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Born in Shame (Irish Born Concannon Sisters #3)

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A talented graphic artist, Shannon Bodine's life revolved around her job at a prestigious New York advertising agency. But her world was turned upside down whe she learned the identity of her real father: Thomas Concannon. Respecting her late mother's last wish, Shannon reluctantly traveled to County Clare. There, her loneliness and shame melted away in the embrace of the...more

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Published January 1st 1996 by Jove (first published July 1st 1989)

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Nov 10, 2008 ♡KarLynP♡ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2008, audiobook, genre-contemporary, steam-warm

A wonderful conclusion to the series. The romance between Murphy and Shannon was sweet with a little bit of Irish magic, but it was a bit light compared to the first two. I would recommend reading this book only after reading the first two. I don't think this book as a stand-alone explained all of the characters and their relationships to each other well enough to really enjoy it as it was meant to be enjoyed.

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Feb 01, 2012 Paraphrodite rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The final of the Concannon Sisters Trilogy featured Shannon, the daughter born from a love affair between Tommy Concannon and his real love Amanda. Amanda went back to America, remarried and only told Shannon the truth about her birth at her deathbed.
I really liked Murphy, the farmer next door who was a secondary character in the last two books. He was so sure about his feelings right from the start. In a way, I'm not sure Shannon deserved him. I thought there was too much self pity and "Gen-ME"...more

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Mar 06, 2013 Mónica Silva rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Neste último livro da Trilogia da Herança finalmente conhecemos a americana Shannon, a terceira filha de Tom Concannon e a irmã desconhecida de Maggie e Brianna. Fora do seu contexto natural – o ritmo agitado de Nova Iorque –, Shannon terá que enfrentar uma família cuja existência desconhecia. Será ela capaz de abraçar as suas origens e os laços de sangue que a ligam à Irlanda?

Shannon é uma mulher moderna, elegante, sensual, prática e inte...more Opinião no blog http://howtoliveathousandlives.blogsp...

Neste último livro da Trilogia da Herança finalmente conhecemos a americana Shannon, a terceira filha de Tom Concannon e a irmã desconhecida de Maggie e Brianna. Fora do seu contexto natural – o ritmo agitado de Nova Iorque –, Shannon terá que enfrentar uma família cuja existência desconhecia. Será ela capaz de abraçar as suas origens e os laços de sangue que a ligam à Irlanda?

Shannon é uma mulher moderna, elegante, sensual, prática e inteligente. Foi deveras interessante observar a sua rendição ao ambiente calmo e tradicional irlandês, principalmente para quem inicialmente parecia tão fechada à perspetiva de mudança. Para a ajudar a abrir a sua mente a este novo contexto encontra as suas irmãs Maggie e Brianna (cada uma à sua maneira) e claro, Murphy.

Murphy é uma personagem encantadora, que foi desenvolvida progressivamente ao longo dos dois livros anteriores e com quem o leitor rapidamente simpatiza. É um homem simples, calmo e paciente, um amigo fiel, que sempre desempenhou o papel de irmão tanto para Maggie como para Brianna. Trabalhador, sonhador, com um grande talento para a música e uma fé inabalável na magia do passado, Murphy perde-se por completo num amor à primeira vista por Shannon. Contudo, poderá uma relação se desenvolver entre duas pessoas tão diferentes e com estilos de vida tão distintos? Para Murphy a resposta é afirmativa e, com a sua paciência e determinação, decide cortejar Shannon. Esta resiste perante a perspetiva de abandonar tudo o que sempre conheceu, a sua vida em Nova Iorque, por um destino completamente desconhecido. Por conseguinte, o ritmo nesta obra é mais lento mas nem por isso menos aprazível. O desenvolvimento desta relação, lento e gradual, fornece ao leitor momentos muito agradáveis e encantadores.

Paralelamente ao florescer deste romance, as outras personagens que aprendemos a amar – Maggie e Rogan, Brianna e Grayson – prosseguem com o rumo natural das suas vidas. A família Concannon cresce cada vez mais, com os enjoos de Maggie e os pequenos e adoráveis Liam e Kayla.

