Deeper

Sep 03, 2009 Fani rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: best-of-2009, 2009-purchase, angsty, favorite-hero, hero-is-bad-boy, hero-is-a-rake, starcrossed-lovers, heartwrenching, heroine-i-wanna-shake-or-slap, paperbacks-read, erotica, crappy-ending, widow-widower, 3rd-person-involved, dark-romance

Ok, I just finished this and I can't seem to stop crying for the past half hour. I'm just glad my husband's out tonight and my children asleep, so they won't see me in the terrible mess:)

This started as great, became slow and contrite after 100 pages and picked up pace again after 70-80 pages. I must admit that before I read the last 2-3 chapters, I was very angry with Bess and meant to rate it with 3 stars but the ending changed my mind. It was like a punch in the gut and I'm not still sure if...more Ok, I just finished this and I can't seem to stop crying for the past half hour. I'm just glad my husband's out tonight and my children asleep, so they won't see me in the terrible mess:)

This started as great, became slow and contrite after 100 pages and picked up pace again after 70-80 pages. I must admit that before I read the last 2-3 chapters, I was very angry with Bess and meant to rate it with 3 stars but the ending changed my mind. It was like a punch in the gut and I'm not still sure if I mean it in a good way:)

To be honest, I had guessed from the reviews and even the book's back cover why Bess and Nich were originally separated, so it wasn't a surprise for me. Still reading about it, was different from imagining it and it moved me profoundly -my heap of sodden kleenex is solid proof of that:).

I will say that Nick was the bad boy as we imagine him in our twenties. Handsome, charming, plays around and never stays for long. But in the end, I couldn't help but fall for his charm. He hides a scared boy inside him that Bess, being the ultimate good girl and complete opposite of him, surprisingly manages to reach. I really understood the way he reacted to Bess's pressure; he was not a guy to react well in pressure or emotional blackmail -no proud man or woman is- and although he was harsh, he was never mean.

Bess however got on my nerves. I have never seen a woman muddle up every single important conversation in her life before her. She either didn't know what she wanted and expected the others to give her the answer, or managed to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. She didn't speak a clear sentence in her life except in the very end: "I think we're over", "I don't know if I love him", "I 'sort of' have a boyfriend"... I was so angry with her. Just when I was ready to give up on her, she made one clear choice -and one which I agreed obviously- and saved the day. However, I found her too weak and that's what mainly made me rate it with 4 stars.

I have only recently started to tap on erotica/romantica, but this one had much more depth and serious plot that any other I've written. Also the sex is rather tame -think Passion by Lisa Valdez- for erotica, if plenty.

If you're looking for a real bawler, this is it. I just hope I can get my eyes dry before my husband comes home cause I'll start crying once again, if I have to tell him the story:)(less)

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Feb 27, 2011 Quinn rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic-romance, library-book, fiction-drama

This should probably be a 2 star rating for the story, but the quality of the writing just edges it up to 3.

Unfortunately, Deeper was a massive disappointment for me. Broken was one of my top reads for 2010, and created some pretty high expectations of this author’s work. I had heard that Deeper was fairly controversial, and I can usually appreciate that in a book. The reviews are polarised, and it seems to invoke a love/hate response in readers, so at the very least, I was expecting to have str...more

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Mar 23, 2013 Christy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-boyfriends-with-issues, emotional, love-triangle, messed-up-reads, paranormal

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3-3.5 stars...

I am apologizing upfront if this review is everywhere... this book left me a little down in the dumps and my thoughts are a little all over the place!

The story starts with Bess, a 40 year old woman returning to her family’s beach house for the first time in 20 years after separating from her husband. While on the beach, she see’s an old flame- from 20 years ago, Nick Hamilton. The thing about Nick is, he hasn’t changed (view spoiler)...more

3-3.5 stars...

I am apologizing upfront if this review is everywhere... this book left me a little down in the dumps and my thoughts are a little all over the place!

The story starts with Bess, a 40 year old woman returning to her family’s beach house for the first time in 20 years after separating from her husband. While on the beach, she see’s an old flame- from 20 years ago, Nick Hamilton. The thing about Nick is, he hasn’t changed (view spoiler).

Bess hasn’t heard from Nick since that summer. He promised to come and see her and he sort of just disappeared. She always wondered what happened to Nick, but she never imagined it was this. We get glimpses into the past, back and forth between then and now. We see Nick and Bess’s relationship when they were young, and we see whats going on with them now. Nick and Bess have some major chemistry, but I didn’t feel a strong connection with either of them. In fact, they both frustrated me at times. The only characters in the book I really can say I loved, were Eddie and Bess’s son, Robbie.

