Obsession

by Karen Robards Narrated by Joyce Bean

Overview

Katharine Lawrence has no idea what hit her. The attack came out of nowhere. Only hours earlier she had been enjoying a girls-only weekend with an old college friend. Now she finds herself lying bound and gagged on her kitchen floor, staring with terrified eyes at her friend Lisa while two masked gunmen search her house for-what? She doesn't know. She knows only that, unless they can escape, whatever it is they are searching for could end up getting both her and Lisa killed.

But Katharine's nightmare is just beginning. When she awakens in the hospital, her nose crushed, her body battered, her brain tells her that things aren't right-and it's not the attack that's disorienting her. She doesn't recognize herself when she looks in the mirror: her slim body, her manicured hands, her blond bob. And the smiling, handsome doctor at her bedside-Dr. Dan Howard-is familiar, but in a totally unfamiliar way. Perhaps the trauma of the attempt on her life has given her some kind of weird amnesia. She's twenty-nine, the special assistant to the head of the CIA, and she's lucky to be alive. She also knows she can trust no one.

Acting on instinct, Katharine runs for her life, with Dan, her newfound protector, at her side. By turns grateful and unnerved by his presence, and unable to shake a feeling of profound dread, she allows him to spirit her to a secluded safe house. Instead of finding a haven, they stumble into a tangled web of government conspiracy, and Katharine is left confused, frightened, and desperate to uncover the truth. As the pair is drawn further into this shadowy world where almost nothing is as it seems, as fear gives way to a firestorm of attraction, the cat-and-mouse game grows more deadly, and soon both their lives are at stake.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Bestselling Robards (Vanished, Superstition, etc.) adds psychological spice to a familiar love-on-the-run plot. While FBI Special Crimes Unit agent Nick Houston goes undercover to track down the drug dealers who killed his sister, ski-masked burglars break into the Alexandria, Va., townhouse shared by Katharine Lawrence, special assistant to the CIA deputy director of operations, and her boyfriend/boss Ed Barnes. The intruders kill Katharine's friend Lisa and almost kill Katharine, who cannot convince them she doesn't know the location of the safe they came to rob. Despite wounds and a concussion, Katharine flees into the arms of good-looking neighbor Dr. Dan Howard, who drives her to the hospital where she wakes up unsure of her memory or who she is. Not knowing which of her protectors she can trust, questioning clues that don't make sense, unfamiliar even with her own face and figure, Katharine has nothing to go on but her instinct, which tells her to run. Nick, meanwhile, reveals his true identity (to Katharine's surprise but not to readers') just in the nick of time. A page-turner that moves too fast to dot every plot-related i, Robards's 23rd novel again spins satisfaction out of appealing characters who fall in love and bad guys who get justice. (Apr.)

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Library Journal

Very nearly murdered, a woman awakens in a home she doesn't recognize as hers and quickly discovers that she's part of a CIA sting. She does not take the news -gracefully. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

From the Publisher

Praise for Obsession

“A real gripper.”—The Seattle Times
 
“Readers will love Obsession, a stunning and powerful tour de force thriller…Karen Robards proves once again she is a stupendous storyteller.”—Midwest Book Review
 
“Bestselling Robards adds psychological spice to a familiar love-on-the-run plot…A page-turner…spins satisfaction out of appealing characters who fall in love and bad guys who get justice.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“A well-done book, heavy on intrigue with interesting characters and a suspenseful plot.”—The State (Columbia, SC)
 
“An intense romantic suspense novel that links an out-of-the-blue beginning with a dynamite ending in riveting and unexpected ways. With vibrant characters and a great plot, this is one of best-selling Robards’ best, and a must-read for fans of Nora Roberts and Linda Howard.”—Booklist

AUG/SEP 07 - AudioFile

Joyce Bean's narration is convincing even when the material is a bit of a stretch. She expertly juggles a serpentine series of plot shifts in a way that keeps them from becoming too farfetched. Katherine Lawrence escapes from would-be killers. When she wakes up in a hospital, she doesn't recognize herself in the mirror. Why have her memories disappeared? Enter the local police, and a parade of alphabetical paranoia (FBI, CIA, and NSA). Bean's voice is appropriately panicky as Kathy is tortured and terrified by her attackers, and husky as she is turned on by Dr. Dan, her good-looking neighbor. Bean's villains seem more caricature than character, but her overall performance will please Robards's many devoted fans. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169671933
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	04/10/2007
Edition description:	Unabridged

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