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Vision in White (Bride Quartet #1)

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Wedding photographer Mackensie "Mac" Elliot is most at home behind the camera, but her focus is shattered moments before an important wedding rehearsal when she bumps into the bride-to-be's brother...an encounter that has them both seeing stars.

A stable, safe English teacher, Carter Maguire is definitely not Mac's type. But a casual fling might be just what she needs to ta...more

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Published April 28th 2009 by Berkley Trade

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Apr 20, 2011 Dina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance

3 1/2 stars

Nobody writes friendship like NR and I really enjoyed watching the interactions between Mac and her friends. Carter's slightly crazy friend Bob, with his "helpful" lists, was also fun to be with. In fact, everyone - besides the accidental stressed B, G, MOB, FOB, MOG, FOG, MOH, BM, FG and any other acronym the wedding business can come up with - was nice and fun. That lead to a lack of real conflict in the story, hence my lukewarm rating. I liked this book and its characters, since it...more

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Nov 08, 2011 Kristen rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of BDSM and Militia Members

Recommended to Kristen by: Blake

Shelves: bizarre, make-you-put-a-gun-in-your-mouth

My first foray into chick lit and frankly I am shocked! This stream of consciousness narrative, reminiscent of Naked Lunch, but with far more heroin and pubic hair references, was much too graphic even for my taste! Vision in White is the gripping story of a prostitute who sells herself into a snuff film in a desperate attempt to get bail money for her Meth addict son before the police connect him to a string of child rapes. While the story starts out strong, unfortunalty it slowly deteriorates...more

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Mar 13, 2011 Janina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chicklit, on-my-shelf, read-in-2011, unputdownable, available-for-swapping, comfort-reads, pure-entertainment, better-than-expected, romance, adult-fiction, contemporary, nothing-special, steamy, series-in-progress

I actually don't have any time to read at the moment, but yeah ... you know how it is. I took a break from studying in between (my brain felt fried anyway and I wouldn't have been able to stuff in anything more - yes, I am looking for excuses ...), and finished Vision in White in a few hours. I don't know, I'm usually not that much into Nora Roberts or cheesy chicklit in general - although I had this phase when I was about 15 ;) - but this one just suited my mood at that moment and I enjoyed it...more

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May 26, 2011 Lora rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: jd-robb-nora-roberts

Let me just start by saying that I am a huge fan of Robert's In Death series, which she writes under the pseudonym J.D. Robb. I've only read the first four, but I'm a complete addict when it comes to that series.
However, there's a good reason why I've never tried anything from Nora Roberts outside of that series. I guess I've always had this supposition that Robert's books are basically contemporary, chaste bodice rippers (oxymoron, I know) with an extra helping of fluff - based solely on Visio...more

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Apr 29, 2009 Julie (jjmachshev) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009-reads

Contemporary romance fans, rejoice! Nora Roberts latest release "Vision in White" is a light and fun read that leaves you with a big grin on your face. It's the first in a four-book series about a group of women who've been friends since childhood and grow up to run a bridal business together. The manager, the baker, the flower lady, and the photographer--each with different backgrounds and different outlooks on life and love. This first story is about the photographer, Mackensie.

Mac's home life...more Contemporary romance fans, rejoice! Nora Roberts latest release "Vision in White" is a light and fun read that leaves you with a big grin on your face. It's the first in a four-book series about a group of women who've been friends since childhood and grow up to run a bridal business together. The manager, the baker, the flower lady, and the photographer--each with different backgrounds and different outlooks on life and love. This first story is about the photographer, Mackensie.

Mac's home life taught her a lot about love and weddings--mainly that neither were permanent or could be counted on. With the exception of her childhood girlfriends, Mac's never really known much stability in her life. So when she meets the 'Mary Poppins' (i.e., perfect) man, one who makes her feel special and cared for and important--she freaks out...majorly.

Carter had a crush on Mackensie back in school. And now that he's a man...well, he still has a crush on her! But it seems that every time he makes headway in their relationship, Mac gets scared and backs off. Good thing Carter is a patient man.

Carter is my new best ever Beta hero. He's a professor and quite the nerd, but he's also sweet, protective, and even a bit clumsy. The more you read about him, the more you just want to take him home with you...and then do unspeakably fun things with him (with or without the glasses)! And Mac? Well, she has some pretty serious issues to deal with and her self-worth is right there at the top of the list. She's stubborn, but she does grow on you and pretty soon I was cheering every forward step she made.

Nora Roberts is a genius writer. She somehow taps into the subconscious of women (and men) everywhere. Her books have a happy ending yes, but her characters also have to work for that happy ending. She does her trademark work and brings her cast of characters to life with such vividness that I felt if I just went to their city, I would recognize these people, want to spend time with them, commiserate with them, and celebrate with them. For me, that's the brilliance of La Roberts' stories.

"Vision in White" isn't a melodramatic, emotion-wrenching read. Instead, it reminds me very much of some of her earlier works, the ones that are just darn good romances. No special gimmicks, no mysteries, no death or destruction--just two people living their lives and then discovering that love does exist and it's worth the work to cherish it. Pure romance.(less)

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May 15, 2009 Corrine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, beta-heroes

Sometime between the Quinn Bros. trilogy in 1999 and the Key trilogy in 2000, there was a big change in Nora's writing voice. One I really, really don't like. It seems, more and more, that she began channeling Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City, Lipstick Jungle). Almost everyone heroine since then has grated on my nerves, with the notable exception of the heroine of Angels Fall. This book is no different.

Mac Elliot runs a wedding planning shop with her three friends, in which she is the photogra...more

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Mar 20, 2011 Mojca rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: nora-roberts-jd-robb, series-bride-quartet, part-of-a-series, own, contemporary-romance, couch-potato-challenge, favorites, romantic-comedy-lol

I can always count on Nora Roberts to keep me entertained. Be it with a romantic suspense contribution (the recently read Night Tales series) or a straight contemporary (the book I'm reviewing at the moment).

Because Vision in White delivered on the promise in the blurb and then some. I absolutely loved it, its "friendship" angle and its "romance" angle. And the characters, oh, the characters were simply amazing. I couldn't help but love the four girls, I can't wait for Jake and Del to have bigge...more I can always count on Nora Roberts to keep me entertained. Be it with a romantic suspense contribution (the recently read Night Tales series) or a straight contemporary (the book I'm reviewing at the moment).

Because Vision in White delivered on the promise in the blurb and then some. I absolutely loved it, its "friendship" angle and its "romance" angle. And the characters, oh, the characters were simply amazing. I couldn't help but love the four girls, I can't wait for Jake and Del to have bigger roles, I'm impatiently waiting for the mechanic to step into the picture, loved the brides, hated the heroine's mother (who didn't?), and I fell for Dr. Maguire (the hero, FYI) the instant he smacked into a wall. I fell for his battleship-sized feet, his klutziness, his cute little quirks, his shyness, and a complete about-face from his everyday persona he showed in the bedroom (*lusty grin*). I know I shouldn't say this about a guy, but he was just so utterly adorable. There's no other word I could use for Carter. Adorable, that's him.

This book didn't make run the whole gamut of emotions, but some (and appropriate facial expressions) were there. I cried a little at the sweet and tender descriptions of Mac's photos and weddings, I gritted my teeth and rolled my eyes each time Linda (and then Corrinda) stepped into the picture, I kept my fingers crossed whenever Carter and Mac were together, I wanted to yell at Mac for being so spineless (at the beginning) and so stubborn (throughout the rest of the book) to try and sabotage the vest thing that could've happened to her, I LOLed at the little zingers she shot around, at the banter between girlfriends, at the wedding biz acronyms, and at the one-liners.

This wasn't a suspense romance, a police procedural or a murder mystery. Nope, this was a straightforward, lightweight (despite some minor issues due to the "patsy gene" the H/h exhibited), cute, sweet, sexy, sensual (I love how NR writes her sex scenes!), romantic, friendly, funny little contemporary romantic comedy.

Definitely a keeper and highly recommended!(less)

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Apr 29, 2013 Susana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, contemporary-romance, nora-roberts

I think that probably only Nora Roberts would be able to make me read a tale about wedding planners.
And liking it!! O_O
Any other writer would probably make me want to hit my head against a wall....quite a number of times!! All those....tiny little details....like matching colours and flowers...and dresses...and napkins... OH BOY!!!

I confess that this is probably my favourite gender inside Nora Roberts "plots": The friends that come together to create a business. I just like the way the relations...more

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Aug 17, 2011 Sofija rated it 4 of 5 stars

It’s the first book I’ve read by Nora Roberts. And I liked it. Not from the start though. I’ve read first three chapters and just didn’t feel like continuing. So I put it aside and started another book, which was even worse, so I gave a “Vision in White” another chance. And didn’t regret it. Maybe it was because the plot started moving faster or the characters started growing on me, but I found myself enjoying it.

It’s a common story about a women, who is a photographer and have a wedding busines...more

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May 11, 2013 Angela Noviana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own, contemporary-romance, my-favorites

In Indonesian here

Hmmm ... Where should I start? In a nutshell, Mackensie Elliot does not believe in love and marriage due to her mother who could not loyal to one man. Then, she met Carter who apparently had a crush on her for a long time. Old love blossomed again.

Mac initially assume that the interest is only limited to physical attraction. However, Carter made her life upside down, made her feel. And she was afraid to say the "L" word to Carter. For Mac, when she tell the "L", it has a deep m...more In Indonesian here

Hmmm ... Where should I start? In a nutshell, Mackensie Elliot does not believe in love and marriage due to her mother who could not loyal to one man. Then, she met Carter who apparently had a crush on her for a long time. Old love blossomed again.

Mac initially assume that the interest is only limited to physical attraction. However, Carter made her life upside down, made her feel. And she was afraid to say the "L" word to Carter. For Mac, when she tell the "L", it has a deep meaning and more.

"Why am I the one?"
"Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it."

But the man who always wore tweed and work as English Literature teacher is hard to resist when he was being nice and considerate. The man chased her until she fell into his arms.

"I can not give up on her," Carter said simply. "I've been waiting for her most of my life."

Who does not melt with a guy like that? When they were dating, Carter willing to cook. I envied Mac.

It looks like the Bride Quartet series is going to be one of the best series of contemporary romance by Nora Roberts (NR) after Dream Trilogy. And incredibly NR, she can convey the feelings of the main character well.

I even got teary when Mac capture images from the pregnant woman (I forget her name). As I could see the love of the mother to the unborn child through the lens of Mac which contained in NR's sentences. The depiction of the feeling in this book is very good.

The plot itself flows well. I'm excited with Mac, because Carter is not predictable, I can't wait what a sweet next step will be taken by him. Perfect character! I could feel Carter's persistence to pursue Mac, Mac's fragility toward her mother, her friends' support, and Mac's confusion about the new feeling.

At the end of the book, I think they will hold a wedding, but it seems not, maybe in the next book or even in the last book they will hold a wedding party together. Heheheheheheh...

Overall, beautiful story. Will immediately read the second book, which is Bed of Roses.(less)

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Feb 11, 2010 ♡KarLynP♡ rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: published-2009, read-2010, genre-contemporary, audiobook, steam-mild, steam-warm

Pure boring. This audio book should come with a warning “Don’t listen to while operating moving vehicles, may cause severe drowsiness.”

I now know WAAAAAY more about wedding planning and passive/aggressive relationships than I ever cared to know. Where was the entertainment, the spark between hero/heroine, and the romance in all that page filler? It started out pretty good, but degraded as it went on. It became just one stupid self-imposed conflict after another, sandwiched between way too many...more

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May 12, 2013 Gracey rated it 5 of 5 stars

After so many years, haha xD I'm finally done with this one :))) I've been so busy while reading this, plus I got this horrible headaches while reading or before reading it, so it always gets in the way -.- anyways, I'm still a little speechless, but right now all I could say is I super love it :D thank you once again Ekztine! :P friend! solomot from the bottom of my heart nyahahaha Relate much kau >_< hmm Mac and I have this thing in common, at first I was ecstatic but after reading along...more

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Jun 16, 2009 LibraryLass rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, library-book, monthly-challenges

I loved this one. This is a fun light read. Absolutely fell totally in love with Carter! This book made my day, I had a grin on my face nearly the whole time I read it. Great internal and external dialogue with both Carter and Mac.