Esta é uma saga familiar absolutamente imperdível! Um conjunto de personagens que terão sempre um lugar especial no meu coração e uma saga que permanece num pedestal no universo das minhas leituras!(less)

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Jan 04, 2013 Ronel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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After reading the beautiful romance between Brie and Grayson, I though the bar was set so high that I might not like this third book in the trilogy. But true to Nora Roberts, I loved it none the less.

Firstly, the beginning of the book was really touching and sad with Shannon discovering that her real father she never truly met and to discover the heartbreak that her mother had felt. She does not really come off as a likeable character in the beginning but I suppose that is just because she was u...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Tempo de Ler rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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O último livro da Trilogia da Herança traz-nos a americana Shannon, que viaja até à Irlanda para conhecer as irmãs. Habituada ao ritmo de Nova Iorque, esta ilustradora, sente-se ligeiramente fora de contexto quando chega à terra do seu pai.

É aqui, no entanto, que conhece Murphy - a magnífica personagem desenvolvido ao longo dos dois livros anteriores e quem acabamos por ter em muito elevada estima. Murphy é um tipo porreiro, muito simples e terra-a-...more

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Apr 06, 2012 Riccarla Roman rated it 4 of 5 stars

When you start a Nora Roberts trilogy, you have to finish it. The concluding book is about the third Concannon sister. But weren't there only two? Well, it seems that their father, trapped in the loveless marriage with their mother, met an American tourist, had a brief, happy affair, and fathered a daughter. He never met her and until her mother dies, Shannon Bodine had no idea that the man she called her father wasn't her father. She decides to make the trek to Ireland to meet her half sisters....more

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Mar 20, 2012 Donna Mcnab rated it 4 of 5 stars

The final novel in the trilogy lives up to its two predecessors. Amanda is on her deathbed and tells her daughter, Shannon, that the father that she always knew and loved in America, is not her biological father. Amanda had a love affair with Tommy Concannon when she visited Ireland as a young woman and Shannon was the result of that affair. In the meantime, when Brie is cleaning our her attic to add another guest room at her bed and breakfast in Ireland, she comes across three letters tied in a...more

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Sep 27, 2011 Jintana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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ซีรีส์สุดท้ายของชุด Born IN สนุกไม่แพ้สองซีรีส์แรกค่ะ

บรีอาน่า นางเอกในซีรีส์สองบังเอิญไปพบจดหมายรักของพ่อกับหญิงสาวคนหนึ่งจนได้รู้ความจริงว่าตัวเองมีน้องสาวต่างแม่นอกสมรสอีกคน จึงตัดสินใจที่จะตามหาน้องสาวคนนี้โดยที่ไม่มีเบาะแสอะไรเลย

แชนนอนลูกสาวนอกสมรสที่มารู้ความจริงจากแม่ที่ก่อนจะตายได้บอกความจริงกับลูกสาวว่าแท้จริงแล้วเธอเป็นลูกของใคร นางเองสับสนและเสียใจที่รู้ความจริงแต่ก็ยอมรับคำเชิญชวนของบรีอาน่าให้มาพักที่บ้านในชนบทของไอร์แลนด์ นางเอกจากที่เคยอยู่แต่ในเมืองใหญ่อย่างนิวยอร์ค เมื่อได้มาสัม...more ซีรีส์สุดท้ายของชุด Born IN สนุกไม่แพ้สองซีรีส์แรกค่ะ

บรีอาน่า นางเอกในซีรีส์สองบังเอิญไปพบจดหมายรักของพ่อกับหญิงสาวคนหนึ่งจนได้รู้ความจริงว่าตัวเองมีน้องสาวต่างแม่นอกสมรสอีกคน จึงตัดสินใจที่จะตามหาน้องสาวคนนี้โดยที่ไม่มีเบาะแสอะไรเลย

แชนนอนลูกสาวนอกสมรสที่มารู้ความจริงจากแม่ที่ก่อนจะตายได้บอกความจริงกับลูกสาวว่าแท้จริงแล้วเธอเป็นลูกของใคร นางเองสับสนและเสียใจที่รู้ความจริงแต่ก็ยอมรับคำเชิญชวนของบรีอาน่าให้มาพักที่บ้านในชนบทของไอร์แลนด์ นางเอกจากที่เคยอยู่แต่ในเมืองใหญ่อย่างนิวยอร์ค เมื่อได้มาสัมผัสกับบรรยากาศที่แสนจะโรแมนติกและความเอื้ออารีของบรีอาน่า ก็เลยพักอยู่นานกว่าที่ตั้งใจไว้

