Many of her novels have been adapted into TV movies. She also writes futuristic romantic suspense under the pen name of J.D.

In 2000 alone she had 13 best sellers, several making it into number one. From 1991 to 2001, all 68 novels she published made it onto the New York Times best seller list. Roberts has two sons by her first marriage, and married her second husband, Bruce Wilder, in 1985. That last novel, 'Playing the Odds' gave Roberts a 'fan favorite' status and transformed the romance novel category. Then, the next two years brought 23 more published novels, and she finally caught the public's eye in 1985. The first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, was published just two years later. She wrote her first story during the blizzard of 1979, when she was snowed in at her home. For more than three decades Roberts has published more than 200 titles in the romantic novel category. But if she doesn’t find someone she can lean on when the heat gets intense, her life may go down in flames.Īuthor, Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson, on Octoin Silver Spring, Maryland. Rowan knows she can’t complicate things with Gull - any distractions in the air or on the ground could be lethal. And damn if he doesn’t make a good case to be an exception to the rule.Įverything is thrown off balance, though, when a dark presence lashes out against Rowan, looking to blame someone for last year’s tragedy. Rowan, as a rule, doesn’t hook up with other smoke jumpers, but Gull is convinced he can change her mind.

He came to Missoula to follow in the footsteps of Lucas “Iron Man” Tripp, yet he’s instantly more fascinated by his hero’s daughter. He’s also a walking contradiction, a hotshot firefighter with a big vocabulary and a winter job at a kids’ arcade. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana for the season feels like coming home - even with reminders of the partner she lost last season still lingering in the air.įortunately, this year’s rookie crop is among the strongest ever - and Gulliver Curry’s one of the best. She’s been fighting fires since her eighteenth birthday. The Missoula smoke jumpers are one of the most exclusive firefighting squads in the nation, and the job is in Rowan’s blood: her father is a legend in the field. Flying past towering pillars of smoke, parachuting down to the edge of an all-consuming blaze, shoveling and sawing for hours upon hours, days at a time, all to hold the line and push back against the raw power of Mother Nature.īut there’s also little else as thrilling - at least to Rowan Tripp. Little else in life is as dangerous as fire jumping.

Chasing fire by nora roberts