Whiskey Beach
Ratings9
Average rating3.3
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Ratings9
Average rating3.3
For more than three hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore—and its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it’s home…
A Boston lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigations after being accused of—but never arrested for—the murder of his soon-to-be-ex wife.
He finds sanctuary at Bluff House, even though his beloved grandmother is in Boston recuperating from a nasty fall. Abra Walsh is always there, though. Whiskey Beach’s resident housekeeper, yoga instructor, jewelry maker, and massage therapist, Abra is a woman of many talents—including helping Eli take control of his life and clear his name. But as they become entangled in each other, they find themselves caught in a net that stretches back for centuries—one that has ensnared a man intent on reaping the rewards of destroying Eli Landon once and for all…
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I liked this way more than most things we read for Worst Bestsellers, but not as much as I liked Black Hills.
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You pretty much know what you are getting with a Nora Roberts single title novel but I must say this one was not my favorite. It was very slow and the heroine was way too Mary Sue perfect. The romantic relationship arc was one straight line up with little tension or spark. I'm not necessarily looking for angst a la Eve Dallas in every Nora book but a little more energy between hero and heroine would have been welcome. I quickly tired of reading about hero's perfect family and would have preferred some pages devoted to a secondary romance subplot instead.
I enjoy Nora Roberts female characters. They know when to be tough and know when they can't do something on their own. For Whiskey Beach I liked how this was Eli's story more than Abra's. He was the main character.
What to say that hasn't been said about Nora Roberts's books? This had a little less mystery than others, the male was the main character, the setting, while important, wasn't as vast as others.....Usually you get a better sense of the town the story takes place in, but this story mainly takes place inside Bluff House. I wasn't surprised by the killer and I didn't get too much of a sense of characters other than Abra and Eli.
I was hooked and once I got started a tore through the book, but I wouldn't say this was on par with other Nora Roberts books.
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