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First Impressions

Written by: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden
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Overwhelmed by the neighborly attentions of the cheerful and vivacious “girl next door,” a man burned by love finds his passions reigniting in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’s First Impressions.

Entrepreneur Vance Banning took a residence in rural Maryland to escape business pressures—and relationships with women pursuing his bank account. To the community, he’s a moody, out-of-work carpenter with a chip on his shoulder. To next door neighbor Shane Abbott, he’s just a man who needs a little kindness in his life. Vance’s suspicions of the stunning beauty’s intense interest in him start to fade when he realizes Shane’s compassion is honest and joyful—giving his heart permission to experience true love.

©1984 Nora Roberts (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
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  • Categories: Romance

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  • Laura L.
  • 2022-07-09

Slow and not for me.

I didn’t look to see when this was written, but I prefer stronger female characters. This story kinda made me nauseous. It just is t for me. I tried listening and I couldn’t get past the beginning of the 4th chapter.
If you enjoy it, I’m happy for you.

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  • Tami Cheuvront
  • 2023-01-25

Terrible reading!

Terrible reading! I will make sure I never buy another book that she narrates!! Ever!!

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  • Karen C.
  • 2022-08-11

Narration

The narration was tough. Sometimes felt like I was listening to a story about young teens with young voices. Not much to the overall plot. Was a bit disappointes

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  • S. Moore
  • 2022-07-27

Nora Robert’s Fan

I am a fan but this book I can’t get through. It may be the narration but the storyline is weak. It’s like they fell in love in 2 seconds but I can’t tell why. I fall asleep every time I try to listen. Sorry Nora, I love your books but this one is awful.

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  • Ramona McNamee
  • 2023-03-12

Wimpy whiny nauseating

First time listening to this narrator and about 10 minutes into the story I was ready to return it. It was by far(!!!!) the worst ~ most awful audiobook I have ever listened to. If I could have given zero stars for performance, I would have!!! I am an avid listener to audiobooks and will usually listen regardless but this was like listening to fingernail’s on a chalkboard the whole time. I couldn’t wait to get to the end. The narrator read Donna’s part as if she was some teenage whiny whimpering high pitched (…). The main character was weak and sounded submissive, almost nauseating to listen to. You have got to be kidding? Really? Story~ Must have been a quick write as it didn’t have depth. Future reference ~ I won’t listen to this narrator again no matter who wrote the book!

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  • A Gail Frame
  • 2022-11-13

First impressions

The storyline is different from the “standard” Nora Roberts novel, but I got used to it. At first I wasn’t sure I liked the performance, but became more accustomed to it. What I did like about the story was that it was different. In the end I liked the story and the delivery very much.

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  • Nancy G, Siever
  • 2022-10-08

Not what expected from Nora Roberts

I am new to Nora Robert’s work. This was more of a porn story than others I really enjoyed such as The Witness, Undercurrent. I would be embarrassed to tell friends this author in case there are others like this. She can tell a good story, not sure why the smut was the focus of this one. I did not finish it.

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  • P Dell
  • 2022-09-02

Teenage story

Nora Roberts is capable of so much better. This is meant for a teenage girl. Overused story line, pouty heroine, predictable ending.

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  • Ruby Schmidt
  • 2022-09-01

Not one of my favorites

This book was recommended by someone at Audible so I decided to give it a try. Nothing wrong with it but I just found it kind of "blah" and I would really like to exchange it for something I'd enjoy more like one of the Robyn Carr novels. They are my absolute favorite.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2022-08-24

Eh

Not one of the best of her stories. The characters could have been better developed.