พระเอกของเรื่องเป็นเจ้าของฟาร์มและคอกม้า ตกหลุมรักแชนนอนทันทีเหมือนบุพเพสันนิวาส เพราะทั้งสองคนเคยเกิดและตายบนแผ่นดินนี้ คืนแรกนางเอกก็ฝันถึงเรื่องของตัวเองในอดีตกับพระเอก แต่ก็พยายามปฏิเสธตามประสาคนเมืองที่ไม่เชื่อเรื่องแบบนี้ ทั้งที่นางเอกเองก็มีใจชอบพอพระเอกอยู่มากแต่ก็ไม่ยอมรับเพราะคิดว่าตัวเองไม่เหมาะกับชีวิตที่นั่น

ตามสไตล์ป้านอร่าแหละค่ะ เรื่องก็ต้องจบอย่างแฮ๊ปปี้เอ็นดิ่งอยู่แล้ว(less)

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Apr 30, 2011 Hannah M. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010-read, books-i-own, fiction, romance

Born in Shame is the third and final installment in the Born In trilogy by Nora Roberts. In this book we meet Shannon Bodine, the third daughter of Tom Concannon. The only thing, she doesn’t find out that the father she grew up with wasn’t her biological father until after he passes away. Shannon is has been taking care of her mother who is on her death bed, but before she dies, Amanda Bodine tells her daughter the truth. She tells her about her trip to Ireland and the wonderful man she met and...more Born in Shame is the third and final installment in the Born In trilogy by Nora Roberts. In this book we meet Shannon Bodine, the third daughter of Tom Concannon. The only thing, she doesn’t find out that the father she grew up with wasn’t her biological father until after he passes away. Shannon is has been taking care of her mother who is on her death bed, but before she dies, Amanda Bodine tells her daughter the truth. She tells her about her trip to Ireland and the wonderful man she met and fell in love with. After she tells this story to her daughter, she passes away.

Finally, after a year of searching, the investigator hired by Rogan Sweeney finds Shannon Bodine just after her mother passes away, and just after she’d learned about her actual heritage. Initially she wants nothing to do with her sisters, but when she receives a letter from Brianna she agrees to take a trip to Ireland to meet her sisters and their families.

Back in Ireland, Murphy Muldoon close friend of Maggie and Brianna is doing what he always does. He works hard all day on his farm and can regularly be found playing music in the local pub at night. He’s been waiting for the right woman to come into his life to settle down.

The last thing the two expected was to fall for each other. And though it takes Shannon some time to accept the idea of a relationship with Murphy, she eventually lets herself love him.

Though it wasn’t my favorite book of the trilogy, I still liked this one. I think its mostly Murphy. I really liked getting to know his character better. He was there in both Born in Fire and Born in Ice, but we didn’t get to know him as anything more than the farmer who lives next door. I also liked getting to know Shannon. Going from being an olny child to having two older sisters can certainly be a bit rough on the emotions. This is shown here especially in the relationship between Shannon and Maggie. Though their relationship is a bit strained at first, they learn to get along.

There was the usual humor, as well as man on a white horse dreams and the occasional ghost story. Two people from very different lives once again come together, work through their issues, and have a happy ending. I’ve been in love with happy endings as of late.

In Born in Shame, there is also the update, for lack of a better word, of Brianna and Maggie. Both women from the first two books are still happily married. Maggie has her two year old son Liam and also announces she is pregnant with her second child. Brianna has also just had her first child. A daughter named Kayla.

Overall, I liked this one and would recommend reading it for a quick happy love story with another happy ending.(less)

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Sep 04, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance

3.5 stars. The plot was a little weak, but on balance, I enjoyed the story.

Shannon is a commercial artist in New York City. Her mother Amanda had a brief love affair with Tom, 28 years earlier. Tom lived in Ireland and was married at the time. He could not leave his wife and two daughters, Maggie and Brianna. Amanda returned to America, found out she was pregnant and met and married Colin. Shannon thought Colin was her father. Just before Amanda dies, she tells Shannon that Tom was her biologica...more 3.5 stars. The plot was a little weak, but on balance, I enjoyed the story.

Shannon is a commercial artist in New York City. Her mother Amanda had a brief love affair with Tom, 28 years earlier. Tom lived in Ireland and was married at the time. He could not leave his wife and two daughters, Maggie and Brianna. Amanda returned to America, found out she was pregnant and met and married Colin. Shannon thought Colin was her father. Just before Amanda dies, she tells Shannon that Tom was her biological father. Brianna and Maggie also recently learned that Shannon existed when they found some old love letters. Brianna asks Shannon to come visit. Shannon does. While visiting Brianna and Maggie, Shannon meets Murphy, they fall in love.

The plot for Shannon and Murphy follows. Murphy owns the family farm in Ireland. There are some stones in a circle on his land that have a mystical quality. When Murphy was a boy, he had a dream of a knight and a woman meeting at the stones. The woman was Shannon. He continued to have dreams/visions of Shannon throughout his life. When Shannon arrives in Ireland, she begins having the same dreams. Murphy is the knight in the dream. Murphy knows immediately that she is the love of his life. He courts her and pursues her and wants to marry her. Most of the story is about her reluctance to give up her career in New York and be with him in Ireland.

The best part of this story was Murphy’s love and total commitment to her. I kept wanting her to choose him. The main conflict in the story was her delay and hesitation. That was ok but not the best kind of plot for me. The group of characters were pleasant to read about.

Maggie's and Brianna's stories are told in books 1 and 2 in the series. I gave 5 stars to "Born in Fire" and 2 stars to "Born in Ice."

Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: six. Setting: current day Columbus, Ohio, the village of Kilmihil, County Clare, west coast of Ireland, and Dublin. Copyright: 1996. Genre: contemporary romance.

For a listing of my reviews of other Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb books, see my 4 star review of "Angels Fall" posted on 6/30/08.(less)

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Jun 02, 2010 Cindi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: nora-roberts, favorites, series

Book 3 in the "Born In" trilogy. This trilogy is my all time favorite series.

In this one, there is Shannon, an American, whose Mother makes a death bed confession about Shannon being conceived in Ireland, and whose Father was a married man. Everything Shannon believed had been a lie. When she receives a letter from Brianna, her half-sister, she makes a trip to Ireland where she meets her new family and Murphy, a family friend.
At times, the story tends to drag a bit but all unanswered questions...more

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Jul 30, 2009 Maria rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

In the third and sorry to say, last book of the "Born in.." series we meet Shannon, half-sister to Maggie and Brianna. She has a high end lifestyle in New York that she is quite contented with. On her death bed, her mother tells a story of love and loss that resulted in Shannon. When she receives a letter from Brianna, Shannon takes fate in her hand and travel to Ireland.

In the two books before we have meet Murphy, a steady farmer with dreamy eyes that sings and read poetry. He is like a brother...more

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Dec 24, 2012 Lydia Perversius rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: concannon-sisters

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. “If you love with kindness, even when you can't love with permanence, you'll deserve the one who's worthy along that path for you.” - Thomas Concannon

The daughters of Tom Concannon, Maggie and Brie, are finally well-settled, each with a husband and a child at her hip (though Maggie is in the middle of the book expecting the second). Maggie's career in the art world is more than promising, with her own husband, Rogan, as her manager making sure of that. Brianna's B&B is prosperous, with Gray,...more “If you love with kindness, even when you can't love with permanence, you'll deserve the one who's worthy along that path for you.” - Thomas Concannon

The daughters of Tom Concannon, Maggie and Brie, are finally well-settled, each with a husband and a child at her hip (though Maggie is in the middle of the book expecting the second). Maggie's career in the art world is more than promising, with her own husband, Rogan, as her manager making sure of that. Brianna's B&B is prosperous, with Gray, the famous writer and now a young dad, helping her and preparing for his tour. And their mother, Maeve, is now at least a little more open in her affections, seeing as her grandchildren have somewhat softened her cold and bitter heart. But all is not well in their lives. Because there's one more woman out there, with the same blood in her veins as theirs - the Concannon blood.

