Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island, #2)

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island #2)

4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 · rating details · 18,943 ratings · 452 reviews

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts has enchanted millions of readers with her moving, intimate tales of friendships made and hearts lost, of legends, lovers and longing. Now, in the second book in her bewitching Three Sisters Island trilogy, she returns to the haunting shores of New England—and to the lives of three passionate, powerful women… Ripley Todd ju...more

Mass Market Paperback, 346 pages

Published December 1st 2001 by Jove (first published January 1st 2001)

more details... edit details

Get a copy:

More…

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Best Romantic Beta Heroes

29th out of 223 books — 303 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Fiction for the witch in us

11th out of 88 books — 26 voters

More lists with this book...

Community Reviews

(showing 1-30 of 3,000)

filter | sort: default (?) | rating details

May 27, 2008 Isis FG rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Isis FG by: continuation of a series

Shelves: favs-reread, author-nora-roberts, reviewed, genre-romance-fiction, stars-4

Another great book by Roberts. Overall, I enjoy the theme and plot of this series. But my favorite thing about this book in particular is the character of Mac - absentminded professor with a side of hunk. He's just so adorable the way he's always forgetting things and getting sidetracked. And him hooking up with Ripley was an interesting combination.

The book had an interesting storyline that fit well with the first book in the series. They complement each other well. If there was one thing I cou...more

like 3 likes · see review

Apr 16, 2013 MrsJoseph rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to MrsJoseph by: Sarah Wendell

Shelves: format-paperback, romance, series, 2012-read, romance-fantasy

3.5 Stars

This is a pretty good book! I haven't read book 1 (on purpose, contemporary romances have not been sitting well with me lately) and I wasn't really expecting to like this one either. Strangely enough, I enjoyed it! Silly me, this is a Nora Roberts.

There are parts that didn't sit too well with me - I didn't care for Ripley's (the heroine) characterization too much. She's angry and sarcastic and rude...often for no real reason. She has a thing about being challenged that...reminded me of...more

like 3 likes · see review

Jan 08, 2009 Gette rated it 4 of 5 stars

I picked up Dance Upon the Air from my favourite bargain bin and found it full of corny stuff that I enjoy. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's a trilogy, and I have to track the other two down.[return][return]The Three Sisters Island Trilogy opens with a prologue of three witches � Earth, Air and Fire - who used their power to create a sanctuary from prosecution during the Salem witch trials. They found refuge on the island, but each witch went on to enter relationships that ultimat...more I picked up Dance Upon the Air from my favourite bargain bin and found it full of corny stuff that I enjoy. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's a trilogy, and I have to track the other two down.[return][return]The Three Sisters Island Trilogy opens with a prologue of three witches � Earth, Air and Fire - who used their power to create a sanctuary from prosecution during the Salem witch trials. They found refuge on the island, but each witch went on to enter relationships that ultimately led them to their deaths. Their descendants must break the curse or the island will sink back into the ocean.[return][return]Dance Upon the Air sees a timid Nell Channing arriving at island three centuries later. She is immediately "adopted" by Mia Devlin, the proprietor of Cafe Book. Mia hires her to cook at the cafe and helps her settle into a little cottage. Sheriff Zack Todd begins courting her. For the first time, Nell felt safe and secure, with friends and a life to call her own.[return][return]We gradually learn Nell� s secret; she faked her own death to escape her abusive husband. When Evan Remington discovers that she is not dead after all, he bears down on her hard and fast, threatening everything she has come to love.[return][return]I found book two in a local bookstore. This didn't surprise me because our bookstores are good at stocking the orphan "middle" book(s). It also didn't surprise me that days of searching didn't turn up book three.[return][return]In Heaven and Earth, the focus switches to Ripley Todd, the quick-tempered deputy sheriff and Nell's sister-in-law.[return][return]While Nell freely embraced her powers and Mia never abandoned hers, Rip made a conscious decision to walk away. This happened many years ago when Mia had her heart shattered by Sam Logan, another name that gets a lot of mention.[return] [return]Rip� s troubles began when paranormal researcher MacAllister Booke arrived; sniffing around at the island� s purported paranormal activities. He is intrigued by Rip, and pursues her for both business and pleasure. She falls for him, but not without protesting as much as a maiden in a Victorian romance novel.[return][return]When danger looms, the eye-for-an-eye Rip has to be careful not to repeat what her ancestor did � break the witch� s vow not to harm others. [return] [return]My friend in KL called to let me know she found book three. I was content to wait for her to bring it home, but when I mentioned it to a fellow bookworm here, she said, "I have the whole set!"[return][return]Face The Fire is about Mia Devlin, so far the most intriguing of the three. We've already been through two books with her as an unflappable supporting character, so it was a little startling to discover her human side. [return][return]Like Rip, her story was set in motion with the arrival of a man � Sam Logan, who walked out on her years ago and left her an inconsolable wreck. Mia had since pulled herself together and moved on, locking her heart away so she will never be hurt like that again. She still (obviously) holds a candle for Sam, and his return confused and frustrated her.[return][return]But Mia� s personal battle with evil has arrived. To triumph and save her island, Mia must resolve her complicated relationship with Sam, who is also a witch himself and completes the elemental theme in the book with his own powers over Water. [return][return]Everyone has their own definition of "light reading" and mine is Nora Roberts. Her characters are interesting and good looking, the sex is hot and the series of situations they get caught in are mostly unbelievable. In short, things like this don't happen to real people, but that's why we read about it.[return][return]Like most Hollywood blockbusters, you don� t have to get your brain involved, but anything that helps me de-stress by escaping reality for a while is considered time well spent.[return][return](2006)(less)

