A WHOLE NEW LIGHT

Staci Snell's uninspired narration adds little to this tedious story about a beautiful young widow who reluctantly falls for her dead husband's best friend, a handsome playboy, after a romantic weekend in Mexico. Differentiation between Cyn McCall, the widow, and Worth Lansing, the playboy, is barely perceptible, signaled, as it is, by a slight dropping of voice and a smidgen of a change in cadence for the hero and a little breathy intonation for the guilt-ridden widow. None of the minor characters are memorable either. Brown, who usually spins a most enjoyable story, simply misses the mark, and Snell's presentation is equally forgettable. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2008]