


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 soon, united with him and with all of Talamh, she will seek out those in desperate need of rescue, and confront the darkness with every weapon she has: her sword, her magicks-and her courage…Īuthor, Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson, on Octoin Silver Spring, Maryland. It’s Keegan who’s at her side when the enemy’s witches, traitorous and power-mad, appear to her in her sleep, practicing black magick, sacrificing the innocent, and plotting a brutal destruction for Breen. She rededicates herself to writing her stories, and when his duties as taoiseach permit, she is together with Keegan, who has trained her as a warrior and whom she has grown to love. It’s also a time for celebrations-of her first Christmas in both Talamh and Ireland, of solstice and weddings and births-and daring to find joy again in the wake of sorrow. Breen spreads her wings and realizes a power she’s never experienced before. With the enemy cast out and the portal sealed, this is a time to rest and to prepare. Her grandfather, the dark god Odran, has been defeated in his attempt to rule over Talamh, and over Breen-for now. Now she is in Talamh, trying to heal after a terrible battle and heartbreaking losses.

But portals allow for passage in and out-and ultimately, each must choose their place, and choose between good and evil, war and peace, life and death…īreen Siobhan Kelly grew up in the world of Man and was once unaware of her true nature. Talamh is a land of green hills, high mountains, deep forests, and seas, where magicks thrive. The conclusion of the epic trilogy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Awakening and The Becoming.