like · see review

Aug 06, 2012 Kristen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a predictably enjoyable example of the adventure/romance genre.

In the second installment of the Three Sisters Island trilogy, Ripley Todd is the focus. Despite knowing she has power, Ripley refuses to have anything to do with magic and just wants to live an ordinary life as the Deputy Sheriff on Three Sisters. Of course, this being a Nora Roberts book, that just isn't to be!

When MacAllister Booke - paranormal researcher - arrives to investigate the history of the island, sparks fly betw...more

like · see review

Jul 26, 2012 Tempo de Ler rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

No segundo volume da Trilogia das Três Irmãs continuamos a acompanhar a tentativa de quebrar a maldição imposta às bruxas de Salem. Nell cumpriu o seu papel, agora é a vez de Ripley.
MacAllister é o meu personagem masculino preferido desta trilogia: super engraçado, um cromo de primeira, demasiado distraído para a sua própria segurança. Quanto a Ripley, aprecio o seu sarcasmo aguçado, a sua impulsividade e convicção. Contudo, sinto que há dentro dela uma fúria/revolta que não compreendemos e que...more

like · see review

Jun 23, 2011 Jintana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance-audio-collection

ตอนที่สองของซีรีส์ Three Sisters Island เล่มนี้นางเอก (ริปลี่ย์)เป็นน้องสาวของพระเอกเล่มแรก (แซค)คาแรคเตอร์หล่อนออกจากห้าวหาญเพราะเป็นผู้ช่วยนายอำเภอ ริปลี่ย์เป็นหนึ่งในผู้สืบสกุลของตระกูลแม่มดและมีพลังอำนาจเช่นกันแต่เธอกลับปฏิเสธที่จะยอมรับ พระเอกเป็นดอกเตอร์ค้นคว้าและเขียนหนังสือเกี่ยวกับเรื่องเหนือธรรมชาติ มาหาข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับเกาะนี้ โดนนางเอกกวนไปหลายรอบแต่ก็ไม่ย่อท้อ

ชอบงานของป้านอร่าค่ะ เธอมักจะเน้นที่ความรักจะทำให้เข้มแข็งและต่อสู้กับสิ่งชั่วร้ายได้ ประมาณว่าความดีย่อมชนะความชั่วเสมอแม้จะเ...more

like 1 like · see review

May 21, 2011 Cyndy Aleo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

Ah, summer. The time when I tend to toss most of my serious reading right out the window and stick to novels that I can read with one eye on the book and the other on the kids running through the sprinkler. By far, my favorite author for summer reading is Nora Roberts, a New York Times bestselling author who is known for sticking to the romance genre, but whose books regularly supersede the low expectations you have of romantic fiction. One of my favorites that warranted a re-read before I let i...more Ah, summer. The time when I tend to toss most of my serious reading right out the window and stick to novels that I can read with one eye on the book and the other on the kids running through the sprinkler. By far, my favorite author for summer reading is Nora Roberts, a New York Times bestselling author who is known for sticking to the romance genre, but whose books regularly supersede the low expectations you have of romantic fiction. One of my favorites that warranted a re-read before I let it go on Bookcrossing.com is Heaven and Earth, the second of the Three Sisters trilogy.

