But, Nell was never at ease even in this quiet and peaceful place. She was living a terrifying life from which she ran away eight months ago. FYI.she has a fear of flying and is an ardent baseball fan.Upon Nell Channing’s arrival on the Three Sisters Island, she believed that she has found certain protection from her very abusive husband.

The suites are each inspired by and for romantic couples from books. She currently owns the Inn at BoonsBoro in Boonsboro, Maryland. She was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame on 1986. 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. And now, with the help of two other strong, gifted women-and the nightmares of the past haunting her every step-she must find the power to save her home, her love…and herself.Īuthor, Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson, on Octoin Silver Spring, Maryland. One careless word, one misplaced confidence, and the new life she’s so carefully created could shatter completely.Just as Nell starts to wonder if she’ll ever be able to break free of her fear, she realizes that the island suffers under a terrible curse-one that can only be broken by the descendants of the Three Sisters, the witches who settled the island back in 1692. But there is a part of herself she can never reveal to him, for she must continue to guard her secrets if she wants to keep the past at bay. Careful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as a cook at the local bookstore café-and begins to explore her feelings for the island sheriff, Zack Todd. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts-hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a storyteller of immeasurable diversity and talent”-presents the first novel in her Three Sisters Island trilogy.When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she’s finally found refuge from her abusive husband-and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago.…But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease.

Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts