A Field of Poppies

De: Sharon Sala

Narrado por: Karen White

Two families. One secret. Separated by a river and 20 years of lies.

Five minutes changed Poppy Sadler's life forever. Tick. The hospital called. Her mother's battle with cancer was finally over. Tock. The police showed up at her door. Her father's body has just been pulled from the river. Tick. Murdered.

Tick, tock. Five minutes, and a secret is coming undone.

Across the river, Justin Caulfield's vast fortune can buy him anything but more time. Tick. A deadly disease is stealing his daughter's life. He needs a miracle. Tock. The person he never doubted names the price he never knew he owed. A price more than one man can pay. Tick. Betrayed. Tick, tock. Twenty years of lies may cost him his very soul.

©2012 Sharon Sala (P)2019 Tantor

Too hours too long

The last two hours of the book were entirely unnecessary. The story was strong enough without it.

Cute story

I enjoyed the book. It heartfelt moments and I love poppies. I would listen to the story again

A Sharon Sala Fan

I usually enjoy books by Sharon Sala. I forced myself to complete this one. Storyline was interesting, but the heroine was unlikeable and extremely immature.

Perseverance

Enjoyed how it all played out over the years and finally came together. Loved the Character Poppy.

The last couple of hours was absolutely unnecessary.

Poppy. The character is not strong. She immature...more immature than the fourteen year old. Yet everyone praises her for being strong!!! Things just HAPPEN to her. She really doesn't seem to do anything to deal with it.

Good story....not really a Romantic Suspense

I enjoyed the book well enough, it is well written and interesting. The only disappointment was that it was real light on the romantic suspense side. Some mystery/suspense, very, very little romance. It was ok.

Ok

Not as engaging as some of her books, but you definitely don’t feel cheated.
Possible Spoilers:
Poppy Sadler is rushing to get ready for work and find a ride when she gets the call from the hospital that her mother has died of cancer. Poppy doesn’t have time to process the blow when officers are at her door to notify her that her father’s body was pulled out of the river.
Detective Mike Amblin is mightily attracted to Poppy but can’t approach her personally as long as there’s an open investigation into her father’s murder.
Good thing her brother Johnny comes home and is there to offer comfort and support as their parents are buried and secrets are revealed.
My favorite character is 14 year old Callie who got all the best lines.
White does an ok job of narration.

Difficult to listen to

Storyline was ok. Had an interesting twist. Drug out too long, tho. 14 year old was portrayed like a 6 ear old. Reading was WAAAY TOO dramatic. Would never listen to anything again by this reader.

Painfully annoying main character

I hated Poppy for 98% if the book. I really was more interested in Justin and his daughter’s recovery than I was in the main characters overdrawn drama. So much about this book annoyed me, from Poppy’s hateful self to the police planning a covert operation and arrest but failing to do a background on a killer. Then there’s the end. Let me stop there. It was corny as heck. I only stayed with this book because of Justin and his daughter as he was a great character