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    Born in Ice
    Born in Ice
    Born in Ice
    Audiobook10 hours

    Born in Ice

    Written by Nora Roberts

    Narrated by Fiacre Douglas

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    About this audiobook

    Brianna Concannon is the kind of innkeeper who doesn’t mind the harsh winters of Ireland—and the empty bed-and-breakfast that comes with them. But this year, a famous American author needs a quiet place to stay while writing his next book.

    A charmer whose easy smiles mask a guarded past, Grayson Thane plans to spend the cold winter alone. But his lovely landlady adds a complication he never expected. She’s exactly what he’s looking for in his heroine. And soon Grayson and Brianna will learn that sometimes fate has a plan of its own. Sometimes, fire can be born in ice…

    “The pace of the book is smooth and even, and the writing captures the charisma and earthy charm of Ireland and the gentleness of its people.” —Publishers Weekly

    “This book kept me interested right through to the end. Read this on a rainy night—you’ll be right in the thick of it.” —The Romance Reader

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 25, 2007
    ISBN9781423331957
    Born in Ice
    Author

    Nora Roberts

    Nora Roberts is the bestselling author of more than two hundred romance novels. She was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Since her first bestseller in 1991, Nora’s books have spent more than two hundred weeks in the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list. There are more than five hundred million copies of her books in print, published in over thirty-four countries.

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    • 5/5

      I am reminded how much I enjoy the writing style of Nora Roberts. Where is she puts words together and crafts her characters is wonderful.
    • 5/5
      Beautifull continuation…So much emotions woven into the story.

