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Rating: 5 Stars!! (Wish I could rate it 10 Stars!!)
Review: Another great read in this series with knots of twists and turns!!

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bookaddict30

Night Moves | Nora Roberts

Starting Book 9 of October and Book 152 of 2020!!

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CourtSmall

Night Moves | Nora Roberts

so-so

33-2019 âï¸âï¸
Overall not a bad read but a bit too sappy/cosy in places

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Leniverse

Night Moves | Nora Roberts

Last post about this book, I promise. But I have a serious question. I'm not a big romance reader, so could be wrong, but do US romance authors tend to glorify #rapeculture? This isn't the first book I've come across where the woman says back off and the man gets all stalker-like and she finds it charming. And in the clip to the right it's a case of her body saying yes, so he feels free to ignore her very clear verbal no.

Smrloomis Ugh, the bit on the right! 7y

LibrarianRyan In the late 80s and early 90s yes. You found it in quite a few romances by Roberts and mainstream authors. 7y

LibrarianRyan It's highly annoying. It was bad enough then but now it just pisses me off. I love Sandra Brown but in one of her newer books the woman falls in love with a man who held her captive and treated her like crap. But it was okay once she discovered he was an undercover agent. Ughhhhhh. Worst brown book I have ever read and I love her books. 7y

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Samplergal I don‘t read that crap because of that. I‘ve seen too much rapey and coquettish crap in those books. Usually when that happens, I don‘t finish. And I finish all my books. #enough. #metoo 7y

Leniverse @LibrarianRyan Ah, yes this book is from the 80s. I would hope it was less prevalent now, but on the few occasions I've attempted a newer American romance, I've found an Alpha male hero who won't take no for an answer and completely rearranges the heroine's life until she gives in. Maybe it's the 50 Shades effect or something. 7y

EllanaRose I got approved for a NetGalley book and got trashed for saying it romanticised abuse. It still happens and is pitched as romance. I hate it, and I hate that fans of an author will defend the book without seeing any other opinions. 7y

LibrarianRyan @Leniverse the alpha male is defiantly a US romance trope. Even today. 50 shades made it worse. You really only find truely strong women in US mystery thrillers, or if you are looking specifically roman it's in urban fantasy romance. Annoying as heck. 7y

LibrarianRyan @EllanaRose agreed. 7y

Leniverse @EllanaRose Urk. Honestly, you can love an author and still think they messed up in a book. Loyal fans should hold the author accountable, not just applaud whatever they do. 7y

Leniverse @LibrarianRyan Yes, I've found that I can enjoy urban fantasy/paranormal romance, but even there I prefer the romance to be a side plot. I figure maybe I just don't like romance, but then I do also enjoy the occasional fluffy British romcom! I just can't stand alpha males unless they are werewolves. ðŸ˜‚ 7y

BookwormM I do find this a lot in Romance books especially period romances it is annoying 7y

CoffeeK8 I feel like there‘s starting to be a change in this, but yeah, you get a lot of romances with this. I find the biggest shift happens along YA romances, urban fantasy and some books by women of color. If you look for books with heroes billed as Beta heroes or a friends to lovers romance I find you can also get more positive heroes. 7y

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Leniverse

Night Moves | Nora Roberts

bailed

There isn't enough alcohol in the world. He's been doing this alpha male condescending objectifying crap and she's been wondering if what she's feeling is hostility or passion (yes, really!) and when they finally find the buried skeleton (20 pages after this scene) she shrieks, jumps into his arms, calls the police, and then they have the most passionate kiss evah, and she thinks "he's so different from other men". ??

Traci1 You take good care of your skin, and I'll take care of your land? That's a little too Silence of the Lambs for me. 7y

Leniverse @Traci1 Ah, she was wearing a facemask earlier. And skincare is clearly not done in the country. He's just putting her down for being a city girl. Just like when she was tearing up linoleum and he took her tools away and told her to stick to playing the piano. Sadly there's no chance he's a psycho killer, he's just a douch. 7y

jillrhudy ðŸ¤£ðŸ¤£ðŸ¤£ How do people READ this stuff? 7y

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Leniverse @jillrhudy It was a funny for a while? ðŸ˜‚ Seriously though, I wonder how she's so popular but this book is from the 80s so maybe it's an early work and she got better? ðŸ¤· 7y

Smrloomis Hmm, I tried one of her recent ones and couldn‘t get past the first chapter or so. It was a gift but I had to give it away. Just couldn‘t read it. 7y

Leniverse @Smrloomis I'll not bother trying another one then. ðŸ˜ 7y

Smrloomis @Leniverse yup, my feelings too ðŸ˜ 7y

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Leniverse

Night Moves | Nora Roberts

I'm... not sure I can do this. "She was suddenly disturbed by his basic masculinity"? ?

LitLogophile ðŸ™„ 7y

vivastory I never knew I needed a caveman emoji in my life until now ðŸ˜‚ 7y

CouronneDhiver Nope. ðŸ‘ŽðŸ½ 7y

jillrhudy Basic masculinity. So disturbing. ðŸ˜‚ 7y

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Leniverse

Night Moves | Nora Roberts

Muahaha! I'm going to need alcohol with this book. Lots of it. ? She has compelling velvet doe eyes. And "he wasn't a man who hunted but a man who watched". ??

jillrhudy S/he was not a wo/man who _____but [one] a wo/man who ______. This is the second time we have seen this sentence structure! ðŸ™„ I say you get to take a shot each time. (edited) 7y

Leniverse @jillrhudy I might end up with alcohol poisoning! ðŸ˜‚ 7y

jillrhudy And do I see some preposterously overt sexual imagery on this page in case one didn‘t progress past 8th grade? Finger up and down a glass? This to me seems like she is TELLING you to hit the bar. 7y

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Leniverse @jillrhudy And if I take a shot every time one of them tells themselves they don't like the other character I'll go through a whole bottle each chapter. 7y

Leniverse @jillrhudy Oh yes, there's tons of overt sexual imagery! Also, while she has velvet doe eyes, his eyes are grey like evening mist. Except when he is invading her personal space and they make her think of smoke and fire. ðŸ˜ 7y

Reggie Lolol. 7y

jillrhudy I wonder if there‘s any special significance of his â€œcompanyâ€ being easy on the â€œterrainâ€ or is Nora never that subtle? 7y

Leniverse @jillrhudy So far she seems about as subtle as sledgehammer. It's all rugged manly man with hard hands and a soft heart Vs. dainty urban woman with soft skin and iron will. 7y

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Leniverse

Night Moves | Nora Roberts

Found this in a charity shop and thought, "Nora Roberts, I've heard that name, what does she write?" I read the blurb, woman finds skeleton buried in back yard, a killer is on the loose. Cool.
Before a single bone has appeared I read the sentence, "She was not a woman who guided her emotions, but one who was guided by them." I study the cover more closely and discover that the publisher is a trademark of Harlequin/Mills&Boon. I feel tricked.

merelybookish Yeah, this is not what her books look like in the US. (Her name takes up most of the space. The artwork is more stylized.). And that sentence. ðŸ™„ 7y

twohectobooks I have yet to read Nora Roberts but she‘s basically the Queen of the romance genre and I think it would be worth giving her a chance. I‘m very interested in her In Death series, which she writes under the name JD Robb.