Summer Shadows: The Right Path / Partners

by Nora Roberts

Summer Shadows collects two novels of desire and danger from “the queen of romantic suspense” (Columbus Dispatch)—#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.

The Right Path

On a dream vacation in Greece, Morgan James is enjoying the beautiful island paradise of sun, surf, and sand. That dream becomes a nightmare when she emerges from the ocean after a midnight, moonlit swim to find herself face-to-face with a man wielding a knife. Warning her to say nothing to no one about his presence, he vanishes.

Morgan sees him the very next day, visiting the home of her hosts. Greek tycoon Nicholas Gregoras appears to be on a mysterious mission and he needs Morgan to trust him. Undeniably attracted to and intrigued by Nicholas, she gives into his request only to find herself targeted by some very dangerous people.

Partners

New Orleans is a city of seduction and sin. Investigative reporters Laurel Armand and Matthew Bates walk its streets and reveal its secrets in competing bylines. When they’re assigned to work together on a murder case, the underlying tension between them becomes undeniable passion. It is a distraction neither can afford professionally or personally. But as their partnership grows, so does the threat of a predator with an insatiable bloodlust…

Genres: Romance

448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published May 24, 2022

About the author

Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including Hideaway, Under Currents, Come Sundown, The Awakening, Legacy, and coming in November 2021 -- The Becoming -- the second book in The Dragon Heart Legacy. She is also the author of the futuristic suspense In Death series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

Reviews

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to complete a prompt for a book challenge and it was just ok. Published in 1987 and you could hear the vintage 😆😉 the book had 2 short stories and the first one was pretty awful with the characters and storyline. 2nd book was just ok. Not sure if I’ll ever read another book by Nora, but who knows. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[Machelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️

Blahhhhhhh. 2-in-1 book

VERYYYY vintage NR - harlequinesque vibes and I HATED the 1st books characters.
It was such a ridiculous story that getting into it was a complete disappointment.
Yes, let’s get jumped by a guy with a knife, expect to get raped and then let him climb up our bedroom wall for some rompage fun.

Just. No.

The 2nd book was better, but still very vintage. I’m so glad she writes much more entertaining reads now and days.

Quick reads that would fill a void but I wouldn’t jump right on into thinking it’s gonna be fun. 😂

Book 109/110

[Danielle Urban · Rating 5 out of 5]

Summer Shadows by Nora Roberts is exciting, suspenseful, and entertaining. There is drama and romance too. I love the location of the stories. The first story was on an island where things can be either super wonderful or deadly. A woman who is visiting a friend happens to run into a dangerous man. A man that cannot share his work or identity. This only leaves her to think the worst of him. Then, there is the instant attraction and their fun banters that made this book pop to life. Vibrant, engaging, a vacation from a vacation this book, I highly recommend Summer Shadows to all.

I bought this book from my local used library sale. This is my voluntary review.

[Christine Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a bundle of two short stories, The Right Path and Partners.

The Right Path was so hard for me to connect to. The characters annoyed me, the storyline was predictable. I sat it down to read other books twice.

Partners, however, I really enjoyed. It was a sweet love story combined with a murder mystery that kept you wondering through to the end.

[Barbara Kurtz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I often use Nora Roberts books for breaks in between heavier reads. I did that with this two-in-one book. Not stories were vintage Nora Roberts. They are formulaic with enough twists and surprises to be compelling. Just what I needed.

[Allison Grice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the suspense and intrigue. There were twists with every page that made it hard to put the book down. Nora Roberts always does a fabulous job.

That being said, I feel like there were too many loose ends at the end of each of the stories.

[Karen]

Nora Roberts never disappoints, mystery intrigue and plots that twist to keep you from figuring out the who the murderer is.

[Nichole AZU · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really fun suspenseful reads!

[Judy Zimbelman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok Nora kept the plot moving in the first story but Partners wondered around mental health, murder and native spirits.

[Vicki Sweeney · Rating 2 out of 5]

The right path was good. Partners didn’t finish.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Formula Nora Roberts book.

[Mary Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

First book in this collection wasn’t my favorite. The second was better. Neither were my favorite Nora Robert’s books by far.

[Doris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved both stories; each was so enjoyable to read.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Within the first pages I was not enjoying The Right Path. You can tell it was written back when these types of men were seen as smouldering, dangerous, mysterious, sexy bad boys. Today it's more like, oh yay, undertones of SA. Let's forget about all the red flag behaviours and focus on what's appealing instead. 🙄
Partners was marginally better but not enough to save it all.
Let's just say I was happy to finish this book. The stories did not age well, especially the first. I couldn't even pass this on to my mother and sister as they didn't want to read it. I do not recommend.