Nora Roberts

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Publisher Marketing: From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel of a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed, and danger that brings them together and that could tear them apart . As a professional house-sitter and freelance writer, nothing ties Lila Emerson down not her work, not a home, and definitely not a relationship. She spends her life moving from one job to the next, sometimes crashing at a friend s Manhattan apartment. And though she can appreciate her clients extra-ordinary homes, their expensive collections, and their adorable pets, Lila has never longed for possessions of her own. Everything she has, including her heart, is portable. But when she witnesses a possible murder-suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as Lila knows it takes a dramatic turn. Artist Ashton Archer knows his charming, clever, and impulsive brother couldn t have killed his girlfriend or taken his own life. His hope of unraveling what happened lies with Lila, the only eyewitness. And even buried in grief, Ash longs to paint the woman whose deep, dark eyes seem to hold endless reserves of strength and a fiery passion. Chalking up their intense attraction to the heat of the moment, Lila agrees to help Ash in trying to find out who murdered his brother and why. From the penthouses of Manhattan to grand Italian villas, their investigation draws them into a rarefied circle where priceless antiques are bought, sold, gambled away, and stolen, where what you possess is who you are, and where what you desire becomes a deadly obsession ." Review Citations: Audio File 08/01/2014 pg. 41 (EAN 9781480570061, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 02/17/2014 (EAN 9780399164453, Hardcover) Booklist 03/01/2014 pg. 25 (EAN 9780399164453, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 04/15/2014 pg. 68 (EAN 9780399164453, Hardcover) Romantic Times 04/01/2014 pg. 54 (EAN 9780399164453, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Roberts, Nora Nora Roberts is a bestselling author of more than 209 romance novels. She was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. As of 2011, her novels had spent a combined 861 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 176 weeks in the number-one spot. Over 280 million copies of her books are in print, including 12 million copies sold in 2005 alone. Contributor Bio:  Whelan, Julia Julia Whelan, a former child actress best known for her award-winning work on ABC's "Once and Again", has won multiple "AudioFile" Earphones Awards and was named one of "AudioFile" magazine's Best Voices of 2010. Her "flawless" narration of Jandy Nelson's "The Sky Is Everywhere" earned a place in the first round of 2011 Grammy nominations for Best Spoken Word Album.