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Carnal Innocence

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
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New York Times best-selling novelist Nora Roberts captivates millions of fans with her provocative blend of scorching passion and chilling suspense. With Carnal Innocence, she creates a gripping tale of murder, infatuation, and true love in a small southern town. After beautiful concert violinist Caroline Waverly breaks up with her conductor and lover Luis, she escapes to her late grandmother’s home in Innocence, Mississippi. Instead of peace and tranquility, however, she finds the town torn with suspicion over two brutal murders. When she discovers a third victim in the murky waters behind her house, she turns to her dangerously handsome neighbor, Tucker Longstreet, for protection. But Tucker has a reputation for breaking hearts - even worse, the police count him their number one suspect.

You’ll want to lean back in your easy chair and let Nora Robert’s steamy prose and Tom Stechschulte’s stirring interpretation transport you to Innocence where the nights are filled with promise and secrets are hard to keep.

©1991 Nora Roberts (P)1999 Recorded Books, LLC
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One of my favorite books of all time!

Such complex compelling characters you can really relate to and care about. A great mix of flourishing descriptions of small town southern life with glimpses of terrifying horror, sweet sexuality, family trauma, and some who-dun-it.

It can be a little slow at times but perhaps that feeds right into the tempo of summer in the south.

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another excellent book by Nora

Great book. Prefer reading to listening, but still very enjoyable. May purchase book so I can read it again.

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Great story! I couldn't stop listening!!

I personally could have done without the language and the sex. But the story was so good I could not stop listening! The narrator was absolutely fabulous!

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That Narrator!

I have never laughed so hard at the southern accents in a book! They all sounded like Forest Gump! Good story after I got myself settled down and listened.

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Great Story

I wasn’t sure at first but I kept listening and it is a fabulous story. Nora Robert’s did good….

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Great plot

Loved this. Plot was intriguing and ending was a complete surprise. I also really enjoyed the narrator.

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Good Nora Mystery

I liked this book, though not as much as I have liked some other of Nora Roberts’ works. The southern accents were rather extreme, though I settled into the narrator’s style after a while. Speaking as a violinist/violist, it was a little jarring that she didn’t understand the instrument as well as I would have expected her to, given the quality of her other novels. The narrator has a tremendous range of voices, though the children were a little grating. Still, it’s a good listen and I enjoyed it.

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guessing till the end.

loved it, a true who done it with a surprise at the end. wanting more.

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Amazing!!

Great storyline! That ending was so shocking. Sad to see it end. Thank you Nora!!!

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Disappointing Old Nora Roberts Book

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I love recent Nora Roberts books. This is an early Nora Roberts book written before she perfected her writing.

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