::: Starting Midstream :::

Heaven and Earth is the second of a trilogy involving three women: Nell, Ripley, and Mia, three descendants of sisters who, according to legend, created the island on which they live through their witchcraft. Three hundred years after the original sisters were defeated by a force of evil, these women are again confronting the same evil, trying to save their own lives, the island, and the men they are involved with.

When Heaven and Earth begins, the first confrontation has already occurred, and Nell has beaten back the evil that is in her abusive husband, whom she escaped by faking her own death. Her ex is in a mental institution, and she has married the sheriff of Three Sisters, Zack. Zack's sister, Ripley, joined her powers to those of Nell and Mia to help Nell, but is still very reluctant to embrace her gift until she meets the paranormal scientist Dr. MacAllister Booke, who is not only on Three Sisters to study the events that took place as well as the three women, but also seems tied into the legend.

As Ripley's relationship with Dr. Booke develops, she has to confront not only the evil facing the women and the island, but also dealing with and controlling her own gift, and finding a way to defeat the evil without making the same mistake that her ancestor did.

::: Why Isn't It a Bodice-Ripper? :::

There are romance writers, and then there is Roberts. One of the things that originally drew me to her books was how much research she does to build her plots. If she is writing a series about a family who builds ships, you know that she has immersed herself in the research, and her characters and plots feel much more fully developed as a result.

Several of Roberts' series have dealt with witchcraft, magic, and legends, and every one of them has been just as fascinating as the next. One of Roberts' gifts as a writer is in creating characters just like Ripley Todd, a woman who is secure in herself, yet struggles with a major part of her life. The characters like Ripley are always my favorites of Roberts' creations: headstrong, somewhat abrasive, and learning about themselves.

Adding in the witchcraft only serves to make the series more interesting, because it is so outside the realm of most readers' experiences. However, Roberts takes care to respect the tenets of Wicca, and doesn't make these facets of the plot so over the top that it's unbelievable. You find both the characters AND their experiences believable, which is what makes Roberts such a popular author.

Still, I'm not going to pretend that this is the equivalent of reading Dostoevsky here. Heaven and Earth is a relatively quick read, that can be read both within the context of the trilogy, or on its own, although I'd bet that anyone reading Heaven and Earth as a standalone novel will quickly be hunting down the other two books, especially the third book, just to find out how the story ends.

This review originally published at Epinions: http://www.epinions.com/review/Heaven...(less)

like · see review

Dec 18, 2012 Lydia Perversius rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: three-sisters-island

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. So much better than the first book. I had my doubts about how much this trilogy would intrigue me, but thank God I was proven wrong.

The second book starts a few months after the end of the first, with Nell and Zack just back from their honeymoon, and living their lives happily with Ripley in the same house. Ripley Todd, the Sheriff Deputy and Zack's little sister, is also one of the descendants of the three witches that created the Three Sisters Island, particularly Earth's. She hates the fact...more So much better than the first book. I had my doubts about how much this trilogy would intrigue me, but thank God I was proven wrong.

The second book starts a few months after the end of the first, with Nell and Zack just back from their honeymoon, and living their lives happily with Ripley in the same house. Ripley Todd, the Sheriff Deputy and Zack's little sister, is also one of the descendants of the three witches that created the Three Sisters Island, particularly Earth's. She hates the fact she has powers, as her often uncontrollable emotions make it hard for her to keep others from being harmed by her. She is not in the best of terms with Mia, Nell's boss and former landlady, because of the latter's full acceptance of her nature, and hasn't used her powers in ten years - until she had to in order to protect her brother and his beloved from Evan Remmington after he pursued Nell. In the second book we also learn that each of the Three stands for something. Nell stands for love - unconditioned, unlimited - and Ripley stands for protection and justice (I'm not sure what Mia stands for, maybe faith and wisdom?). We already know what the whole deal with a circle being closed is by now. There are supposed to be three trials, one for each of them, similar to the mistakes their ancestors made. Nell's was to overcome her fear of her ex-husband, Ripley's was to overcome her thirst for vengeance, to be able to spare her enemy no matter how much was at stake. Now that it was her turn, the pattern of fate made it so that a distant cousin of Mia, MacAllister Booke, a professor that studies the paranormal, takes an interest in the island's lore and legends of magic, combined with what happened with Evan due to Nell and the others, and arranges to stay there for a few months, thus meeting the easily-irritated deputy - and taking his interest into a whole new level.

