Whispers at Midnight - Hardcover

Robards, Karen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743453468 ISBN 13: 9780743453462

Publisher: Atria, 2003

Synopsis

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From New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, whom Newsweek magazine calls "one of the most popular voices in women's fiction," comes a thrilling new novel of romantic suspense set in a sultry small southern town.

Carly Linton is hell-bent on starting over. After a bruising divorce, she moves back to her tiny hometown of Benton, Georgia, to start up a bed-and-breakfast in the old house she inherited from her grandmother. The whole town remembers her as the proverbial good girl, but Carly is tired of being good -- she's ready to walk on the wide side, and she knows exactly where she wants to start.

Matt Converse, the town's former bad boy, is now the local sheriff and a pillar of the community. But he hasn't forgotten his wild days, or the magical night of the senior prom he shared with Carly years ago. When Carly's dog unearths a dead body on her property, Matt is forced to spend time there, and Carly decides to use her newfound wiles to seduce him. But when someone breaks into Carly's house and tries to take her away, Matt is the only person who can protect her from a mysterious enemy who's making it all too clear that Carly should never have come back to Benton.

Richly suspenseful, tightly plotted, and deeply sensual, Whispers at Midnight is Karen Robards at her scintillating best.

From New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, whom Newsweek magazine calls "one of the most popular voices in women's fiction," comes a thrilling new novel of romantic suspense set in a sultry small southern town.

Carly Linton is hell-bent on starting over. After a bruising divorce, she moves back to her tiny hometown of Benton, Georgia, to start up a bed-and-breakfast in the old house she inherited from her grandmother. The whole town remembers her as the proverbial good girl, but Carly is tired of being good -- she's ready to walk on the wide side, and she knows exactly where she wants to start.

Matt Converse, the town's former bad boy, is now the local sheriff and a pillar of the community. But he hasn't forgotten his wild days, or the magical night of the senior prom he shared with Carly years ago. When Carly's dog unearths a dead body on her property, Matt is forced to spend time there, and Carly decides to use her newfound wiles to seduce him. But when someone breaks into Carly's house and tries to take her away, Matt is the only person who can protect her from a mysterious enemy who's making it all too clear that Carly should never have come back to Benton.

Richly suspenseful, tightly plotted, and deeply sensual, Whispers at Midnight is Karen Robards at her scintillating best.

About this title

About the Author:

Karen Robards is the author of more than twenty novels, including To Trust a Stranger, Paradise County, Irresistible, and Scandalous, many of which have appeared on the New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. Her work has been translated into eleven languages. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband, Doug, and their three sons.

From AudioFile:

It's late when Carly Linton and Sandra Johnson unpack the U-Haul at Carly's grandmother's home, and even later when they first run into Matt Converse, the town's sheriff and Carly's old high school flame. Then they discover someone hiding in the house. The sheriff seeks the identity of the intruder and tries to keep her safe; Carly tries to keep mind and body together while finding Matt irresistible. The situation escalates as the intruder tries several times to kill Carly. Kate Forbes brings both action and romantic scenes to life with dramatic aplomb. While the abridgment leaves a few loose ends, it mainly sticks to Robards's well-plotted, romantic story line. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743453468
• ISBN 13: 9780743453462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400