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Honest Illusions

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Sandra Burr
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About this listen

A man and a woman who thrive on danger and deception find explosive passion in this compelling novel where nothing is as it seems - from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.

The daughter of a world-renowned magician, Roxy Nouvelle has inherited her father’s talents - and his penchant for jewel thievery. Into this colorful world comes Luke Callahan, an escape artist who captures her heart - and keeps secrets that could shatter all her illusions...

©2008 Nora Roberts (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

"[A] suspenseful, glamorous story of love, blackmail, and magic." ( Kirkus Reviews)
"Reader Burr displays a variety of intonations and accents, from kids to little ladies and old men, from Cajuns to New Yorkers and Mexicans." ( AudioFile)
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I do not fault the writing or performance. However, I struggled to find the characters likeable. Luke was written as an arrogant bully with violent tendencies. And Roxanne is depicted as a wilful attention seeker that blew hot & cold. I kept listening in the hope it improved, but was ready to quit the story at one point when Luke grabs & handcuffs her as they are arguing. A more dysfunctional relationship is hard to imagine. I made myself listen to the end, but cannot say I enjoyed it.

Not the best of Nora Roberts

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I enjoyed listening to this book very much as I have a likeness for Nora Roberts books

Honest Illusions

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It sounds like it's read by a computer very disappointing indeed. The storyline isn't as grabbing as I've come to expect from Nora Roberts. Overall I would say poor, and don't waste your money.

Storyline isn't bad but the delivery is awful!

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I enjoyed the story as always with Nora Roberts...not one of my favourites but still an enjoyable bit of escapism. Unfortunately the audio was very poor - sounded like the woman was under water reading...very tinny and robotic at times...this became rather annoying as the book does go on some but I stuck it out as liked the actual story (which I have read in paperback before).

Poor audio

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I have to say that I laboured through this one. I usually like Nora Roberts' books as light relief. The two main characters bickered their way through the whole book and I felt like telling them to grow up. I found the hero most unlikeable and rather lacking in sense. The story opens when he returns after being absent for five years. There's no good explanation of why he couldn't have contacted his family and told them what the problem was.
The summary refers to the heroine as being a thief, but I had assumed that was some sort of plot twist. In fact all the 'sympathetic' characters are thieves and their only self-justification appears to be that they enjoy it. Perhaps this was meant to give a Raffles-like air to them, but it didn't work for me.

unsympathetic characters

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