Immortal in Death is my favorite. Peabody becomes an established character, we see lots of Mavis, and of course, the wedding preparations and the bachelor party are great sidelines. My only wish is that she would have actually spent a little more time on the wedding itself.

My cousin finally gave back some of my books, as soon as I have free book time, i'm definitely rereading the series.

Vengenance in Death and Ceremony in Death are my favs so far.

LOL Roarke is certainly arrogant and very sexy. *sighs*

I kind of want to reread the first book again... I remember reading it the first time and just thinking, what an arrogant and sexy man. lol.

I need to reread the series, it's been years since I read most of them.

My fav, is Naked in death I just loved how Eve and Roake came together and it just keeps getting better. Now my second favorite is Origin In Death that one gave me chills.

I have to say Naked in Death is one of my faves, though I do like Innocent in Death. Hard to pick from among the others, they are all so good.

I'm not sure I can even pick a book that I like the most. I think I'm up to the 10th or 11th book. But I find after awhile that the story's sort of blend together and I forget what events happened in what book.

But Naked in Death was pretty good, and also Vengeance in Death. I find it so interesting how Summerset does sort of care about Eve, and she really has no idea. But I love how they banter with eachother!

LOL! My lips are sealed :)
Eve is hilarious! She starts to panic whenever Trina is around, those scenes in the book are priceless!

Shazzy, The sharing of the books has worked very well for me. The two ladies that read the books prior to me read them quickly so I always have a couple here to read--I usually read one or two a month. With all the other books I read, it works great into my schedule. I've recommended the series to quite a few myself that have become hooked! Just started Imitation in Death & loving it. Eve is just so funny in how she can't relate to "girlie" things. Good thing she has Roarke, Mavis, Peabody & Mira to help her along in those areas. :-D What I wouldn't give for a man like Roarke! BTW, don't tell my hubby I said that! LOL!

That sounds really cool Ramona, but there's no way that i'd be able to wait for them. My brother has just started reading the series and he loves it (HE NEVER EVER READS!) i've introduced quite a few friends/family to the series and everyone loves it so far.

A favorite of the In Death series--each time I read one that one turns out to be my favorite! LOL! I am so hooked with this series. A group of gals in one of my on line books clubs are sharing this series. They start in Utah, travel to NY, then FL (me), then SC, then Hawaii & then back to the mainland. I lose track of how many are reading them. A couple have bought all of them themselves because they can't wait for each person to finish one. I'm about to start Portrait in Death. We each add notes from the last person's notes about the book we just read & send them along with the book in an envelope to be opened after reading. It's been great fun.

Elaine, i'm really glad that you gave the series another try! I look forward to reading the new books every year!

I just made these comments to a GR friend on another review:
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You MUST read book 1 BUT...don't read it until you have book 2 in hand AND book 3! LOL! Why? Cos Eve & Roarke's romance develops in book 1 and 2 ends in a "romance-cliffhanger" so be warned. If I didn't have Book 3, I'd be tearing my hair out cos by Book 2 (Glory)I'm so totally addicted to Roarke, I can hardly breathe.

I really do get withdrawal symptoms when I'm not reading the book. Hell, I get withdrawal symptoms when he's off-planet and Eve is battling stuff (internal and external) on her own.

On second thoughts, read Naked but just make sure Glory and Immortal are available. Hey, I think this post should be under the In Death series discussion, not here. Is there a discussion for the series? If there is, I'll move our posts there, ok?
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My GR friend hasn't read Naked yet so I don't know if she'll like it but I'm hoping she does and will join this discussion group. We'd be new to the series and this group will be helpful to us.

Background to my reading the In Death books:
I read Naked when it first came out in 1995. Wasn't sure if I liked it and read the 2nd install ment, Glory, when it came out. Decided Eve was a cold, hard-nosed bitch who didn't know a good thing when it dropped into her life and I couldn't envisage dealing with that book after book.

That was the end of the series fr me. Fast forward 13 years later to 2008. I vaguely remember Roarke being pretty good hero material but it took the last 12 months to decide I could give Eve another try. And here I am...absolutely loving her! Wow.

My favorite is Vengeance in Death. I love how even though Eve and Roarke have worked together in the past, this is one of (if not the) first times that Eve really has to step up and really accept Roarkes past. I've gotta say, so far, one of my absolute favorite scenes in the series is when Eve tells Roarke that she believes that what he did to those men in Marlena's behalf was justice. My favorite just because Roarke needed to hear it from her, so much.

My favorite has to be Naked In Death.

Naked in death is also another favourite!

My favourite book is Glory in Death, I love the battle that Eve has with herself about Roarke and his love for her and her inability to commit to their relationship.