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Olivia Chantry may keep her desk in disarray, but she's a dynamo when it comes to business; her Seattle-based company, Light Fantastic, organizes dazzling events that create the flash her clients need to promote their products and causes. Her success almost makes up for a marriage that ended in disaster. When Olivia inherits a large portion of her uncle's high-tech lighting firm, she butts heads with the co-owner, Jasper Sloan, a venture capitalist with all his ducks in a row.
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good Krentz story
- By Empress Karen on 02-20-14
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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Lost and Found
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Cady Briggs is useful to Mack Easton. Her expertise in art and antiques helps his low-profile company, Lost and Found, find missing treasures for high-paying clients. But Cady knows that being useful to a client is one thing—and being used is another. So no matter how alluring she finds Mack, she plans to keep business and pleasure entirely separate. But then a sudden tragedy puts Cady in charge of Chatelaine's, her family's prestigious art and antiques gallery. Suddenly the roles are reversed, as strange developments at Chatelaine's lead Cady to ask for help from none other than Mack Easton.
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it kept my interest.
- By Gloria Milliner on 04-27-24
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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Falling Awake
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Amanda Cobb
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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A red-hot, suspenseful novel about a free-spirited dream researcher - and the gorgeous man who brings her dreams to life. When a dream researcher and a government agent meet, a waking nightmare begins. A suspicious hit-and-run leads them into a perilous web of passion, betrayal, and murder.
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Falling awake
- By Norma Maldonado on 09-02-24
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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Eye of the Beholder
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Jen Taylor
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Alexa Chambers has a flair for style, an eye for art - and a reputation in tatters. An expert in Art Deco, she blew the whistle on an employer who was selling fakes to wealthy clients. Her payoff? No job and no prospects. But gutsy, energetic Alexa has no intention of sitting still. She's ready to take risks to rebuild her career... and she secretly consults on an exquisite deco collection being installed at the new Avalon Resorts. Her scheme might just work - if she can steer clear of the resort's owner, the enigmatic and possibly dangerous J. L. Trask.
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Great story!
- By CMN0320 on 01-04-18
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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Deep Waters
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Stephanie Diaz
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Facing crises of career and heart, two of the most powerful corporate figures in the Northwest are now borne by the currents of fate to the same small Washington town, and to their respective shops - a bookstore for Charity and a small curiosity shop for Elias. As Charity and Elias begin a cautious exploration of each other's pasts, hidden agendas, and libidos, they discover one thing they definitely have in common: a martial arts master, he's a novice at relationships; a formidable executive, she's starting in the mailroom when it comes to love.
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They got it wrong
- By Phyllis on 06-11-13
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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Family Man
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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A decade of working for the high-powered Gilchrist family empire has made sassy Katy Wade determined to open her own business. But there's one last problem she must solve before she can leave. The Gilchrists need an heir apparent to save their mysteriously floundering fortunes, and there's only one man for the job: Luke Gilchrist. All his life the Gilchrists have made Luke pay for his father's scandal, and now he's a renegade who's sworn he'll never go home - except to get even.
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Which Jane Ann Krentz wrote this book?
- By M. Dybedal-Bristow on 05-25-18
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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Twist of Fate
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Nellie Chalfant
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Cloistered as a faculty member at a small college, beautiful Hannah Jessett can almost forget her family heritage. Few know she's the niece of Elizabeth Nord, the legendary anthropologist who stunned the world with her revolutionary work, until her aunt dies, leaving Hannah in sole possession of her priceless unpublished journals.
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Okay
- By LeftyMom on 05-03-07
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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The Golden Chance
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Ashby
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Stunning, stubborn, and independent, Philadelphia Fox lost her best friend because of the fabulously rich and powerful Lightfoot family of Washington state. Now she's got her friend's controlling shares in Lightfoot Industries—an inheritance that brings Nick, the family's prodigal and supremely attractive son, knocking at her door.
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This is part of Jayne Ann Krentz's early tough-guy males genre.
