Whiskey Beach

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

For more than 300 years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore - and its secrets.

To summer tourists, it’s the crown jewel of the town’s stunning scenery. To the residents of Whiskey Beach, it’s landmark and legend. To Eli Landon, it’s home....

A Boston lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigation after being accused of murdering his soon-to-be ex-wife. And though there was never enough evidence to have him arrested, his reputation is in tatters as well as his soul. He needs sanctuary. He needs Bluff House.

While Eli’s beloved grandmother is in Boston, recuperating from a nasty fall, Abra Walsh has cared for Bluff House, among her other jobs as yoga instructor, jewelry maker, and massage therapist. She is a woman with an open heart and a wide embrace, and no one is safe from her special, some would say overbearing, brand of nurturing - including Eli.

He begins to count on Abra for far more than her cooking, cleaning, and massage skills, and starts to feel less like a victim - and more like the kind of man who can finally solve the murder of his wife and clear his name. But Bluff House’s many mysteries are a siren song to someone intent on destroying Eli and reaping the rewards. He and Abra will become entangled in a centuries-old net of rumors and half-truths that could pull them under the thunderous waters of Whiskey Beach....

Passion and obsession, humor and heart flow together in a novel about two people opening themselves up to the truth - and to each other.

©2013 Nora Roberts (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Struggled to overcome the female voices. I’d read this book years ago and it’s my favorite from Nora Roberts.

I wish they had used a female voice for the female characters because it made me cringe to hear a male try to sound female. I especially had to fight to overcome the masculine voice for Abra with the version of her I imagined when I’d read this book years ago - and it’s my FAVORITE from Nora Roberts, so I knew the story and characters. The narrator has exceptional skill with the male voices, however.

narrator

Narrator threw me. couldn't quite get the female voices. My opinion Nora Roberts books are best done by a female or a duo might work.

the storey

hate that I got the abridged book when I always get the unabridged. what I heard of the book it was good

I’ve never discontinued a book because of the terrible narration….until NOW!

It’s very unfortunate that I had to actually discontinue reading this book, but the way in which the narrator sounds when attempting female voices is more than I can take. Some of the voices sound as if he is imitating little children! Nora is probably my favorite author, so I’ll assume it’s a great story. That’s the best I can do….