Now on to the ending... There were three ways that I thought it would make sense to end the book and none happened... (view spoiler) but it didn't’ really pan out that way. The ending left me really sad- not a boohoo sad more of a depressed sad.

Things I did like about the book... The writing was good, part of the story really intrigued me for a while. And the sex scenes between Nick and Bess were hot! Plus- I really liked Eddie... even more than Nick most of the time... he was such a sweet guy, I found my self wanting them together more than Bess and Nick.

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This was my first Megan Hart book, and honestly- I’m not sure how I feel about it... I wanted to love it, but sadly, it didn’t work for me. The writing was excellent, I just ended up feeling depressed at the end. I didn’t hate the book, and it had good parts, but overall just didn’t do it for me. It was well written, and the sex scenes were hot, so I will probably give another one of her books a go. I could see how others loved this book, this one in particular was just disappointing for me. (less)

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May 20, 2011 ♥ Sam ♥ ~S2~Im made of awesomness rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: megan-hart, blog-reviews-for-my-wenchy, contemporary-romance, erotic, time-travel

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Deeper – Well holy dooly, I don’t often cry in books but this one did it with the upmost success. I would hate to think what my family think of me, when they look at mummy and see my bottom lip trembling....

Bess spends each and every summer at her family’s beach house where she works for the summer season at the local Ice Cream shop and just hanging with her friends, like a normal young woman. One night while hanging with her ‘friend’ Missy (who might I ad...more http://shamelessromancereviews.blogsp...

Deeper – Well holy dooly, I don’t often cry in books but this one did it with the upmost success. I would hate to think what my family think of me, when they look at mummy and see my bottom lip trembling....

Bess spends each and every summer at her family’s beach house where she works for the summer season at the local Ice Cream shop and just hanging with her friends, like a normal young woman. One night while hanging with her ‘friend’ Missy (who might I add is a complete bitch); they decide to throw an impromptu party where Bess meets Nick.

Nick is the bad boy, or not more appropriately named ‘Nick the Prick or Nick the Dick’- he is the handsome charmer who knows how to pluck all the right chords. He had this reputation, but dang if I didn’t want to jump his bones. I can’t say he was extremely romantic, but he was most defiantly passionate.

Without giving too much away, the book alternates between the summer Bess spent with Nick and tells the story of Bess who has a boyfriend (Andy) and her hot passionate summer romance with Nick. After the summer the pair decides to meet up... but Nick never arrives. To the present day where Bess is going through a divorce and 21 year old Nick has returned from what is described as the ‘grey’. Bess always wondered what happened to Nick and why he never showed but now 20 years later she discovers just what really happened. I never felt confused or misguided, as both were separated very clearly.

I can’t say that this is a book with a HEA – it’s not. It’s not a romantic book about a love story. This is a book about the trials and tribulations about love. Do I wish there had been a happily ever after for, Bess? YES! But the way Hart aligned everything right down to the last page will have you knowing that everything will be alright.

Also, I haven’t commented on a cover of a book for a long time, but this cover is so appropriate for the book. And the man is just effing delicious!

By the end of this book I was crying like a banshee, because as per usual Megan Hart has pushed the boundaries with her heart wrenching stories. This pun is not deliberate but she really makes her stories go deeper than any other writer I have read.
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Jan 29, 2011 Scott Sheaffer rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic-fiction, fiction, romance

This type of book (erotic romance) isn't one that I would typically read. I decided to read this book out of curiosity. I wanted to know why romance novels are so popular with so many females on Goodreads. These are smart intelligent women who also read and understand James Joyce, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, and others whose work is frequently discussed and debated. Why would they spend their precious reading time with a romance novel?

This book started out strong. Megan Hart spent time developing...more This type of book (erotic romance) isn't one that I would typically read. I decided to read this book out of curiosity. I wanted to know why romance novels are so popular with so many females on Goodreads. These are smart intelligent women who also read and understand James Joyce, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, and others whose work is frequently discussed and debated. Why would they spend their precious reading time with a romance novel?

This book started out strong. Megan Hart spent time developing the characters, vividly describing them using all five senses; sight, sound, touch, smell and taste (although this was mostly "salty"). Bess Walsh is at the end of a 20 year marriage. She has decided to divorce her husband and spend some time alone, staying at her parents beach house. Here she bumps into Nick, her "bad boy" flirt and fuck friend from her high school days. Herein lies the twist. Nick's been missing for 20 years. Where has he been is Bess going thou a "Ghost" like experience, imagining Nick? The story heats up as Bess's two, nearly grown sons join her at the beach house to spend the summer.

