Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Infamous
Infamous
Infamous
Audiobook15 hours

Infamous

Written by Suzanne Brockmann

Narrated by Angela Dawe and Patrick Lawlor

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3.5/5

()

About this audiobook

New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann delivers an unforgettable novel of contemporary romance and thrilling suspense.

When history professor Alison Carter became a consultant to the film version of the Wild West legend she'd dedicated her career to researching, she couldn't possibly have known that she would not only get a front-row seat to a full-blown Hollywood circus but would innocently witness something that would put her life in peril. Nor did she expect that a tall stranger in a cowboy hat would turn the movie—and her world—completely upside down.

A. J. Gallagher didn't crash the set in dusty Arizona to rub elbows with Hollywood's elite. Unable to ignore ghosts from the past that refuse to stay buried, A. J. came to put an end to the false legend that has tarnished the reputation of his family. But when he confronts Alison, sparks fly. And when Alison is targeted by ruthless criminals, suddenly she and A .J. must face the intense attraction that threatens to consume them—and survive the danger that threatens their very lives.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 27, 2010
ISBN9781441850652
Infamous
Author

Suzanne Brockmann

Suzanne Brockmann is an award-winning author of more than fifty books and is widely recognized as one of the leading voices in romantic suspense. Her work has earned her repeated appearances on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as numerous awards, including Romance Writers of America’s #1 Favorite Book of the Year and two RITA awards. Suzanne divides her time between Siesta Key and Boston. Visit her at www.SuzanneBrockmann.com.

More audiobooks from Suzanne Brockmann

Related to Infamous

Related audiobooks

Romance For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Infamous

Rating: 3.6212121171717175 out of 5 stars
3.5/5

99 ratings9 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I was disappointed in this book. In general, I really like Brockmann's books. But this one has a ghost as a major character. Although he was entertaining, I found his uber-presence annoying. The book, as a result, jumped around to his story, his great-great-grandson's story, the major female character's POV, etc. All this jumping around cuts the suspense and romance elements impacts. The book didn't get really suspenseful until the final third. I'm glad I finsihed it because the last half of the book gave me enough reading pleasure to add an entire star to my rating.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    rabck from aramena; romantic suspense. Historian Alison Carter is on the movie set to see that her book on Silas Quinn is historically accurate in the movie. AJ arrives on the set, at the behest of his Grampa Jamie's ghost, to set the record straight. Silas lied in his account, and can AJ get Alison to believe him before the bad guys kill Alison for a misinterpreted sighting of a deal?
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Really good stuff - a single title and a paranormal with an active character who is the ghost of the hero's great grandfather. I was a little leery of the premise. Heroine is a historical consultant who wrote a book on the protagonist of a movie being made about a supposed classic historical "good guy marshal" who killed the bad guy who had kidnapped and murdered the Marshal's wife.

    Except the 42 year old first Iraq war vet greatgrandson of the supposed bad has an entirely different version where the bad guy and the woman he supposedly killed lived out long lives in Alaska.

    This book has a similar feel to Heartthrob and to the Unsung Hero and if you enjoyed those, I think you'll like this, unless you are allergic to ghosts. Personally I loved the ghost.

    I liked the fact that the thriller part of the plot didn't involve terrorists or spies, although the real present day bad guys were a little over the top.

