From 1991 to 2001, all 68 novels she published made it onto the New York Times best seller list. Roberts has two sons by her first marriage, and married her second husband, Bruce Wilder, in 1985. That last novel, 'Playing the Odds' gave Roberts a 'fan favorite' status and transformed the romance novel category. Then, the next two years brought 23 more published novels, and she finally caught the public's eye in 1985. The first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, was published just two years later. She wrote her first story during the blizzard of 1979, when she was snowed in at her home. For more than three decades Roberts has published more than 200 titles in the romantic novel category. And Abigail Lowery, who has built a life based on security and self-control, is at risk of losing both.Īuthor, Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson, on Octoin Silver Spring, Maryland. He suspects that Abigail needs protection from something, even if he doesn’t know what-and that her elaborate defenses hide a story that must be revealed.Accustomed to two-bit troublemakers, Gleason is about to walk into the sights of very powerful and dangerous men. Her sharp, logical mind, her secretive nature, her unromantic viewpoints leave him fascinated but frustrated. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing.Unfortunately, that seems to be the quickest way to get attention in a tiny southern town.The mystery of Abigail Lowery intrigues local police chief Brooks Gleason, on both a personal and a professional level. Her own security is supplemented by a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms. A freelance programmer, she works at home designing sophisticated security systems.

The events that followed changed her life forever.Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. Daughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth finally let loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive.

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