I had to share an email I received from a fellow fan just yesterday. It made my day. It’s so why I spend so much time on this site. I can’t tell you how good it makes you feel to find out you helped someone or share the same love of reading Nora’s books. Thank you to all the visitors. I hope you find the site as informative as Ms. Hope did!

Just wanted to say thanks for this site. When cleaning and purging my many books (and looking for the missing ones that friends/family had borrowed- I love loaning my books-half the fun!) I tried to figure out which of the Nora Robert’s books were missing……had no intention of getting rid of those! After looking on her site and several others, I was so frustrated I was ready to chunk the lot of them, well, at least just give it up and not worry about what was missing. Last shot was this site and there it all was, clearly listed, AND explained!!! Thank you, thank you!! I won’t have to scream and throw a fit over the other sites!!!!No idea why all the others had to make it sooooooo confusing! Your site proves how well it can be done! Appreciate it!

Blackberry Summer by Raeanne Thayne is a sweet read. While a tad predictable, Ms. Thayne still does a good job of drawing you into a picturesque town and unique, interesting characters with all kinds of intricacies that will keep you turning the page!

But be aware that once the book is finished you might find yourself out from under the spell of the quaint town. You might find yourself thinking there wasn’t enough to Claire and Riley’s romance to make it lasting. And you might be looking at your husband and thinking could that be me? Could my husband I have two kids with leave me for a younger woman? If you’re one of those…you’ll be passing this book along to someone else. You’ll want to see if you’re alone in being put under a spell or if the book was good…I would love to know which you fall into.

Buy Blackberry Summer now!

Book Details:

• HQN Books
• May 24, 2011
• ISBN-10: 0373775938

Book Description:

Claire Bradford needed a wake-up call.

What she didn’t need was a tragic car accident. As a single mom and the owner of a successful bead shop, Claire leads a predictable life in Hope’s Crossing, Colorado. So what if she has no time for romance? At least, that’s what she tells herself, especially when her best friend’s sexy younger brother comes back to town as the new chief of police.

But when the accident forces Claire to slow down and lean on others—especially Riley McKnight—she realizes, for the first time, that things need to change. And not just in her own life. The accident—and the string of robberies committed by teenagers that led up to it—is a wake-up call to the people of Hope’s Crossing. The sense of community and togetherness had been lost during those tough years. But with a mysterious "Angel of Hope" working to inspire the town, Riley and Claire will find themselves opening up to love and other possibilities by the end of an extraordinary summer….

With the recent release of New York to Dallas, Nora’s latest J.D. Robb release, I got to wondering…what was left for 2011. So a review of my 2011 list of Nora’s releases shows the following is left:

OCTOBER

The Unquiet (featuring "Chaos in Death" novella)

About the book:

From J.D. Robb:

Eve and Rourke return to investigate a series of murders connected to a brilliant young surgeon in Chaos in Death.

From Mary Blayney:

A shopkeeper’s solitude is complicated by a magic coin, a daring rogue, and dreams of her late husband, who whispers but one word…wish.

From Patricia Gaffney:

A lonely woman and a hotline psychic turn their astonishing connection to the other side into an unexpected romance.

From Ruth Ryan Langan:

The shattered soul of an angry spirit imprisoned in a Scottish manor house could be a young widow’s only salvation.

From Mary Kay McComas:

A young ghost eases his brother’s pain and guilt by inviting him into the dreams of an imaginative author of children’s books.

Buy The Unquiet now!

 

NOVEMBER

The Next Always (The  Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, Book 1)

About the book:

The historic hotel in BoonsBoro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it’s getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett’s social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there’s another project he’s got his eye on: the girl he’s been waiting to kiss since he was fifteen…

Buy The Next Always: Book One of the Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy now!

Recently there has been a lot of chatter online (and I’ve received a few emails as well) discussing which actor should be cast in the role of Roarke if Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb’s “In Series” is made into a movie or television show.

There are just so many guesses, some that aren’t exactly what I would think, but definitely some pretty gorgeous men. Here are a few of the suggestions in order that had the most ‘votes’ so to speak…

1. Pierce Brosnan
2. Colin Ferrell
3. Angus MacFadyen
4. Johnathan Rhys Meyers
5. Gerard Butler
6. Hugh Jackman
7. Henry Cavill
8. Anthony Bourdain

Which are you routing for? Do you think they should go for an unknown actor instead? Maybe someone who is actually Irish?