Nora Roberts #04: Storm Warning

By Nora Roberts

Book Overview

Featuring a flower of love on the front cover, the Language of Love series continues with another heartwarming love story by the popular romance author. Reissue. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373510047
• ISBN13: 9780373510047
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Silhouette Books
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

A Country Western Song and Clue Combined

The one thing that Storm Warning does and does well is show the audience what Nora Roberts has in store for her readers in the future with her mystery novels. I'm not entirely sure if Roberts is better at writing romance or mystery stories, but I do know that I enjoy both genres written by her. Autumn Gallegher goes to her aunt's B & B for a visit only to find a handful of eccentric guests and an ex-boyfriend with whom she is still madly in love even if she refuses to acknowledge that fact. Several of her aunt's guests are there on a working vacation. Lucas, her ex-love interest, is finishing a screenplay and the producer and lead actress are both on hand in case he needs their input. This aspect seemed like a strange idea, but what the heck, it's Roberts' story, so I just followed along and didn't question that too much since these characters were fun and added spice to the story line. When one of the guests is killed, Autumn takes it upon herself to figure out "who dun it"! Seems as if all of the guests were being blackmailed by this despicable excuse for a human. Even though I enjoyed this tale, it really reminded me of playing the game "Clue". Who committed the murder and what was the murder weapon of choice seemed to be the prevalent questions in this story. The butler did it in the library with a knife - oh, sorry, there is no butler in this story, I just got carried away for a moment. Ok, so maybe it wasn't that black and white, after all Nora Roberts had to weave the romantic side of the story into the plot. This was the part that played like a country western song. He did her wrong but she never stopped lovin' him. He says he's sorry and wants her back and she is willing to begin where they left off until... Ah, then Roberts jumps back to the game of "Clue" as the murderer decides that Autumn may know the identity of the killer and is determined to eliminate her as well. Oh, did I forget to mention that while all of this is going on at this remote bed and breakfast, a huge thunderstorm has pounded the inn, all power is knocked out, and the road is washed away so no one can escape or summon the sheriff. I've always wanted to own a bed and breakfast resort away from town in a semi-isolated area and after reading this story, I've realized that there are several reasons that this wouldn't be a good idea. While I was enjoying this tale, I could perfectly imagine the setting as I've dreamed of this inn for many years and Nora Roberts brings about a vivid mental image. This is actually a fun book and is a quick read. It will only take a few hours to get through this one and will have you reading and playing along with Autumn to find the identity of the real killer.

Romantic Suspense from Nora Roberts

A young woman photographer arrives at her aunt's inn where she finds an interesting assortment of guests. What she didn't count on, though, was that one of them would be a writer that she had an affair with two years ago. Although believes she is finally over him, seeing him proves to be different for her now. Before too long there are some rather odd occurrences and then a guest is found dead during a raging storm. Then it is discovered that the dead woman has blackmailed all of the guests at one time and one of them has sought the ultimate revenge against her. All the while the former lovers feelings for one another are renewed and reciprocated, although the young woman begins to fear that her former lover is guilty.An early book by one of my favorite romance authors, this is an early example of the romantic suspense genre Ms. Roberts is well known for today.

Nora's Tip Of The Hat To Agatha Christie

Photographer Autumn Gallagher is visiting Aunt Tabby at her inn when a murder occurs. A huge storm knocks out the power and the police can't come right away. Did one of the guests commit the crime - and does Autumn have a picture of the murderer? Fun Nora version of the classic Agatha Christie mystery.Excerpt from the back of the book:"One of the guests at the inn was a murderer! Someone was dead and many had motives-including the mysterious Lucas McLean. Could the man Autumn Gallagher once had loved be a coldhearted killer? Lucas had committed a crime in the past-he'd hurt Autumn and lost her love. Now he was her number one suspect for murder. Should she follow her head...or her heart?"