The woman that Brianna and Maggie were looking for, the child that their father had with another woman when they were both babies, is finally found. And she's not eager to meet her new-found family at all!

Shannon Bodine is satisfied with the way she leads her life - as satisfied as a woman who has just lost her own mother can be. But she can't get any closure, since her mother, Amanda, decided to let her know the truth behind her real bloodline right before slipping into a coma and then dying. Colin Bodine was not her real father, no, it was in truth a married Irish man who had sired her. And now this man's daughters are sending for her, reaching to welcome her as she is of their own blood. She doesn't want anything to do with them, doesn't want to go to the place where her heritage calls for her to root and forget all that she has built back in New York. Nor does she want Murphy Muldoon, the all-too-adorable and romantic farmer who's been a brother to those "sisters" of hers to court her, as he so gallantly said so himself. But the Irish are known for their stubborn nature, and their drive to fight for what they hold dear, and Murphy is not about to give up that easily - not when he knows that Shannon has the same dreams that speak of past-life lovers as he does.

In the final book of the Born In Trilogy, we see the story of the last - and secret till now - daughter of Tom. And Murphy. Oh, yes, Murphy! I would gladly weep with joy, if not for the fact that I pitied the poor man almost through the whole book! Shannon is the Americanized version of Maggie, if you think about it, but she lacks something that her sisters and all those country folks don't. She lacks understanding and acceptance. She was melodramatic at times, to the point where she looked like a diva that broke a damn nail, and was quick to judge others and act all superior and stuff. Her close-minded attitude went so far, that she dared talk ill of a whole civilization, just because she was bitter that her mother had kept her heritage secret. It was only after she put Maeve to her place with nothing but reason and words that she started seeing what was truly around her. Her reactions to Murphy's courting was hilarious, though, and cute at times, like she was an inexperienced school girl who never had a man really look at her for nothing more but her own love.

Murphy was...well, he was! I loved this guy from the first time he opened his poetic mouth, back when Maggie stepped into the pub and they had that perverted discussion concerning his cows. To see him finally find the woman he was looking for was worth the wait. A farmer who has a love for books, and a talent in music. And a heart big enough to compare to an innocent child's. But with hard-working, strong hands, and a dangerous beast - so to speak - caged within him. The scene where he swore like a sailor - scratch that, even a sailor would blush if he heard that wonderful stream of words - made me laugh almost as hard as I had laughed when Niall helped Rogan and Gray get so drunk, they were a true sight.

It was good to see Maeve finally act - even a little - like a mother, and Gray and Rogan still excelling in their own respected jobs was a plus as well. The mystical feeling the dreams and the past lives, along with the tales and legends of doomed lovers, gave, made the story even more intriguing, bringing the trilogy to an ending much expected, but no less enjoyed.(less)

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Jul 11, 2012 Jacob Proffitt rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audible, romance, steamy

I did not love this book. Indeed, I barely made it through the last half. If it hadn't been for falling in love with Murphy, there's no way I'd have made it through.

Here's the thing: Shannon spends the entire freaking book being a complete and utter idiot—which would have been fine if I hadn't felt the whole time that she was only being a complete and utter idiot because Nora Roberts needed her to be in order for the book to last longer than a short story. This stuff isn't really spoilers as all...more I did not love this book. Indeed, I barely made it through the last half. If it hadn't been for falling in love with Murphy, there's no way I'd have made it through.

