Grand Passion

De: Jayne Ann Krentz

Narrado por: Richard Ferrone

Jayne Ann Krentz, author of more than fifty New York Times bestsellers, expertly blends rich sensuality dangerous twists, and electrifying suspense in Grand Passion.

What happens when Mr. Right is all wrong?

Cleopatra Robbins has imagined the moment when she’ll meet the man of her dreams. But when Max Fortune strides into the Robbins’ Nest Inn, a devastating sensation sweeps through her. She knows it’s him. And he’s all wrong!

Head of the giant Curzon Hotel chain, a cynical man with a passion for rare works of art, Max is looking for five priceless paintings left to him by his mentor, Jason Curzon. With one long look at Cleo Robbins, Max knows he’s gazing on a masterpiece…and for the first time in his life, the solitary and powerful executive is overcome with the strangest desire for that wonderful institution called home. But despite their mutual attraction, Max suspects Cleo of hiding something—and by the time he realizes her secrets have nothing to do with the lost treasures, it may be too late to save her from the danger rising out of her past.

Disappointing Krentz,. Terrible narrator!

The book was just so so with a narrator who sounds exactly the same for every character. And the latter also has an irritating voice.

Also, I don't know when this story was written, but it also has a slightly amateurish quality. The characters are either a bit one-dimensional or their emotions are unrealistically imagined. I keep thinking this must be a very early Krentz book or a submission of a book that was unpublished years ago and then resubmitted when Krentz became popular.

Lots of Passion

So enjoyable, love and , laughter; finding and understanding ones self and family! Easy to listen to over and over again.

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.

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.

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.