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    The Next Always
    The Next Always
    The Next Always
    Audiobook (abridged)6 hours

    The Next Always

    Written by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

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    About this audiobook

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces you to the Montgomery brothers—Beckett, Ryder, and Owen—as they bring an intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown.

    The historic hotel in Boonsboro has endured war and peace, the changing of hands, and even rumored hauntings. Now it’s getting a major face-lift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect in the family, Beckett’s social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there’s another project he’s got his eye on: the girl he’s been waiting to kiss since he was sixteen.

    After losing her husband and returning to her hometown, Clare Brewster soon settles into her life as the mother of three young sons while running the town’s bookstore. Though busy and with little time for romance, Clare is drawn across the street by Beckett’s transformation of the old inn, wanting to take a closer look…at both the building and the man behind it.

    With the grand opening inching closer, Beckett is happy to give Clare a private tour—one room at a time, in between blueprint meetings and kindergarten pickups. It’s no first date, but these stolen moments are the beginning of something that could arouse the secret yearning that resides in Clare’s independent heart—and open the door to the extraordinary adventure of what comes next…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 1, 2011
    ISBN9781455806928
    The Next Always
    Author

    Nora Roberts

    Nora Roberts is the bestselling author of more than two hundred romance novels. She was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Since her first bestseller in 1991, Nora’s books have spent more than two hundred weeks in the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list. There are more than five hundred million copies of her books in print, published in over thirty-four countries.

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    • 5/5
      Sooo great! This book is like a warm cup of cocoa in front of a crackling fireplace. It’s a hug and a snuggle. It’s not fast paced or action packed. It’s the kind of book you can indulge in slowly and it will just make you smile. A lot.

      It is a very grown up romance. The adults behave like adults. The challenges are realistic and nobody but the “bad guy” is a selfish asshole.

      Audiobooks are hard for me because I am super picky about narrators, but this one gets allllll the Stars. He is fantastic. Legitimately a great “actor” as he portrays everything and everyone realistically and with perfect interpretation of the mood and characters.

      This one goes on my “re-read” list!
    • 4/5
      Excellent start to the trilogy. Nora gets you interested in characters
    • 4/5
      It was interesting to find out that the book follows what was actually created in the Inn Boonsboro in real life.
    • 3/5
      As much as I usually like NR's books, this one felt wrong. The first half of the book reads as a combination between her memoirs and a sales brochure for her myriad of businesses in Boonsboro. In the second half the story finally took off, although it was almost - dare I say it - boring.
      I don't what's happening with NR. I missed the usual spark in the Bride Quartet books and here again. Hopefully it's because both these series have been written based on personal experience. And hopefully NR will go back to writing as she did before.
    • 4/5
      I liked this. Slow sweet romance. A little suspense but not too much. Admirable characters and an interesting and fresh setting for the characters in a small town in Maryland.
    • 4/5
      Typical Nora Roberts fare. Claire and Beckett knew each other in high school, and reconnect years later after her army husband is killed, leaving her with two young sons. Background plots include the restoration of an old inn in town (apparently inhabited by a friendly ghost), and Claire's other "suitor." A good, quick, escape read. First in a trilogy.
    • 4/5
      I loved this book. It was a fun romance that is classic Nora Roberts. I think my favorite character is the Inn. I love watching the brothers remodel the inn and bring it to fruition. I love the naming of the rooms after famous literary couples that found their happily ever afters. I love that in this book in particular the heroine owns a bookstore. While listening to this book, I found myself looking into the practicalities of making a trip to Inn Boonsboro for myself (and it looks quite doable). At first, I was thrown off a little bit the sound of MacLeod Andrews voice as the narrator of the series. Mostly, I think, because I was expecting a female narrator but once the book got to going, he was perfect.
    • 5/5
      This books is a lovely start to a new series. There is a great cast, a beautiful environment, and a little bit of the supernatural thrown in. I have to admit, I went and look up the Inn Boonsboro website to check the pictures against the descriptions in the book, and I loved how meta Nora got by actually include Eve and Roarke as a couple for one of the rooms. Beckett and Claire are a great new couple to follow, and now I cannot wait for book two.
    • 4/5
      Cosy for a sunny summer day.
    • 4/5
      As I began to read this book I thought it was just a simple romance story. Widow (Clare) returns to her hometown with her children, the boy (Becket) who loved her in highschool becomes her friend and eventually it becomes more than that, and eventually they get married. Well, this was all in there, but there was more to the story. This is the first book in the Inn Boonsboro Trilogy featuring the three Montgomery brothers. They are renovating and old Inn hoping it will become a boutique hotel and bring in tourists to their small town. The dynamics in this family are great, they love their mother and have such a wonderful relationship with her. The Inn has some surprises in store for the reader and there is also a rather scary situation involving Clare. Becket has to convince Clare that she doesn't have to do everything on her own and it is okay to accept help from friends and that is not as simple as it sounds. It is a nice romance but there is some drama and suspense thrown in as well. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
    • 4/5

      The three Montgomery brothers, Beckett, Owen, and Ryder, and their mother Justine, have bought an old inn and are rehabbing it to reopen as a high-end bed & breakfast.

      Widowed Claire Brewster is raising her three boys, and running a bookstore called Turn the Page across from the old inn. Her best friend Avery runs a restaurant, Vesta, nearby.

      Their other best friend from college, Hope, is a hotel manager who wants to relocate away from DC.

      Since this is a Nora Roberts romance novel, it hardly seems like a spoiler to say that this book is Claire and Beckett's story.

      The setting is small town Virginia near a variety of tourist attractions. Roberts as always makes the character's likable and interesting, and adds a bit of the fantastic with ghost haunting the old inn. There's also an all too realistic, believable villain. It's a satisfying, enjoyable romance, with just enough excitement to keep it interesting.

      Recommended.

      I bought this audiobook.
    • 4/5
      Love Nora Roberts. Love country inns. Love buildings and the details that go into them. Really sweet story.
    • 4/5
      Welp, my first Nora Roberts (not counting J. D. Robb) and it was just what I needed after my last intense listen, and a very personally stressful week. I really enjoyed the characters, the setting, and the little bit of paranormal activity that wasn't the center of the story, but was very important nevertheless. I will most likely be listening to the rest of the trilogy, since I really want to see gruff Ryder fall! I loved Beckett's interaction with Claire's boys, that was great. And the reason for Liam wanting a Barbie, that made me laugh out loud.
    • 3/5
      The Montgomery brothers are restoring an historic property as a hotel in Boonsville, MD. Romance and a ghost.
    • 3/5
      After reading the "Bride Series," I thought I would try another series. Although the first book in this series was good, It did not tempt me to keep reading the series.
    • 4/5
      Nora Roberts is predictable. The book was good, but a tad too much graphic sex for a YA novel. Too bad, because the story line is just what would appeal to a teen.My niece Jennifer stayed at the Inn and had a wonderful time. I ordered the trilogy simply because of her. So, bottom line, meh. I have two more Roberts books on my phone to read when I'm too tired to think!
    • 5/5
      I know these trilogies are very predictable, but I always like a Nora Roberts story. She sucks you in so you like and care for the characters. Of course I know what is going to happen but her writing is so smooth it doesn't matter. This was a very enjoyable book and I read it really fast. Can't wait for the other 3.
    • 2/5
      A little slow.
    • 4/5
      Claire and Beckett

      This was a delightful story; Claire and Beckett coming together, two happy families each with three boys, the rebirth of a grand building and Lizzy the Ghost.

      I keep wishing I could return to the story a week after I finished reading.
    • 3/5
      I did like the realistic descriptions of the renovation process, and Lizzie the ghost, and the nitty-gritty details of mothering three young boys. But the audio reader was pretty awful. He actually did the male voices okay, but did not manage to make the women sound at all admirable, and his childrens' voices were just plumb BAD.
    • 4/5
      "Awesome! Being in the business, can relate......Loved Nora Roberts' all-new trilogy-inspired by the inn she actually owns and the town she loves (her husband owns the book store and son the Pizza shop).

      The historic hotel in BoonsBoro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it's getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett's social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there's another project he's got his eye on: the girl he's been waiting to kiss since he was fifteen, Clare ....Could not put it down and looking forward to reading (The Last Boyfriend #2 in series and The Perect Hope #3). May even make a trip one weekend to visit the inn and the bookstore!
    • 3/5
      I have been listening to this book on my way to and from work. I like being able to do that as it makes my commute a little less painful.

      I enjoyed this book, there was humor, romance, family, community all the elements of a good book.

      This was the story of Beckett and Claire. Beckett being one of three brothers remodeling the Inn and Claire owning the bookstore and raising 3 boys.
    • 5/5
      I love Nora Roberts, but there was something special about the Boonsboro Inn series. I enjoyed it so much.
    • 2/5
      My first, and likely last, Nora Roberts. Way too much about restoring and decorating the stupid inn. Way too much mundane chit chat. Not much plot, and the whole stalker thing was weak.

      Adorable children and delicious hero (and his brothers) are not enough to rescue this book.
    • 4/5
      Nora doing what Nora does best. Great characters, semi-believable situations, interesting central theme/thread.

      MacLeod Andrews' narration was a bit rough on the older ladies' voices and hard to listen to on the children's voices.

      It almost kept me from listening to the following volumes. But I figured the children would be less omnipresent and I was right.

      I persevered and I was glad.

      This was the weakest of the trilogy, but it is a nice foundation for the other two books.

    • 3/5
      This is the first book in this trilogy. It's better than the 2nd book. I'm in the process of reading the 3rd book, so I don't know how it stacks up. I enjoyed the book, but not as much as some other series. I think perhaps there were characters here that are based on actual people and I think Nora may have been a little tame in her treatment of them because of that. I don't know. There weren't enough flaws and there wasn't enough drama to keep me hankering to get back to the book. 
    • 1/5
      I have never been so disappointed in a Nora Roberts book. It felt like she basically phoned this one in. There was no romance, no plot, no storyline basically. It was a bland account of how to build an inn in a small town, with a few interactions between a man and a woman with three kids. Blah. Oh, and then there was the supposed bad guy tossed in the mix, I guess to try and create some tension in the story? I'm not sure what the point was, really. This is definitely one of those books I wish I hadn't wasted my time reading.
    • 3/5
      The book was a good start to the trilogy. I liked the Bride Quartet better, because the characters evolved slower. I felt like this was a bit rushed to have all of the couples on display in the first book.
    • 4/5
      Once again she’s done it a series that leads to you wanting more.

      I can hardly wait for the next installment of the wonderful Montgomery brothers and their new B&B (Boonsboro Inn). It’s amazing how they work together to put the old house together. They pay attention to every detail, it doesn’t hurt that they are carpenters, an architect, and great project manager. Beckett the oldest can communicate with the ghost of the house.

      His other project is the girl from his childhood dreams that could barely talk to, but now can’t keep away from. They are actually a good fit. Her husband was a soldier and was killed in war; she came back to her hometown and opened a book store.

      Am anxiously awaiting the next installment.
    • 2/5
      Welp, it's a Nora Roberts. No surprises here. Some nice salt-of-the earth people fall in love and restore an inn and stuff.
      But why do they capitalize the second B in BoonsBoro? Why, why, why???