Nora Roberts

There is a reason why Nora Roberts has 400 million copies of her 190 novels in print and that reason is simple – they are good! No, not simple in plot or characterization, but merely good to read. I suppose I have read at least a dozen of her books and I still always pick up the most recent one when it comes out. I likewise go back to her when I can’t find a new author that grabs me.

The Search (July, 2010) is each bit as compelling as the primary Nora Roberts’ book I read. The Search is the story of Fiona Bristow and Simon Doyle. At initial glimpse they have not one thing in mutual and surely do not attract each other. Simon is an artisan in wood and Fiona trains dogs and heads a search and rescue team. Simon’s mother has sent him a puppy and Simon is at his wit’s end regarding what to do with the “house-eating” maniac he has named Jaws. He brings Jaws to Fiona to train but Fiona doesn’t just train dogs, she also trains the owner, and, as any person who has owned a dog knows, that is in truth what dog training is all about. Simon relents and agrees to come with Jaws.

There is more to Fiona than introductory meets the eye. She was to be the 13th victim in a serial killer’s string of victims. She escaped and helped put the killer in jail but not before he killed her policeman fiance. Now an individual is copying the jailed killer’s operation and Fiona again finds she is on the list of victims. As Simon gets closer to Fiona, he promises her she will not be caught again and Simon never says anything he doesn’t mean.

One of the outstanding things in regards to reading is how much you may learn when the author has actually done the research. The Search is a outstanding story on it is own, but the selective information in regards to dog training and search and rescue dogs is also worth the read. Simon didn’t recognise anything when it comes to training or S&R until he met Fiona and, since that was her life, he learns with regards to it right along with the reader. Simon is an artisan with wood and as Fiona draws closer to him, she begins to learn with regards to his world. This info is important and applicable but it isn’t staged as “lessons.” It is written into the book as portion of the story, helping to advance the characters and the plot.

Read The Search on any level that fits you. Just be sure to read it!

Nora Roberts

The number-one New York Times-bestselling author delves into the world of elite firefighters who thrive on risk and adrenaline–men and women who wouldn’t know how to live life if it wasn’t on the edge.

There’s little as thrilling as firefighting–at least to Rowan Tripp. The Missoula smoke jumpers are in Rowan’s blood: her father is a legend. She’s been fighting fires since her eighteenth birthday. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana for the season feels like coming home–even with reminders of the collaborator she lost last season still lingering.

Fortunately, this year’s rookie crop is one of the firmest ever–and Gulliver Curry’s one of the best. He’s likewise a walking contradiction, a hotshot firefighter with a huge vocabulary and a winter occupation at a kids’ arcade.

Everything is thrown off remainder when a dark presence lashes out versus Rowan, looking to blame somebody for last year’s tragedy. Rowan knows she can’t complicate things with Gull–any beguilements in the air or on the ground could mean the end–but if she doesn’t find someone she may lean on, she may not make it through the summer. . . .

From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This searing stand-alone from bestseller Roberts (The Search) celebrates the smoke jumpers of Missoula, Mont., who routinely danger life and limb to beat down raging forest fires. As close knit as any military combat unit, the “Zulies” include veteran Rowan Tripp, haunted by the loss of Jim Brayner, her onetime jump collaborator who was killed the former season in a fall, and rookie Gulliver Curry, who soon earns the nickname “Fast Feet” for his speed and prowess. Threatening trouble is cook Dolly Brakeman, Jim’s girlfriend, who blames Rowan for his death—and whose new baby may well be Jim’s. Rowan and Gull grow closer as the team battles fires from Montana and Idaho to California and Alaska. Meanwhile, the Zulies are plagued by vandalism and sabotage as well as a killer with arson amongst his crimes. Roberts fans may suppose another bestseller. (Apr.)
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About the AuthorNora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 190 novels, including The Search, Black Hills, Tribute,, and High Noon. She is likewise the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written beneath the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 400 million copies of her books in print.