      But, read too fast and with not enough sentiment in the narrative. The character voices though were great.
    • 5/5
      The growth of male protagonist was stunning. I was really touched by the ending.
    • 5/5
      My favorite book in the series. I think I can connect with Bre most so I love her story.
    • 5/5
      Nice story! I enjoyed listening to it. Not a cheesy romance, but a good, life story!
    • 4/5
      It feels as if you're visiting Ireland in this trilogy and I reread it every 2 years or so.
      Brianna is an artist in her own right, even though she doesn't see it that way. She is the perfect partner for Gray, who never had a home and keeps convincing himself he doesn't need one. Brianna also grows after she meets Gray, especially where her mother is concerned.
      Grade: A
    • 5/5
      This is a re-read because it is fun and about Ireland. . Nora Roberts knows how to pull you heart strings, have you connect with her characters, make you laugh and cry and all in the same book. Visit West Ireland and Dublin and a few other places on the other side of the world.
    • 5/5
      Breanne was a dutiful woman,always taking care of everyone but what she wanted the most was someone to take care of her,to love her.Gretson was a loner traveling writing,never settling anywhere. Then he stays at Blackthon cottage Breanns cottage.Can they teach each other to open up to love to live again?
    • 3/5
      A nice continuation of the series. Like the character development.
    • 3/5
      I loved both the hero and the heroine in this book from the start. The heroine, Brianna, is the peacemaker in the family. She has always tried to smooth over difficulties, but this book shows how she has been affected by the discord between her parents and the resulting familial difficulties. Despite, or perhaps because of this, Brianna has sought to make a peaceful domestic atmosphere that she has translated into her small business of her inn. We learn the secrets in her past which result her re-evaluating her life. Into that disruption comes Gray who pushes Brianna from her safe space. Gray is a man who is so scarred by his past, yet he has built a great life, but with few personal connections. He sees this as a kind of freedom, but he is challenged by Brianna and the town where she lives. A man who insists that he will not stay. When he starts an affair, he might seem callous, but Gray is so open and honest and caring that you understand him as a troubled individual rather than the jerk he sometimes come across as. Nora Roberts descriptions of the people and the small Irish village is like taking a trip to the Emerald Isle.
    • 5/5
      In Born in Ice, Nora Roberts continues her series with the emotional love story of the second Concannon sister, Brianna. American born Gray Thane has arrived in Ireland to spend a quiet summer in the peaceful country and write his next multi-million dollar bestseller. Brianna has turned her home into a bed-and-breakfast - a home away from home for weary travelers - and being an avid reader of Mr. Thane's books, she's downplaying her excitement about his stay to her family.I loved this book as much as the first one! I read along with the audio and it was absolute bliss to hear Fiacre's brogue again. It adds such a charming ambiance to the overall experience and meshes with Roberts' writing so perfectly. I could easily visualize Brianna's kitchen and gardens. This story has more mystery to it, which makes me eager to move onto the next book.I liked that Gray's 'author' personality was true to form and found Brianna's amusement (or frustration) with his random spurts of inspiration highly entertaining. Maybe I'm being egocentric...but I've done the same thing to my husband more than once. I was also pleased to see Brianna's character grow and laughed out loud several times at the way Gray handled her mother. This is a lovely series that I would recommend to all fans of adult romance.
    • 4/5
      I've been working my way through the Nora Roberts canon and, as with anything, have found it hit or miss, with more misses from her earlier works. So this came as a pleasant surprise. Whereas the first in the trilogy felt a bit too caricaturish to me, I found Brianna and Gray to be much more developed and layered characters than Maggie and Rogan. Brianna in particular, as she was so much more than hinted at in the earlier book. (I also, for that matter, liked Maggie better in this one. It was nice to see her through Brianna's eyes.) So, yes, the ending was entirely predictable -- I mean that coming from someone who has come to know the formula of romances down to the specific chapters in which to expect the various plot points. But even though the parallels in Gray's book and his own feelings were so utterly obvious, I honestly didn't care. Once again, there were actual tears when [SPOILER ALERT]...... he comes back for her in the end.P.S. And extra points for the Carstairs.
    • 5/5
      Of all the books I've read from Nora Roberts, this is THE ONE. I love the way N.R. describes Brianna's B. and B., the way she "made" Brianna and Gray, the environment, the scenery, the cooking, I don't know, I love everything.There's something fragile about Brianna that appeals to me, she's not weak, she's just trying to protect herself against the harshness of life, especially the one that come from her family...and she has dreams inside her that need to last a lifetime and still, even knowing that what she wants wouldn't come true, she stills faces life with a peacefulness that's admirable.I'm glad that she found Gray and that he found her and that together they made something whole. It's a light, silly romance, full of fairies and dreams, but for me is my sunshine when I'm feeling blue.
    • 4/5
      Roberts books are always comfortable. This series is no different. The characters are full and interesting. 
    • 4/5
      After her father's death, Brianna Concannon runs a bed & breakfast in the family home in County Clare, Ireland. Grayson Thane is a best-selling American novelist who writes his books on location. He's chosen to write his next thriller at Brianna's B&B. The mutual attraction between Grayson and Brianna eventually leads to something more, and soon Grayson's characters become almost indistinguishable from Grayson and Brianna. Both of them know from the outset that Grayson will move on as soon as the novel is finished, leaving Brianna behind. Is this how their story is meant to end, or will Grayson find a different ending?Romance is far from my favorite genre. I picked this one up for a challenge to read a RITA award winner in February. If romance was all there was to this book, I wouldn't have enjoyed it very much. However, there were enough elements of mystery and family secrets to hold my interest. The Irish setting didn't hurt, either.This is the middle book in a trilogy. The title of the trilogy is a spoiler for one of the plot threads in this book. Brianna and her older sister, Maggie, discover a family secret in this book, starting them on a quest that isn't completed by the end of the book. It's obvious that the thread introduced in this book will be at the center of the final book in the trilogy. I liked the characters well enough and have enough curiosity to read the next book in the trilogy, but I'm not interested enough to go back and read the first book in the set.
    • 4/5
      When mystery writer, Grayson Thane, arrives at Brianna's bed and breakfast in Ireland, his intention is to use the time to write a book based in the small town, but he quickly becomes enchanted with Bri, derailing all those plans...Sexy and interesting, though Brianna and her "I can love you while you're here and survive after you've left me, because you're my only, ever" attitude is annoying...
    • 5/5
      This one surprised me. The heroine I liked least was featured in the book I liked most in the trilogy.Brianna is the "good" sister. In fact, her sister Maggie calls her a saint, and I agree. She runs a B&B in the house where she grew up, and she's very, very into things like cleaning and cooking and housework in general. I can understand, maybe, enjoying running a B&B--not relate to it--having people around all the time that you have to converse with.... *shudder* But I could understand that. Enjoying cleaning, though, makes me think she has a couple of screws loose. Which is fair warning, by the way, if you drop by my house unexpected.Grayson Thane is a mystery writer who comes to stay at Brianna's B&B while he finishes his latest book. Yes, I know--conventional wisdom says it's a Bad Idea to write a book about a writer writing a book, but Gray is deep. He's got layers. He's got a wonderful emotional journey, which I'm not going to deprive you of by explaining it all here. Suffice it to say that he thinks he's perfectly fine all by himself, and that he learns the error of that notion.Nora is really a master of the romance trilogy--the books aren't just connected, there's an ongoing story. The ongoing story concerns Brianna and sister Maggie discovering the truth about their parents' pasts. And yet the books do stand alone. Maggie and Rogan are integral parts of Born in Ice, just as Brianna is an integral part of Born in Fire. There's no sense of **fanfare** Maggie! and Rogan! from Born in Fire! **applause** When last we saw Maggie and Rogan, they were newlyweds. Now look at them! Expecting their first child! **bows** Let's hear it for Maggie and Rogan! **applause** and off they go, never to be heard from again.that's all too common in connected romances. Oh, you could surmise that Maggie & Rogan had a story of their own, but it doesn't feel like you've missed something, or like you're at a party where you're the only one who doesn't know everybody.As for the Maeve story, even though I wanted to smack Brianna upside the head for catering to the bitter, nasty old woman, Brianna learned to say no, and to stand up for herself. So despite the fact that she still ended up more conciliatory than her sister, I liked the "lesson" in Born in Ice better. It probably says something negative about me that I bristle whenever I detect a "be nicer" message, but I really don't want to examine that too closely. Not right now, anyway.
    • 4/5
      This and some similar romances have sparked the start of a rant about Ireland and writing romances, this one is pretty okay, fairly predictable, but readable