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    The Reef
    The Reef
    The Reef
    Audiobook13 hours

    The Reef

    Written by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Sandra Burr

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    About this audiobook

    A marine archaeologist and a salvager join forces to search for a legendary treasure in this novel that takes readers to the depths of the Caribbean and the heights of passion and suspense—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.

    Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure-hunting. Over the years, she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them: Angelique’s Curse—a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. In order to find this precious artifact, the Beaumonts reluctantly form a partnership with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter.

    As the Beaumonts and Lassiters pool their resources to locate Angelique’s Curse, the Caribbean waters darken with shadowy deceptions and hidden threats. Their partnership is placed in jeopardy when Matthew refuses to share information—including the truth behind his father’s mysterious death. For now, Tate and Matthew continue their uneasy alliance—until danger and desire begin to rise to the surface…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 25, 2005
    ISBN9781596007703
    The Reef
    Author

    Nora Roberts

    Nora Roberts is the bestselling author of more than two hundred romance novels. She was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Since her first bestseller in 1991, Nora’s books have spent more than two hundred weeks in the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list. There are more than five hundred million copies of her books in print, published in over thirty-four countries.

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    • 5/5
      Best intense listen I’ve had in awhile couldn’t stop reading till I had it done ❤️
    • 5/5
      My favorite book! Adventure, passion, romance, mystery and extra interesting to me because I love to dive. Read and listened to this book twice! ❤️
    • 5/5
      I have read and listened to this book. Its one of my all time favorites.
    • 3/5
      Was a fairly good listen but not one of NR’s best still for a nice beach read I’d recommend it.
    • 5/5
      a great read, kept me guessing and I couldn't stop listening
    • 3/5
      Much too repetitive—- all that incessant talk about the amulet got to be quite tedious. I was hoping for another one of Nora’s best: The Obsession, The Witness, Hideaway, Shelter in Place, Local Hero, and Secret Star; all of which I’ve read and re-read many times.
    • 5/5
      A great Nora Robert's read Including romance, murder and intrigue!
    • 3/5
      can"t really rate as I had to stop. I have listened/ read many books by Nora Roberts & definitely love her stories but as soon as I heard the southern accent again! I just had to stop. I've listened to too many of her audio books with that southern drawl.... just can't take another! No offense to southerners, but it's def.not my favourite accent! story seems interesting though.....I'll have to find another...
    • 5/5
      Inhaltsangabe:Silas VanDyke ist besessen von der Aussicht, das berühmt-berüchtigte Amulett „Fluch der Angelique“ zu finden. Seit über 400 Jahren existiert es schon, dennoch ist es seit über 200 Jahren auf dem Meeresboden der Karibik verschollen, zusammen mit der Marguerite untergegangen. James Lassiter hatte einst eine Ahnung, wo es sich befinden könnte, doch er hat es niemanden erzählt. Deshalb mußte er fast vor den Augen seines Sohnes Matthew und seinem Bruder Buck sterben.Jahre später lernt Matthew die Familie Beaumonts kennen. Sie tummeln sich gerade in der Karibik, um ihrem Hobby – dem Tauchen – nachzugehen. Die bezaubernde Tochter Tate studiert sogar Meeresarchäologie. Matthew und Tate verlieben sich ineinander, während sie die Marguerite finden und die verborgenen Schätze daraus bergen. Gerade, als sie im Taumel ihres Glücks und Triumphes sind, passiert ein Ungluck: Ein Hai greift Buck an und nimmt ihm ein Bein ab. Um sein Leben zu retten, verlassen sie das Wrack. Später müssen sie tatenlos mit ansehen, wie VanDyke bereits erneut die Lassiters demütigt und die Marguerite hebt und bergt.Da er sich nun um Bucks Genesung kümmern muss, trennt Matthew sich von Tate. Mit gebrochenem Herzen kehrt Tate ans College zurück und versucht den wunderbaren Sommer mit Matthew zu vergessen.Acht Jahre