Review - Treasures - Nora Roberts

It turns out that this book is actually two books - Secret Star and Treasures Lost, Treasures Found. I will review them separately.

Secret Star
From the back of the book:
He was standing face-to-face with a dead woman...and she was holding a gun. Lieutenant Seth Buchanan's homicide investigation was thrown into turmoil when Grace Fontaine turned up very much alive - an in possession of one of the huge blue diamonds known as the Stars of Mithra. Seth never let his feelings get in the way of his job...but it was becoming increasingly difficult with no mystery more compelling than that of Grace herself.

I'll admit I didn't have high hopes for this book initially. I chose to read it because I was taking cold medicine before bed and wanted something that was 'easy'. Even in my altered state, I knew that this book was ridiculous. Did it pass the time? Sure. Was it marginally entertaining? Um....kind of. Did it grow more and more ridiculous as the pages went by? Yep. If you are able to suspend all reality when you read a book - this one is for you. If not, I would not waste your time.

Treasures Lost, Treasures Found

From the back of the book:
Kate Hardesty had inherited a dream: a pile of mysterious charts and notebooks mapping the way to sunken treasure. Determined to complete her late father's explorations, she returned to the island where she grew up and hired deep-sea diver Ky Silver - the man she'd left behind four years ago. But working with Ky meant more than searching for gold...it meant finding a priceless treasure Kate hadn't been looking for.

After the last book, this one could only be better. I guess it could have been worse but thankfully, it wasn't. Since I currently live in North Carolina, I am really a sucker for a story that takes place in the state and especially on the Outer Banks. As I read this book, I kept thinking "I've read this before" - I couldn't find the book title on any of my book lists so it may just be that the story is familiar. This book won't change your life but it will provide an escape from your daily life...unless of course you are a university professor that is looking for a shipwreck and buried treasure on Ocracoke Island then this book is your life.

Title: Treasures
Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Silhouette Books
Rating: 2.5/5 (Secret Star 2.0/ Treasures Lost, Treasures Found 3.0 so I took the average)
Source of book: Grandma Skip