- By Geneva on 05-29-24
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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The Ties That Bind
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Finally Shannon Raine decides to stop speculating about her dark, brooding neighbour on California's rugged Mendocino coastline - and just introduce herself. But the last thing she expects to find in this enclave of artists and writers is a Silicon Valley mogul. Garth Sheridan is cool, sensual and intriguing. And immediately Shannon knows the passion that flares between them will become intense and all-consuming.
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Better than most of the early years' books
- By Geneva on 07-24-18
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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Copper Beach
- Dark Legacy, Book 1
- By: Jayne Ann Krentz
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Within the pages of very rare books, some centuries old, lie the secrets of the paranormal. Abby Radwell’s unusual psychic talent has made her an expert in such volumes - and sometimes taken her into dangerous territory. After a deadly incident in the private library of an obsessive collector, Abby receives a blackmail threat, and rumors swirl that an old alchemical text known as The Key has reappeared on the black market.
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Something just does not click
- By Captain Skurvy on 01-13-12
By: Jayne Ann Krentz
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- Kate McMurry
- 10-24-21
Excellent narration of 1997 romantic suspense
Max Fortune is a handsome, wealthy, 34-year-old businessman whose passion in life is collecting art. At the death of Jason Curzon, his extremely rich, 80-year-old friend, benefactor, and boss, Max has inherited from him five valuable paintings by modern artist, Amos Luttrell. The problem is, the only clue Jason has given him as to where the Luttrell paintings are located is a cryptic note which reads, "The most precious things I leave you, you'll find at the Robbins' Nest Inn." It takes Max over a month to locate the inn and its owner, whom he has cynically concluded must have been Jason’s mistress. However, on arriving at the cozy inn, there is nothing of the greedy temptress about Cleopatra Robbins, the 27-year-old, beautiful owner of the inn.
Cleo is a cheerfully harried proprietor of her cozy, family-friendly retreat, but underneath her sunny smiles, she is a woman with a tragic past. Her parents died a violent death four years before. The police concluded her father murdered her mother and killed himself, but Cleo knows how totally devoted her parents were to each other, and she never accepted that conclusion. Unfortunately, she has had no means to prove otherwise. With the money she inherited from her parents, she purchased her colorful inn, and has gained peace and healing by creating a family of affiliation with her quirky staff. A sentimental romantic, Cleo has never been willing to settle for less than the type of true love her parents enjoyed, and she always secretly believed that when the right man came along, she would recognize him instantly. The problem is, when Max appears in her life, her heart recognizes him instantly, but her logical brain questions her magnetic pull to him, because it is clear from the first that he is an emotionally closed off lone wolf.
From Max’s perspective, he is more disturbed than delighted when he finds himself more attracted to warm-hearted, lovely Cleo than any woman he’s ever known. It is clear from the start she is keeping a secret, and he’s afraid that secret is the fact that she is hiding the Luttrell paintings from him in order to keep them for herself.
This single-title, contemporary romance novel was first published in 1997. At the start of the story, Max more closely resembles the somewhat one-dimensional, emotionally stunted, traditionally masculine heroes so common in romance novels of the 1980’s versus the more emotionally open heroes that romance authors, including JAK, began to write after the early 2000’s. However, the saving grace of this hero is that, once he is surrounded by Cleo and her wonderful, loving friends, Max experiences a compelling, well-motivated growth arc into a three-dimensional, caring, loyal hero who more closely resembles romance heroes of the recent past.
Interestingly, at age 27, Cleo is perhaps the youngest heroine JAK has ever created in one of her contemporary novels. Virtually all of her other contemporary heroines have been 30 or 31 years old. In addition, as far as I can recall, having read every contemporary novel of JAK, Cleo is the only virgin heroine JAK has ever produced.
Though this is not the most complex or sophisticated romantic-suspense plot JAK has ever written, it did keep me guessing, and I was barely a step ahead of the climax in figuring out who the villain is.
I am a big fan of romance novels which contain a family of affiliation, and this novel offers one of the most adorable coterie of friends that JAK has ever created.