Like I said, the first book was interesting, and easy to read, but the second really rocked my world. Ripley is my favorite of the Three, and though I seriously thought of cursing at her throughout the whole story, I guess she had a right to be scared of hurting those she loved because of her lack of personal control. One thing I absolutely love from the series so far is the chantings, the incantations. They sound so lyrical, so poetic. It's beautiful to imagine them voicing the words, and I always got the shivers whenever they finished them with the phrase "As I will, so mote it be". It was also really touching to see Ripley and Mia struggling with the friendship bonds they obviously still have, and yet acting all indifferent about it - I hope they just stop this in the third book, it's a real shame, though I can't say I don't enjoy their arguments. The scene with Ripley understanding she was in love with Mac, and then sending his machines in a frenzy was awesome! It really goes to show the emotional explosion that a woman - or any individual, actually - goes through when they come to such realization (and Mac picturing sex by witnessing the ups and downs in the diagrams appealed way too much to my scientific side). I also have a personal nickname for Dr. Geek - Mr. Magic Pockets. Whoever said that the magic in his blood is diluted, dear Deputy Todd? The man has a coat with so many pockets, it seems he can carry a full household on him and not even notice!

There were, of course, some scenes that pretty much irritated me, but they served a purpose for the story, something that couldn't take away my fifth star for the book. The first was Mac's thoughts for Mia when he was dining with her. I don't care how stupid and irrational Ripley's reaction was, I would still have acted the same and then some for all this - hell, imagine if she knew what was going through his head! I get that Mia is beautiful as a woman, and quite alluring and seductive, but damn it, buddy, you're giving the sex-lust-bedroom-now eyes to Rip, don't go having naughty thoughts on her former best friend, it's just wrong! Other than that, he was perfect, and the other source of annoyance was focused on Harding - which was to be expected. At first I hated him, but after Nell treated him and she had to literally spell it out, I felt pity for him. And for some reason, I can't get Silvester Stallone out of my head as Harding. Hmmm, weird... Anyway, I was nearly freaked out when he thought all those sadistic things concerning Nell, and was AROUSED by them. But again, this was the force that chases the Three that was in him, not his real self.

I am really intrigued by that Sam Logan character, too. Everyone mentions bits and pieces about him, but no one says something a little bit more informing. Hope I finally get to see i the next book.(less)

like · see review

Nov 17, 2010 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read_2010, romance

As the Sheriff's Deputy Ripley is used to doling out justice and protecting people. She likes to date when it suits her fancy, and she does not want anything to do with the powers that link her to her former friend Mia and her sister-in-law Nell. When researcher Mac Booke arrives on the island she's determined to have nothing to do with him, but fate seems to have other plans that have nothing to do with what she wants . . .

Having just read the previous book Dance Upon the Air of course I felt c...more

like · see review

Mar 21, 2012 Cyndee rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: magic, romance

Really quick review...
Elements of the book and my reaction to it.
Evil S.O.B. who beats wife and after divorce dreams still of killing her.
Alright been there done that. Not my favorite memory.
Cocky female cop...
Well haven't been pulled over by one of them lately.
Three witches and some men who love them.
Well have you met my sisters? Oh wait they are the evil witches. Me and my other sister have been accused of being a witch so ok I will go with it.
Devils or evil spirits taking over bodies...
Well...more

like · see review

Dec 08, 2009 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, strongfemalecharacters, audiobooks

Listened to Playaway narrated by Sandra Burr. Previously read. This has been a great trilogy to listen to - a nice, light break from some of the more intense audio books I've been grabbing lately. Ripley is the focus of this middle book and she's a lot of fun to follow with her temper and her battle with herself. Mac's a great hero, I'm always a sucker for the smart guys; although if Roberts hit me over the head again with how much like Indiana Jones he was, I was going to end up with a concussi...more

like · see review

Oct 25, 2011 Beatrice Masalunga rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Marnelly Chua

Shelves: favorite-books, owned

Oh well! I enjoyed reading Nora Roberts novels. She's one good author. :D and indeed interesting.
And the main character here is somehow funny. I enjoyed it.

