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For more than three hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore—and its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it’s home…
A Boston lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigations after being accused of—but never arrested for—the murder of his soon-to-be-ex wife.
He finds sanctuary at Bluff House, even though his beloved grandmother is in Boston recuperating from a nasty fall. Abra Walsh is always there, though. Whiskey Beach’s resident housekeeper, yoga instructor, jewelry maker, and massage therapist, Abra is a woman of many talents—including helping Eli take control of his life and clear his name. But as they become entangled in each other, they find themselves caught in a net that stretches back for centuries—one that has ensnared a man intent on reaping the rewards of destroying Eli Landon once and for all…
Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including The Witness, Chasing Fire, The Search, and Black Hills and many more. She is also the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. Roberts has 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.
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Posted Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Based on murder and suspense the Whiskey Beach has all the ingredients to become a classic
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Posted Thu Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Love having a male protagonist. Story moved along briskly and I could not put the book down. In classic Nora style she told a story about coming out of the dark and finding the light. I loved every minute of reading it. Nora Roberts is the only author I have ever read who can make me laugh out loud when I read.
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Posted Thu Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2013
This book should be on everyone's must read list. It has murder, mystery, and legends. Nora Roberts has once again given us a wonderful book that you just can't put down.
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Posted Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2013
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Posted Fri Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013
As always, Nora Roberts has written a book with characters that you wish you knew in your own life. This book has it all, suspense, romance, family, friends, humor, good sex and a terrific location. I can hardly wait for any book by the author to be released because I am never disappointed.
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Posted Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I think this book is awsome
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Posted Sun Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2013
This was by far one of Nora Roberts better books in a while. Good plot, humour and romantic suspense.
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Posted Fri Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I loved this book. A definite keeper for my book shelf.
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Posted Thu Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2013
This was by far one of the best books Nora Roberts has written....LOVED IT....
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Posted Wed Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I likedit. It was classic nora roberts. While i love the classics i would like something alittle different
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Posted Sat Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I always enjoy Nora Roberts' books. I was glad this was a stand alone, the trilogies are nice, too. I loved the characters of Eli and Abra. Great read!
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Posted Mon Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Enjoyed this book over the weekend. Really hard to put down..Highly recommended....Fast read!
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Posted Sun Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Sorry i had gone shopping but im back
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Posted Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Add me
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Posted Thu May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Xpulls a blanket ove them and he falls asleep. Goodnightm
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Posted Thu May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013
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Posted Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Wow really good book
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Posted Tue Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2013
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Posted Sun Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2013
This book is so delicioisly romantic but not as romantic as Tribute and that one is my favorite but I think that this one is my favorite now becuse
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Posted Sun Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I dont know about you but, this book is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Overview
For more than three hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore—and its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it’s home…
A Boston lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigations after being accused of—but never arrested for—the murder of his soon-to-be-ex wife.
He finds sanctuary at Bluff House, even though his beloved grandmother is in Boston recuperating from a nasty fall. Abra Walsh...