There is plenty of sex in this book. Sometimes it seemed as if the sex was only separated by 50 or 100 or so words, placed between the sex sequences so the sex wouldn't all run together. (This would have been okay with me.)

Due to my lack of experience in this category (erotic fiction) I really can't speak about how this book compares to to others in the genre. If you like erotic romance this book is pretty good. You might enjoy reading it.

Here's why I will likely read more books like this and why I recommend this book to my male, heterosexual friends;

While reading this book it occurred to me that the book should have been titled "Deeper; A view in the mind of Venus". I wondered if the mind of Bess Walsh was typical of heterosexual females? Do sexually active females respond to the type of foreplay and sex between Bess and Nick so vividly described in this book? I'm a scientist and so I set out to experiment with my newly formed postulate. My research indicates the answer is a resounding yes! So guys, If you want to increase the amount of sex you're getting and improve your ability to please your partner skip the boring self help sex books and videos and read this book. Your lover(s) will be so grateful that they will want to show you again and again just how grateful they are. K, gotta go, I hear the shower running.(less)

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Aug 07, 2009 K. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobooks, 5-keepers

[REVIEW UPDATED BELOW.:] 5++++!! Just completed this book (audio version) right now, and I'm still completely stunned and deeply emotional over it!! One reviewer already said they "bawled their eyes out," and I have to say the tears were just a'rollin' for me as well! I HIGHLY recommend this to erotic romance lovers (it's highly erotic), and for those who "don't mind a REALLY WELL WRITTEN romantica, don't miss this one. Additionally, if you are an audiobook listener, skip reading it and indulge...more [REVIEW UPDATED BELOW.:] 5++++!! Just completed this book (audio version) right now, and I'm still completely stunned and deeply emotional over it!! One reviewer already said they "bawled their eyes out," and I have to say the tears were just a'rollin' for me as well! I HIGHLY recommend this to erotic romance lovers (it's highly erotic), and for those who "don't mind a REALLY WELL WRITTEN romantica, don't miss this one. Additionally, if you are an audiobook listener, skip reading it and indulge in the complete emotional journey (including the music at beginning and end) that Savannah Richards takes you on in her narration of this audiobook. Whew! I'll update my review with a bit more "book information" after I've "decompressed."
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EDITED TO ADD: I've been thinking about what I could (or "should" or even "can") add to my review on this book. It's difficult because this is such an unconventional "romance" that the smallest comments seem to "take away" from the mystery and plotline of the book. And it's one that even I [Queen of wanting to know the "spoilers":] was glad I only had the tiniest amount of information on. Suffice it to say that you should be warned it will not conform with many of your "romance sterotypes in the end," but that said, take it as a draw to one of the (if not "THE") most haunting and captivating erotic romances you'll EVER read. Megan Hart is a fabulous weaver of emotional storytelling. The story is told between "THEN" and "NOW," in a back and forth fashion. I was never "lost in flash forward/flash back," because each chapter change specifically started out with the word "THEN," and "NOW," so once I was aware of the flow of it, I easily transitioned between the times, and it became part of the entire spellbinding build-up of the tale she was weaving (literally)!

Bess migrates to the shore each summer with her family, which owns a large beach house; hosting the entire "clan," a new extended family member (aunts/uncles and counsins) every other week of the summer season. Bess spends her time working at a local candy/ice-cream shop and hanging and partying with her beachfront community college-age friends. Although Bess is not really big on drinking and rabble-rousing herself, she seems to tolerate her buddies on this account fairly well and goes along for the ride. On one such balmy-beach evening, she hangs at the impromptu party of her less than "BFF" friend Missy, and runs into Nick, whose got a reputation as the local bad boy. When she inquires of Missy who the guy across the room is that's silently bouncing "sparks" off of her to her great surprise, Missy states, "Who, 'Nick the Pri*k' you mean?!" With that, Bess begins a journey of a love like no other, and Hart makes you feel every pang that Nick and her experience in this story: giddiness, joy, jealousy, sadness and lust . . . and lust! ;) But most of all deep and abiding, long-lasting love for one another . . . that's never forgotten.

I'm having a hard time choosing another book . . . this story is so emotionally intense, it's one of those that is very hard to move on from. It's going to haunt me like nothing else I've read in recent memory, for a long time. Read or listen to this book - don't forget about it.
K.
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May 22, 2012 Kim rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: did-not-like-it, ebook, hawt, read-in-2012, unfinished

Good god, this book was boring. I gave up after reading about 60% of the thing.

