Envy

By: Sandra Brown

Narrated by: Victor Slezak

Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

New York book editor Maris Matherly-Reed knows a best seller when she sees one - even if it is just a tantalizing partial manuscript submitted by a writer identified only as P.M.E., with the return address of an obscure island off the Georgia coast. Maris is intrigued enough to search for him.

Her trip to Georgia to meet the mysterious author takes her to an eerie, ruined cotton plantation, where Maris finds Parker Evans, a man confined to a wheelchair who carefully hides his past. Coaxing his novel from him chaper by chapter, Maris becomes caught up in his tale of two friends who rent a boat with a young woman for a night of sex and drinking. Only one person will return from that trip.

Disturbed about her sexual attraction to Parker and worried about her marriage to author and her co-publisher Noah Reed, Maris returns to New York, where the delivery of Parker's newest chapters convince her they are more than fiction. She wonders how well she knows her husband and begins a harrowing search for a truth that ties back to a terrifying crime and a man who will use her, or anyone, to get his revenge.

©2001 Sandra Brown Management, Ltd (P)2001 Simon & Schuster Inc.

Fantastic!

I am loving Sandra Brown. This book was stunning! A nice look inside the life of an author and the publishing world. Not what I had expected at all, and amazing

Slow start, but well worth the wait.

There's no wonder why Sandra Brown has become my favorite author. Her ability to capture, engage, and delight does not fail in this book.

I struggled with the beginning. Very slow start. Almost wanted to jump to the end of the book due to boredom. However, I know Mrs. Browns style, and grunted through. I'm tellin' ya, I'm so very happy I did. She did not disappoint.
You become apart of the book. You become the character. I was Noahs' wife. I felt her. I felt her ache, her hurt, her loss. I cried literal tears.
Shocked at how my emotions poured out of my eyes. How her anger became mine. I too was trying to figure out the last chapter. It of course, was not what I expected. It was far better!

I was hooked from the start!

I was surprised at how good this book was. I couldn't stop listening. The narration was outstanding. I look forward to reading more books by this author.

This one will hook you!!!

This is my favorite book. This was the first book I ever read willingly. After this book I was hooked I've been reading ever since. The characters, the story, especially the sex will pull you in.

Sandra does it again.

Great plot, loved all the characters, read this book in one day. A must have.

Loved!!!

I loved this book! I’ve read it twice and it’s one of my favorites!!! I would highly recommend it!

Really good listen

Another great book by Sandra Brown. Great plot, nice twists, etc. It was especially intriguing because you get to read a book within a book. I could hardly turn it off. It has a little bit of everything (love, lust, hate, mystery, revenge)so it is appealing to different types of readers. Also, the narrator did a great job with this book.

Great Book, Hard to Classify

Where does Envy rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of the better books I've read as a "one-off;" i.e. not part of a series.

What did you like best about this story?

When I chose it, I thought this book was in the mystery category. Half way through, I thought it was a "chick" book. While reading the sex scenes, I thought it was soft porn. In the end, I assigned it to the category of "literature." (Literature is my catchall for books I like and can't otherwise categorize.) Narration is excellent.

Any additional comments?

I'll read more of Brown's work narrated by Slezak. I recommend this one as worth the time and credit/$.

LOVED IT!!! Another Great Sandra Brown Novel

I am a huge Sandra Brown fan and I have read almost all of her books and I am rarely disappointed. Envy did not let me down. The story within the story was great. You can kind of foreshadow what's to come, but there are lots of little twist that you don't see coming. And I have to say, being a huge fan of Audible.com that Victor Slezak is a great narrator. He has narrated several of Ms. Brown's books and the way he can switch accents and voices makes you believe there are different people talking and takes you inside the book.
I saw some of the bad reviews so I was afraid Ms. Brown might let me down this time, but apparently those people were looking for a different kind of book. I don't like Sci-Fi so I know I'm not going to go buy a Sci-Fi novel. Sandra Brown writes Romance and Suspence novels, if you don't like those types of novels, this isn't for you. So don't write a bad review because you purchased a novel that you won't like to begin with. When you read Ann Rice, expect bloody vampire scenes and don't be offended when you read them. When you read Sandra Brown or Joan Collins, expect sex scenes and if that offends you, then don't read them. And certainly don't give them bad reviews because you wasted your money buying a novel that wasn't you're cup of tea in the first place. Ms. Brown, ENVY, was perfection as always!

Envy, Sandra Brown

This was my first Sandra Brown book, but not my last. It was well paced, with fascinating characters. I carried this book from car, to work, to running errands, until I was done. When I thought I had the plot figured out, there was another twist, with the most amazing twist coming at the end. Great read.