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    Burn

    Written by Linda Howard

    Narrated by Joyce Bean

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine's life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything.
    Flush with new money, Jenner can't imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she's rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally - and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege - in shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jenner's confidante and surrogate sister.
    When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she's expecting - and dreading - two weeks of masquerade balls, art auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme - or else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydney's life as well as her own at risk, Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination, Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn't had in years - and realizes she's found a life worth living. If she survives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 7, 2009
    ISBN9781423310358
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    Linda Howard

    Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Up Close and Dangerous, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, and Dying to Please. She lives in Alabama with her husband and a golden retriever.

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    • 3/5
      Cael Traylor is a super-hero: he's gorgeous, speaks lots of languages (including "Southern"), has limitless martial skills, and was trained by no less than Mossad. Nowadays, he and his team - all of whom are unusually good-looking, smart, well-heeled and fun to be around - take assignments in surveillance. Jenner Redwine is a former blue-collar worker who won one of the biggest lotteries anywhere and is now rich enough to buy a small country, but she hasn't found a place where she seems to fit. Jenner gets in Cael's way, literally - his team was supposed to be in her stateroom on a cruise, but the paranoid bad guy arranges a swap at the last minute. Cael solves this in true "Romanceland" style: her friend is kidnapped onshore, and Cael kidnaps her on the cruise. She must pretend to be in love, giving him an excuse to be in her stateroom, and there are endless situations that develop, including the feisty heroine handcuffed to the muscular hero all night.

      That said, if you are a Howard fan this book will probably be a struggle to get through in the middle of the book, but keep going. The end is good.
    • 4/5
      Good book. Good characters. Enjoyed it the whole thing!
    • 4/5
      I've been disappointed in most of LH's more recent releases, but I was pleasantly surprised with this one. It reminded me quite a bit of All the Queen's Men. Kind of light on the romance and heavy on the storyline, but still oddly satisfying.

      I was concerned that the resolution between Jenner and Cael wouldn't be quite satisfactory, but I was pleased with the way it turned out. I felt we got to know both characters and they worked well together.