I thought Mac's character at times was brilliant. Having faced an extremely similar problem with my own mother, I completely related to the passive-agressive stance Mac took at times. I thoroughly cheered when she finally took her stand and I totally related to her hu...more

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Aug 08, 2011 Kathy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-read, library-loan, contemporary-romance, first-in-series, 5-star-reads

I haven't read a Nora Roberts since I use to steal them from my mother's bookcase when I was a teenager. But ever since seeing goodreads friends discussing Vision in White recently, I decided to give my mother's favorite romance author a shot. I am definately glad I did because this was a sweet, delightful read with one of my favorite heroes- the nerdy, clutzy, witty, beta hero Carter. The book was at its best when Carter was in the scene and I hope to see more of him in the next book, Bed of Ro...more

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Mar 06, 2013 Shan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: hearts-tears-rrrc-4th-tournament, rrrc-a-to-z-author-challenge, rrrc-a-to-z-book-challenge, rrrc-overall-challenge, rrrc-seriel-reader-challenge, rrrc-stacking-the-series-challenge, shans-cover-to-cover-challenge

I couldn't stand Mac's mother Linda. I love the fact that Carter acknowledged his love for her first. I guess because we always want the guy to say I love you first

Things I love.
1. In this quartet I am glad that Mac's story is first because from what I can tell she is the most emotionally stunted out of the four friends.
2. I love that Carter was so responsible and loving towards Mac and a little geeky. We don't see enough guys like that in romances.
3. That it was very truthful about the way our...more

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Jun 08, 2010 kari rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, 5-star

I've read several Nora Roberts and this is the best one so far. She always draws her characters so well, you can actually see them and what they do.
Mackenzie and her three best friends own and operate a wedding planning business. Mackenzie(Mac) does the photography, Emma, the flowers, Laurel the cakes and the whole of the enterprise is overseen by Parker. All of them have been friends since childhood and they love each other and have each other's backs. The interactions between the four friends...more

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Jul 13, 2011 Mor rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Non mi ha appassionato!
Il tema Wedding Planner è sicuramente interessante; i preparativi, la pianificazione, abiti, addobbi......ma finisce lì!
I due protagonisti non mi sono piaciuti e mi sono sembrati paranoici, irritanti e alle volte, fastidiosi!
Per i miei gusti, il romanzo, in molti passaggi era noiosissimo....pagine e pagine di dialoghi ( che a me di solito, piaciono molto!) inutili!
Ho il secondo, Letto di rose che leggerò sicuramente, ma più avanti.....!
Dalla Roberts mi aspettavo di più e i...more

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Mar 04, 2010 I ♥ Bookie Nookie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: genre-romance, 2010-read-in, zz-reviewed

This is a cute story about 4 best friends who own a successful wedding planning business together. You know what that say: the plumber is the one with the leaky pipes...well, these wedding professionals have yet to find that one special person to share the big day with--hence the name of the series, Bride Quartet.

This particular story is a classic tale of Carter, the high school geek who has a life long crush on the high school beauty, Mac. He dreams of her being his all his life. Then a spark...more

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Apr 06, 2013 Linda Scherr rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: popular-fiction

Let me just say that after about 10 pages I see why I don’t read Nora Roberts anymore.. what fluff! But Pat gave me the quartet so I’m going through them fast so I can return them… Mac is one of four lifelong girlfriends who play “wedding” as children and then build a wedding planning company as adults. She gets a camera as a child and discovers her love of and talent for framing a good picture so she is the wedding photographer. Emma is the florist. Laurel is the baker. And Parker is the overal...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Rachna R rated it 3 of 5 stars

My first Nora Roberts! I was looking for a romance novel with a nice, sweet dude, one that didn't get labelled hot and rude and gruff and unapproachable and tough, or whatever, and this one seemed to fit the bill nicely. I've got the whole series and I'm into this whole lady-centric-friendship thing with all of them living near each other and creating dreams for people who need them every day, so I'll probably read the rest of this on and off over the next month or so, but I can't say I loved th...more

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Jan 26, 2013 Gina Mora rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-2013

So, I am getting married on February 2nd, 2013. I decided to read these books to sort of get in the mood. I should have known it wouldn't work. My idea of a comfort movie is "Die Hard" or "Lethal Weapon". My favorite romantic movie, "That Old Feeling", is about a marriage that doesn't work out and two people who leave their spouses to reunite an old flame. This does not bode well for typical romances...and that is the problem with this book: it's a typical romance. The girls were interesting, bu...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, library-pick-up, romance

I can see why Ms. Roberts’ books are popular. Easy read. She creates a contemporary world populated with women doing things other women might dream about (like building a successful wedding planning business). The characters are women you might want to be friends, or live lives other women might envy. You also encounter stereotypical characters whom you love to hate. The narrative thread of this particular series, a wedding planning business, is particularly apt, because the wedding business is...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Kris rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, audio

3 STARS

(Heard on Audio) Mac, Emma, Laurel and Parker have been friends since girlhood when they would play "wedding day". Now as adults they own a wedding business called, Vows, and live and work at the Brown estate. Now that their business is booming they are looking for love whether they want to or not.

