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Open Season

  • 2001 first published
  • 337 pages
  • ★ 5.0 (5 ratings)
  • 5 editions

Published in 2001, Open Season is a romantic suspense novel by Linda Howard. It is set in the 21st Century Romance. Key subjects include murder, women librarians, witnesses and Investigation.

Open Library readers give it an average of 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 31 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

At about 337 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Open Season

**Be Careful what you wish for....** On her thirty-fourth birthday, Daisy Minor decides to make over her ientire life. The small-town librarian has had it with her boring clothes, her ordinary looks, and nearly a decade without so much as a date. It's time to get a life-and a sex life. The perennial good girl, Daisy transforms herself into a party girl extaordinaire, dancing the night away at clubs, laughing and flirting. It's open season for manhunting. But her free-spirited fun turns to danger when she witnesses a murder and becomes the target of a killer. Hillsboro Police Chief, Jackson Russo see's Daisy's transformation and is intrigued but he also knows she could be headed down a dangerous road. Can he control his feelings of desire in order to do his job and protect her?
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Era

  • 21st Century Romance

Subjects

  • Murder
  • Romance Fiction
  • Women librarians
  • Witnesses
  • Investigation
  • Suspense fiction
  • Suspense romance
  • Librarians
  • Homicide

Quick answers

Who wrote Open Season?

Open Season was written by Linda Howard and first published in 2001.

What genre is Open Season?

It is usually shelved as Romantic Suspense.

How long is Open Season?

The median edition has 337 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Open Season?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Collector, Angels Fall and Ricochet.

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