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From “America’s favorite writer” (The New Yorker) comes a Donovan Legacy novel in which Liam Donovan finds himself drawn to the lovely, guileless Rowan Murray. But before he trusts her with his heart, he must trust her with the truth about his family.
Enchanted includes an exclusive preview of Nora Roberts’s new book The Witness.
As her fans well know, in 1979 a blizzard trapped Roberts at home for a week with two bored little kids and a dwindling supply of chocolate. To maintain her sanity, Roberts started scribbling a story -- a romance novel like the Harlequin paperbacks she'd recently begun reading. The resulting manuscript was rejected by Harlequin, but that didn't matter to Roberts. She was hooked on writing. Several rejected manuscripts later, her first book was accepted for publication by Silhouette.
For several years, Roberts wrote category romances for Silhouette -- short books written to the publisher's specifications for length, subject matter and style, and marketed as part of a series of similar books. Roberts has said she never found the form restrictive. "If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations," she explained. "If this doesn't suit you, you shouldn't write it. I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure."
Roberts never violated the reader's expectations, but she did show a gift for bringing something fresh to the romance formula. Her first book, Irish Thoroughbred (1981), had as its heroine a strong-willed horse groom, in contrast to the fluttering young nurses and secretaries who populated most romances at the time. But Roberts's books didn't make significant waves until 1985, when she published Playing the Odds, which introduced the MacGregor clan. It was the first bestseller of many.
Roberts soon made a name for herself as a writer of spellbinding multigenerational sagas, creating families like the Scottish MacGregors, the Irish Donovans and the Ukrainian Stanislaskis. She also began working on romantic suspense novels, in which the love story unfolds beneath a looming threat of violence or disaster. She grew so prolific that she outstripped her publishers' ability to print and market Nora Roberts books, so she created an alter ego, J.D. Robb. Under the pseudonym, she began writing romantic detective novels set in the future. By then, millions of readers had discovered what Publishers Weekly called her "immeasurable diversity and talent."
Although the style and substance of her books has grown, Roberts remains loyal to the genre that launched her career. As she says, "The romance novel at its core celebrates that rush of emotions you have when you are falling in love, and it's a lovely thing to relive those feelings through a book."
Roberts sued fellow writer Janet Dailey in 1997, accusing her of plagiarizing numerous passages of her work over a period of years. Dailey paid a settlement and publicly apologized, blaming stress and a psychological disorder for her misconduct.
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Posted February 13, 2012
I LOVE THIS STORY DID NOT WANT IT TO END.
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Posted July 1, 2001
Nora Robert's books are so great! I love the fact that she actually did her homework and looked up the practice of Wicca. As a Wiccan and an Irish women I can relate to this book! I thought it was wonderful! I was so sad when the book was over! Aye, I liked it but I just wanted to stay in the book forever!
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Posted May 6, 2012
One of my favorite NR series. I highly recommend.
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Posted February 16, 2012
I enjoyed reading all of the books in this series. Each story allowed you to continue knowing the characters. I would love to see more in the Donovan Legacy!!
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Posted December 27, 2011
This was the first book I ever read by Nora Roberts and started my love for her books. I actually own a copy of it that my friend got her to sign for my birthday.
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Posted December 18, 2007
I really didn't like this book. It was the first book I have read by Nora Roberts (but I am going to try again...they can't all be bad). The story just got more absurd as it went. I really like supernatural romances but this was not good. I found it boring, and making characters related even distantly...is never a good thing.
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Posted August 23, 2006
As soon as you read about the live's of the people your thrown into there world. Its amazing and the discription is great.
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Posted July 15, 2001
This book did exactly what it was supposed to do, ENTERTAIN!! It has renewed my interest in Nara Roberts. I would recommend it to anyone who loves romance with at litte 'magic.'
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Posted January 24, 2001
Enchanted is the most magnificant book. I have just begun my Nora collection, and this is one of my favorites. Her use of description is absolutely incredible. I was right there with Liam and Rowan... I wish I could have been. Nora's twist of fairytale and everyday life leaves you yearning for some magic in your own life. I wish that the book never ended' as with all of her books I have read.
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Posted August 23, 2000
This is a great story. I almost liked it better than the other Donovan stories. They are all great. I hope she will write more about this family in the future.
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Posted February 7, 2000
Magical, romantic, and entrancing.... definately a women-only book. loved it!
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Posted December 27, 1999
I loved this book! It was a fun grownup fairy tale. You will be 'enchanted' by the love story of Rowan and 'her prince'. Buy it...read it...enjoy it TODAY!
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AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME
From “America’s favorite writer” (The New Yorker) comes a Donovan Legacy novel in which Liam Donovan finds himself drawn to the lovely, guileless Rowan Murray. But before he trusts her with his heart, he must trust her with the truth about his family.
Enchanted includes an exclusive preview of Nora Roberts’s new book The Witness.