reads of S.B. works. Natalie Ross, Enid Graham ,and Stephen do a good job, but they didn't get the top S.B. stories to read. Stephen did bring our hero to life as he is a good actor and can read well.

If you like this story, see Sandra Brown's Stand Off, Smoke Screen, and newest best, Mean Streak. These are not to be missed.

I'm not impressed by the narrator, but the story is excellent. Love conquers all.

Nothing about this story was believable, particularly the motives and reactions of the characters. Very disappointing.

Kept me interested from beginning to end. Great twist at the end! All of the characters were well written and stayed true to themselves even though they were changed through circumstances.

After a number of lackluster audio books recently this book was a pleasant surprise. It was a well written story that kept me involved for it's duration. The narration was a bit dreary but didn't interfere with the enjoyment of the book.

It's ok but there are better stories out there

Predictive

Narrator was ok, the voice over corrections were really bad.

I loved, loved this book. While I'm sure it's being criticized for having too much romance, that's what made me fall in love with Sandra Brown's writing so many years ago. And for me, Friction was almost a throw back to the early days of her suspense. It's got all those awesome elements ~ the hunky, oh so NOT perfect hero, the heroine who is really TOO perfect but you can't help but find yourself really liking her and rooting for her to find a way to wind up with this not so perfect guy ~ the twisty, tricky storyline that pulls you in deeper and deeper...oh, and those red herrings she's great at throwing out there. You just KNOW you've got it figured out...but you're wrong. I enjoyed this book immensely!

Crawford Hunt is a jaded, coming back from being down on his luck Texas Ranger.
Judge Holly Spenser is the presiding judge on Crawford's custody case to win back his daughter.
They find themselves thrown together in a court room shooting that begins a tempest of suspicion, suspense, romance, sex...and emotions that emanate from the pages. Again, I LOVED it! I wanted it to be LONGER!!

Excellent narration ~ the story truly came to life!!

Typically Sandra Brown novel with great characters and plot. The narrative is broken by poorly done voice-over, but didn't distract from the story.