Back to the Bedroom Cassette [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Janet Evanovich (Author), C. J. Critt (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 26, 2005

She was the mysterious woman in the long black cloak. He was the sexy guy next door. They shared a common wall between their Capitol Hill townhouses and not much else -- until disaster scored a direct hit on the mystery woman's bedroom and the sexy guy's heart. He baked her a cake, she learned to throw a football, there were some misunderstandings in the living room, some mishaps in the yard, and some romantic moments everywhere....

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Bestselling author Janet Evanovich is the winner of the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award and multiple Romantic Times awards, including Lifetime Achievement. She is also a long-standing member of RWA.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From AudioFile

Sugary but far from insubstantial, eccentric characters abound in Evanovich's novels, and this title is no exception. There's Katherine Finn, a professional cellist with outrageous Little Orphan Annie hair; David Dodd, a lottery-winning hunk who is a member of the couch-potato club; and Elsie Hawkins, a 72-year-old burger slinger with a Dirty Harry style and an unlicensed WWII 45. C.J. Critt's performance is top-notch with rapid-fire repartee and sizzling sexual tension. She mixes characters, mishaps, misunderstandings, wisecracks, and romance into a well-paced mystery, which culminates in a wedding and a perfectly blended family. K.A.T. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: HarperAudio; Unabridged edition (July 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060874252
• ISBN-13: 978-0060874254
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,971,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and graphic novels, Wicked Appetite (the first book in the Lizzy and Diesel series,) and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.

Customer Reviews

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Back to the Bedroom, April 10, 2008

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Kelly "Reviewer for The Sinfully Sensuous" (Littleton, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back to the Bedroom (Mass Market Paperback)

David Dodd is a happy go lucky guy that is perfectly content to hang out with his friends and read comic books for entertainment. He is a big kid who still loves the things that gave him such joy when he was a child. He has seen his neighbor Kathryn Finn come and go, but really knew nothing about her until one afternoon when something fell from the sky and crashed through her roof. The little glimpse he got of her made him want to get to know that crazy person better. Kate is a professional cellist known as a child progeny. As they get to know each other, she discovers his lack of a job is because he recently won the lottery, and it dismayed her to learn that it really bothered her that he didn't seem to have any life goals. Kate had always been goal oriented from the day she learned to pick up the cello. When people start trying to break into Kate's house, it becomes obvious that whatever it was that crashed into her house was important, and being search for. David feels this is the perfect opportunity to get close to Kate. Can two opposites find a middle ground?

This was a short read. It is obviously one of JE earlier works, and not up to the caliber of more recent work.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Agree with almost everyone here..., March 31, 2006

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C. Polanco (Jersey City, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back to the Bedroom (Mass Market Paperback)

I LOVE the Stephanie Plum novels and was looking for a Janet Evanovich fix. I couldn't get into the "Full" series, so I picked up "Back To the Bedroom". Overall, it was a good read. It was light, not serious at all and it was an easy read. I was stressed-out at the time and this book helped me kick back and laugh a little. The dialogue is a little hard to believe sometimes, but I secretly wished I could have a conversation like the one Kate and David had (pick one). It was pleseantly witty and quick, which made me read the book even faster.

If you're looking for straight entertainment, this is the book for you. DO NOT READ IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SERIOUS BOOK. Just have fun with it, take it for what it is and you'll enjoy it.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not Stephanie Plum, but can see the start of her, August 26, 2005

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A. Woodley "Patroness, Janeites, the Austen list" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back to the Bedroom (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a huge Stephanie Plum fan and have not really enjoyed any of the "Full" series so far. I generally assumed that this was because, maybe, Charlotte Hughes was co-authoring them into longer rewrites and the hand of Hughes was mucking them up. Not to offend anyone here, but the "full" series just isn't my thing, but for those that liked it I am sure they would like this book as well.

It is about neighbours Katherine and DAvid, and is more on the classic screwball comedy She hates him and He is riled by her kind of thing - with set up scenes along the way to throw them together.

Evanovich's writing has definitely matured since she first wrote these and 12 novels later she hit her stride I think. The Plum series is great - I have also enjoyed the new book Metro-girl. So if you are keen to see what sort of writer she used to be, and maybe get hope that you too can improve as she has, then buy this. It is readable, just not thrillingly lusty like her other books are