"Greetings!"
I would like to apologize for the lack of activity on this site for the past month, I am recuperating from a broken arm that has really hindered my ability to operate the keyboard without discomfort.
So this post will be short....and hopefully, sweet!
Just an update pertaining to Twilight....
*(To read my previous reviews about "Twilight")
I watched the movie, actually I purchased the movie, and I can say, it was a pretty good "watch."
I purchased the first book of the saga for my daughter, who has read all the books now. And let me say, she really enjoyed them!
So, here is my opinion:
These books are exceptionally long, and there are four of them (so far??) and I ask you....what would you rather have your child doing? Spending a few days reading a series of perfectly harmless fictional books or being out on the streets, possibly getting into mischief or worse yet, having mischief coming to them?
So what if these books aren't really an adult's literature choice, the kid's love them! Most of us, as adults are so busy with the responsibilities of living, that we have lost our imagination, so what if these books don't portray "our" ideas of what "Vampire" rules are? This IS a fictional book, people, it's not meant to be fact. So where is the harm in reading an enjoyable book.....if our kids enjoy the book, what is the problem? You don't have to read it! You do have a choice.
So I say, lighten up!!!! I enjoyed the movie "Twilight" and my kid enjoys the books, so I give the "Twilight Saga" a "THUMBS UP." Would you rather that your children be obsessed with a movie like "Last house on the Left?" I think not!
"Greetings!"
Well, Nora Roberts has done it again!
Midnight Bayou is an awesome read!
Set in the Bayou country of Louisianna, Midnight Bayou is an enchanting tale of ghost from the past and love in the future, with mystery and suspense thrown in for good measure.
The story takes place with the purchase of an old dilapidated mansion, on the outskirts of New Orleans, Declan Fitzgerald, the wealthy, new owner, having called off his wedding and leaving his successful attorney's office in New York, has taken on the overwhelming position of restoring the old mansion to it's former glory.
Rumor is, that the old Mansion is haunted, which Declan, immediately, finds out that the local legends are true.
This book has all the twists and turns, and bells and whistles and surprises that no one could predict! Nora Roberts has an imagination that no one can possibly equal!
I cannot give away any of the treats that you will find in Midnight Bayou.....you will have to read it yourself to find those.
Here's the description on Midnight Bayou's jacket:
"The number one New YorkTimes bestselling author of The Villa presents a novel set in the bayou country of Louisiana-where the only witness to a long ago tragedy is a once grand house.
There was something about the house that called out to Declan Fitzgerald. The dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans, rumored to be haunted, and long taken over by spiders and dust, would require countless hours of labor to restore to it's former splendor. Perhaps that was part of the appeal. Having finally purchased Manet Hall after dreaming about it for years, Declan left his Boston law practice, traded in his briefcase for a toolbelt, in hopes of rediscovering the deep soul satisfaction of real hard work.
But, as he begins the renovation, spending long hours in total isolation within the crumbling house, Declan wonders whether the talk of ghosts is more than just local legend. He has had visions, seen strange things from a century past. More so, he feels inexplicable, unpredictable sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief.
For a time, a beautiful neighbor named Angelina Simone provides an alluring distraction from the disquieting events--and as Declan focuses on bebuilding Manet Hall, the passion between them grows stronger as well. This dusky, earthy woman has an odd connection to the mansion, too, however.
Before Declan and Angelina can hope for a future together, they must uncover a secret from the past as deep and dark as the bayou!"
Nora Roberts is the first writer to have been inducted into the Romance Writer's of America Hall of Fame.
Nora lives in Maryland and is an avid gardener, her husband, Bruce is a carpenter and they have two grown sons.
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Category: Mystery and Suspense
This collection of books features New York City Police Lieutenant, Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, investigating murder cases and crime in the futuristic years, 2058-2059.
Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than one hundred novels, including seventeen books in the number-one New York Times-bestselling In Death series, written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than two hundred million copies of her books in print.
In hardcover for the first time, here is the novel that started it all-the first book in J. D. Robb's number-one New York Times-bestselling In Death series, featuring New York City homicide detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas, Roarke, her husband-to-be, her partner, Peabody, and the rest of the gang.
"In Death" Series featuring Lt. Eve Dallas:
Naked in Death
Eve Dallas pursues a romantic relationship with a mysterious and wealthy Irishman (Roarke), while investigating a murder case.
Glory in Death
Suspecting a link between the murders of two beautiful and highly successful women, Dallas follows up a on a long list of suspects that includes her lover, Roarke.
Immortal in Death
Eve investigates the murder of a beautiful and ruthlessly seductive woman and learns that her best friend, a woman who lost a man to the victim, may be implicated in the crime.
Rapture in Death
In the wake of three supposed suicides by a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician, Dallas discovers evidence that links the three victims and suspects that have been murdered.
Vengeance in Death
Two brutal slayings accompanied by vague puzzles, including one that points to her new husband, Roarke, leaves Dallas mystified.
Ceremony in Death
Investigating the death of a fellow officer, Dallas receives a personal warning when a dead body is placed outside her home.
Holiday in Death
With a vicious serial killer preying on the employees of an elite New York City escort service, Eve goes undercover to stop the ritual murders.