Nick was boring, Bess was boring and the 'best friend' (forgot the name already) was a complete bitch. I don't even know why anybody would want a friend like that. At one point Bess mentions how the BFF wants to prove how every guy likes her more (= she makes up stories, about Nick being queer, for example)

The entire story has a weird angle, but I just couldn't be bothered anymore and I completely lost interest after...more

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Apr 28, 2011 Alma (aka Mrs. Rhaw) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-in-2011

This book is killing me slowly. NO IT'S NOT BAD!!!!
It is gut wrenching and I KNOW I'D BE SOBBING LIKE LUNATIC AT THE END JUST AS I DID AT

but the masochist in me is pushing me DEEPER!!!

Update on Apr 28th

Leave it to Megan Hart to cut me open with her beautiful stories. Some authors out there should read her books because then they'll hopefully learn how to mix everything that makes great romance and great, raw sex so yummy with characters who are real and have depth without going all cheezy and...more

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Mar 21, 2013 Jessica's Book Review rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 4-star

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Okay, first thing is first when it comes to Deeper by Megan Hart… WOW!!!!!

I saw this book at the bookstore and had NO IDEA it is a semi-paranormal book romance novel. When I say semi… it’s because it’s not all about paranormal activity like with vampires. But let’s talk about the book firs and I’ll explain….

While Bess was 20 she meets the bad boy of town Nick. Bess instantly is attracted to him even though she is with Andy, her boyfriend of four...more Read more reviews on my blog | Like me on Facebook

Okay, first thing is first when it comes to Deeper by Megan Hart… WOW!!!!!

I saw this book at the bookstore and had NO IDEA it is a semi-paranormal book romance novel. When I say semi… it’s because it’s not all about paranormal activity like with vampires. But let’s talk about the book firs and I’ll explain….

While Bess was 20 she meets the bad boy of town Nick. Bess instantly is attracted to him even though she is with Andy, her boyfriend of four years who is cheating on her and ignoring her all summer while they are apart. Bess and Nick instantly get together understanding what they are doing is just sex. As the summer goes on their relationship develops into more even if neither will admit their feelings. As their summer ends Bess leaves and Nick vanishes, nobody knows where he went. Some think he joined the military, others in the small beach town thinks he went with Bess to school, and Bess she thinks he just moved on from her.

Twenty years later Bess is now 40 years old, divorcing Andy and a mom of to two teenage boys. Bess moves back into the beach house and to the small town she called home for three summers during college. While walking the beach she sees him… Nick, but he looks exactly the same, he hasn’t aged. That is because he is (view spoiler) Bess is taken back but their chemistry is as hot as ever having hot ghost sex all over her beach house. It isn’t until others see him that Bess actually believes he is real and she isn’t crazy. Their relationship is odd and they have no idea how long they have together or what to make of it.

I LOVED this novel. Even as silly as sleeping with a (view spoiler) may sound, I couldn’t put it down. I loved the relationship between young Bess when she first meets Nick and their instant chemistry. Bess LOVED Nick and wanted him to go with her to college and I believe Nick did love her too even if he could not admit it. I wanted so badly for Nick to tell Bess he loved her, even 20 years later when he returned to her but he never did. I cried at the end when Nick told Bess (view spoiler) Their lives could have been totally different if didn’t happen. The sex scenes were erotic, the dialogue was spectacular. My heart broke for Nick… to finally trust someone and to love someone.

Do not let the strange story line make you not read this novel. It is beautiful, touching and will make you laugh, be sad, cry, and cry some more. I adored Bess and Nick and wish things were different for them. It was hard to read knowing there wouldn’t be a happy ending for them but their story was still touching. (less)

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Jun 10, 2010 Jill Dunlop rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

Deeper is the heartbreaking story of Bess Walsh told from two different vantage points, Then and Now. Then was one summer twenty years ago when Bess met bad boy Nick who consumed all her waking thoughts. They had a whirlwind romance and promised to meet, but something happened along the way to interfere. Now is Bess separated from her husband Andy and has decided to reevaluate her life. She is staying back at the beach house where it all began and she begins to think about Nick and what happened...more Deeper is the heartbreaking story of Bess Walsh told from two different vantage points, Then and Now. Then was one summer twenty years ago when Bess met bad boy Nick who consumed all her waking thoughts. They had a whirlwind romance and promised to meet, but something happened along the way to interfere. Now is Bess separated from her husband Andy and has decided to reevaluate her life. She is staying back at the beach house where it all began and she begins to think about Nick and what happened to him. As if she conjured him up herself he appears to her unchanged by twenty years. Strangely enough Nick is as real as any other person, only he has no heartbeat and doesn't need to eat or sleep. Finally, Bess finds out what happened that fateful night long ago.

