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REVIEW: Carnal Innocence by Nora Roberts

Dear Ms. Roberts:

Carnal InnocenceIf I were to rate my favorite books by my favorite authors, this would probably qualify. It’s full of classic Nora Roberts features: three dimensional characters, rich family relationships (albeit dysfunctional), and two believable individuals coming together to give each other comfort and love. Your books aren’t about the big and grand romantic gestures, but rather the small gestures that show inevitably that these two lovers belong together and regardless of what life throws them, they’ll be there for each other. Which is big and grand in its own way.

Caroline Waverly is a world class violinist. She had an emotional breakdown in the midst of a long tour and a messy breakup with her conductor-lover. She retreats to her grandparents’ house in Innocence, Miss, to recover. Unfortunately peace and quiet isn’t to be had because there is an attractive, naked, and murdered woman in her pond: Edda Lou Hatinger. Edda Lou had a very public spat with favorite son Tucker Longstreet just days earlier. She was looking for more than what Tucker ever offered to women: permanence. Edda Lou is the third mutilated female …