The second book of the Three Sisters Island trilogy is about Deputy Ripley Karen Todd, Zack's sister. She was rude, frank, hot-headed and denies being a witch. She and Mia were old friends before, now they were like cats and dogs intimidating each others, but they do miss each others company.

I would say Ripley is a protector, she stands to p...more

like · see review

Nov 05, 2009 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I absolutely loved the dynamic between Ripley & Mac. Though I greatly connected with the compassion of Nell in the first book, it was refreshing and fun to read a character as "hardcore" as Ripley. I wasn't a big fan of her rudeness, but I definitely connected with her need for action, thirst for doing what's right, as well as the tendency to push away and be strong to protect those she cared about most. I'd definitely love to see more of that kind of fierce aura in more literary heroines. M...more

like · see review

Oct 15, 2012 Julie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In the series, Three Sisters Island, book two is my least favorite book because of the main character Ripley. I liked getting to know more about Nell and Zach's life together from book one. But Ripley is a tom-boy cop, who has a major chip on her shoulder. I don't mind a tough women but she was right down nasty. She threw adult temper tantrums for no reason. Mac, who was rich and extremely smart, pursued Ripley even though she made it clear she wasn't interested. He took all kinds of crap from R...more

like · see review

Jan 05, 2012 Mojca rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bodyguard-military-merc-gov-cop-leo, contemporary-romance, nora-roberts-jd-robb, own, paranormal-romance-fantasy, part-of-a-series, series-trilogy-three-sisters-island, read-the-season-challenge-winter, 2012-challenge-books, bitchslapable-heroine, a-z-friends-challenge

Not as 'gripping' as the first book in the series, mostly due to my dislike of the heroine. I didn't like Ripley in the first book and I didn't like her in her own story, though she sort of redeemed herself in the end.

This book was a little more intense in the paranormal/suspense department with the evil entity intruding from almost the beginning. But that's to be expected. While the first book was meant as sort of an introduction into the world on Three Sisters, this second (as is usual in the...more

like · see review

Sep 27, 2009 Erin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Erin by: my best friend

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

like · see review

May 14, 2011 Ashley rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, own

After really enjoying Dance Upon Air, I was excited to dive back into the World of Three Sisters Island and the lives of its characters. Even though I had just finished Nell and Zack's story, I was excited to see how Ripley's part played out, because she had been such an independent and spirited character in the first installment.

When the story started, I was hooked immediately. Geeky and clumsy Mac had me intrigued from the beginning and I loved him right through the entire book. I think he was...more

like · see review

Mar 14, 2011 Talya rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. While reading Nell's story, book 1 of 3 Sisters Island Trilogy Dance Upon the Air, I found Ripley's character too prickly and rude. So I was preparing for that when I started Ripley's story Heaven and Earth book 2.

I enojoyed it for the most part. I really enjoy Nora's romantic hero type of the intellectual clutzy geek who happens to be hot and built (go figure) and manages to make glasses and brains sexy, and that's what we have with MacAllister Booke.
Mac is a really great romantic hero and he...more

like · see review

Feb 22, 2012 Julie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

This is one of my absolute favorite series of Nora Roberts. I have read this at least once a year for I think ten years now. I lost the paperbacks in a move and purchased each book on the Kindle within 2 days of receiving my Kindle. I am very happy to see Mrs. Roberts’ books being offered as a set for the Kindle now, since if I am going to read one, I am probably going to read the whole set.
Back to this series, this book combines a little witchy magic, a little imagination, and of course wraps i...more

like · see review

Mar 16, 2010 Sabrina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: readadvisoryreading09-10

like · see review

Apr 24, 2012 Akua rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

After reading The first book in this trilogy Dance Upon the Air by Nore Roberts, I had to follow up with this to see what happened with Nell and Zack. I love this couple, they are just so damn cute together. I won't spoil the book for others who haven't read the book but I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by the turn Ripley took. All I kept thinking was "it's about time!" Anyway I am starting the third book in this series this week and can't wait to see how it all ties together and what'...more

