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Sanctuary
- Narrated by: Sandra Burr
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction
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Summary
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a seductive and suspenseful novel of dangerous liaisons and family betrayals....
Photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway thought she'd escaped the house called Sanctuary long ago. She'd spent her loneliest years there, after the sudden, unexplained disappearance of her mother. Yet the sprawling inn on an island off the Georgia coast continues to haunt her dreams. And now, even more haunting are the pictures someone is sending her: strange close-ups and candids, culminating in the most shocking portrait of all - a photo of her mother - naked, beautiful, and dead.
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- Peter
- 22-07-12
Suspense and too perfect sex
The ability to describe sex is well known by Nora Robert's readers. In Sanctuary she indulges in so many so perfect intercourses that at least I get bored. Is this "female porn"? There is never a hint of even the slightest problem or difficulty in all those simultaneous perfect orgasms following one after the other. They overshadow the main plot to such a degree that any serious reader/listener must become quite fed up
7 people found this helpful
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- Nadia
- 24-05-09
Fantastic Family Saga
If you like a book with plenty of drama and secrets in the cupboard, then this book is perfect. This novel follows the lives of the Hatthaway family as they struggle to rebuild their lives after a personal tragedy, but the past comes back to haunt them in more ways than one. This book has romance, drama and mystery and most importantly in my opinion, great characters. I've found Nora Roberts a little hit and miss but this is certainly one of her hits.
6 people found this helpful
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- Margaret
- 24-04-10
Fantastic book
'Sanctuary' was a delight to listen too. It kept me on the edge of my seat to the very end, trying to work out who was 'the one'.
This was my second audio book. The first being 'Bed of Roses' also by Nora Roberts. Bed of Roses is the second installment of the 'Bride Quartet' I would recommend these two books as well as 'Vision in White': Bride Quartet book one. Truly great reads.
3 people found this helpful
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- Utente anonimo
- 11-05-18
Sanctuary
Very disappointed with this book after reading the reef and the witness by Nora Roberts both excellent I hoped this book would be good but it was not it's was boring the story wasn't good. I would not recommend this book.
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- Ian
- 14-07-21
Infuriating
Enjoyed it overall, but characters behaving out of their created character is a bit annoying. The rape seen should not have been included in such detail.
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- Patricia
- 17-03-21
Far fetched
Truly far fetched. Too long. It helped me to sleep. probably my very last Roberts.
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- Alyson Upton
- 02-11-19
irritating throughout
the characters and voices of them irritated me throughout this book, not as good as other Nora Roberts books
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- cassie
- 27-03-18
Too gruesome
It would have been nice if audible had put a rating or warning of the graphic ness. I had no idea a Nora Roberts wrote books like this. It is well written and performed but is not for the faint of heart. She describes several rapes and murders in detail. It is apparent this book was written a decade ago. It was so disturbing I couldn’t finish it or return it bc I had listened so far. I’ll
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- Lajuan
- 27-03-11
Intriguing
When Nora Roberts writes a book that scares me it really scares me. This was a very well written interesting book. Good read.
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- Elisabeth
- 05-03-14
Keep in mind this is from the 1990s
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I enjoyed the setting, and the mystery itself was fun, but it's glaringly obvious it's set in the 1990s. I'm amazed at how much female/male characterization in Robert's books has changed over the years. The men in this book almost always force themselves on the women - and the women just melt in their arms and give into their passions... which had me rolling my eyes at points. Puh-lease.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I'd read it was a "surprise" twist ending... can't say I was blown away by it. It was a good plot generally.
What does Sandra Burr bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
She did a good job, but nothing stellar.
Was Sanctuary worth the listening time?
Yes - interesting just to see how Roberts' writing has changed, and gotten better over the years.
Any additional comments?
I wish they'd post the publishing date of the book on the main page. Obviously nothing wrong with reading books written 10-20 years ago - but it helps prepare me for the tone of the book.
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- Marcia
- 25-06-12
Interesting once you get into it.
I enjoyed the story line once it got going. For the first several chapters I wondered if I had made a mistake purchasing this book. I thought the narration was good capturing different voices so it was easy to distinguish which character was speaking. The plot line had a nice twist to it.
9 people found this helpful
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- Renee
- 11-02-12
Great on all levals
If you could sum up Sanctuary in three words, what would they be?
Suspense, Humor, Romance
What other book might you compare Sanctuary to and why?
I like when Nora Roberts add Murder Mystery along with humor and romance well rounded book that keeps you listening.
Have you listened to any of Sandra Burr’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I Love Sandra and have purchased a few of her audio's just because she was the narrator
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- Robert
- 06-11-10
Another great book
The book started out slow while Nora Roberts builds the characters, but once she is done with character building, it was really good.
Lots of twists and turns, with a little romance.
I would recommend this book to anyone.
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- Judy
- 24-02-10
Good book!
Let's face it, Nora Roberts is a master at this stuff, and even though this is obviously an older novel, it doesn't disappoint. The characters are very well-developed and I fell in love with all of them! There are about 4 different romantic stories going on, but enough time is given to each story so that you feel invested in the characters. I found myself smiling a lot and even chuckling aloud in a couple of places. The mystery aspect was also well-played.
The narrator, however... while she did a great job with character distinction, the voices she chose to represent each character seemed a bit off, particularly with the males. I don't mean to nitpick, but isn't that one of the reasons we choose audio books over hard copies? Anyway, if the narration had been a little better, it would have made a good book great.
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- Donna Thomas
- 04-10-12
Enjoyed the story but got tired of the narrator
This was a suspenseful, didn't figure out the "nut" until very close to the end, which I think makes it a good story. But, as I noted in the headline, I got so tired of the narrator that I was ready for it to end. I generally pick a number of the books that I listen to based on the narrator--I thought I like Sandra Burr better (I will still listen her, I think). One other thing on the story, I will say NR could have done a better in her Epilogue.
5 people found this helpful
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- Heidi
- 18-02-10
Soooo well written
A really good book - all along you think you know who it might be, then you are almost convinced but can't believe it to be true, then it twists!
Really great and again a TRUE Nora Roberts book - 3 lives, 3 twists - lovely
Thank you
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- Cielo
- 07-06-19
I could not get past the first chapter
So disappointed in this book. I couldn't like any of it: especially the heroine! She was a complete mess, and a chronic smoker to boot! Both she and her family were dysfunctional and it wasn't even interesting. That's the key ---- a book should at least be interesting!! Otherwise, what's the point? I could not believe Nora Roberts wrote this!!!!
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