      The storyline was interesting b/c it took place almost exclusively on a cruise ship. The suspense plot didn't contain much mystery - the villain was introduced almost immediately - but it still worked. I'm sure if I thought long enough I could find plenty of holes in the story, but the truth is I was entertained enough that I didn't care.
    • 5/5
      Very good. I've read this book twice before...once when it was first released, and then again a few years later. It was nice to revisit for the 3rd. time as a listener instead of as a reader. The narrator was very good. I am so glad that these books are now in unabridged audio...it was very irritating when audio books first came out years ago because they were abridged and some very good parts were always cut out. YEAH FOR UNABRIDGED!
    • 4/5
      I started this book two or three years ago but the first 25% were so slow and boring that I just couldn't finish it. Now I gave it a second chance and after the first few chapters the story was much better. Still, I would like it to be less Jenner introspections and more action. The plot and characters were nice.
    • 4/5
      I hesitated to read this because of lots of reviews gave it a luke warm receipts. I should know better it;s Linda Howard it may not be what you would write but it's pretty damn good. This book stated a little differently from others, it started at the end. the the back story the back to the action. Kinda catching you up but not in a flashback sequence.From this book I learnt a few things I didn't know about the lottery. Jenner won the lotto, now her life is very different ( If i ever won the lotto, I have learnt what to do and what not to do) Anyhoo, flashback to Jenner present day and the story really begins.Personally 1) I would have NEVER let someone steal $50 much less $ 27400 that mother foooo oh ugh *coughs * ahem I meant what I was saying ugh Yeah Jenner has changed somewhat ok a whole lot but wouldn't you?? 2)Her 'love' scenario really smacks of Stockholm syndrome or even hero worship. I would be more pissed before we fell in love but then again people meet and fall 'in love' in some sticky situations doesn't mean they won't last. The female lead kept insisting she wasn't stupid, that she was strong and capable and sometimes that can be annoying.The main characters worked together well, and the relationship that formed was a natural formation from that. I am however dying to know about Adam, since his heart was broken in this book. I think this is a much like her other reads and I think this was definitively a book to read despite what others were saying.I enjoyed this one, the killer was a little too effed up; even for me. I mean really?? That's your solution to your personal problems??? But then again to each their own. Actually no f**k that he soo got what he deserved A**hole.See strong reactions - good book- you go readEnjoy my loves
    • 4/5
      Jenner Redwine is an interesting character that grows and develops throughout the book as she moves from her life as a meat packer into the life of a millionaire after winning the lottery. After surviving the tumult created by the winning itself, and the changing attitudes of those around her, Jenner lands in the middle of a plot to sink a cruise ship. Though this is not Howard’s best novel, it is definitely entertaining and suspense filled romance.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyed this book. It was a page turner. Linda Howard does not disappoint in this one. Who doesn't like a main character who is rich because she won the lottery?
    • 3/5
      The lotto winner who needs to move on and get away from her family who keeps taking advantage of her. The cruise-ship kidnap was good and of course the rest of the romance was sweet. I don't like the violence leads to romance angle.
    • 4/5
      Winning the lottery was exciting enough. But now Jenner Redwine's hostage on a cruise ship with her good behavior the slim lifeline for her one good friend in the world. Intrigue and double-dealing on the high seas, likable main characters and a fast-paced plot make this one of Howard's better efforts of late.
    • 4/5
      Jenner wins the lottery, loses old friends, then gains a new rich friend (who turns out to be a lovely person). On their way to a hugely expensive charity cruise, Jenner's friend Sydney is kidnapped and held to ensure Jenner's cooperation with a group of people who seem to be spying on the wealthy owner of the cruise ship.Jenner falls - grumpily - for her captor, who slowly seems to be emerging as a good guy. The chemistry between the two somewhat makes up for the far-fetched plot of kidnapper-with-a-heart-old-gold...
    • 4/5
      After Jenner Redwine won the lottery her life changed. Her father ripped her off, her ex tried to sue her for a percentage of her winnings and her friends decide that she's a money sink. She moves and finds herself in the wold of the wealthy and finds a friend in the shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett.They decide to go on a chairty cruise when Sydney is kidnapped on shore and Jenner is kidnapped aboard. They're not sure what their kidnappers want but as time goes on Jenner finds herself attracted to hers!It's pretty predictable but I did enjoy the ride.
    • 5/5
      This was my first Linda Howard novel and it will not be my last. This book was very entertaining. I loved Cael, he was so sexy. Very interesting story line, lots of drama and hot sex scenes. Looking forward to reading more of this author's works.
    • 3/5
      I used to so love Linda Howard, but she's really losing it. This book was phoned in, with pages of boring, non essential details. The trouble is that the basic premise was a good one on so many levels. Jenner wins the lottery, the big one, and then everything changes. She loses her friends, her family, her life. And the life she rebuilds isn't so great, despite the money. And then her one true friend is kidnapped, and will be harmed unless she plays along... Now who isn't interested in that?It wasn't that I didn’t believe Larkin, the lunatic villain, he was actually 3 dimensional by Howard's standards. It was that she gave barely any time to the relationship and romance of Cael and Jenner, and totally lacked the intensity of connection that her lovers usually have. Also, virtually no sex scenes, which are frankly usually one of Howard's major strengths.Sadly not a keeper.
    • 3/5
      I absolutely loved the beginning of this book. The story of Jenner and how she wins the lottery and how it alters her life is compelling. It isn't until the second part of the story when Sydney is held by kidnappers that the story gets a little out of hand. With that said, this story is the perfect escape. Yes, the plot is a little far fetched and the romance is a little forced, but the characters are wonderful and the book allows your imagination to go places you 've never been before (let's hope).
    • 2/5
      Not up to Howard's usual snappy style. Takes place on a cruise ship and couldn't be more boring, and the male protagonist is given the awful name of Cael. There's a B story with the heroine's friend Syd that showed promise but was not developed. Not recommended.
    • 4/5
      Jenner Redwine works in a factory until she wins the lottery, which totally changes her life. She begins to hobnob with the wealthy and elite, but never feels like she fits in. She has one real friend, Sydney, who talks her into going on the maiden voyage of a luxurious cruise ship for charity. Before the women board the ship, they are kidnapped. Sydney is sequestered in a hotel and kept from boarding. Jenner is held hostage in one of the staterooms and forced to pretend to have a romantic relationship with one of her captors. Things aren't always as they seem, however...it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between the bad guys and the good guys.The story starts out a little slowly, after the first couple of chapters, it really takes off. There is plenty of suspense and romance. Once started, it is hard to put down.
    • 3/5
      Linda Howard's new hardback "Burn" is about a lottery winner who is on a charity cruise when she's coerced to cooperating with a mysterious (and, of course, gorgeous) man doing surveillance on the man in the stateroom next door. I liked the book except for the slow and choppy beginning. It starts out in present time, moves back 7 years to when the main character, Jenner, wins the lottery, and then moves forward to the time leading up to the cruise. Starting the book felt like coming into a movie half-way in. You're sort of lost and trying to figure out if you're even in the right place. Then, the chapters leading up to when Jenner wins the lottery seem sort of extraneous. I think it could all have been explained in a few pages and in a different manner that didn't slow down the pace.However, once the cruise begins the pace picks up and remains pretty steady through the rest of the book. It was a little bit disconcerting at times to read about what was happening off the ship (I had to re-read character names to realize they were talking about characters on shore), but I guess there's no help for that since it's necessary to let the reader know what was happening with other characters. Overrall, though I enjoyed Howard's new book. It had the some of the same humor she used in "To Die For" and "Mr. Perfect". And of course her heroine isn't anyone's door mat even if she's being held hostage.