The story of Sloan, a police officer who accepts her estranged father's invitation to join him and her sister for the season, in order to help the FBI investigate him. In that unfamiliar social world, she meets Noah Maitland, one of her father's business associates, whom she is immediately drawn to, and who is another one of the FBI's investigation subjects unbeknownst to her.
When Noah pursues her, she decides to enjoy the experience while it lasts, and the two become a couple and start developing more serious feelings for one another, when their happy bubble is burst by the murder of Sloan's great grandmother. Sloan is framed for the murder, at which point Noah discovers the truth about her real job, and mistakenly assumes that she was also to blame for the investigation into his business.
He cuts all ties with her, and she returns home, but the people behind her grandmother's murder are determined to make her their scapegoat. Thankfully, her sister, whom she had grown to love, discovers the truth about their father's and his associate's plan, and warns Sloan in time.
Enjoyable, but with a bit of an abrupt ending and a lack of sufficient grovelling on Noah's part after he realized her innocence , which the abridged version of the audiobook is perhaps to blame for. The series continues with Every Breath You Take. I complained about why Ms. McNaught's books in this series is so long.. I want more!! A beautiful, marvelous tale!
And a lovely way to tell it! You never get disappointed with Ms. McNaught's books and you'll always hunger for more.. On for the next one ;. This is a romantic mystery that was fast-paced and for the most part a good read. I could have done without some of the romance, which I thought was a little far-fetched, but I am not a big romance fan. Sloan Reynolds, a small city police officer, is estranged from her father and sister, whom she never talks about or to, although she reads about them in the society pages of the newspaper.
Her life is far from the Palm Beach life they inhabit. She secretly wishes she could at least get to know her sister, and in an unlikely event, she gets that opportunity.
Unfortunately this chance comes with strings attached, especially shielding her job and pretending she is a helpless female to spy on her father and his business associates. As the lies become more entangled, she longs to tell her sister and others the truth, but is helpless to reveal her true identity. The romance is hot and steamy, and leads to the inevitable breakup and broken hearts.
What makes up for this predictable romantic plot is the mystery behind her father's business tactics and just who is really responsible for an unpredictable death that occurs late in the book. Oh, thank the Book Gods. I was so scared I was going to hate this. I loved Perfect but then I hated Every Breath You Take with the fiery passion of a thousand suns, so it was a real toss up as to whether or not I'd enjoy this.
There was a lot in the blurb that said to me I might hate this book too, but it worked out in such a way that I did like it. While the pacing of the book was pretty weird, I liked the progression of the story and couldn't immediately guess who was guilty of what.
I pretty much liked all of the characters except, of course, Carter and cared about them. I felt a lot of apprehension throughout at how hurt certain characters were going to be when the truth unraveled.
It turns out one of the characters was actually in Perfect and I didn't realize until it was explained at the end of the book I read Perfect two years ago but I definitely remember them from that book.
I'm not sure why, but it excited me to no end to find that out. I actually want to read that book again now. The only things I didn't like were that Sloan continually felt the need to make people feel better about Carter. Screw that asshole! He should have everyone hate him. There's no excuse for what he did. Especially blaming it on his mommy.
He was a grown ass man. And the ending dropped the ball. I wanted, no I think we needed, more of that final scene. There needed to be more words between them. That epilogue was utterly useless. The first part was a total waste of irrelevant words and there were just a lot of things that were left unmentioned and questions unanswered. I might have been able to deal with that if it just ended with the last chapter, but with that epilogue I would expect to know much more than we were given.
It felt really rushed, like she had to turn it in in a half hour and just typed up something really quickly. Down from four for the pacing and that ending. Sloan is one of those heroines that, based on the blurb on back of the book, you're pretty sure you're going to hate. She's blonde, gorgeous, has no idea she's gorgeous, rescues children, kites, puppies, and old ladies, and can kick your butt if she feels the need.
