Open Season

By: Linda Howard

Narrated by: Deborah Hazlett

She's hunting for a mate and there's no more playing it safe.

Daisy Minor is bored. Worse than that, she's boring. A plain, small-town librarian, she's got a wardrobe as sexy as a dictionary and hasn't been on a date in years. She's never even had a lukewarm love affair, let alone a hot one. So when she wakes up on her 34th birthday and wonders how it is that she still lives with her widowed mom and spinster aunt while her friends have all gotten married and started families, she decides it's time to get a life - and a sex life. And as far as she can tell, good girls don't attract nearly as many men as bad ones.

One makeover later, Daisy has transformed herself into a party girl extraordinaire. She's dancing the night away at clubs, and laughing and flirting with men for the first time in, well, forever. With a new lease on her own place, it's open season for manhunting.

But on her way home late one night, Daisy sees something she's not supposed to see. Suddenly the target of a killer, she's forced to put her manhunt on hold. But the very moment she stops looking might be the moment she finds what she's wanted all along.

©2001 Linda Howington (P)2001 Simon & Schuster

Critic reviews

"A thriller... with deftness and charm." ( The Orlando Sentinel)

Classic Linda Howard

Open Season is a classic novel, Linda Howard at her best with romance, suspense, humor and a cute puppy. The hero Jack is a tough, experienced sheriff, yet kind and respectful to women. The heroine Daisy is smart, sassy and doesn't take crap from anyone, in spite of being a well-mannered town librarian in a small southern town.

Such a pleasant change from too many recent "so-called erotic romances" that feature creepy alpha jerks who treat women like dirt and the stupid female wimps would allow themselves to be battered & abused. Thanks Linda!

Fun story, well worth my credit!

Love Linda Howard's books! Open Season is a humorous, romantic mystery that had me chuckling out loud more than once!.I'd say this book is well worth a credit or purchasing! I enjoyed the heck out of it!

Very nice love story

What did you love best about Open Season?

Was a very nice love story with a little action with the illegal stuff going on.

What did you like best about this story?

Her search for a husband to have babies with.

Which scene was your favorite?

When she sat on that man's lap and accidentally started a bar fight.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes but it took me four sittings.

Any additional comments?

No other comments.

dog story

If you like chapters about a "fuzz butt" puppy and a woman's desire to like and swallow, this is for you. The story is supposed to be about Russian girls sold into slavery, but the importance of this is lost when so much time is devoted to the dog chewing up hero's underwear. Boring, I hated it.

loved it

One small town librarian name Daisy Minor wants a make over . She sees her time running out for a good man and some children. With the help of a gay man whose not really gay but a undercover federal agent but he get the job done. In walk the Chief of Police he see Daisy makeover and figure she after a man and he decides that he is going to be the one. There're all kinds of hilarious incidents especially when she buy condoms at the neighborhood drugstore, he sits beside her in church, meets the family the chief do so many things. One night Daisy goes dancing by herself and see something she thinks it's guys helping one guy that's too drunk but they're really killing him. A few days later she see a picture of the man in the paper and tells the Chief and later on he gets a call about a plate number on a car its park illegally the Chief knows this is a lie! Get the book its has drama, action, love. You get to see both side of a town the nice hilarious honest people than there's the Dark side murders ,rapists, white slavery ring sell very young women and girls to the highest bidder for torturing doing anything they want and laughing about when they kill them they just throw the body in a field or river like a piece of garbage and this is from the rich and powerful evil people!

Laugh out loud, enjoyable story.

I don ‘t agree with the bad reviews. I laughed out load when reading the “Condum Story”. I enjoyed the characters and was sad there was not a follow up story based on the mayors wife and one of the bad guys.

Amazing storyline, writing and performance

Linda Howard writes strong, sexy protagonists. Her plots draw you in and are unforgettable. She can have you chewing your nails one moment, laughing out loud the next. Oh, and the puppy, Midas Aka Fuzzbutt was adorable. Loved Jack snd Daisy! Open Season is full of charm and twists and turns.

Deborah Hazlett did Open Season proud. Her accent put me right smack in small town Arkansas. I particularly loved, the bad thing about small towns is everybody knows your business. The good thing about small towns is everybody knows your business.

Highly recommend!

Just OK

What did you love best about Open Season?

I liked the relationship and banter between Daisy and the cop.

Any additional comments?

I liked the book but thought that it was kind of an anticlimactic ending. I found it interesting how she put a little bit in there about the Mayor's wife at the end.

great performance! story line predictable

Any additional comments?

It was a cute story, but predictable. The narrator did a great job with the voices and accent.

Great book - open season

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed this fun story. It was well narrated and had a little mild sex spice added in. All in all an enjoyable listen. :)