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The Reef
The Reef
Author: Nora Roberts
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780515126082
ISBN-10: 051512608X
Pages: 448
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 432 ratings
Publisher: Jove
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 6
This is an excellent book that captivates the imagination and fantasy. If you like pirates or treasure hunting you will love this book filled with adventure, murder, suspense and thrills not to mention some romance. It's Nora Roberts.
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Helpful Score: 5
The Reef is part sea thriller, part exquisite and intelligent love story, and all Nora. Noraholics, be on the alert: This is a keeper, and one that your non-romance reading friends will love as well. If you miss The Reef, you will have missed one of the best suspense adventure stories of the year -- and a love story that will take your breath away!
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Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed learning about undersea treasure hunting. It was something I had never read about before.
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Helpful Score: 1
This was my first Nora Roberts book and I couldn't put it down. Loved it!
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Helpful Score: 1
Loved it
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Helpful Score: 1
I love anything Nora Roberts writes.
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Helpful Score: 1
Marine biologist Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure hunting that she shares with her father. Over the years they've had many famous finds, but one treasure has eluded them, Angelique's Curse, an amulet filled with jewels and heavy with history. They can't do it alone, so Tate's father hires Matthew Lassiter, a sea-scarred diver whose past is shrouded in mystery. Tate and Matthew are reluctant partners, until danger and desire begin to rise to the surface.
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Marine archeologist Talt Beaumont has a passion for treasure-hunting. Over the years she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them.Angelique's Curse- a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. Many treasure hunters are searching and suspence and romance entails....Roberts mad waves with romantic suspense on the coast and at sea, Roberts now takes a satisfying plunge into the deep....
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"An engaging cast of characters with the enticing mystery of coral reefs and sunken treasure. THE REEF is a perfect book to curl up with" Denver Post ( Me too)
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Marine Archeologist Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure-hunting. Over the years, she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them; Angelique's Curse - a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. In order to find this precious artifact, the Beaumonts reluctantly form a partnership with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter.

Having to share this dream is more than Tate can bear, but she has little choice. As the Beaumonts and Lassisters pool their resources to locatae Angelique's Curse, the Carribbean waters thicken and darken with shadowy deceptions and hidden threats. Their partnership is placed in jeopardy when Matthew refuses to share information--including the truth behind his fathers mysterious death several years earlier. For now Tate and Matthew continue their uneasy alliance--until danger and desire begin to rise to the surface.
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I enjoy Nora Roberts books. This one is about a marine archeologist and her father searching for a jeweled amulet. In order to find this treaure they have to form a partnership with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter. A thrilling treaure hunt.
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I was on tenterhooks! Delivered with Roberts typical fast-paced droll style. Great romantic moments and a captivating hero and heroine.
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The Beaumonts and the Lassiters pool their resources to locate "Angelique's Curse, an amulet precious and dark with legend. Tate Beaumont and Michael Lassiter have to set their feelings aside and work together...not an easy thing to do. Danger and Desire abound in this story.
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Enjoyable page-turner from Nora Roberts. Perfect blend of adventure, intrique and romance.
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great book as always for Nora Roberts
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Having made waves with romantic suspence on the coast and at sea, Roberts now takes a satisfying plunge into the deep. A real page turner.
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Good abridgement of the novel.
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This book is about a treasure hunting individual who is looking for the elusive teasure.............
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The Beaumonts join with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter to find an amulet called the Angelique's Curse with danger and desire in the mix.
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Marine archologist Tate Beaumont has a passio nfor treasure-hunting. Over the years, she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them: Angelique's Curse- a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. In order to find this precious artifact, the Beaumonts reluctantly form a partnership with salvager Buck and Matthew Lassiter.
Having to share this dream is more than Tate can bear, but she has little choice. As the Baeumonts and Lassiters pool their resources to locate Angelique's curse, the Caribean waters thicken and darken with shadowy deceptions and hidden threats. Their partnership is placed in jeopardy when Matthew refuses to share information-including the truth behind his father's mysterious death several years earlier. For now, Tate and Matthew continue their uneasy alliance-until danger and desire begin to rise to the surface.
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I am a big Nora Roberts fan,but this was not one of her better books.
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Interesting and exciting. withjust the right amount of romance
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This book was a page turner for me. I can not find a Nora Roberts book that I do not like.
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If you enjoy her other books this new adventure willkep you attention and you won't want to leave it. As a fan of Nora Roberts AKA JD Robb. This book is top notch.
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very good and full of adventure
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Not my favorite Nora Roberts book, but still a good read. I don't always like books that take place over many years.
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an engaging cast of characters with the mystery of coral reefs and sunken treasures.
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College student Tate Beaumont is spending the summer with her parents hunting for sunken treasure. They meet salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter, and realize they too are searching for the famous jeweled amulet "Angelique's Curse" which went down with a ship. Deciding to become partners and share any treasure they find, the group stumbles onto an old Spanish Galleon with a fortune in gold. As Tate and Matthew grow closer, an evil man from the past may just drive them apart.

