Entranced

Written by Nora Roberts

Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

The Donovan Legacy continues in Entranced, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ mesmerizing novel about a headstrong detective expanding her mind to paranormal possibilities while opening her hardened heart to love.

Tough and tenacious, Mary Ellen Sutherland is a private investigator who never gives up on a case or a friend in need. When her friend’s baby is abducted and every clue leads to a dead end, Mel reluctantly turns to Sebastian Donovan, a psychic reputed to possess extraordinary abilities. Despite her skepticism, Sebastian proves to be amazingly gifted—especially when it comes to enchanting Mel, body and soul.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Aug 22, 2023
• ISBN: 9781491559000

Nora Roberts

NORA ROBERTS is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 230 novels, including Legacy, The Awakening, Hideaway, Under Currents, The Chronicles of The One trilogy, and many more. She is also the author of the bestselling In Death series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

Reviews for Entranced

[spinsterrevival · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Another nostalgic reread in crisis time; I always enjoyed the plot of this one with the leads dealing more with a mystery than angsting over each other.

[seriousgrace · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Mary Ellen "Mel" Sutherland is a no nonsense private investigator who is more comfortable in jeans and a tee shirt than high heels and a slinky dress. She runs three miles a day and prefers to be alone. Her tomboy ways don't allow her to enjoy pink toenails or frilly outfits or even the searing looks from admiring men.Sebastian Donovan just happens to be one of those admiring men. He is a wealthy psychic hired to help Mel find a missing child. Mel is less than thrilled to need the help of a kook she doesn't believe in, but she has no choice. The missing child is her friend's infant son, David. As you might have guessed, Sebastian is one of the Donovans, related to Morgana (from book one of the Donvan Legacy) as cousins. He is also a witch and, did I mention devastatingly handsome? Of course Mel cannot help but be drawn to him. It's cliche, but she is annoyed with him until she isn't.

[darla_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the second book in the series about the magical Donovan family.PI Mel Sutherland's best friend's baby has been kidnapped, and she's doing everything she can to help find the baby, but with no success. Her friend is understandably desperate, and decides to consult clairvoyant Sebastian Donovan for help.Sebastian has just finished helping the police with a gruesome, draining case, and would like nothing better than some peace and quiet to recover his equilibrium. But the anxious mother combined with "something" about Mel convinces him otherwise.Here's where the book loses me. Mel is adamant that her friend not consult the psychic. I don't get it, and I don't think it's explained very well in the book. I understand completely not believing, and not thinking it'll help, but the woman's child is missing. If it were my friend, whatever gets her through this, gives her a little hope, or a minute's reassurance, I'd be all for it, even if it were dancing in a fountain with a teddy bear. If Sebastian had come to them, or even if he were charging her outrageous fees, I could understand her cautioning her friend about charlatans trying to take advantage. But neither is the case.It took me a while to get over my irritation with that, but the mystery part of the story made up for it eventually--or rather the police procedural part, though it was a PI and a clairvoyant rather than police. Once they started working together, Mel and Sebastian made a good team, and I enjoyed watching them track and catch the kidnappers. The romance between them was rather predictable, but nice, and Mel's going from skepticism to belief wasn't quite as much fun as Nash's in the previous Donovan story.

[wyvernfriend · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Mary Ellen Sunderland is a PI trying to find her friends baby. The baby was stolen one day when the mother took her eyes off it right out of their house. The family have also enlisted the help of Sebastian Donovan, the wealthy psychic, she believes he's out to make money out of the poor couple and he's a fraud.Light, entertaining and amusing.