Birthright, Nora Roberts
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Birthright

Author: Nora Roberts

Unabridged: 16 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

On a hot July afternoon, a worker at an Antietam Creek construction site drives the blade of his backhoe into a layer of soil — and strikes a 5,000-year-old human skull. The discovery draws plenty of attention and a lot of controversy. It also changes the life of one woman in ways she never expected... As an archaeologist, Callie Dunbrook knows a lot about the past. But her own past is about to be called into question. Recruited for her expertise on the Antietam Creek dig, she encounters danger — as a cloud of death and misfortune hangs over the project, and rumors fly that the site is cursed. She finds a passion that feels equally dangerous, as she joins forces in her work with her irritating, but irresistible, ex-husband, Jake. And when a strange woman approaches her, claiming to know a secret about Callie’s privileged Boston childhood, some startling and unsettling questions are raised about her very identity. Searching for answers, trying to rebuild, Callie finds that there are deceptions and sorrows that refuse to stay buried. And as she struggles to put the pieces back together, she discovers that the healing process comes with consequences — and that there are people who will do anything to make sure the truth is never revealed.

Author Bio

Author, Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson, on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland. For more than three decades Roberts has published more than 200 titles in the romantic novel category. She wrote her first story during the blizzard of 1979, when she was snowed in at her home. The first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, was published just two years later. Then, the next two years brought 23 more published novels, and she finally caught the public's eye in 1985. That last novel, "Playing the Odds" gave Roberts a "fan favorite" status and transformed the romance novel category.

Roberts has two sons by her first marriage, and married her second husband, Bruce Wilder, in 1985. From 1991 to 2001, all 68 novels she published made it onto the New York Times best seller list. In 2000 alone she had 13 best sellers, several making it into number one. She also writes futuristic romantic suspense under the pen name of J.D. Robb. Many of her novels have been adapted into TV movies. She was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame on 1986. She currently owns the Inn at BoonsBoro in Boonsboro, Maryland. The suites are each inspired by and for romantic couples from books. FYI......she has a fear of flying and is an ardent baseball fan.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by David on 2007-05-29 17:37:46

The quality of the plot in both plausibility and construction was superb, as was character development and the integration of the characters with one another. The backdrop for the story was interresting and creative and allowed for a complex plot with plenty of room for some very interresting characters and sub-plots. The quality of the ending, in the context of plausibility and credible development, especially when compared to the rest of the book was a real let down. Reading this book was like having a wonderful multicourse meal at a 4 star resturant, only to have the desert wind up being lime jello in a paper cup with a plastic spoon.

AudiobooksNow review by Elizabeth on 2007-08-05 18:10:41

I love the way Nora Roberts varies the chartacters and their occupations - this one is an archeologist and her research always shows in her stories. This was a great read!

AudiobooksNow review by Anna on 2008-11-12 10:02:48

I soooooooo loved this book! It was so touching. I laughed and cried. Nora is the best!