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Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now the escaped madman has her in his sights. With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop the man from exacting his bloody vengeance—or die trying...
J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for a number one New York Times bestselling author of more than 190 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 400 million copies of her books in print.
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.
Anonymous
Posted September 29, 2005
Finally the story about how Dr. Mira was put in a cage, it drove me crazy thinking that I had missed a storyline as I have read all of the IN DEATH series. This was a very quick read, it is only 90 pages, and takes place after Holiday In Death. Still has all the action and smart alek banter that I enjoy in this series plus a small look back at a case that ended before Roarke. A good read and great of Mrs. Roberts/J.D. Robb to tie up a loose end.
9 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 19, 2010
Not only is this a short story, it is poorly written. It looks like the author couldn't develop the plot for a novel and just decided to publish a truncated version.
8 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 12, 2006
I have read all of the IN DEATH series and thought they were great. This was too violent without the humor of McNabb or Peabody. This is the first J.D.Robb book I have been disappointed with.
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 18, 2007
The story was okay, but I was expecting so much more fighting between Eve and Dave at the end. I was really let down.
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 24, 2006
Yet again, J.D. Robb writes a fantastic story! Definitely recommend reading this one (especially if you're reading them in order). I'm so glad that we finally have a little bit more background info on Dr. Mira.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 3, 2011
I was hoping that since this is a short story, and things were rushed along, the killers takedown would be more played out. But this was still a good side story, none the less.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 21, 2010
The most dissappointing factor was in the conclusion. It was almost as if Ms. Roberts was tired and wanted to get it over with so she just tossed out an ending with little prep.
Having heard that many authors maintain "stables" of writers to manage large series, this would almost lend itself to that line of thought. It had all of the characters but not much of the substance of her other novels.
Still, it was quite good as a novella and did fill in a prior referenced plot point, despite the wham-bam ending.
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Posted July 19, 2010
Wow, what a disappointment. Save your money and read something else.
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Posted February 21, 2010
super quick, easy read. great for car or train ride.
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Posted May 25, 2012
Great read will share
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Posted March 7, 2012
Love Eve
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Posted March 6, 2012
This book is 84 pages I want my three dollars back! As a rule I read reviews. needless to say I didn't read this one. Sorry I need to rate it to post. It's not worth one star unless you want only 84 pages I don't recommend this book.
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Posted January 20, 2012
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Posted January 20, 2012
The sample ends on page 2......
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Posted December 20, 2011
I haven't read very much JD Robb but this book is spellbinging from the first page. It is suspensful and intruiging throughout. I just wish it had been longer!
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Posted October 17, 2011
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Overview
The number-one New York Times bestselling In Death series explodes with intrigue, passion, and suspense. Now, Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb, propels you into the darkest night of Lieutenant Eve Dallas's life—when a killer comes to call...Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now the escaped madman has her in his sights. With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop the man from exacting his bloody vengeance—or die trying...