{"id":3354,"date":"2019-02-25T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T17:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2019-02-24T21:19:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T02:19:56","slug":"episode-118-naked-in-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-118-naked-in-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 118 &#8211; Naked in Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/naked.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3355 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/naked-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"Naked in Death by J. D. Robb\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/naked-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/naked-137x220.jpg 137w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/naked.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the talents of Our Lady Nora Roberts cannot be held by one pen name alone, we were joined by fellow Nora devotee Christine to investigate <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TcJqRc\"><em>Naked in Death<\/em> by J. D. Robb<\/a>. It&#8217;s a romantic suspense novel set in a future that is in some ways better than our present day (the USA banned guns!) and in some ways much worse (coffee beans are nearly extinct due to deforestation)! Still, no matter what year it is, Nora is here to provide us with excellent strong female protagonists and the male love interests who <em>almost<\/em> deserve them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content warning:\u00a0<\/strong>This book and our discussion of it contains sexual assault and, um, death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-118-naked-in-death\">Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/133018060894811\/\">This Cat is Chonky Facebook Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fallintothestory.com\/let-me-address-this\/\">Nora Roberts Addresses Plagiarism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Candy Pairing: <\/strong>Christine says <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2GWZ90e\">Starbursts<\/a>, Kait says <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2EuRKDu\">Oreos<\/a>, Renata says <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BP6snc\">chocolate covered espresso beans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2U2leOI\"><em>After<\/em> by Anna Todd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7151\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3354-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/118NakedInDeath.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/118NakedInDeath.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/118NakedInDeath.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/118NakedInDeath.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?powerpress_pinw=3354-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/118NakedInDeath.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"118NakedInDeath.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the talents of Our Lady Nora Roberts cannot be held by one pen name alone, we were joined by fellow Nora devotee Christine to investigate Naked in Death by J. 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