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Summary: strong romantic suspense
Review: Archaeologist Callie Dunbrook is called to Antietam Creek to investigate the bones accidentally dug up at a controversial construction project. There she is unhappy to learn that she must work with anthropologist Jake Greystone, a former colleague and her ex husband. Together they must confront their own passions, a town divided about the construction and the very disturbing claims of a local business woman about Callie's own history that deeply affect her.As usual Nora Roberts weaves a great story that is fun to read. The main characters are well developed and easy to like. There is a perfect combination of romance and suspense and the plot twists keep the reader's attention until the final page.
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Summary: Another hit by Nora
Review: True to her reputation, Nora hits the nail on the head with another smash. I loved the book. (I always love her books.) The first paragraph drew me in and I couldn't wait to keep reading. Like all of her other books, Roberts makes you want to devour the story and leaves you craving more. If she keeps turning out the excitement and romance, I 'll keep reading and buying the books.
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Summary: Captivating Romantic Suspense
Review: Nora Roberts' prolific generation of novels has run the gamut from witchcraft on the New England coast to futuristic mysteries sizzling with attraction. Her latest endeavor carries uniqueness all its own, with its crafty combination of suspense and sensual romance. Archaeologist Callie Dunbrook's current assignment is to supervise a dig at an Antietam Creek, Maryland construction site. Finding human remains over five thousand years old, Callie needs more help at the site. When that help comes in the form of her sexy ex-husband Jake, Callie is furious with her supervisor, even as she continues to fight her attraction for Jake. While locals are angry at their loss of employment with the construction halted, seemingly innocuous pranks turn into murderous "accidents". Coinciding with the archeological find is the claim by local businesswomen Suzanne Cullen, that Callie is really her long-lost daughter, stolen as an infant. Tough, beautiful, and brilliant, Callie is the epitome of a strong female lead character. Her romantic sparring with Jake creates a sexual tension that keeps an even pace with the mystery, as Callie discovers that the accidents at the site may be related to her unearthing of her past including an illegal adoption ring. Earthy, compelling characters are the driving forces behind this mystery/romance, entrancing the reader from the get go, in a package that is quite possibly Ms. Roberts' best effort to date...
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Summary: Let down
Review: Where is the fire, the magic of our beloved Nora? It's not in Birthright. I plodded through it, page by page. Too many details. I could excavate an archialogical dig myself from this book - I guess some would say that's great - I'd agree. Once.
The characters were pretty good, her typical fiery woman and man. But we keep asking ourselves, should we care?
I finished the book and was glad when I did. Then I re-read some awesome older Nora works because she is the best - no matter what. And you have to read the best. Since she has plenty of other womderful works out there, don't bother with this one.
Find one of her jewels and read it!
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Summary: Avoid the Audio Version
Review: I had to drive to Sacramento and back and so picked up a Nora Roberts book to listen to on the drive. Roberts is a great standby for these sorts of trips because her books are predictably entertaining and fun. Unfortunately, "Birthright" gave me trouble. Don't get me wrong; the story itself was of the usual Roberts high caliber if not even a little better than some. The problem stemmed from the reader of the audio version. Sometimes I've found that readers try just a little too hard and in this book, it showed.
I appreciate the reader trying to differentiate between the characters by using slightly modified voices, but in this recording, it was incredibly overdone to the point of distraction. There got to be times when I would grimace when a certain character or another came back into the plot because the faked dialect was so irritating.
If I had it to do over, I'd save this book to curl up with on the couch on a rainy day and choose another to listen to for 14 hours in the car. You may want to consider doing the same.
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Summary: A good mix of romance and mystery
Review: I am a fairly new Nora Roberts fan in the last 1-2 years, and can't seem to read and listen (audiobooks) fast enough. I enjoy her ability to build characters and connect the dots in drawing them together. When I first read about "Birthright" and it being about baby kidnapping, I wasn't sure I wanted to read it, thinking perhaps it would be disturbing. But I'm glad I did. I purchased the audiobook and "couldn't put the tape down". Nora is skilled in her ability to take this horrific experience in a family's life and evolve it into one of love and hope, while trying to figure out who did this and why it happened. And then Nora also brings in the suspense of murder to the story, as the culprits try to keep anyone from finding out the answers to these questions. Though a great story, including the interesting archeological studies, there were two points of disappointment for me. The first was the ending. There is so much "meat" in the story all the way through until the epilog. It seemed flat and rushed. The second disappointment was that I wished I had read the book this time rather than listened. Other audio tapes of her books are absolutely excellent, but I found this was hard to listen too. The women's voices are fine, but it's hard to imagine a sexy young stud when he sounds like a 90 year old man with throat cancer :) For this one book, read it!
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Summary: Really Very Enjoyable
Review: I was hardly surprised when I wasovertaken by the story line in Birthright. The characters were believable, funny, I didn't mind reading this book at all.
Callie discovers she was kidnapped and sold on the black market as a baby, and has to find all the answers she is looking for, while making a huge breakthrough in her profession of archeology. Along for the ride is her exhusband, the brother she never knew, and the lawyer persuing Callie's brother.
I really enjoy reading Nora Roberts' work, the ones i have so far. The Key trilogy was fun, with magic thrown in with the romance and mystery. The only complaint I ever have about her novels is that atleast once she throws in the word "deets" as a shortened term for details, and that bugs me to no end, usually it is only in each once. So it doesn't detract from the overall quality of her stories.
It's a very good novel, and worth buying, so I recomend it.
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Summary: Wonderful Reading
Review: I've been a huge fan of Nora Robberts for years and this book was (as always) a pleasure to read. The characters were so realistic, people you might already know. It made me laugh, it made me think, it is really a great book.
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Summary: Thanks Nora!
Review: This is probably one of Nora Robert's best books! This book was also the first of the Nora Robert series I've read and this is the book that got me totally hook to Nora Robert's series. Callie Dunbrook is an argeologist and one that is stubborn. But when a man that's trying to build a building discovers a thousands of years old site. So, with some difficulities, Callie was forced to work with he ex, Jake, again. First it was bumpy but as time goes on, Callie discovers something that shakes that hot head of hers. It seem to be that she was adopted in an illegal adoption. Through hard times, Callie along with her Jake finds the answer to the questions. And meanwhile doing so...falls back into the one person's arm so never knew she would. Jake
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Summary: Wow. This was romance and mystery.. LOVED IT!!
Review: There's that old cliche about not being able to put a book down. This book was truly that. I read it from beginning to end in one long day, and I loved it. From just reading the description I expected a mystery, but this book was so much more. It was about finding out who you truly are, and what you have to go through to find that out. Callie was an awesome kick butt no holds barred woman who was portrayed as a woman who didn't need a man to complete her, which was definitely refreshing. Hats off to Nora for another incredible book!
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