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Born in Shame by Nora Roberts
4.0
Shannon Bodine learns on her mother's deathbed, that her father was Tom Concannon. The father that raised her, Colin, had died just that year. With emotions whirling she learns that she has two sisters, Magaret Mary and Brianna. Questioning who she was and what her life would've become she takes a leap and travels to Ireland. A connection to the land and dreams that haunt her sleep, she meets Murphy Muldoon. Unwilling to share her heart or accept that she belonged in Ireland, she fights her fate. Shannon takes an emotional journey of accepting a family she never had, and a love she never wanted. Self-acceptance is a struggle, but in the end is her end result. Shannon Bodine finds who she is and where she belongs, along with her future that was not expected.
Courting Catherine by Nora Roberts
4.0
C.C. Calhoun and her sisters, along with her aunt, are stripped to the bone with their finances. The Towers is their family home, generations growing within the walls, near the sea. The views spectacular and history close to her heart, Catherine struggles with the reality of selling her home. Trenton, a hotel owner, visits The Towers to observe the property and decide if a purchase is in his business' best interest. Thoughtful, he realizes Aunt Coco, has more in mind for his visit. The prospect of marriage with one of the Calhoun women. A ridiculous thought, he struggles to keep his feeling in check for Catherine. Attraction reels, but his disbelief in marriage and loyalty hold him back. His parents, gone through several divorces and marriages, shown him the inability for commitment. Catherine falls in love with him, but averts her attention, knowing that she deserved love and marriage. The slow realization that he was indeed in love with her, he changes his plans and allows his heart to fall deeply in love. The first in the series of Calhoun sister's, Robert's words reveal the heart of a complex love story. As always, Robert's shows the ability to take you on the journey of a lover, despair, and glee, the adventure becomes joy.
A Man for Amanda by Nora Roberts
4.0
Amanda Kelly Calhoun is organized and practical in her own right. Searching for the emeralds of her family, she is preoccupied with her life. Wanting to achieve her goals she works hard. Falling into Sloan O'Reily was not in her plans. Flustered, angry and off balance, she learns what the taste of love can bring. Her stubbornness to accept her feelings, it's a whirlwind of a dance between the two, before they finally give in to those feelings. Manipulated by a hotel guest, he breaks into The Towers to find the emeralds. After a night of terror, Sloan demands that Amanda stops fighting her aversions and marry him. For the first time, Amanda is not practical, she's in love. Roberts takes us on a journey with her easy to relate tone, and emotional adventure.
For the Love of Lilah by Nora Roberts
4.0
Lilah Calhoun saves Maxwell Quartermain after he'd been found drifting in the sea. Max is intellectual and a history professor at Cornell University. Lilah flirtatiously aids Max to health and then becomes enthralled with his connection to the man who'd stolen papers from her home. Max was employed to study papers about the Calhoun's unaware he was working with a criminal. After meticulous care from the Calhoun household, he falls in love slowly with Lilah. All the while, they begin to unravel Bianca's history. Finding a maid in a nursing home, they learn of Bianca's intent to leave her husband the night before her death. There was a journal they now believe is hidden among the emeralds. A scandalized family history, followed by a confused heart, Lilah struggles to tell Max her true feelings. Max is hopelessly in love with her but suppresses expressing it. In the end, after a near death experience, he returns the favor of saving hers. Love expressed and adventure still ahead, they profess their love in Bianca's tower. Where it was meant.