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60 of 62 humans found the following review helpful.
I Wanted More Relationship
By J.P. = Reader
Well – I do not forget last year when Nora Robert’s The Search came out there were various reviews complaining that it was an overly long dog training manual. At the time I thought it was kind of harsh because I LOVED the dogs and the descriptions of dog interaction.

117 of 127 persons found the following review helpful.
Thrilling
By S. – “abouthappybooks.com” , “buecherlit.blogspot.com”
Rowan Tripp loves being a smoke jumper and fighting fire with her fellow jumpers. But this year things are different. Last season her jump collaborator passed away in a fire and his death is not so easy to deal with. And then there’s Gull Curry, a rookie smoke jumper, who seems to be severely fascinated in Rowan. Normally she doesn’t mix work and play but Gull is not that easy to admonish and finelooking tempting. When a murder happens and Rowan is in danger, she realizes that perchance leaning on Gull and letting him into her life might be not such a bad idea.
Will Rowan and Gull’s kinship make it through the fire season and will they be competent to stop the murderer before he kills one of them?

When I get a new book by Nora Roberts I always feel a bit like a kid in a candy store. She is my favourite author and once again produced an awful novel. “Chasing Fire” is when it comes to a group of smoke jumpers and after reading the book I think that what they do is amazingly brave and absolutly crazy.

At initial I necessitated some pages to get into the language used amid the smoke jumpers because it’s a bit dissimilar from Nora Robert’s ordinary style (there’s a lot of ribbing and the tone amongst the jumpers is casual and blunt). But after the firstborn ten pages I cherished the way the book is written because I felt that it fit to the smoke jumpers and the continuous risk they are in.

I loved reading when it comes to the main characters Rowan and Gull. Rowan is strong woman, she is hard but also fair. She is a good trainer and team leader. I loved the scenes in which she trained the new smoke jumpers. The way she supported them and joked with them was admirable.
Gull is a hero after my own heart. He’s intelligent, mesmerized in a lot of dissimilar things and seems to live his life incisively the way he wants to. Together he and Rowan make a terrifi pair. Their banters were very agreeably diverting and I loved the scenes in which Rowan let him into her heart.
I likewise liked that there is a second, littler love story amidst Rowan’s father and a woman he meets. Their kinship is so sweet and shows that you are never too old to find love.

Besides the two main characters I particularly loved reading in regards to the comradeship of the smoke jumpers and in regards to their missions. The smoke jumpers are like a little family, they love to rib each other and there are a lot of funny scenes amidst them. To read with regards to them fighting the fire was thrilling and made this book a fast read. I was always mesmerized in reading when it comes to their operations and I was impressed that with each jump into the flames they risked their lifes.

The suspense portion of the book fits to the fire theme. The basi murder is like a spark that sets the murderer on fire and makes him unpredictable and dangerous for everyone. I had a suspicion in regards to who the killer might but was never sure with regards to it.

covers
I like both the UK and US cover, they fit to the fire theme and look interesting.

final appraisal
“Chasing Fire” has everything a outstanding romantic suspence novel needs. The story is thrilling and fascinating, there are two fantasti love stories in the book, the comradeship amid the smoke jumpers is aweinspiring and their fight versus the fire is breathtaking.

104 of 120 humans found the following review helpful.
It’s the PRICE I object to…
By Tamara Cooper
Amazon, I have 3 Kindles in my family. One of the reasons I purchased the Kindle was for the convenience. The other, the price of the books. I’m on observe right now that I WILL NOT EVER PAY $15 for an ebook. You just lost a sale. I, too, will go to the library and pick up the book and in the sweet by-and-by, when the price goes down to where it will have to be for an ebook, I’ll recompense the $7.99 for it. I’m sure this is a outstanding book. I love Nora Roberts. But no author is worth $15 for an ebook. My 2 cents’ worth.

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