Megan Hart is a fantastic storyteller. Her writing will engross readers the minute they turn that first page. She has a way of evoking a wide spectrum of emotions, due in a large part to her great, realistic characters. She chooses Beth and Nick with whom readers will largely relate too. They share the same hopes and dreams, fears and concerns that everyone faces at some point in their lives. Hart doesn't shy away from the gritty details and she is certainly not afraid to have her characters make some tough decisions. Sure enough Bess and Nick both face heartbreaking choices and they don't always make the right decision. They have to live with their mistakes and learn from them.

For some readers, Bess and Nick will frustrate them. Bess has a tendency to make choices she deems safe, even though it may not be the right choice for her. Look where her safe choices lead her - to constantly wondering what might have been. Nick constantly refers to himself as an asshole. At times he does act like a jerk, but he isn't an asshole. It's just that he is a young kid who is unsure of himself and he needs to grow up.

Deeper is not a romance. This is a book about self discovery. It is about learning who you are, what you are capable of and learning that if something is worth while then you have to take a risk. I will be honest, the ending of this book is heart wrenching. There is not a traditional HEA (happily ever after) and I am fairly certain that readers of romance will not be satisfied with the ending of this book. I had a very difficult time rating this book. It is a deeply moving book, one that will resonate with readers long after they finish it. Even though the book is capable of making such an impact, it is not one that I would likely read again or place among my cherished favorites. It's just too bittersweet.(less)

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Jul 09, 2010 TWIGGY17 rated it 5 of 5 stars

This emotional book captured my attention from the first page to the last. Hart is a wonderful storyteller and she weaved a tale that was both heartwarming and heartachingly poignant. What would you do if you had a second chance with a lost love? Nick and Bess were given that chance, but sometimes love is not enough, sometimes what you find is peace and forgiveness. I highly recommend this book, no it is not your typically erotic romance and it may not have ended with the ending we all wished fo...more

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Mar 30, 2013 Angeles Glod (Mrs. Jonas). rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: me-podria-pasar-a-mi, reviews

4.5

Wow, termine este libro en lagrimas.

Hay ciertas partes de la historia que quedaron incompletas, que todavía no logro entender, pero aun así me gusto.

No se si es la manera en que los personajes que complementan el uno al otro o si es la manera en la que la historia te deja con ansias de saber que pasa después, pero cuando leí este libro simplemente me sorprendí, no era lo que esperaba, era mucho mas.

La verdad es que lo recomiendo, es una historia que te enseña que si de verdad amas a esa pers...more

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Mar 17, 2013 Stacy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While I've certainly come to expect the unexpected from Hart, I have to say a ghost story still threw me for a loop. I kept waiting for the twist, the explanation, but nope...it's a ghost story. That's not a complaint, though I couldn't keep from frequent flashes of The Lake House mashed with Ghost. The emotional complexity I do expect was certainly there, but contrary to the title, I have to say it felt more shallow than that of her other books. Basically, we have a forty year old woman on the...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Tracy rated it 2 of 5 stars

I'll admit, I was in a lull and needed something besides a school textbook to read. Within the first 60 pages, I had to keep waking myself up because it was rather boring. I've read several reviews where people have said that this was a great book and they couldn't put it down--I honestly had to struggle to keep it open at some points.

The motivation of the story picked up a little bit towards the middle and the entire plot just didn't do it for me--a woman's dead ex-lover comes back from the de...more

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Aug 17, 2012 Dalimar rated it 3 of 5 stars

El libro de verdad era de solo 2 estrellas.Pero le di una mas debido a que aqui pude saber que paso con los personajes de Broken Sadie y Joe.Me alegro verlos,siempre pense que ese libro necesitaba aunque fuera un epigolo.Pero me alegra saber que al menos estan juntos y ella embarazada.

De este libro no se,tratare de no ser muy dura con Megan,pues es una de mis autoras preferidas pero este libro ha sido un horror.A mi particularmente no me gustan las historias paranormales.Y esta con un romance co...more

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May 05, 2012 Bonnie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: modern-romance, best-of-the-best, erotica

I love a good romance, and this is a really good one. I think everyone has that relationship that ended despite lingering deep feelings. This book is the second chance we all want. Sure there is liberal use of magic to allow for that chance, and that requires the suspension of disbeleief. But that suspension feels wonderful here. With few exceptions (Shayla Black is really the only exception I can think of) I am not a vampires and werewolves kind of romance reader, partially because I can't beli...more

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Mar 30, 2012 Johanna rated it 3 of 5 stars

