The Liar by Nora Roberts
Shelby
Pomeroy Foxworth is a recent young widow with a three year old daughter living
in a mansion outside of Philadelphia. She
is getting used to the idea of being widowed when she starts getting phone
calls from various financial institutions.
Turns out Richard, her not-so-dear departed, was not as flush as he led
her to believe. He left her millions of
dollars worth of debt. And it turns out
their financial situation isn’t the only thing he lied about.
This
is romantic suspense in true Roberts style.
My only complaint is that I knew how the book was going to end as soon
as it started. But I kept listening, and
gladly. Shelby is a woman that is coming
into her own and taking control of a life she lost her hold on when she got
married to a con man. Seeing her grow
and fall in love was simply delightful. There
was enough action to keep the story moving and of course a great love
story. These characters are all too good
to be true, but it’s so much fun believing they are real even if for only a few
hours!
I
really enjoyed this book on audio because the southern accent mixed with what I
call southernisms was perfect. The one
that sticks in my head is “she’s as helpless as a baby duck with no feet” –
horrible to think about but a perfect description! The reader does an admirable job voicing
three year old Callie, but the sweet tones get a little jarring after a
while. Still, I enjoyed it on audio for
the accents.
