Carolina Moon

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Dean Robertson

Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a novel of redemption and suspense, as a woman haunted by the unsolved murder of her childhood friend returns to her small South Carolina hometown....

Tory Bodeen grew up in a run-down house where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt - and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. Her one escape was her neighbor Hope, who lived in the big house just a short skip away, and whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn’t allowed to be at home: a child.

Then Hope was brutally murdered, and everything fell apart.

Now, as she returns to Progress with plans to settle in and open a stylish home-design shop, Tory is determined to find a measure of peace and free herself from the haunting visions of the past. As she forges a new bond with Cade Lavelle - Hope’s older brother and the heir to the family fortune - she isn’t sure whether the tragic loss they share will unite them or drive them apart. But she is willing to open her heart, just a little, and try.

But living so close to those unhappy memories will be more difficult and frightening than Tory could ever have expected. Because Hope’s murderer is nearby as well....

“Roberts may have achieved her personal best in this tense Southern Gothic. As atmospheric and unsettling as a Tennessee Williams play.... This is romantic drama at its best.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

©2004 Nora Roberts (P)2004 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

"This is romantic drama at its best." ( Publishers Weekly)

would be 5 star, but for narrator

It is a really good story, but I think it would have been better with a different narrator

One of her best

One of her best stories I have read. I cried laughed a lot and didn’t know who did it on the end!

Good book but...

very poor narrator. Narrator couldn't act, didn't have separate voices for the characters (which caused confusing dialog), was wooden and metronomic with disdain for punctuation.

Good Story Line

This is a good story, but I did not care for the narrator. I found the voice very annoying.

Narrator one tone,

I couldn’t tell which character was which, had to backup a lot to figure out which character was talking. She had a pleasant voice just not for different characters.

Writing was good as usual but…….

I was not disappointed by the storyline, as usual, it kept me enthralled, but… it took me a minute to get into it because of the person that was actually reading the story she was not good, however, she did improve. Thanks to me having the tenacity to stick in there and continue to listen it got better.

narration

The narrator read good with excellent pronunciation. I just couldn't distinguish one character from the next.

Great romance/mystery/paranormal

Reader was great. “You can’t choose your family” really stood out here. Kept me listening, trying to figure out the “who done it”.

carolina moon

Excellent book.Held my interest all the way to the end. I thought I knew how it would end but was I supprised!

Surprisingly great story

I really loved this story. It is definitely one of my favorites. Great twists and turns. The narrator was a woman, even though it says Dean Robertson. The narrator was a little speedy for me, but overall decent.