like · see review

Feb 18, 2011 Bridget rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am not going to review every Nora Roberts book that I have read in the past because she is quite prolific and it would get redundant and I honestly cannot remember all the plots. I think someone finds someone else attractive but at least one cannot admit it so there is sexual tension, then lots of sex, and then they live happily ever after? Sometimes there is some magic , a family legacy, or a mystery. Certainly not great works of literature (however still 100% better than “the grapes of wrath...more

like · see review

Jul 21, 2010 Lacey Savage rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another winner from Nora Roberts! The second book in the Three Sisters Island trilogy kept me reading late into the night. I remember greatly enjoying the first book in the series, and this one didn't let me down at all. I think the Three Sisters Island trilogy has to be my favorite of Roberts' series -- or at least of the ones I've read. I was impressed with her characterization. The hero and heroine were well developed, with original quirks and character traits that seemed quite believable to...more

like · see review

Dec 09, 2009 Patti Loves FAB Romance rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, paranormal

Heaven and Earth centers around Zach's sister, Ripley Todd. Ripley is the town Deputy; she works with her brother the Sheriff. Ripley has magic but refuses to use it after an incident 10 years ago that has left her angry and in denial. When MacAllister Booke shows up, investigating the events surrounding the end of the first book, Ripley is immediately on the defense. Mac is a paranormal investigator, and is attracted to Ripley. Ripley wants nothing to do with his "hoo-doo research", but when th...more

like · see review

Mar 17, 2013 Maryam rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: all-5-stars, 10th-grade, 2011

This was a fun book. My favorite part of this book was Mac. My sweet, adorable, extremely sexy Mac. He is the most perfect guy on the planet. His physical description is one of the most perfect in all of the books I have read. The adorable baby can never find matching socks. He gets hurt a lot because he is clumsy. And he is a great kisser and fucker because he did research when he was younger. He is that extremely good looking nerdy guy who you know you just to take the pants off of. I love Mac...more

like · see review

May 13, 2012 Jessi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, 2012-challenge, appealing-characteristic-character, appealing-characteristic-setting, contemporary, paranormal, part-of-a-series, romance

Ripley Todd has an okay life. Yeah, she's living with her brother and his new wife and, sure, she's having sort of a dry spell with her own sexual escapades and, well, she's a witch which she's not really enjoying but life is still okay. Then MacAllister Brooke comes to Three Sisters Island. Dr. Brooke is there to study the legend of the Three Sisters. He's very interested in mystical forces and UFOs and then becomes very interested in Ripley Todd.
She's not indifferent to him but they have two...more

like · see review

Sep 28, 2012 Cassandra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, romance, pnr, library, audio, 2012

I loved Ripley in this book! I liked Lulu a lot better in this one too, since the last book had Lulu being harsh to Nell, even when she didn't do anything. I wasn't expecting the drama from the last book to carry over into this one, but it makes me wonder if Evan wasn't acting as he did of his own free will. It doesn't really matter in the end, but I do wonder.

This book reminds me of Practical Magic in the end, with them casting out the spirit or whatever it was. I had a image of Sandra Bullock...more

like · see review

Mar 22, 2010 Laura the Highland Hussy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In this, the second of NR Three Sisters Island trilogy, we find Ripley, the big bad tough cop, fall for a science geek! A super hot paranormal scientist. He (Mac) comes to the island to meet up with Mia and to research witchcraft, but he doesn't tell the girls that he is related to the original 3 sisters. He has a diary of one of the sisters. He helps Ripley through some tough times, and she goes back to using her magic to help.
We still don't know much about what the paranormal issue is, just...more

like · see review

Dec 12, 2009 kaoyler rated it 4 of 5 stars

I actually liked this book better than the first book in the series. It didn't seem so heavy all the time. This book deals with Ripley Todd and her reluctance to accept her powers. When Dr. MacAllister Booke rents the yellow cottage it changes her life. As much as she doesn't want to like him or accept his paranormal research, she is drawn in and begins to rethink her views. Having just finished Roberts "In Death" series under the pseudonym of J. D. Robb, I found myself thinking of Eve and Roark...more

like · see review

Sep 28, 2009 Izlinda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: supernatural, romance

I picked up this book at the library because I had read the rest of the trilogy, and needed a light and fluffy break from heavier reading. Definitely light. Nora Roberts has a certain style and this weekend I needed something familiar and non-agitating.

