Black Hills ~ Nora Roberts

Cooper resented being sent to the boonies of South Dakota for the summer, to spend it with his grandparents, until he met Lil, a girl from the next farm over, who loved baseball as much as he did, and had got him interested in horses and cougars. Through the years they kept in touch until friendship became more, and they went off to college, and past. Now, 20 years after they first met, they are both living in the same town, can they deal with each other, and their past? And what about the string of murders that seems to be happening around them?

I really enjoyed this one, it was very engrossing and hard to put down, charicters you either love or hate, and a good mystery mixed in.

The Pagen Stone ~ Nora Roberts

This is the third book in the Sign of Seven trilogy.

Now is the time for Gage and Cybil, both loners, and both with gambling natures andwandering souls. But first they must face the demon that is threatening Hawkin’s Hollow, and all the people in it. Can they save the town and themselves or will someine have to die first?

Tribute ~ Nora Roberts

Former child star, Cilla McGowan, moves to the small town where her father lives, and where her grandmother died, to rehabilitate her grandmother’s old farmhouse. Soon it appears as though someone is out to get her, there are break-ins, and attacks on Cilla’s friends and possesions, are they after Cilla because she is Cilla, or because of who her grandmother was?

Graphic novel author, Ford Sawyer lives just across the street from the old Hardy Farm, and when Cilla first arrives, stops by to make sure she is not a vandal, and quickly becomes friends with Cilla. He quickly decides he wants a more than neighborly relationship with her… and can he help her solve the mystery?

The Hollow ~ Nora Roberts

This is the second book in the Sign of Seven trilogy
This is the story of Layla and Fox, Fox is one of three boys who accidentally let loose a demon on his home town with a blood brother ceremony when he was only ten. The demon attacks his town, every seven years, for seven days. Fox and his blood brothers are soon approaching their 31st birthday, and the fourth occurrence of the attacks.
This time there have been 3 women drawn into town, and through research and odd happenings, they have been drawn into the fight to get rid of the demon. some are unsure if they will survive this occurrence of the Seven, and others are determined to live anyway.

Blood Brothers ~ Nora Roberts

This is the first in the Sign of Seven trilogy. Cal Hawkins and his two best friends went out on a camping trip for their tenth birthday, and inadvertently set something free. What ever it is comes back every 7 years, for 7 nights. Now, as the 3rd return approaches, Quinn wants to write a book about the strange happenings in Hawkins Hollow. She gets to town and starts to investigate, and strange things begin to happen. Will they figure out what they need to do?

High Noon ~ Nora Roberts

Phoebe is a negotiator for the Savannah Police Department, when called out on a situation one day, she meets, Duncan. After a couple of meetings Phoebe begins to date Duncan, and shortly after they begin seeing one another, strange things start happening. She is assaulted at work, dead creatures start showing up on her doorstep, and it seems like someone may be following her. Is someone out to get Phoebe, who could it be and why?

Less of a Stranger ~Nora Roberts (pt 2 of Dream Makers)

I really enjoyed this one, it is the story of Meg, a sculpture, who helps her grandfather, who raised her, run his carnival instead of following her dreams. until she meets David Ketcherton, an entrepreneur who is determined to own the carnival. This was a pretty good story, a reprint of one of Nora’s early books.

Untamed ~ Nora Roberts (pt 1 of Dream Makers)

The Matchmakers is 2 stories in one, so I decided to review them separately. Untamed is the story of Jo, a lion trainer with the circus, and Keane, the new owner of the circus that she has been with since she was born. They have ups and downs and it is quite a ride.

Valley of Silence ~ Nora Roberts

This is the third and final book in the Circle Trilogy. In this book the finial battle between Man and the vampires takes place in Gaell. The circle of six humans that have spent 3 months gathering and training themselves and their army to battle the vampires finally faces the day they have been preparing for. A very interesting story, with, of course, an underlying romance. A new tale ( at least to me) , not a reworking of some old theme that has been reworked to be retold for the millionth time. I really enjoyed this one. It took me a little while to get into it, I think partly cause It had been a bit since I read the first two, and I had read so much in between, I just wasn’t in the mood for this to start. Hmm… What to read next?

Sullivan’s Woman ~ Nora Roberts

This is one of Nora’s early works, and a harlequin romance originally.

This book takes place in San Francisco, and is centered around Cassidy St. John, an aspiring writer, who is stopped one day on the beach and told that the man who stopped her want’s to paint her. She doesn’t realize untill she shows up for the sitting that he man is Colin Sullivan and a very famous artist. They have ups and downs, and in the end, create a very beautiful painting. I really enjoyed this.