Remember When

Remember When by Nora Roberts & J. D. Robb
Mysterygoes
This book contains two stories.

Laine Tavish is a small town antique store owner. She has escaped a life on the run with her father, Big Jack O'Hara. Jack was a con man and thief. Laine has settled down to a nice rural life when her long-lost uncle comes into her store, gives her a cryptic message and runs outside to die from a car accident. Soon afterwards Laine's house is ransacked.

Max Gannon is working with the insurance company to find some diamonds which have been stolen. Max and Laine team up to find her father and the diamonds.

The second story is an In Death one.

Samantha Gannon arrives home to find her home-sitter and best friend dead. Samantha was on a book tour promoting her book about her grandparents, Laine and Max Gannon.
Was the murder because someone was looking for the diamonds that weren't recovered?

This was an interesting concept for a book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt it was not at all like reading two short stories. It was intriguing how the two stories even though written by the same person had slightly different styles.

First Line: "A heroic belch of thunder followed the strange little man into the shop."
Rating:
(4.0/5)

Heaven and Earth

Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts
Romance
This story is about Ripley, the no nonsense police officer on Three Sisters Island. She has refused to have anything to do with her paranormal powers and just wants to lead an ordinary life.

Enter MacAllister Booke , a paranormal researcher, who wants to find out what is happening on the island. He is very interested in Ripley both professionally and personally. She, of course, fights it.

Ripley is a brash, sometimes caustic young woman who must battle the forces of evil that is trying to pull the island apart. I enjoyed this light fun read

First Line: "She called the storm."
Rating:
(3.5/5)

Dance Upon Air

Dance Upon Air by Nora Roberts
Romance
Nell Channing arrives on Three Sisters island with nothing. She happens to walk into the bookstore/cafe just as the present cook is leaving and gets the job. Nell is running from a horrid past. She faked her own death in order to escape an abusive relationship.

Nell finds a place where she can heal. She finds out her boss is a witch and furthermore so is she. And most important she finds Zach. Zach is the local policeman and a genuine good guy.

This is a fairly typical romance. It is nice that Nell grows and becomes the woman she can be instead of a scared rabbit. It is also nice that Zach seems to be just an ordinary nice guy instead of one of those hunks that are usually in romance stories.

First Line: "In the dark grren shadows of the deep woods, an hour before moonrise, they met in secret."
Rating:
(3.5/5)