Deeper
by Megan Hart

Genre: Erotic / Paranormal Romance

Twenty years ago she had her whole life spread out before her. She was Bess Walsh, a fresh-scrubbed, middle-class student ready to conquer the design world. And she was taken. Absolutely and completely. But not by Andy, her well-groomed, intellectual boyfriend who had hinted more than once about a ring. No. During that hot summer as a waitress and living on the beach, she met Nick, the moody, dark-haired, local bad boy. He was, to put it mild...more Deeper
by Megan Hart

Genre: Erotic / Paranormal Romance

Twenty years ago she had her whole life spread out before her. She was Bess Walsh, a fresh-scrubbed, middle-class student ready to conquer the design world. And she was taken. Absolutely and completely. But not by Andy, her well-groomed, intellectual boyfriend who had hinted more than once about a ring. No. During that hot summer as a waitress and living on the beach, she met Nick, the moody, dark-haired, local bad boy. He was, to put it mildly, not someone she could take home to Daddy. Instead, Nick became her dirty little secret— a fervent sexual accomplice who knew how to ignite an all-consuming obsession she had no idea she carried deep within her. Bess had always wondered what happened to Nick after that summer, after their promise to meet again. And now, back at the beach house and taking a break from responsibility, from marriage, from life, she discovers his heartbreaking fate—and why he never came back for her. Suddenly Nick's name is on her lips…his hands on her thighs…dark hair and eyes called back from the swirling gray of purgatory's depths. Dead, alive, or something in between, they can't stop their hunger. She wouldn't dare.

Elizabeth (known as Bess) returns to the sea-side town she spent her university summers working in. Now, upon being newly divorced, she moves into her grandparents beach home where she mysteriously runs into Nick, an old fling, and Eddie, an old co-worker. She's torn about what mistakes she made in the past and where exactly her future is going.

This was an audio book for me over my holiday drive. Not bad! It has that paranormal aspect to it that keeps up the interest as well as the romance that turns up the heat. Yet, Bess comes off as a lost character for me throughout most of the book. The chapters flip back and forth from the past to present, so the reader gets to see what exactly happened "then" and how that lead Bess to "now". At times it was was confusing and I, sadly, felt much of the story was left out . . . but overall . . . it was an enjoyable tale.

Likes: I like reading books all about the beach during the summer time, since it makes me day-dream I'm there . . . when I really stuck at work.

Dislikes: It's an okay love story, but I didn't feel like it was a complete love story. Lacking!(less)

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Oct 16, 2011 Sumando Libros rated it 1 of 5 stars

Veamos...

YO NO SOY UNA SANTURRONA… es más, creo que debo ser miembro honorario del "Club de las Excomulgadas" por la sarta de libros con contenido hot que he leído… a que viene esto?

A que el simple hecho de que una novela este catalogada como +18 no significa que tengamos entre nuestras manos porno escrito… NO, se trata d una novela con trama…acción… emoción…yyyy con el "plus" de tener algunas escenas de cama…

Entonces?

Que esta novela me ha parecido una, varias … NO, muchisisisimas escenas de cam...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Sandy M rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, erotic, paranormal

I received this book in e-format to review, and because I like reading Megan Hart, I didn’t bother getting online to read a blurb or except about it. Therefore, I knew nothing about it when I started reading. Thus, I didn’t know there would be several surprises ahead for me. Guess I should have known, but either way, it’s always a terrific ride with one of Ms. Hart’s books.

What I liked best about this book is how it alternates chapters between the time when Bess and Nick are young adults, twenty...more I received this book in e-format to review, and because I like reading Megan Hart, I didn’t bother getting online to read a blurb or except about it. Therefore, I knew nothing about it when I started reading. Thus, I didn’t know there would be several surprises ahead for me. Guess I should have known, but either way, it’s always a terrific ride with one of Ms. Hart’s books.

What I liked best about this book is how it alternates chapters between the time when Bess and Nick are young adults, twenty and twenty-one years of age, and then twenty years later when Bess is going through a separation and divorce from her husband. We get most of the mystery behind Nick’s disappearance from Bess’ life in the “Then” chapters and the re-acquaintance of the characters and answers to certain questions in the “Now” chapters.

Bess has inherited the beach house where she spent summers as a teenager and young adult. That’s where she first met Nick all those years ago, the bad boy in town, at a local party. Her friends warn her to stay away from him, he’ll be no good for her. But once she is introduced to him, there’s no way on earth she can stay away from him. She thinks of him, dreams of him constantly. There’s the usual antics that young people pull on each other and the angst that goes along with it, but as soon as Bess is tired of her supposed boyfriend’s, Andy, cheating, along with the fact she wants Nick, they forge a sexual relationship over several weeks toward the end of that summer.

