I bought this product in the shorter version which includes all 3 books. They were great which just got my interest up.
Then I added each individual book unabridged version. I use audio books because of my age. This series is wonderful. My daughter and I have listened to this series many times. I LOVE all Roberts works.

HR

I'd always thought this was my favorite of the trilogy, but it's been years since I'd read it.

Maggie Concannon is an Irish glass artist--reclusive, a bit temperamental, independent. Rogan Sweeney is a businessman, art connoisseur, and owner of a gallery. He's been trying to sign Maggie for his gallery, but she ignores his letters and won't answer her phone, so he decides to visit her personally.

Sparks fly, of course, between Maggie's artistic passion and Rogan's implacable determination.

That's the romance part of the story. Then there's the family story. In the prologue, Maggie's with her father as he dies. Her mother is a bitter, nasty woman, and Maggie butts heads with her constantly. Maggie's sister Brianna, on the other hand, bends over backwards to accommodate the unsatisfiable Maeve.

Which is the source of my dissatisfaction with this story. In the same way that Maeve spoiled every family gathering in the book, she also spoiled the story. I absolutely could not sympathize with her at all, and it seemed that part of the message of Born in Fire was that Maggie should try to be more understanding toward Maeve, which left me feeling vaguely as if I'd been chastised for not being sympathetic toward her myself.

Heh. Sometimes I take these things a bit too seriously.

I also, when I'd put the book down for a while, questioned Rogan's persistence. The business persistence was fine, but the romantic persistence felt just a little squicky. That was only when I was thinking about the book, though, not while I was reading it.

After finishing the last book in the "Born In.." series I felt like I was saying goodbye to long lost friends. This rarely happens for me because I read so much, but Nora introduced me to the best of people and the best of traditions. I may not read for a couple of days and those who know me will be shocked because I am rarely seen without a book in my hand or a book on the fireplace calling my name. I feel I should mourn the loss of never again getting to read for the first time this "Born In..." series. If you have never read any of Nora's books please just pick one up. Yes as we all know there are a number of wonderful authors out in the big ole' world of books, but there are only a few who can ever dream of being as good as Nora! Bravo for this series!

Nora Roberts produced one of the finest coming-of-adult-age stories I've ever read. Faced with the untimely death of her father and the incessant criticism of her mother, the heroine of this novel goes on to win both the respect of others and the love of a worthy man.

I truly enjoyed hearing the content MP3 CD version of this novel, but unfortunately, the audio itself was very poor. While the reader is an authentic Irish man, the recording was also artificially sped up in places, to the point where the combination of his Irish accent and the tempo of the audio made the book distressing to listen to.

And sometimes, the words fly so fast you don't know what he said.

Recommendation to fellow readers:

Enjoy the story. If you get the MP3 CD version, it will help to do the following:

- Load the MP3 audio into an audio editor.
- Slow down the speed by 20%.
- If slowing down also lowered the pitch, increase the pitch by 20-25% so it sounds normal again.

I did this with Audacity (a free open source program -- find it by doing a web search).

Recommendation to Brilliance Audio:

I really love MP3 CDs. But please, have someone else listen to the results of your audio books before releasing them!

This book is fabulous. One of my favorites written by Nora Roberts!! This is one of those books you don't want to put down!