Birthright
by:
Nora Roberts (author)
When five-thousand-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and romance. While overseeing the dig, she must try to make sense of a cloud of...
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When five-thousand-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and romance. While overseeing the dig, she must try to make sense of a cloud of death and misfortune that hangs over the project-fueling rumors that the site is cursed. And she must cope with the presence of her irritating—but irresistible—ex-husband, Jake. Furthermore, when a stranger claims to know a secret about her privileged Boston childhood, she is forced to question her own past as well.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780515137118 (0515137111)
ASIN: 515137111
Publish date: March 30th 2004
Publisher: Jove
Pages no: 502
Edition language: English
Category:
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Contemporary Romance,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Crime,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Suspense,
Romantic Suspense
When 5,000-year-old bones are discovered in a field in Maryland, archaeologist Dr. Callie Dunbrook is called to head the excavation project. Unfortunately, her ex-husband, and love of her life, decides to join as lead anthropologist. Soon, though, the pain of the implosion of their marriage is forg...
[6/10/2016] Third read.This is one of Nora's best. Complex plot. Complex characters, though not the most likeable. Doesn't have the humor I really look for from her. But the story is a powerful one. How would you react if you suddenly learned that you were not who you thought you were, that you...
Not my favorite Nora Roberst, for sure. I think I prefer her contemporaries to her romantic suspense. In the case of this book, I like the secondary romance between Doug and Lana more than the Hero/heroine who had the main story. I think I just like more action than suspense. There was too much ...
Again I must give Nora Roberts two tumbs up for her themes entwined with a main and secondary romance. It all begins with an emotion rife prologue when baby Jessie is kidnapped from the stroller. Fast forward a couple of decades and in a small town at a construction site a skull is found. As it turn...
Callie Dunbrooke is called to Woodsboro, Maryland after a skull is found by a real estate developer while clearing a site. She's an archaeologist and quickly determines the skull is a major find. Things get complicated when her ex-husband, Jake Grayson, is assigned to her excavation team and the dev...