Beyond Eden

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Renee Raudman, Paul Costanzo

Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

A heart-stopping story of romantic suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.

Lindsay Foxe is a successful model in New York, a woman who hides behind a new name to protect herself from a past of betrayal and treachery and a present that becomes fraught with danger. The product of old San Francisco wealth, the daughter of a man who despises her, her life is forever changed when she is brutally assaulted by her sister’s husband, and then rejected by her family.

Lindsay is finally forced to face up to her past when she meets S.C. Taylor, a tough ex-cop, turned private investigator and computer troubleshooter. He is hired to protect her; but can he both win her trust and discover who is trying to kill her and why?

©1992 Catherine Coulter (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Took forever to get into story

Would you try another book from Catherine Coulter and/or Renee Raudman and Paul Costanzo ?

yes, but not a romance

What was most disappointing about Catherine Coulter’s story?

The plot was too heavy on "drama" and less heavy on suspense

Have you listened to any of Renee Raudman and Paul Costanzo ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

They were good as always

Do you think Beyond Eden needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

no I wasn't into the characters

Love the story, not crazy about the performers

I read this story years ago and decided to listen to it this go around. Ms. Raudman's performance was....interesting. It always sounded like she had something in her mouth or wasn't opening her mouth so the words sounded cut off and muffled.

Narration took away from the experience

Narration was not smoothly done, therefore detracted from the listening experience. It seemed to improve a bit in the later chapters. Possibly more experience will help this narrator who has a pleasing voice.

Sexist

Even for 1992 the theme of the woman who just needs the right bossy, gorgeous but violent man to get her past her fear of men is so annoying. I continued listening because I wanted to find out who dunnit.

Love it!! You won't regret listening.

Absolutely loved this book! The narrator's are superb. It's a different type of audio, didn't have to hear the female narrator make a man voice and vice versa. So smooth!

Love the story, readers were not my favorite

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Renee Raudman and Paul Costanzo ?

I have no expectations of the reading of a book to be fabulous, but when they read the characters as whiny and weak...they are not being true to the story. I actually hated that they had a male and a female reader for the parts, it was distracting. All these books are deep down about strong women overcoming some bad thing and living life with either a fear or dealing with the issue but all are strong. The performances on the last few of these I have listened to demean that character and do it a disservice by not understanding that in the way they read how they talk to others or how they would say their lines. If this was a TV show or movie, the director would not let them get away with acting the part that way so why to the narrators get to?

Eden - great book.

It was different type of book and very enjoyable book. I liked all the characters and they were fully developed.

Mostly enjoyable but..

Was not prepared to read about rapes in detail. I don’t like to unknowingly pick this type book. I’ve read other of her books that don’t contain sex scenes, I’ll be more careful in the future. I’ve enjoyed her writing before this book.

Fabulous Plot Twist

The authenticity and detail are amazing! The constant twisting plot is incredible. Definitely deserves a5 star rating.

half-decent

too much explicit sex and not enough mystery it could have had more mystery to this story and more who done it