Open Season

By: Linda Howard

Narrated by: Deborah Hazlett

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

She's hunting for a mate and there's no more playing it safe.

Daisy Minor is bored. Worse than that, she's boring. A plain, small-town librarian, she's got a wardrobe as sexy as a dictionary and hasn't been on a date in years. She's never even had a lukewarm love affair, let alone a hot one. So when she wakes up on her 34th birthday and wonders how it is that she still lives with her widowed mom and spinster aunt while her friends have all gotten married and started families, she decides it's time to get a life - and a sex life. And as far as she can tell, good girls don't attract nearly as many men as bad ones.

One makeover later, Daisy has transformed herself into a party girl extraordinaire. She's dancing the night away at clubs, and laughing and flirting with men for the first time in, well, forever. With a new lease on her own place, it's open season for manhunting.

But on her way home late one night, Daisy sees something she's not supposed to see. Suddenly the target of a killer, she's forced to put her manhunt on hold. But the very moment she stops looking might be the moment she finds what she's wanted all along.

©2001 Linda Howington (P)2001 Simon & Schuster

Critic reviews

"A thriller... with deftness and charm." ( The Orlando Sentinel)

Finally on Audible after all these years.

Years ago I purchased Midnight Rainbow by Linda Howard, the first romance novel I ever read. Since then, I have purchased all of Linda Howard's books and Open Season remains one of my favorites. While some of her novels, such as Cry No More, concern serious topics that will have you in tears, and others (All the Queen's Men) have more suspense, Open Season is a light hearted novel about life in a small southern town. This is a novel that will make you laugh.

Daisy is the town librarian who decides she is boring, dresses too plainly, doesn't date and living with her mom is not helping matters - so she gets a make over at the big city "beauty salon" vs. the small town "beauty shop" where she typically goes, moves out of her mother's house and rents a house only a first time renter could appreciate and attracts the attention of the local Sheriff, with humorous results. This is a romance novel, with a suspense sub plot that is there so the characters can have a romance. Deborah Hazlett's performance is very well done with distinctive accents, a good pace and inflection - she brings the book to life.

Linda Howard has written other books that have more involved plots, character development and suspense, but for sheer humor and joy, this book is a favorite.

The Librarian Gets A Makeover

Small town Alabama librarian Daisy Minor decides on her 34th birthday that it's time for a change; so she gets a makeover and begins going out to a club on weekends. There she sees the wrong people doing the wrong things and puts her own life in jeopardy.
Daisy is a great character and some of the interplay between and the Half-Yankee Sheriff Russo is really very funny at times. The reader Deborah Hazlitt does a great job narrating it in such a way that she remains funny and her southern accent sounds quite authentic. A better listen than much of Ms. Howard's library due to the humor.

Great Characters

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the characters in this story. The stereotypical small town people who, once you were introduced to them a bit turned out not to be so stereotypical after all. The interactions between mother and daughter, hero and heroine, even the puppy were delightful. I found myself laughing out loud.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I would absolutely listen to this book in one sitting. In fact as soon as I finished it I started listening again from the beginning.

Good Book

It is very detailed which drags the story. It took me 3 or 4 chapters to get into it. But once the action started it was a good book and very funny

entertaining story!

Where does Open Season rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

i have about 123-30 books. it is in the top 25.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

no i found the book to be a light book. even comical at times. but i found the story very entertaining.

Which scene was your favorite?

i think the scenes when jack and daisy were "sparring". they were comical. it was the type of book that no matter how it ended it would still have been entertaining.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

green behind the gills

Any additional comments?

the reader was great. i loved the story!

loved it!

really good book, the story line was great and for a story line that deals with the less than pleasant elements in our society i found myself laughing several times through out the book. Ms. Howard did a tremendous job in mixing sex, humor, love and crime into a really good book. i loved the characters especially the aunt who really was a minor character but hysterical.
the narrator was great as well.

Loved this book

Romance, humor and action in good story. I will be listening to this one again.

Classic Linda Howard

Open Season is a classic novel, Linda Howard at her best with romance, suspense, humor and a cute puppy. The hero Jack is a tough, experienced sheriff, yet kind and respectful to women. The heroine Daisy is smart, sassy and doesn't take crap from anyone, in spite of being a well-mannered town librarian in a small southern town.

Such a pleasant change from too many recent "so-called erotic romances" that feature creepy alpha jerks who treat women like dirt and the stupid female wimps would allow themselves to be battered & abused. Thanks Linda!

Fun story, well worth my credit!

Love Linda Howard's books! Open Season is a humorous, romantic mystery that had me chuckling out loud more than once!.I'd say this book is well worth a credit or purchasing! I enjoyed the heck out of it!

Very nice love story

What did you love best about Open Season?

Was a very nice love story with a little action with the illegal stuff going on.

What did you like best about this story?

Her search for a husband to have babies with.

Which scene was your favorite?

When she sat on that man's lap and accidentally started a bar fight.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes but it took me four sittings.

Any additional comments?

No other comments.