The Waiting Game

De: Jayne Ann Krentz

Narrado por: Verla Bond

A Jayne Ann Krentz classic.

Sara Frazer is certain that it isn't considered breaking and entering if the front door is unlocked. Her choice to search Adrian Saville's study for clues to explain her Uncle Lowell's disappearance, well that's just pushing it. And if she hadn't been mesmerized by the crystal apple on his desk she quite possibly might not have been caught.

Adrian comes home to a beautiful woman rifling through his desk, so he does what any man in his position would have done—he makes her dinner. As he learns more about Sara's determination to find her uncle he offers to help, but not before he lets it slip that her uncle promised her to him as a "prize" for getting his life in order.

Uncle Lowell has always had an odd sense of humor and he's never liked any of Sara's boyfriends, but this "promise" he made to Adrian has to be a joke. Sara reluctantly accepts Adrian's help and soon makes a discovery that puts both of their lives in danger.

©1985 Jayne Krentz

Boring and disappointing

This was a recent recording of a very old book. Thank goodness the author has significantly improved in recent years from her early efforts. If this is a listener's first experience of Jayne Ann Krentz he/she might well make it their last.

Loved the narrator

Everything. Storyline was engaging. Heroine was smart and witty. Loved her. Hero was strong and dependable. Loved him also.

Nothing

It was dated and boring with the overbearing male hero and the subservient female.
I am glad Jayne Ann Kent’s has evolved.

This vintage story has aged like fine milk

I failed to recognize this many-times re-released 1980’s Mills & Boon novel dressed up with a new cover. The characters’ actions and dialog are typical of the formulaic Intrigue/Temptations romances that were popular at the time. The basic story is good, but, if you’re accustomed to Krentz’s modern writing, you may not find this book enjoyable and you might even find yourself cringing at times. I thoroughly enjoy revisiting much of this author’s lengthy backlist, but, this story should be retired.

Whiney and remarkably dumb

I have enjoyed Ms Krentz’s books in the past. I was embarrassed for my gender in this female lead’s actions and thought processes. Ding ding ding!
Someone tries to abduct you? That association will never be a good one. At the end of the book, she made an effort to redeem her idiocy but, I cannot respect someone that always needs a man to “save” her. I am straight- just incredibly disappointed. Wasted my credit but was determined to finish it.