There was a previous audiobook version of this novel narrated by Joyce Bean soon after the original release date of this novel. I liked that version, but I got it from the library and did not own it myself. I recently purchased from Audible the current version, which was released in 2012 and is narrated by Richard Ferrone. He does an excellent job acting out all the parts and portraying male and female voices of characters of all ages.
I rate this novel as follows:
Heroine: 4 stars
Hero: 4 stars
Subcharacters: 4 stars
Romance Plot: 4 stars
Family of Affiliation Plot: 4 stars
Suspense Plot: 4 stars
Setting: 4 stars
Writing: 4 stars
Audiobook Narration: 4 stars
Overall: 4 stars
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- M.
- 09-19-23
Lots of Passion
So enjoyable, love and , laughter; finding and understanding ones self and family! Easy to listen to over and over again.
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- IreneMBBT
- 08-08-24
Best of early Krentz
This is one of my favorite early Krentz books and an example of why she became one of my go to authors. I like both main characters even if there’s major weak points in the story around them. Cleo would Not have bounced back so quickly from her parent’s murders. Also, Max would Not have been paid so well, even with bonuses, that he would live a lifestyle comparable with his boss.
I still very much like the story enough to reread it several times over the years.
I really like Ferrone as narrator, especially as the story was told from Max’s POV. He does a decent enough job with the female characters.
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- Carol Mello
- 04-07-17
A good listen despite narrator's female voice impersonation flaws
When I first began to listen to this audio book I was bothered by the narrator's impersonation of female voices. However, I persisted listening because this is one of my absolutely positively favorite JAK novels. Eventually, the wrongness of the female voices by deep voiced narrator Richard Ferrone faded into insignificance and I was able to fully savor this audio version of a favorite romantic suspense with humor novel. I have gotten countless hours of joy savoring the novels of JAK especially during times of personal stress. Reading (and now listening) to her novels brings me smiles and a lightened heart. Always happy endings for heroines and heroes and their friends.
This particular novel is about a hero who never had a family from a very young age. For over 30 years he has substituted collecting things to replace the hole left in his life by a lack of family. He ends up at Robin's Nest Inn that is owned by the heroine who has created a very special family, a very good family. There is nothing in the world that can replace a very good family. I was and still am blessed by my own very good family which is why I appreciate JAK's romances in which family, whether by blood or by loving friends, always plays an important part.
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- MolllyT
- 03-01-20
Interesting
An oldie but interesting retelling of two very different people who change and fall in love while battling a stalker and looking for a mysterious inheritance.
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- Elaine
- 05-31-14
Narrator sounds like a dirty old man
This was one of my favorite JAKs and the narrator ruined it. Why do they pick a narrator with such an old-sounding voice for a contemporary romance? Ferrone may be great for non-fiction, but definitely NOT for a lighthearted romance.
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- S. Sheridan
- 02-18-16
A winner
This is a book I originally read on paper so I knew the story but it was interesting to hear it aloud and get a different view of the characters. It's always a winner when it's s Jayne Krentz book so I enjoyed it very much. I wish more of the older books were on audible.
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- shrdvr
- 01-22-22
Utterly delighted with this rollicking tale
Both my husband and I enjoyed this Classic and light tale that would be very conducive to families/listeners on road trips. It moves quickly and is wonderfully read by voice artist Richard Ferrone. We were never bored and noticed parallels regarding the fact that absolute power breeds corruption even into today. Interesting.
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- Kathy Walunas
- 06-12-22
Awful narration.
The story was fun but the narration was abominable. When this male narrator attempted to create a voice for a twenty-something character she sounded like Tweety Bird’s grandmother.
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- 🔵🔷🔹Kaly🔹🔷🔵
- 06-26-23
EXCELLENT!
It was a pleasure listening to this much beloved story from many years ago.
It reminded me why Jayne Ann Krentz is still one of my favorite authors.
The narrator did great giving voice to all these characters.
Recommended audiobook!
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