Here's the thing: Shannon spends the entire freaking book being a complete and utter idiot—which would have been fine if I hadn't felt the whole time that she was only being a complete and utter idiot because Nora Roberts needed her to be in order for the book to last longer than a short story. This stuff isn't really spoilers as all of this is clear from the very beginning, but skip to the next paragraph if you don't want even small hints of what hits you over the head for the entire novel. Here's the thing: it's pretty clear, from the beginning, how very empty Shannon's life in New York is. She has zero pride in her work and doesn't find it satisfying. She spends weeks and then months in Ireland and nobody from home bothers checking in even just to see how she's doing. And she even says, multiple times, how she hasn’t been one to put down roots, particularly due to moving so much as a kid. And yet, she can't give it up for everything on offer in County Clare and simply refuses to say why for half the freaking novel? Seriously? I'm sorry, but she comes across as completely clueless. (view spoiler)

That said, Murphy. Man he's a sweetheart. It was worth wading through Shannon's idiocy just to spend some time getting to know the man who has been on the fringe of the other two novels. I mean, you know what a great guy he is—how caring and kind—because of how he has supported Maggie and Brie. So it was fantastic to see how those traits penetrate down to the bone. And while I didn't care for the spot of mysticism behind his attachment to Shannon, it fit well enough and didn't compromise all those things that made him so very endearing. By the end, I wanted to push Shannon off the cliff, encourage her to swim for New York, and run off with Murphy myself...

A note about Steamy: This one was on the high end of the Nora Roberts steamy scale, as well. Nothing too outré, or anything, but it was on the high-side of typical.(less)

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Mar 05, 2012 Megan Palasik rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: audio-book

I listened to this as an audio book, so my experience may be different than that of others reading a physical copy.

The man who read this book, Fiacre Douglas, did a very good job. Overall, I'd give him 4/5 stars. His voice was animated and entertaining and I loved his Irish accent, but his lack of different voices for characters was confusing for the listener at times.

So, after listening to the third book and writing reviews for the first two, I just now realized I've been listening to the abrid...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Ummi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chic-lit, romance, 2011

Earlier in book #2, Brie found 3 letters written by a Ms. Dogherty to her father which lead the Concannon sisters to the discovery of their half-sister, Shannon Bodine.

Hours before her mother passed away, Shannon Bodine's past shattered as her mother told her the story of Ireland and a certain Tommy Concannon. She told her of one rainy day in the Clare County and of the gentle man she met when she went traipsing in Ireland. And how she loves that man. Knowing only one father for all her life, Sh...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Shabby Girl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: four-star-books

I didn't read the first of these books with Maggie, as her personality doesn't appeal to me (she's very like me actually, but I don't want to read about fiery prickles like me) but I did read the second in this series, Born in Ice, and enjoyed it very much.

In a lot of ways I enjoyed this book more than Born in Ice. I think I liked the h better in Born in Ice, but I liked the story better in this one. (view spoiler)...more

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Mar 28, 2012 Gypsy Lady rated it 2 of 5 stars

357 Page edition

Poor title. Many poor/nonexistent segues: were they edited out? Standard Nora Roberts formula. Despite my only being able to give it two stars (I don't usually list anything less than three) there were pearls. For example:

Page 117
Some that call if Moria's Strand, for the woman who drowned herself in the surf when she lost her husband and three grown sons to a fire. She didn't give herself time to change her mind, you see. Or to remember than nothing, good or ill, stays forever.

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Feb 18, 2011 Corrie rated it 4 of 5 stars

I haven't read the first book in this series. I picked up the second book, Born in Ice at the thrift store and read the entire book one night during a blizzard. When I saw Born in Shame at the same thrift store a few days later I couldn't believe my good fortune. I LOVED Brianna and Gray and I so very much wanted to know what happened to them.

I didn't like Shannon at first and it took me a while to warm to her character, though I'm wondering if that is exactly what Nora Roberts wanted. I was ha...more

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Jun 18, 2010 Fani rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Fani by: BJ Rose

Shelves: romance-contemporary, audiobooks, best-of-2010, favorite-hero, keepers-romance, hero-is-besotted, unrequited-love, beta-hero, hero-is-good-man, top-20-heroes, heroine-i-wanna-shake-or-slap, heroine-is-cold-hearted

What an awesome conclusion to the series! I think this might even be my favorite of the series, but then Born of Ice was excellent too.
Murphy was a fantastic, yummy, dreamy, wonderful hero that I couldn't get enough of and if Shannon was a little cold, she had reasons for acting this way. Besides, I loved watching the previous couples appearing in this one, without ever stealing the show. Highly recommended.