Mac's parents are divorced each remarried and another child each. Mac's mother, Linda went on to divorce, remarry and divorce again and breaking hearts along the way. Linda is selfish and only...more

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Oct 29, 2012 Joanne Clancy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Nora Roberts, where have you been all my life? I've only just discovered Nora Roberts' books and I'm absolutely thrilled that she's written so many! I bought ten of her books last week and I've been reading like someone possessed ever since.
Vision in White is a wonderfully romantic book which tugged at my heart strings. Nora Roberts has a gift for pulling the reader right into the story and developing an affinity with the characters. I loved Mac, the story's protagonist, right from the start. S...more

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Sep 21, 2012 heather ♥ rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, favorites

It's hard to create a man who's both secure in himself enough to wear tweed and adorably nervous when it comes to something as simple as flowers for a date or expressing his nerd factor. Has intelligence and wit and is sneakily, if quietly, funny. Who listens and observes and understands. This man, is Carter McGuire.

I love the banter between Carter and Mac. At first, I agreed with her friends that this one might end up a train wreck, particularly when on their coffee date, he began talking abou...more

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Aug 17, 2012 Kate rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: wealth-porn, occupy-barnes-and-noble

Roberts bravely subverts the typical romance novel paradigm in this series. The characters and their relationship are secondary to the main focus of the four novels, which is extreme wealth and the pleasures it can buy you... if, of course, you're rich. Which (the novels suggest) you ought to be.

In the world of the Bride Quartet, a closet isn't a closet unless it's walk-in, equipped with its own seating area and refrigerator, and lined with cedar. A wedding isn't a wedding unless the bride has t...more

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May 19, 2012 Shwetika rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: leanable

It's a total KILL ME type novel but in a GOOD WAY !!! OMG I just can't believe that I kept running away from reading Nora Roberts's works seriously I was a fool not to read it before !!I loved it literally and with all my hear! All the four characters are AWESOME !! The way they handle their "voves" is wonderful all that last movement work ,the dead line the not-so-good- clients and the best clients .... ... The female character is strong and well developed and well so is the guy. I guess I like...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Jillian Eaton rated it 2 of 5 stars

I love Nora Roberts. I do. She is one of my all time favorite authors. I bought this book in good faith. I didn't understand why the pages were all rough along the edges (made them annoyingly hard to turn, but hey, that's not her fault) but I thought the cover was pretty. What REALLY annoyed me was what was inside the book... and that was fluff.

Now I know what you're thinking: this is a romance novel. Of course it's supposed to have fluff. BUT THIS IS NORA ROBERTS HERE, PEOPLE! The Queen Bee...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Cara rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, contemporary-romance

I was so disappointed in this book. There are several Nora Roberts series that I really loved- The Chesapeake Bay Trilogy, The Irish Trilogy, The MacGregors- just to name a few. I probably won't read any of the other books in the bride quartet. Part of the problem may have been because I listened to the audiobook, and I was not impressed with the reader. But in general this book was just SO CORNY! The dialogue was cliche and overdone. I was also frustrated because, as usual, Nora Roberts only wr...more

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Feb 15, 2012 Joana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chicklit

Auf der Suche nach einem herrlichen Frauenschmöker passend zum tollen Sommerwetter? Dann heißt es hier zugreifen.
Es war mein erster Nora Roberts Roman (man mag es kaum glauben :)) und ich bin begeistert.

Eine Hochzeit in weiß, welches Mädchen träumt nicht davon? Auch die vier Freundinnen Parker, Laurel, Emma und Mac können vom Heiraten spielen nicht genug bekommen. Sie heiraten ihre Haustiere, ihre Brüder, ihre Stofftiere, sie planen, organisieren, fotografieren und leben den Traum in weiß. Und d...more

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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
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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)

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