This was an interesting romantic suspense story. Even though I know nothing about diving for sunken treasure, I found this story hard to put down. All of the characters are well drawn, even the minor characters. As usual, Nora Roberts has written another winner. My rating: 4.5 Stars.
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Marine archeologist Tate Beaumont searches for the treasure Angelique's Curse, a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. She forms a partnership with Buck and Matthew Lassiter.
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Very enjoyable read!
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I was immediately caught in the adventure of this book. I couldn't put it down once I picked it up.
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The usual fast pace good read that one expects from Nora Roberts. The suspense was great as were the characters.
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This is now definitely one of my favorite books. I've read nora roberts before but never like this. This book has lovable characters and a bad guy that makes you cringe and really makes you hate him. The adventure is wonderful and the story is even better.
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This book is my ultimate favorite Nora Roberts book. The villian is just nasty enough to dislike, the herion feisty and strong-willed and the hero has just the right balance of sexy and mysterious to make him appealing. I love the backdrop of hunting for sunken treasure, the pleasure in the surroundings as well as the excitement of the hunt. This book was written before Nora Roberts trilogies starting making up the bulk of her writing. I absolutely love her earlier work the best, however I will continue to read whatever she has published. This book is a recommend for those of you who are true Nora fans and for those of you just finding Nora's books.
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Excellent!
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Great read while relaxing on the beach
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This one started out a little slow, but it did pick up and ended up being a wonderful story!
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THIS WAS GREAT, MYSTERY, AND ROMANCE
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New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts returns to a familiar subject-treasure, the kind of treasure found among the shipwrecks in the balmy waters of the West Indies and the treasure of love--love of family, love between the unlikeliest of partners, love found and lost and found again. Marine archeologist Tate Beaumont finds herself thrown together with salvager Matthew Lassiter, eight years after he brutally crushed her first stirrings of young love, as they again attempt to locate Angelique's Curse, an amulet heavy with jewels and history, tainted by blood and madness. An earlier expedition ended in betrayal and tragedy, changing both their lives forever and leaving their families inextricably entwined. Matthew has an agenda of his own: to draw out Tate's former employer, the unscrupulous and mysterious millionaire responsible for killing his father and maiming his uncle--who will stop at nothing to get his hands on Angelique's Curse. Tate and Matthew find themselves circling each other warily, each unsure of the other's motives, yet drawn together by passion and danger beneath the azure waves. The Reef is an entertaining read, delighting readers with its meticulous research and detail, but it fails to adequately develop the tension between its lead characters caused by the love neither trusts can overcome the past.
dollycas avatar reviewed The Reef on + 704 more book reviews
Very suspenseful!!! A real thriller!!!
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Great book full of suspense and romance!
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Marine archeologist Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure-hunting. Over the years, she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them: Angeliques Curse--a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend and tained with blood. Good book from Nora Roberts!
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Great read.
alaskanbat avatar reviewed The Reef on + 72 more book reviews
Th more I read of her, the more I like. Very good fast paced book. Lots of twists and turns.
blessed1 avatar reviewed The Reef on + 127 more book reviews
Wonderful story~ This made me a big fan of Nora Roberts
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Who doesn't like a story about a treasure hunt? Especially one entwined with a cursed necklace, one man obsessive search for the necklace, and another man's obsession with revenge for the murder of his father? Toss in some interesting secondary characters (I especially like Tate's mother) and a juicy romance.

A very enjoyable read.
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Wonderful book! I reccommend this book to anyone!
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marine archeologist tate beaumont has a passion for treasur-hunting.over the years she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them:angelique's curse- a jeweled amulet heavy with history and tainted with blood. in order to find this precious artifact the beaumonts reluctantlyform a partnership with salvagers buck and matthew lassiter.
having to share this dream is more than tate can bere, but she has little choice. as the beaumonts and lassiters pool thier resources to locate the jewel the caribbean waters thicken and darken with shadowy deceptions and hidden threats.
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This book is great, made me cry a bunch because I felt so attached and there was so much pain involved in the story - you really feel for the main characters and beg for them to solve everything!
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Read about a treasure hunt on the high seas!! Romance, mystery, intrigue...it's all here!
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New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts returns to a familiar subject-treasure, the kind of treasure found among the shipwrecks in the balmy waters of the West Indies and the treasure of love--love of family, love between the unlikeliest of partners, love found and lost and found again. Marine archeologist Tate Beaumont finds herself thrown together with salvager Matthew Lassiter, eight years after he brutally crushed her first stirrings of young love, as they again attempt to locate Angelique's Curse, an amulet heavy with jewels and history, tainted by blood and madness. An earlier expedition ended in betrayal and tragedy, changing both their lives forever and leaving their families inextricably entwined. Matthew has an agenda of his own: to draw out Tate's former employer, the unscrupulous and mysterious millionaire responsible for killing his father and maiming his uncle--who will stop at nothing to get his hands on Angelique's Curse. Tate and Matthew find themselves circling each other warily, each unsure of the other's motives, yet drawn together by passion and danger beneath the azure waves. The Reef is an entertaining read.
carriec226 avatar reviewed The Reef on + 30 more book reviews
good book
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Great sequel to Relic ... extends the story with the characters 18 months later. Just as good, exciting, strange and informative (about Manhattans underground) as the Relic. BUT, read the Relic first, then this one.
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Marine archeologist Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure-hunting. Over the years, she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them: Angelique's Curse--a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. In order to find this precious artifact, the Beaumonts relunctantly form a partnership with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter.

Having to share this dream is more than Tate can bear, but she has little choice. As the Beaumonts and Lassiters pool their resources to locate Angelique's Curse, the Caribbean waters thicken and darken with shadowy deceptions and hidden threats. Their partnerships is placed in jeopardy when Matthew refuses to share information--including truth behind his father's mysterious death several years earlier. For now, Tate and Matthew continue their uneasy alliance--until danger and desire begin to rise to the surface...
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The Reef


by Nora Roberts

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Published: October 1999
Category: General
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group


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Description

When marine archaeologist Tate Beaumont teams up with the arrogant, young Matthew Lassiter to find a long-lost jewel at the bottom of the Caribbean, they encounter more secrets than they had planned. Forced to work closely to find the lost treasure, they soon realize they have more in common than their passionate longing to find the jewel.