Truth or Dare - on Playaway [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Jayne Ann Krentz (Author), Joyce Bean (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2008

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Upscale interior designer Zoe Luce has found peace and contentment in Whispering Springs, Arizona. She has a thriving business and is settling into newlywed life with private investigator Ethan Truax. The threat that brought Zoe and Ethan together is finally over, ancient history, or so Zoe believes. Very few people know of her uncanny ability to sense the dark secrets hidden within the walls of a house, and she wants to keep it that way, even from Ethan. But someone is stalking Zoe -- someone who knows all about her, and who shadows her every move. Is it the same person who is threatening her closest friend, Arcadia Ames, the only other person in Whispering Springs who knows the truth about Zoe? Or are Zoe and Arcadia getting tangled in a web spun by someone more dangerous than they could ever have imagined? As a private investigator, Ethan is paid to find the truth, yet he has secrets of his own that are better left buried. He can't let the threats to Zoe go unchallenged, although he fears that the truth may be a bigger burden than their still-fragile relationship can handle. And Ethan isn't alone with his fears: instead of setting her free, Zoe dreads that the truth will only imprison her once more within her darkest nightmares, this time with no escape in sight.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Playaway (2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160514276X
• ISBN-13: 978-1605142760
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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2.0 out of 5 stars It should have been better than it was! i was a little disappointed., October 14, 2009

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Michelle L. Beck "Always the Devourer of Good... (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Truth or Dare - on Playaway (Audio CD)

Zoe Luce, an interior decorator has settled down, in Whispering Springs, Arizona, with her private investigator husband, Ethan Truax. While working on redecorating their family home, easing into married life and spending time with their friends, Zoe and Ethan are also thrown into the mystery of "who" is stalking their tiny group and why. There are some interesting characters that make up the group: Arcadia Ames (jewelry shop owner); Harry (love interest/protector of Arcadia); Bonnie (Ethan's sister-in-law and mother of his nephews); and Singleton (a rare book collector who is in love with Bonnie). There are tons of plots, that for some reason I thought would form (in the end) one cohesive plot, with one resolution, but they didn't, which explains my "2" rating.

The first half of the book goes into great detail about someone stalking the new Whispering Springs residents, as well another private detective reporting to a mysterious stranger on their whereabouts. We learn that Zoe is psychic and hears voices in the walls, which makes it difficult for her to visit some places (like hospitals) where there is great anger, sorrow or despair. She has also spent time in a mental institution after her husband's death because his family was trying to kill her. Although she escaped Candlelight Manor, with her friend Arcadia, several moths ago, she still suffers from nightmares about the place. Apparently not only were the very rich housing their family members there against their will, but some of the employees were trying to take advantage of them (sexually). Anyway, Zoe also struggles with the knowledge that Ethan does not believe in her "intuition" but loves her enough to accept it. She never had the courage to tell her first husband about her gift for fear that he would never understand. She also is competing against another designer for a large job for an eccentric living in Whispering Springs. Also, fearing she is going insane, after encountering "spiderweb like sensations" when she visits certain places, she wants nothing more than to understand what is going on. On the other hand, Ethan doesn't believe in the paranormal, but loves Zoe. He fears that now that her life isn't in danger, and she is free of Candlelight, she will no longer want or need him. Also suffering from nightmares and guilt about the murder of his brother, he clings to Zoe like he had never done with his three previous wives.

Now, Singleton likes Bonnie (Ethan's sister-in-law) and loves her kids, but isn't sure if she likes him as anything other than a friend. Making a career out of selling rare books and making roots in Whispering Springs, he wants nothing more than to get the courage to tell Bonnie how he feels. Bonnie lost her husband (Ethan's brother), and you aren't sure if she is interested in meeting someone or if that is just thrown in there to explain all those pizza dinners and long looks from Singleton. Then there is Arcadia, who use to be married to a rich man who tried to kill her. Hiding away funds and changing her real identify she has started a new life, and found a new love in Whispering Springs. Escaping Candlelight with Zoe had been simple, now she wonders could the man she believed to be dead still be alive and realized she accessed some of those stolen funds. And finally Harry (described as a "ghoulish" looking man who can be deadly) worships the ground that Arcadia walks on. Wondering how she can love a man like him, he floats thru the story grateful that she does.

There are other plots in the story: a mayor seeking resolution to a decades old murder, thus clearing her ancestor's name; an attempt to locate a "valuable" manuscript; a resident manager who seems determined to ruin Zoe's life and write up every infraction; an elderly PI who wonders should she be out of the business; and a rival who wonders if his wife is cheating. My biggest criticism is that all of these plots should converge and form one nice big plot. Instead most of the plots had different resolutions. For example, once the stalker is revealed and he had nothing necessarily to do with Zoe's "spidey senses", I begin to wonder why all the build up. And once the other plots were resolved, I felt a little let down.