Now as sparks of memory come back to her being on their beach again, Nick suddenly appears, claiming it took only his name falling her lips for him to come to her after being in the “gray” for so long. Besides the fact he hasn’t aged a day in twenty years, she realizes that Nick has no heartbeat and other things that tell her he’s not alive, but she doesn’t question any of it because he’s very real and he’s with her now. She refuses to ask questions of him about what happened when he failed to come to her as he promised back then; she doesn’t want to know because it won’t change anything now.

They enjoy getting to know one another again, mostly in the bedroom — it was always very electric and hot between them and it still is. Coming up with a story for Nick’s reappearance, they head into town for the day, only to hit a brick wall when Nick becomes violently and painfully ill the further they get away from the house and the beach surrounding it. To be with Bess, he’s restricted to that small piece of real estate and no further. But because everything is so new between them again, they love each other, they believe everything will be all right and work out as things should.

In between all this, Bess has also been reacquainted with another friend from her summers at the beach. Eddie was a good friend, though he wanted to be more in those days when they worked together. He now owns the soda shop in town where they spent a lot of time before. Eddie is still interested in Bess, but once again she has to keep the relationship friendly all due to Nick. Also, her sons eventually come to visit and things don’t go well at all when they realize what the relationship is between their mother and this very young man.

This is a terrific story, and Ms. Hart does a great job in linking everything together between the two time periods to lead you to a resolution and get your questions answered. And that’s my only nitpick I have with this book. I really didn’t care for that resolution. As I read, I kept thinking to myself, “I wonder how she’s going to have him truly come back to Bess?” I looked forward to one of those quirky, different ways that could be done, especially coming from an author like Ms. Hart. Didn’t get that at all. In fact, I kind of felt cheated the way it all did end. Anything else I say here will be giving too much away, so that’s the end of that.

At least the story up to that point in time is an enjoyable one. I’m not sure, however, if that makes up for the less-than-stellar ending.

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Apr 19, 2011 Kylie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: all-time-favorites, contemporary-romance, made-me-cry, paranormal, rated-r, want-to-read-again-someday

When I first stumbled upon Broken, I was so blown away that I rushed to read all of Megan Hart's other highly rated books. Problem was I skipped over this one. Big Mistake. I realize why people rated this novel so poorly. It is bizarre and the ending made me rush to the bathroom so no one could se me crying over the damn thing, but it is profoundly poignant. It's beautiful, really.

This is not a love story, this is a story about love. What love is, and what it means. 98% of romances depict love a...more

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Mar 27, 2010 Rosina Lippi rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, reviewed-here

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. SPOILERS. BIG, FAT, EXPLICIT SPOILERS.

As I am dabbling in paranormal fiction and because this was recommended by a friend, I read it.

I don't have anything against ghost stories, really I don't. I don't even mind corporal ghosts who are capable of mind blowing sex. But if the author goes into too much detail about the nature of the ghost's physical being, then I have problems. In this case Nick, Bess's lover of 20 years ago, shows up from the gray (as he calls it) with no idea where he's been. Bu...more

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Jan 30, 2010 Anemone rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Megan Hart is usually an auto buy for me. This book, however, was a BIG disappointment on a few levels.
The story premise worked well and looked hopeful,and once I understood that Nick was a ghost, I remember thinking Oh, it's going to end sadly - she won't be able to stay with him, then.. , thinking Ghosts have no future (!) and then I thought Wait. A Ghost? The premise is already fantasy, why DOES it have to end sadly? A clever author like Ms Hart should be able to weave something brilliant...more Megan Hart is usually an auto buy for me. This book, however, was a BIG disappointment on a few levels.
The story premise worked well and looked hopeful,and once I understood that Nick was a ghost, I remember thinking Oh, it's going to end sadly - she won't be able to stay with him, then.. , thinking Ghosts have no future (!) and then I thought Wait. A Ghost? The premise is already fantasy, why DOES it have to end sadly? A clever author like Ms Hart should be able to weave something brilliant to astound us all. She did not: we got a tired old plot, peppered with gymnastic sex that I did not find erotic and actually detracted from the storyline, with constant references to being out of shape and the effects of motherhood.

I truly, truly, disliked Bess, a two-timing passive wimp who could never make her mind up about anything, but liked to keep her options on men open. She seemed to let life happen to her. She let herself be bossed about by her fiance as a young woman, then by her husband (she actually went back to him, knowing he was a womaniser!), her two bossy sons in the present day, then her future boyfriend Eddie.

