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The Welcoming

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Christian Rummel
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A tale of danger and desire from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, The Welcoming follows a man in pursuit of a master criminal risking more than his life when he meets a woman who steals his heart.

Charity Ford’s seaside inn on Orcas Island is a home away from home for people seeking the simple pleasures in life. Falling prey to a hit-and-run accident has made Charity even more aware of how precious life is. But what she doesn’t know is some of her guests are not who they appear to be. Some are involved in illegal activities—and they’re responsible for Charity’s near death experience. Enter Roman DeWinter, an undercover federal agent on a mission to bring the criminals to justice. He failed to protect Charity once but now he’ll do anything to keep her safe.

©1989 Nora Roberts. (P)2006 Audible, Inc., all rights reserved. Published by Brilliance Audio. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Heartfelt Crime

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“Skillfully pairs a fast-paced tale of love and danger with a plot laced with tantalizing domestic details. Guaranteed to delight Roberts' legion of fans.”—Booklist
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Love the location!! Orcas Island is amazing! I have vacationed there due to this book.

Nora is amazing in her location descriptions.

This hasn’t aged well.

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A good story could have been here, but to me it wasn’t developed enough. Overall the timeframe seemed to be a week or two and I’m not sure how people can fall in “deep love” and be so trusting so fast. That doesn’t seem to fit Charity’s character.

Not my favorite

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Not my favorite. No build up of relationship. Story line was missing a lot of details. I just wasn’t crazy about it, I love Nora but this wasn’t my favorite.

Not my favorite

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You can tell this one is written in the 80’s. It is not as good as Robert’s newer books.

Very dated

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Not NR’s best, but not bad. It’s too short to have any real relationship building. Just left me feeling meh.

Just meh

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One more Nora Robert’s book that I loved! She never disappoints 😊. Great story, great delivery, love imagining the places where her books take place. The descriptions are just phenomenal! The love story off course is always a plus!

The performance was amazing!

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I really enjoyed how the characters grew. The descriptions of places helped to see the characters in place and action.

The story line

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just the right amount of wonder, and love is always a good, lovely never ending story.💖💞❤💕

suspense and love

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I did not enjoy this story. it was very slow moving with little action and not a strong story plot. the narrators were ok.

the welcoming

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Great story, as always. Well written and the story moves quickly. I wish her books were longer!

Great, as always

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