Sloan is very happy being a policewoman a very beloved policewoman - see aforementioned children, kites, puppies, and old ladies in her small town whe her father calls her out of the blue. As it happens, Sloan has never met her uber-wealthy father - he abandoned her mother while she was pregnant with our heroine and tricked her into signing away all rights to their older daughter, Paris. So Sloan has no desire nor intention of reconciling with the man You see, her father is under suspician of What is our poor heroine to do but pretend to be an airheaded interior designer and try to make nice with her coldly perfect society sister and possibly criminal and nonetheless still despised father.
And the ridiculously handsome and even-more-ridiculously wealthy neighbor makes things even more interesting A decently-crafted bit of romantic suspense. And I didn't want to throttle either hero or heroine when I was finished Score one for McNaught. I grew up on harlequin romances! All that to intro this book. I thought it a mystery romance But it was ensconced in this beautifully wholesome package of wonderful writing, and loveable characters, that by the time I realized what was taking place, I was hapless to put the book down.
I simply enjoyed this book! Sloan may read like a girl scout barbie come to life, but she is just so darn adorable and likeable, you just can't resist the pull to love her too!! It isn't complicated and inundated when far fetched plot twists I tell you this book was like a slice of homemade apple pie! Written as one of what seems to be the last of Judith Mcnaught's novels, Night Whispers still had an effective romantic punch though decidedly less dramatic then some of her previous work.
Sloan Reynolds is a cop in a small town and a good one at that despite the chauvinism she has too slog through every day. She's happy with her life, but someone is watching her every move. Out of the blue her wealthy absentee father makes contact and wants to connect with her. At first she flat out refuses but then the man stalking her comes out of the shadows and she finds she cannot resist her father's offer. What I liked about this novel was the fact the author sorta misdirects us at the beginning.
I like being surprised. I also liked that she didn't drag things out. Yes there is the big misunderstanding plot toward the end but JM does it like no other - heck her books are the template- so I'm ok with it. Also I really liked Sloan. And the H. So although not as gripping as some of her other novels.
A sold 4 stars from me. I didn't work out because of numerous reasons. One, this is late McNaught work where she couldn't fill her stories adequately. Was she rushed by her publisher, did she feel she was neglecting her personal life while developing this story, was she frustrated because she felt like her inspiration lost her? Three love stories together, none of them worked. Sloan and Noah, not believable but believable, but truly in the end really not believable.
Paris and FBI agent, no. And Sloan's friend and the policeman Jess. Uff, sick to my stomach no. I love McNaught because she left this huge legacy that I adore so I don't really mind that some of her books are this bad, because I've spent so many hours enjoying those ones which are exquisite.
What I attach with her name is feeling of warmth and deep appreciation. In a way, she is a synonym for a book home. The beginning was atrocious -- sappy, 2D, like an amateur, fake opening. I felt like gagging. But I kept reading, and I was glad I did so. Not as good as some of her others -- there was a plot hole or two, the male lead was exactly like all of her others, which is getting dull, etc.
But there were some good characters, as well, especially Courtney. My brain is mushier than a day ago, which was exactly my intent. These books are meant to be read for pure entertainment and fluff, and that's the way you have to approach them. No great literary content here, but good fun, and a reliable happy-ever-after. I'm actually sad to be rating the book so lowly, as it started off great.
The book kept me interested through most of the story, giving Paris more depth, but the whole story itself could have used more depth. Edith turned out to be basically a decent person, which doesn't explain how she let her daughter-in-law treat others like that, and I found the ending to be anti-climactic in regards to Carter. There was no real resolution between him and Sloan, no satisfying final scene of Sloan telling her father off or whatever. This story started out so well, but ultimately fell flat.
Brenda Britton. I love JM books so I loved this one. Books in Spanish. Night Whispers. By author Judith McNaught. Free delivery worldwide. Expected delivery to Germany in business days. Not ordering to Germany? Click here. Order now for expected delivery to Germany by Christmas. Description Dedicated policewoman Sloan Reynolds is thrust into a world of privilege inhabited by her estranged socialite father, whom she wants to trust despite a sinister plot that points to him and to Noah Maitland, the man she loves against her will.
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