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Set in and around rural Woodsboro, Md., a small town drawn with affection and familiarity, Roberts's latest is the literary equivalent of a big delicious meal whipped up by a talented home cook. She offers a dash of exoticism and innovation-a Neanderthal settlement is discovered on the site of an unwanted housing development, prompting gorgeous young archeologist Callie Dunbrook to race to Woodsboro to take charge of what promises to be the dig of her career. After dollops of detail about archeological work, Roberts dishes up huge servings of comfort food, and it is all the more satisfying for being so straightforward. When the owner of the Antietam Creek development turns up murdered on the site, Callie is thrown into closer contact than she'd like with her ex-husband, who also happens to be the anthropologist sharing responsibility for the dig. Jacob Greystone is a hunk-"long bones, long muscles, all covered in bronzed skin...." Meanwhile, Suzanne Cullen, the hugely successful proprietor of a Mrs. Field's-like baked-goods business, tracks down the archeologist after seeing her on the evening news. Callie, the woman claims, is the baby daughter who was snatched from her stroller when she was just a few months old. Callie hires a beautiful young lawyer, Lana Campbell, who happens to be involved with Doug Cullen, Callie's long-lost brother. Another murder, arson and attempted murder heat up the chase until all the young lovers are drawn in. As in other delectable entertainments by Roberts, it is not the wild denouement but the pursuit itself-studded with scrumptious romantic encounters-that is the real dessert.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Archaeologist Callie Dunbrook is excited to be overseeing a new dig, but with the site rumored to be cursed, her ex-husband hanging around, and a stranger suggesting that he knows all about her past, things aren't altogether rosy. Despite the pub date, the book will surface in late March.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Antietam Creek Project came to a rude halt when the blade of Billy Younger's backhoe unearthed the first skull. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Thanks Nora!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Birthright (Hardcover)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I felt the story line was very believeable. I have many friends that are adopted and often wonder "what if" this kind of story were to "happen" to them as they get older. We live in a very, very large world but sometimes the world is indeed very small. Nora Roberts obviously researched adoption on the black market very carefully. Only if you understand how a couple of any social standing could want a baby so bad to go to any length to get one, can you sympathize with the main characters' parents. I really enjoyed Callie and Jacob's characters. The way Jacob felt about his wife was very touching. It was like two separate souls looking for each other but somehow missing the point. I would love to read about their future together. Jacob's background would be a great book to explore also. As always, when Nora Roberts really researches a subject and brings her wonderful insights into the story, you can't help but enjoy every page of her books. Also recommended: BARK OF THE DOGWOOD and RAFE AND JARED
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too Crowded,
By A Customer
This review is from: Birthright (Hardcover)
Birthright started out in a very exciting way - a spirited, independent, unique heroine, an archaeological find in a construction site, a discovery and a dig, and a handsome ex-husband - wow! Then it went downhill. There were too many plots, subplots and characters - it was hard to keep it all straight. Lana and Doug were interesting, but I could not sense any chemistry between them - their romance seemed contrived and fake. Callie and Jake fared better, and their dialogue was really sharp and fun (and I liked it that Callie had her faults - it made her more human), but Suzanne was just plain weird, and the mystery was a disappointment - there was no clue about the murderer until the last pages. Also, it was tiring to wade through the clutter of characters and plots - I found myself skimming parts of the book. I think cutting out the Lana/Doug romance (keeping the characters - I liked them, and maybe hitching Lana with someone totally unlikely, like Digger, for comic relief), and cutting out some of the extraneous characters and plots, and strengthening the mystery, would have made it a much stronger book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best of the Best,
By Queenie (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Birthright (Mass Market Paperback)
This is probably one of Nora Robert's best books! This book was also the first of the Nora Robert series I've read and this is the book that got me totally hook to Nora Robert's series. Callie Dunbrook is an argeologist and one that is stubborn. But when a man that's trying to build a building discovers a thousands of years old site. So, with some difficulities, Callie was forced to work with he ex, Jake, again. First it was bumpy but as time goes on, Callie discovers something that shakes that hot head of hers. It seem to be that she was adopted in an illegal adoption. Through hard times, Callie along with her Jake finds the answer to the questions. And meanwhile doing so...falls back into the one person's arm so never knew she would. Jake
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