    I'd love to see more like this one from Suzanne. Much as I like the Troubleshooters it gets hard to have such a huge ensemble cast hanging around.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I really enjoyed this book, though I had no idea it had fantasy elements until I started reading it--the description I read pretty much tiptoed around that aspect of the story. I was totally okay with that, though, as I like to read both fantasy books and those written by Suzanne Brockmann--so, bonus! It's a fun read blending the supernatural and real-fake history (if that makes sense--it works in my head, anyway) with action and suspense. You gotta love a book with a historian for a main character, even if she makes disparaging and totally untrue comments about another character's name (Stan. Which is totally a bad-a** name, no matter what she says). The version I "read" was the audio, and it was really well done by two narrators, with the male reading the first- and third-person POV sections and the female reading the diary entries and female third-person POV parts. Much better than the other two-person narration I read this summer, definitely.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Setting: the boondocks of Arizona, where a movie crew is filming a quasi-documentary on the Wild West and one larger than life heroic marshal. Our heroine: history professor Alison Carter, expert consultant and killer's target. Our hero: A.J. Gallagher, recovering alcoholic and Gulf War vet with PTSD-related issues and other baggage not least of which is the ghost of his dead grandfather (who's also the black hat bad guy of the movie). Supporting cast: Jamie Gallagher - the ghost whose name the movie is blackening. Assorted druggies and killers for hire, A.J.'s family, Alison's love-lorn, gay best friend, a millionaire movie backer, FBI agents....Wow. Complicated much? A few - okay, a LOT - less plot elements would have helped. Or at very least, a layout providing a better indication of whose head the reader happens to be occupying at any given point. But somehow, despite having everything but the kitchen sink packed into it, it kept me turning pages.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Good story and the twists and turns made the length worthwhile. The characters are fun and the ghost is the best part. Really a fun book to read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Great story set on movie set in Arizona desert similar to High Noon. Historian heroine is consultant; turns out history has told the real story of the original gunfight all wrong. Ghost of hero's great-grandfather Jamie Gallagher appears to set the record straight. Hero has backstory of suffering post first Gulf War. Original in concept. Entertaining. Audio version has great performances.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Infamous is an amazingly intense, superbly written example of romantic suspense by the queen of suspense herself Suzanne Brockmann.History Professor Allison Carter hired to consult on the filming of a movie about the life of an American West legend Silas Quinn isn’t prepared to have that legend’s name tarnished. A J Gallagher is going to do just that, you see his great-grandfather Jamie Gallagher was the villain to Silas’s hero, except according to AJ the story is backwards. Allison and A J have some major sparks flying, but she’s not going to let that get in the way of the truth, and the truth is hard to take especially when sexy AJ claims to see Jaimie’s ghost. But specters are the least of this couple’s worries when bodies start showing up, the question is will they become one of them.Suzanne Brockman takes a rest from her Troubleshooter’s series to give us a whopper of a stand-a-lone. Her story line is quite unique giving a ghost a starring role in her novel, a novel that’s not a paranormal tale, but rather a wonderful contemporary romantic suspense that just so happens to have a ghost on board as one of the main characters. Her dialogue is all you’d expect on the set of a motion picture from the tough talking troublesome male hero to the all demanding Diva. Speaking of divas and heroes, her characters are a combination film professionals, film stars, film extras, set employees and those all important bad guys and they all are a necessary part of the telling of the story, from the villains who are some of the most notorious you’ll ever see to the one liners we only see for an instant. Her hero and heroine are exceptional studies in humanity, both with skeletons in their closets and both afraid of them falling out, both tortured by their own personal demons, both afraid to step out of their comfort zone, that is until one or both of them is put in danger which brings the tiger out in them to defend their mate. They are sensational examples of love is blind and yet the readers will see in them something that must bring them together when so many things conspire to keep them apart. This duo really earns their happy ever after. The romance will have you scratching your head one minute, laughing the next and sitting on the edge of your seat one minute after that. The love scenes are emotionally charged and very physical and yet the author gives her audience that sense of rightness about it too.So if you like your romance served up with a healthy dose of suspense, a roller coaster emotional thriller set in a contemporary scene, let this be the one you choose. Suzanne Brockmann is a quintessential genius in the genre of romantic suspense and she will not disappoint any reader with this exceptional example of her skills. It’s the perfect end of summer read, the perfect novel to sink your teeth in as you see the kids off to the bus for the first day of school. So treat yourself to a novel you won’t soon forget and give Infamous a try.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    As far as Brockmann books go, I still prefer the titles in her Troubleshooters and category Tall, Dark and Dangerous series. However, this is a pleasant enough read. The characters are likable and the premise is unique.Dr. Alyson Carter is a history professor whose particular interest and expertise lies in the famous legend of hero Marshall Sylas Quinn and the shoot out the Red Rock Saloon back in the mid 1800s. Marshall Quinn has always been her personal hero as well, and she view the man who stole the Marshall's beloved wife, Melody, to be the most vile villain of all time. When A.J. Gallagher, a man claiming to be the great grandson of the Evil Jamie Gallagher appears on the set of a movie about Marshall Quinn, where Alyson is currently serving as the historical consultant, she is very reluctant to believe A.J.'s assertion that everyone has had it all wrong all along, that Quinn was actually the monster and that Jamie Gallagher was wrongly accused of all sorts of misdeeds.A.J. Gallagher isn't sure why he's all of the sudden seeing the ghost of his great grandfather, Jamie. Could be that he's going crazy. That the stress of his time serving in Iraq and the results of too many years drinking too much booze have finally sent him over the edge. Still, he determines to prove to Alyson that his family doesn't deserve the infamy it has received over the past hundred and fifty years.Alyson and A.J. have an immediate attraction and the story follows A.J.'s attempts to convince Alyson of the truth and her attempts to ignore her feelings for him given the amount of baggage he comes with.A sub-plot involving a crime that Alyson witnessed adds an outside edge of danger, but to be honest, this was wholly unnecessary and is one of the reasons I give the book only three stars. The last quarter of the book when the "bad guys" catch up to Alyson becomes practically impossible to follow, the string of events convoluted and the cast of bad-guy characters and their relationships with each other confusing. I ended skimming most of this part of the book just to get to the end.Too, another problem I had with this book was the presence of Jamie Gallagher as a ghost. An honest to goodness, visible only to A.J. ghost. First of all, as the only supernatural element in an otherwise entirely real-world story, it seemed silly and out there. Too, Jamie made things too easy because as an entity that was invisible to all but one person and that could move around at will, he was there just in the nick of time to solve all sorts of problems. My final issue was in how the premise played out. Silas Quinn was supposedly a national hero with an insanely famous legend surrounding him. Yet as Jamie Gallagher's story comes out, it is clear that Quinn was far from a hero. As more and more of his bad deeds came to light, I found it harder and harder to believe that an entire nation had been so thoroughly duped to buy into the massive lie wholesale. If only one aspect of the legend had been untrue - an important aspect - at least I could believe how Quinn might have gotten away with all of the lies he told. As it stands, the whole "national legend" aspect seemed far fetched.In the end, this book was entertaining but not one of my favorite of Brockmann's.