Line #82 Creator/NoraRoberts


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4	Nora Roberts is not merely the romance novel genre's best-loved author -- she is a publishing phenomenon. Roberts has over 200 works in print, from novellas written during her category romance days (beginning with ''Irish Thoroughbred'' in the 1980s) to mainstream mystery/romance novels (''High Noon'', ''Blue Smoke'', ''Black Hills'') to lighthearted pure romance (the Brides quartet) to a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture straight-up mystery series (''... Literature/InDeath'', writing as [[MoustacheDePlume J.D. Robb]]).
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6	Her name has become synonymous with romance at its finest, and most women have at least heard about her. The Romance Writers of America named their lifetime achievement award after her.
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8	Famously has plagiarism of her works as a BerserkButton. Led the group that [[https://twitter.com/aetherlev/status/1118148866765807616 sent a sword]] to Claire Ryan for her efforts against [=CopyPasteCris's=] plagiarism.
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11	!!Series and Trilogies
12	* ''Dream'' Trilogy
13	* ''Born In'' Trilogy
14	* ''Cousins O'Dwyer'' Trilogy
15	* ''Gallaghers of Ardmore'' Trilogy
16	* ''In the Garden'' Trilogy
17	* ''The Guardians'' Trilogy
18	* ''Literature/InDeath'' Series
19	* ''Inn Boonsboro'' Trilogy
20	* ''Key'' Trilogy
21	* ''Macgregors'' Series
22	* ''Sign of Seven'' Trilogy
23	* ''The Bride'' Quartet
24	* ''The Circle'' Trilogy
25	* ''Three Sisters Island'' Trilogy
26	* ''Cordina'' Series
27	* ''Davidov'' Series
28	* ''Donovans'' Series
29	* ''Great Chefs'' Series
30	* ''Irish Hearts'' Trilogy
31	* ''Loving Jack'' Trilogy
32	* ''Night Tales'' Series
33	* ''O'Hurleys'' Series
34	* ''SS/BV'' Series
35	* ''Stars of Mithra'' Series
36	* ''The Calhouns'' Series
37	* ''The Mackade Brothers'' Series
38	* ''The Stanislaskis'' Series
39	* ''Literature/TheChesapeakeBaySaga''
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41	!!Stand Alones
42	* ''A Little Fate''
43	* ''A Little Magic''
44	* ''Angels Fall''
45	* ''Birthright''
46	* ''Black Hills''
47	* ''Blue Smoke''
48	* ''Carnal Innocence''
49	* ''Carolina Moon''
50	* ''Chasing Fire''
51	* ''The Collector''
52	* ''Divine Evil''
53	* ''First Impressions''
54	* ''Gabriel's Angel''
55	* ''Genuine Lies''
56	* ''Hidden Riches''
57	* ''High Noon''
58	* ''Homeport''
59	* ''Honest Illusions''
60	* ''Hot Ice''
61	* ''The Liar''
62	* ''Midnight Bayou''
63	* ''Montana Sky''
64	* ''Night Tales''
65	* ''Northern Lights''
66	* ''Private Scandals''
67	* ''Public Secrets''
68	* ''Rebellion''
69	* ''The Reef''
70	* ''Remember When''
71	* ''River's End''
72	* ''Sanctuary''
73	* ''The Search''
74	* ''Spellbound''
75	* ''Sullivan's Woman''
76	* ''Sweet Revenge''
77	* ''Three Fates''
78	* ''Tribute''
79	* ''True Betrayals''
80	* ''The Villa''
81	* ''Whiskey Beach''
82	* ''The Witness''
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85	!!Tropes commonly found in her works:
86	* AuthorAppeal:
87	** Scottish and Irish people or even people with that sort of ancestry frequently appear in her novels.
88	** There also tends to be a large, friendly, and hyperactive dog belonging to one of the main characters.
89	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Done rather blatantly in ''Morrigan's Cross'', the first part of “The Circle” Trilogy, where the [[TokenBlackFriend African-American]] King, the human assistant and best friend of Cian the vampire, is vampirized and killed. It's pretty obvious what's going to happen because (a) he is the only black guy in the story, and (b) there's 4 guys and 2 girls and it's a romance novel, so you have to get another girl in the mix somehow.
90	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her main characters will frequently have past traumas that they need to come to terms with as part of their story, often past abusive relationships or abusive relatives, dark family secrets, survivor guilt after tragic incidents, and the like.
91	* FreudianTrio: The heroines of her trilogies frequently form one in the persons of a sweet, motherly woman as Ego, a tough and tomboyish woman as Superego, and a fiery, glamorous woman as Id. Examples include former model Margo (Id), CPA Kate (Superego), and mother of two Laura (Ego) in the ''Dream'' trilogy, and Nell (Ego), Ripley (Superego), and Mia (Id) in the ''Three Sisters Island'' trilogy, among others. The trope is sometimes combined with BlondeBrunetteRedhead as well.
92	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Between 1987 and 1995 Roberts released a string of novels (unconnected except by genre) with titles like ''Sacred Sins,'' ''Honest Illusions,'' and ''Public Secrets''.
93	* LikesOlderWomen: beta couples in ''Black Hills'' and ''The Villa''
94	* MrsRobinson: [[ReallyGetsAround Charlene Hidel ]], single widowed mother of main character's LoveInterest, in ''Northern Lights''.
95	* RomanceNovel: She's written both the more stereotypical category type and the less obvious single title type. In recent years, her single titles have shifted into the Romantic Suspense/Romantic Thriller subgenre while her trilogies are either pure romance or have some paranormal elements in them.
96	** Even the In Death series which is an Urban Fantasy style series has romantic elements in the relationship between Eve and Roarke.
97	* RuleOfThree: Her books are usually in trilogy, though justified since she likes to read about Wicca.

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