Conspiracy in Death
Eve Dallas is forced to walk a dangerous line between justice and her carreer as she plays a deadly game with a serial killer who removes the hearts of his victims with surgical precision.
Loyalty in Death
Dallas faces her most ingenious foe! A secret admirer who taunts her with letters while he kills.
Judgment in Death
When a copy killer cuts loose in a New York club called Purgatory, Dallas must descend into a underground criminal hell to solve the crime.
Witness in Death
After a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, dallas becomes not only the lead detective but an eye witness.
Betrayal in Death
Eve investigates a homicide on her husband's luxurious hotel grounds and finds herself up against a murder who is after more than the hotel's maids.
Seduction in Death
As Dallas tracks a seductive and ruthless killer through the streets of twenty-first century New York, she must, also, face brutal memories from her childhood.
Reunion in Death
Eve and her husband, Roarke, find their anniversary taking a murderous turn.
Purity in Death
Dallas investigates the bizarre case of Louie Cogburn, a once peaceful man whose sudden rage ends in tragedy and death.
Portrait in Death
Eve investigates a brutal crime within the art world, where nothing is what it seems.
Imitation in Death
Dallas and Roarke's lives are in grave danger when a clever killer attempts to trap them in a deadly game.
Divided in Death
When one of his trusted employees becomes the prime suspect in a double homicide, Roarke enlists the assistance of his wife.
Survivor in Death
When the Swisher family of 059 New York City is murdered, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, Peabody and Roarke conduct an investigation while trying to protect the terrified nine-year-old girl who is the family's lone survivor and witness.
Visions in Death
Dallas reluctantly accepts help from a psyhic to solve a string of gruesome murders in 2059 Manhattan, but the stakes are raised after her partner, Peabody, nearly becomes the next victim.
Strangers in Death
Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. And as ever, some murders receive more attention than other's, especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed--and strangled--with cords of black velvet. Was this a crime of passion--or a carefully planned execution?
It's up to Dallas to solve a sensational case where all involved guard secrets from one another--and strangers may be connected in unexpected and deadly ways.
Memory in Death
Eve Dallas' "tough cop" exterior is shaken by her twisted former foster mother's demands for money in exchange for protecting secrets from Eve's childhood.
Midnight in Death
When Eve's name makes a Christmas list for putting a serial killer behind bars, she and Roarke must stop him from exacting his bloody vengeance.
Origin in Death
Known as "Dr. Perfect," the saintly Icove devoted his life to his family and his work. His record is clean. Too clean for Dallas. She knows he was hiding something and suspects that his son—and successor—knows what it is. Then, like father, like son, the young Dr. Icove is killed . . . with the same deadly precision, leaving Dallas to track the killer.
Born in Death
Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers—both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm—are brutally killed on the same night. And when Mom-to be, Tawny Willowby, is a no-show at Dallas' friend, Mavis' Baby Shower, and Eve finds Marvis' baby gift in Tawny's home, Mavis wants no one else for the job of searching for the missing Mom-to-be.
Innocent In Death
The phenomenal series set in a future New York City returns as NYPSD Lt. Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher—and uncovers some extraordinary surprises. Craig Foster's death devastated his young wife, who'd sent him to work that day with a lovingly packed lunch. It shocked his colleagues at the private school, too, and as for the ten-year-old girls who found him in his classroom in a pool of bodily fluids—they may have been traumatized for life.
Creation in Death
A killing spree that takes the lives of four young women in fifteen days by a man called "the Groom" by the media, because he put silver rings on the fingers of his victims, Eve is haunted by "those she couldn't save." What she doen't know is that he is practicing up for his greatest challenge and biggest pleasure....Eve!
Salvation in Death
When a priest drinks from the Chalice at a Funeral mass and falls over dead, Lt. Eve Dallas confirms that the Chalice held poisoned wine. Then, a second murder occurs, in front of an even larger congregation and Eve is left to find the answers.
Promises in Death
When a newly transferred, long-time cop is taken down and killed with her own weapon, just a few steps from her own apartment, Eve Dallas is on the scene, investigating the murder of "one of their own."
Interlude In Death
Originally published in the anthology, OUT OF THIS WORLD, 08/01.
Three in Death
Includes these three favorites: Interlude In Death, Midnight In Death, Haunted In Death.
In Death: The First Cases
Naked in Death "In Death #1" (originally published in July 1995)
It is the year 2058, and technology now completely rules the world. But New York City Detective Eve Dallas knows that the irresistible impulses of the human heart are still ruled by just one thing-passion.
When a senator's daughter is killed, the secret life of prostitution she'd been leading is revealed. The high-profile case takes Lieutenant Eve Dallas into the rarefied circles of Washing-ton politics and society. Further complicating matters is Eve's growing attraction to Roarke, who is one of the wealthiest and most influential men on the planet, devilishly handsome . . . and the leading suspect in the investigation.
Glory in Death "In Death #2" (originally published in December 1995)
The dead were her business. She lived with them, worked with them, studied them. She dreamed of them. And because that didn't seem to be enough, in some deep, secret chamber of her heart, she mourned for them.
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