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Jun 27, 2009 Jacquey25 Hubler rated it 1 of 5 stars

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Feb 13, 2010 Tiffany rated it 2 of 5 stars

I'm reviewing the entire Born In trilogy. I enjoy Nora Roberts as my go-to romance writer. She's a consistently entertaining storyteller. This is an older trilogy and is not her strongest. Interestingly, you can see many of Roberts' archetypal characters on display here. Book 1, Born in Fire, features a handsome, refined Irish businessman and a stubborn woman reluctant to marry. Ten years after the Born In trilogy, those archetypes become Roarke and Eve Dallas in the wonderful In Death series wr...more

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Feb 15, 2013 Mishma Nixon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed-from-the-library, contemporary-romance, i-expected-more

I really have a issue with the third books of a series.Is it just me,or does everyone feel like the third book's not that good as the first two ones.Maybe it's the high expectations,I don't have an idea.

The first two books of the Born In trilogy,were something I greatly admired.Both Maggie and Brianna were amazing in their own unique way,so does there matches.Rogan and Grayson made me swoon.But it's as if Born in Shame has not actually touched the expectations the first two books created.

There w...more

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Jun 26, 2010 Kathy Schwartz rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm giving this 3 stars based on the first 2 books of this trilogy. What I usually like about Nora Roberts' books are that her characters are very likeable. Great way to escape reality for a quick read. However, in Born in Shame the author does not take the time to develop the characters sufficiently. Shannon has a journey of self-discovery that is way too condensed. Even worse is her portrayal of Murphy. He is a very steady character in the first 2 books of this trilogy but as the main love int...more

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Apr 07, 2013 Darcy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, audio-book, romance

I wasn't sure how this one would play out, the sudden appearance of a sister no one knew they had. The girls had a rocky start, especially Shannon and Maggie, but I sort of expected that. Maggie is a prickly one. It seemed like Shannon was dead set on not liking either sister or anyone in Ireland, she had such a big chip on her shoulder.

I did like how everyone slowly wore Shannon down, especially Brianna and Gray. No matter what mood she came up with they went with it and bowled her over.

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Aug 25, 2012 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Another Nora Roberts classic. It's great if you don't mind predictable plots and flat characters. It's a romance novel, don't go in with much expectation. It scratches an itch for the lonely hearts club and makes you believe in love. The story has been told a hundred times: girl finds out her dad isn't her mom's babydaddy on mom's deathbed then flys to Ireland to meet her new sisters, falls in love with the man of her dreams (literally, she dreams about him before she falls for him) and freaks o...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Síafra rated it 4 of 5 stars

Finally, what the last two books have been leading up to has actually happened. Shannon is Maggie and Brie's little sister. Right after her mother passes away, Shannon is contacted by Rogan and, on an impulse goes to Ireland to meet her sisters.

The moment I started reading the book, I began to rack my brain for who Shannon's love interest could be. It would probably be someone that we knew already, in Ireland, since Shannon was going there, and Nora Roberts didn't do a different perspective for...more

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Feb 18, 2011 Bridget rated it 3 of 5 stars

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

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Jun 16, 2012 Mιss •kαthєяίиє• Τhε Emεrαℓd Pяίиcεss® rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Mιss •kαthєяίиє• by: Kate-from-school

Shelves: favourites

Having read only the last two books in the trilogy I have to say that I loved this one a lot more than the second. That probably happened because it was more intense than Brie's story what with the paranormal reference and whatnot.

Anyway, in this book Shannon finds from her mother that her real father wasn't the one she grew up with. The sudden death of her mother after she reveals that and a letter from the half sisters she didn't know she had -from her biological father- makes her to go to Ir...more

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Apr 25, 2012 Adrienne Testa rated it 4 of 5 stars

The last book in the Irish Born Trilogy. Shannon Bodine learns the truth Tom Concannon is her father , prior to her mother, Amanda dying of cancer. Shannon travels to Ireland to meet her half sisters, Maggie and Brianna. In this story we learn Gray and Brianna has a child, Maggie is preggers again and the neighbor Murphy Muldoon falls for Shannon upon meeting her. We learn that Shannon has a talent for painting and Rogan wants her for his gallery. We also discover Shannon and Murphy share a drea...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.

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