Birthright

Zusatztext “Suspenseful.”— Entertainment Weekly   “Pulls at the heartstrings.”— The Columbus Dispatch   “Another must-read by Nora Roberts…A healthy dose of intrigue [and] ahhh-inspiring romance.” —Grand Forks Herald “Nora Roberts is one of America’s bestselling writers! and Birthright makes it obvious why…Entertaining.”— Fort Worth Star-Telegram “In a word! it’s awesome…The dialogue between Callie and Jake is smart! often humorous and fun.”— The State (Columbia! SC)   “The literary equivalent of a big delicious meal whipped up by a talented home cook. She offers a dash of exoticism and innovation…Satisfying.”— Publishers Weekly “An electrifying story filled with danger! heartache! love! passion and murder. An amazingly intense and utterly gripping tale!”— RT Book Reviews Informationen zum Autor Nora Roberts  is the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of more than 200 novels. She is also the author of the bestselling In Death series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print. Klappentext From beloved author Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller about shattering loss and shocking discovery-set in a small town nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains… 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. She must cope with the presence of her irritating-but irresistible-ex-husband, Jake. And when a stranger claims to know a secret about her privileged Boston childhood, she must question her own past as well...Prologue The bright red nose of Rudolph, his very favorite reindeer, blinked on and off until Douglas’s eyes were dazzled. He tried to entertain himself by counting the red dots that swam in front of his eyes, the way the Count counted on Sesame Street. One, two, three! Three red dots! Ha ha ha ha ha! But it made him feel a little bit sick. The mall was full of noise, the blasts of Christmas music that added to his impatience, the shouts of other children, the crying of babies. He knew all about crying babies now that he had a little sister. When babies cried you were supposed to pick them up and walk around with them singing songs, or sit with them in the rocking chair and pat them on the back till they burped. Babies could burp right out loud and nobody made them say scuze me. Because, dummy, babies couldn’t talk! But Jessica wasn’t crying now. She was sleeping in the stroller and looked like a doll baby in her red dress with the white frilly junk on it. That’s what Grandma called Jessica. Her little doll baby. But sometimes Jessie cried and cried and her face got all red and scrunched up. Nothing would stop her from crying, not the singing or the walking or the rocking chair. Douglas didn’t think she looked much like a doll baby then. She looked mean and mad. When that happened, Mama got too tired to play with him. She was never too tired to play with him before Jessica got in her belly. Sometimes he didn’t like having a little sister who cried and pooped in her pants and made Mama too tired to play. But most of the time it was okay. He liked to look at her and watch the way she kicked her legs. And when she grabbed his finger, really tight, it made him laugh. Grandma said he had to protect Jessica because that’s what big brothers do. He’d worried so much about it that he’d snuck in to sleep on the floor beside her crib just in case the monsters who lived in the closet came to eat her in

Product details

• Authors: Nora Roberts
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.03.2004
• EAN: 9780515137118
• ISBN: 978-0-515-13711-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 175 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Jove; Jove Books
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature