It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. “Sometimes, there is nowhere safe to hide. What she found was a home surrounded by beauty and the best friends she’s ever had. She wasn’t looking for a handout from her distant cousin Roz, just a job at her thriving In the Garden nursery. “Hayley Phillips came to Memphis hoping for a new start, for herself and her unborn child. But she’s about to be taken by surprise.” Book 3: Red Lily “Roz–a woman of independent means–thinks love is all in the past. But when she opens her heart to a new love, she discovers that she will fight to the death to protect what’s hers.” Book 2: Black Rose “Stella has a passion for planning that keeps her from taking too many risks. Nora Roberts can paint a picture like no other in her books. I felt Stella’s pain from the first chapter and fell in love with her story. While I have ranked the trilogy as #1, the first book specifically is probably my all time favorite. This is the first Nora Roberts book I ever read and I was immediately hooked. “Against the backdrop of a house steeped in history and a thriving new gardening business, three women unearth the memories of the past and uncover a dangerous secret…” In my experience with her multi-book series, each book focuses in on one character with the next book switching to one of the supporting characters from the first book.

While I haven’t even made a dent in all of the books she’s written, the 16 that I’ve read have kept me on the edge of my seat and include romance that doesn’t make me gag. She’s notorious for her romance writing and has been called “America’s favorite writer” by The New Yorker. Nora Roberts is a New York Times best selling author of more than 200 books.

I fully intend on updating this list with more of hers at the end of the year! That being said, this list is ranking the ones I have read. A close friend of mine suggested a book swap this year so I am thrilled to branch out of my Nora Roberts bubble. Reading is one of my favorite forms of self care so I wanted to share my personal favorites in the hopes it may encourage you to start reading if you don’t already. What can I say? I’m loyal to things I love. But as it turns out, they’re almost exclusively Nora Roberts books. I have been wanting to rank my favorite books for a blog post for awhile.

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