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In the present, at Hoyo del Diablo Cavern, a scientific team sets up a Biocave. The group plans to reside for six months in underground isolation in order to conduct experiments in hydroponics. The strange vernacular sprinkled amidst the English language surprises the ghost of Noah. Their equipment is even weirder. However, the biggest stunner of all is seeing Lizzie Madison, whom the specter feels he has known forever and loves. Lizzie will not be allowed to stay with the team during the test. The financial backer insists only married couples will participate inside the cavern. However, Lizzie gets a break when the fiancée of the lead geologist Ethan Winslow breaks off with him. Ethan and Lizzie quickly marry so they both can participate in the experiment. However, all this noise awakens a slumbering malevolent being.
NIGHT WHISPERS is an excellent otherworldly romance that will leave readers with several thrills and many chills. The story line is entertaining as modern day science with a kind, century plus old ghost battles with an unnamable abomination. The cave adds to the aura of evil. The romance is entertaining and even contains a few twists. The three characters that make up the love triangle (Lizzie, Noah, and Ethan) are all warm and intelligent. Readers will switch back and forth between as to whom they want for Lizzie. Karen Sandler provides readers with an unforgettable and enjoyable supernatural romantic intrigue.
Harriet Klausner
Noah Simmons became a ghost when his greed and ignorance led him to his death. He's been trapped within a cave for over a hundred years when botanist Liz enters his quiet little world. Noah falls deeply in love with his "Lizzie" the moment he spies her and spends the rest of the book watching out (and making trouble) for her and the hero. Meddlesome Noah is the only thing that I enjoyed about this book.
Liz is part of a "BioCave" experiment and will be cooped underground for six months. But, in order to participate, she must be married. You see, the millionaire financing the project is a bit of an eccentric and believes that only married couples can make the project a success. Liz doesn't have a spouse or even a significant other (of course!) and since she has spent most of her career preparing for this project she decides to propose to her colleague Ethan even though she despises him. He is cold and arrogant and has basically made her life miserable. And, believe me, his attitude does not improve once they begin to share a bed . . .
I could easily overlook this ridiculous and contrived plot setup if the love story had been enjoyable but, for me, it wasn't. The couple were not sympathetic characters. They spent most of the book ogling each other, ignoring each other or arguing. Both had a serious aversion to "love" because they were brought up by cold parents, the poor babies. They really needed to get over themselves and do some growing up but it did not happen. They also had a foolish, and very annoying, "big misunderstanding" keeping them apart that only served to compound my frustration with the pair of them. All these two really needed to do was sit down, have a decent conversation and all of their relationship woes would have been solved. Instead they duke it out until nearly the last page.
There were other troublesome plot devices and a totally lame "monster" that made this book very difficult to stick with. After enjoying this author's previous book UNFORGETTABLE because it was sexy and a lot of fun and featured two characters who were good friends, NIGHT WHISPERS, with its combative relationship was a huge disappointment.
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