I like that this book was different from the other two in that it didn't focus much on actual magic-doing. There was some, but it wasn't the core of the book like for the third one, or the revelation like for the first. It was amusing to see how...more

like · see review

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 99 100 next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one »

Recommend it | Stats | Recent status updates

combine
Other Editions (41)

More editions...

Genres

Romance

726 users

Fantasy > Paranormal

154 users

Romance > Paranormal Romance

97 users

Fantasy

96 users

Romance > Contemporary Romance

91 users

Contemporary

68 users

Paranormal > Witches

38 users

Fantasy > Magic

34 users

Womens Fiction > Chick Lit

34 users

Fantasy > Supernatural

22 users

See top shelves...

Readers also enjoyed similar books

Memory in Death
by J.D. Robb

About Nora Roberts

aka
J.D. Robb
Sarah Hardesty

Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sopho...more aka
J.D. Robb
Sarah Hardesty

Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sophomore year in high school, she transferred to a local public school, where she met Ronald Aufdem-Brinke, her future first husband.

In Augusy 17, 1968, as soon as she had graduated from High School, Eleanor married, against her parents' wishes. The marriage settled in Keedysville, Maryland. Her husband worked at his father's sheet-metal business before joining her parents in their lighting company. While, she worked briefly as a legal secretary. "I could type fast but couldn't spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever," she says now. After their sons, Dan and Jason, were born she stayed home. Calling this her "Earth Mother" years, she spent much of her time doing crafts, including ceramics and sewing her children's clothes. The marriage ended separating, and they obtained the divorce in January 1985.

In February 1979, a blizzard in forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate. During the now famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981 as Nora Roberts, a shortened form of her birth name Eleanor Marie Robertson, because she assumed that all authors had pen names.

Eleanor wrote under the pseudonym Jill March a story for a magazine titled "Melodies of Love".

Eleanor met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Her husband owns and operates a bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland called "Turn the Page Books". Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world.

In 1992, she decided adopted other pseudonym so to publish a futuristic-suspense novels, she first decided to use the pseudonym D.J. MacGregor, but she discovered that this pseudonym was used by another author. In 1995, her first "In Death" serial novel was published under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, the initials "J.D." were taken from her sons, Jason and Dan, while "Robb" is a shortened form of Roberts.

Eleanor has also been known as Sara Hardesty, because when the "Born In" series was released in U.K. it carried that name instead of Nora Roberts. She has since changed publishers.

Eleanor has been plagiarized by another best-selling romance writer, Janet Dailey. The practice came to light after a reader read Nora Roberts' "Sweet Revenge" and Janet Dailey's "Notorious" back-to-back; she noticed several similarities and posted the comparable passages on the Internet. Calling the plagiarism "mind rape," Eleanor sued Janet Daily. In 1997, Janet, admitted to repeatedly plagiarizing from Nora Roberts' work, and that both "Aspen Gold" and "Notorious" lifted heavily from Nora Roberts's work. Both of those novels were pulled from print after Janet's admission. She acknowledged the plagiarism and blamed it on a psychological disorder. In a settlement, Janet paid Eleanor an undisclosed sum, which Eleanor donated to the Literacy Volunteers of America.

A founding member of the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A.), she was the first inductee in the organization's Hall of Fame. She also is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the (less)

More about Nora Roberts...

Books by Nora Roberts

Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island, #1)

More…

Share This Book

Facebook Twitter Your website

Trivia About Heaven and Earth

No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »

Quotes from Heaven and Earth

“Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.” — 8 people liked it

“Il y a dans notre amour plus de magie que la plupart des gens n'en connaîtront jamais.” — 1 person liked it

More quotes…

title link	preview: Heaven and Earth
avg rating	preview: Heaven and Earth Goodreads rating: 4.11 (18943 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294158.Heaven_and_Earth?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1309288533l/294158.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294158.Heaven_and_Earth?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts[/url]

Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island #2)

Friend Reviews

Community Reviews

Share This Book

Share This Book on Your Website