später wagt Matthew sich erneut in die Meere hinaus, nachdem er seine Schulden bezahlt, ein neues Boot und neue Pläne geschmiedet hat. Ray Beaumont, Tates Vater, zettelt eine weitere private Expedition an. Denn es steht fest: Der „Fluch der Angelique“ wurde auf der Marguerite nicht gefunden, somit muß das Schmuckstück auf der Isabella gewesen sein, die unweit ihres Schwesterschiffes gesunken ist. Tate ist allerdings trotz ihrer herausragenden Ausbildung skeptisch, ob eine neue Expedition Sinn macht, zumal sie sich mit der Tatsache vertraut machen muß, das sie erneut mit Matthew Lassiter zusammen arbeiten wird.Zu sechst machen sie sich erneut auf den Weg in die Karibik und sie sind sich sicher, sie finden das sagenumwobene Amulett. Aber in welche Gefahren sie sich wirklich begeben, erkennen sie erst viel später, als sie Isabella tatsächlich auf dem Meeresboden finden!Mein Fazit:Es ist ein wunderbares Buch über die Welt im Wasser. Anschaulich hat die Autorin die Welt der Wracks, Moränen, Haie und Barakudas beschrieben und ich bin in Gedanken mit eingetaucht. Ich habe förmlich das Salz auf meiner Haut gespürt. Wenn man einmal mit diesem Buch anfängt, muß man einfach weiterlesen. Ich habe es genossen, mal eine andere Welt kennen zu lernen und ich bin gespannt, wann ich den nächsten Roman dieser Autorin lesen werde. Atemberaubend und bis zur letzten Seite spannend.Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt aus März 2005.
    • 5/5
      Another good read from Ms Roberts. Excellent story, intrigue, skullduggery, romance, friendship, love, all rolled into one.
    • 2/5
      A recording where chinks is the text are not missing
    • 4/5
      The Reef is a compelling romantic tale of love, betrayal, and witchcraft surrounding a priceless necklace named Angelique's Curse lost at sea when the Isabella shipwrecks off the Caribbean coast in the 18th century. After chasing the haunted amulet for decades, Matthew and Buck Lassiter team up with the Beaumonts to continue the search, and, together, they stumble onto the Santa Margarita, a sunken ship off the Island of Nevis that contains priceless treasures but no necklace. Tate Beaumont and Matthew's love/hate relationship is painful and, at times, aggravating as the two families find their discovery snatched away by a madman who will go to any length to possess Angelique's Curse. The author's descriptive narrative of underwater diving is realistic and colorful, the action is lively, and the plots twists at the end are worth waiting for. All in all, I found this modern-day swashbuckler very entertaining.
    • 3/5
      This book was a little too "romance fiction" for my complete liking but the story about treasure hunting in the Caribbean was certainly exciting and interesting. You just know the young hero and heroine are eventually going to get together but it's interesting to see the impediments to their relationship arise and eventually be overcome. The villain was suitably evil and the other characters were quite well developed. An enjoyable if light read.
    • 4/5
      It started slow than pick up. Very good book!!
    • 4/5
      Very light reading but quite enjoyable. During the reading I couldn't help but wonder how Silas VanDyke would get his reward/punishment.The book gives some insight into diving for treasure too.
    • 5/5
      The more books I read by Nora Roberts, the more I am discovering her tallent for creating a setting for her novels. She really knows how to take the reader with her on every adventure. The Reef was so well written that you could just imagine yourself in the sea diving for treasure or aboard the boat in the warm sun. The plot was wonderful, the characters were likable, the villians were nasty. I really enjoyed the love story between Tate and Matthew. I liked how it spread out over the years, which made it slightly more realistic. I really enjoyed this book, it was full of adventure!
    • 5/5
      This is one of the books I keep on hand to re-read. It's a keeper.
    • 3/5
      Starts out slow. Good beach read.
    • 2/5
      Somewhat entertaining, mostly forgettable. While reading this for the first time, I was less than thrilled. After the fact, I feel no inclination to revisit this book despite being an avid re-reader. Roberts has much better work out there, so feel free to skip this one without a worry.
    • 3/5
      Average story from Nora Roberts. Could not get really worked up about the characters, rather non descript, but marine archaeology seemed quite interesting to me. All that history!