I felt really sad for Nick, for having so few friends that nobody actually cared enough to find out what had happened to him. If it had been so great a love, wouldn't one try, even in a sneaky way, to find out why your boyfriend didn't turn up? What about his friends and the trailer left like the Marie Celeste? He was well and truly punished, because even as a ghost, he got thrown over for another.
I felt Eddie, the new love interest was actually creepy, and couldn't see anyone else but Buddy Holly (sorry!)in his part.

While Nick was referred to as a bad boy, and we had to take that on trust: I just couldn't see why he was bad, nor why Eddie at one point stepped between Bess and Nick and saying darkly that Nick was not good for Bess. Why? I would have said it was the other way around. Bess never committed to Nick in the past nor in the present. There was just no growth here..
A really infuriating read, but well written, and I liked the present/past device, which worked well.

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Dec 17, 2009 The Pleasures Chest rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Twenty years ago she had her whole life spread out before her. She was Bess Walsh, a fresh-scrubbed, middle-class student ready to conquer the design world. And she was taken. Absolutely and completely.
But not by Andy, her well-groomed, intellectual boyfriend who had hinted more than once about a ring. No. During that hot summer as a waitress and living on the beach, she met Nick, the moody, dark-haired, local bad boy. He was, to put it mildly, not someone she could take home...more

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Feb 09, 2012 Destina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

I think this is up there among my favorite Megan Hart books. I found the story to be pretty original with its paranormal flavor. Nick's ghost comes back to Bess "in the flesh" after 20 years.
I am rereading the book again after two years and now I know why I liked it so much. Besides the great story and hot sex scenes, it appeals to my silly, irrational attraction to young adult romance (I'm in my 30's for godssake!) because Hart goes back and forth between the present and the past. In the past,...more

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Dec 04, 2011 Mrs LB rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: very-adult-romance

Another reader stated that this book is not a love story, rather it's a story about love. I didn't understand that until after finishing the book and only then realized how perfect that statement is. This is one of those books that will stay with me forever. I'm actually having a hard time getting into another audiobook; Deeper refuses to leave my thoughts.
First,I really like the way the storyline was given; I did not find it confusing at all. It was almost like getting two stories in one book...more

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Jun 19, 2012 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: megan-hart-is-my-hero

Just as a warning, my review will have some spoilers.

So, I'm on this huge Megan Hart kick, and I'm quickly reading everything she's written. Dirty was my first; I loved it. I read Broken next, and in the last two days I've read Deeper, which was so, so different from the previous two ... but not bad. Not bad at all.

Megan's books are catagorized as erotica, but I'm quickly learning they are so much more than that. Her writing is very emotional and sexy, and realistic. I like sex as much as the...more

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Jun 23, 2011 Elke rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: No one

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. After reading the summary of the book, I thought this might be a good read with a surprising angle. But it was a huge disappointment, story wise. The writing was good and the different chapters, set in a different time, were interesting and entertaining, but in general, this book lacked a good plot and the main characters were poorly shaped. I don't feel sympathy for any of them, maybe Nick was the only one who touched me, and isn't that part of the author's job to pull you in and feel sympathy...more

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Feb 19, 2011 Manuela rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: venduto, contemporaneo

Una mezza delusione. Avevo letto commenti non proprio positivi, ma volevo toccare con mano. E la Hart non si è confermata ai suoi livelli.
Prima di tutto la terza persona non valorizza il suo stile, il suo modo di narrare: gli altri 3 che ho letto erano raccontati in prima persona e la differenza si nota; c'è meno coinvolgimento, le emozioni si sentono meno a pelle, tutto sembra più impersonale.
Quello che però mi ha fatto più storcere il naso è la narrazione parallela del presente e del passato...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Jessica rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: hot-hot-hot, own, rereads

Fantasitc!

I wasnt sure about this at the beginning. I mean I dont really read Erotic books. But this was more than that. I mean, sure they had sex more than any normal human does, but it was hot wild-I havent seen you-but am still madly in love with you-and we know it wont last for long-sex.

I enjoyed the way this book was written, the Now and Then on the chapters, to keep you at pace with what matched. What they were dealing with during the Now and Then what correlated with each other.

And then.....more

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Oct 08, 2012 Susana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: heartbreaking-stories-ghosts, hot-and-steamy, magical-realism

3,0...3,5 stars?

Well, reviewing this book is one tough cookie....
For starters there were parts of it that i really, really liked, and then there others....uh, well lets say that i didn't care much about them.

I liked the author's writing style. I liked the romance and the chemistry between the main characters. I especially liked Nick. Which is kind of ironic, since he is the one character that gets a lot of labels in this story (view spoiler)...more

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