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Three Fates | 
 enlarge | Author: Nora Roberts
Creator: Bernadette Quigley
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
Category: Book
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Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 721171
Format: Audiobook, Cd, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 13
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 1423356659
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781423356653
ASIN: 1423356659
Publication Date: August 29, 2008
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Amazon.com Review
Setting: Ireland, Europe, and New York Cityp Sensuality: 7p Irish siblings Malachi, Gideon, and Rebecca Sullivan cherish the family legend of their great-great-grandfather's acquisition of one of the Fates, a trio of priceless, long-separated silver statues. When the Sullivans' Fate is stolen by an unscrupulous New York antiquities dealer, they vow to retrieve the little silver lady, and thus begins a quest that will send them racing across Europe, traveling through Ireland, and dodging killers in New York City. Most importantly, their search for their Fate and her two sister statues brings them into the world of a brilliant female mythology professor, a free-spirited exotic dancer, and a security expert adept at breaking and entering. This diverse sextet must meld their talents in order to thwart their enemy, retrieve the stolen statue, and stay alive while administering their particular brand of justice.p Prolific author Nora Roberts's latest tale of adventure and romance is a nonstop page-turner with quirky heroines, strong heroes, and a delightfully nefarious villainess. Toss in strong Irish, European, and New York settings, interesting secondary characters, and a plot with intriguing twists and turns and the result is romantic suspense at its best. I--Lois Faye Dyer/I
Product Description
When the Lusitania sank, more than one thousand people died. One passenger, however, survived to become a changed man, giving up his life as a petty thief but keeping a small silver statue that would become a family heirloom to future generations. brbrNow, nearly a century later, that heirloom, one of a priceless, long-separated set of three, has been snatched away from the Sullivans. And Malachi, Gideon, and Rebecca Sullivan are determined to recover their great-great-grandfather's treasure, reunite the Three Fates, and make their fortune. brbrThe quest will take them from their home in Ireland to Helsinki, Prague, and New York and introduce them to a formidable female professor whose knowledge of Greek mythology will aid them in their quest; to a daring exotic dancer who sees the Fates as her chance at a new life; and to a seductive security expert who knows how to play high-tech cat-and-mouse. And it will pit them in a suspenseful fight against an ambitious woman who will stop at nothing to acquire the Fates. brbr
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| Customer Reviews: Read 109 more reviews...
 Could NOT Put it Down November 21, 2008
butterfly beach (los angeles, ca)
Loved this book. I'm new to Nora Roberts- this represents my third read. I thought the characters, suspense and dialogue were all very entertaining. This was a relaxing, heart-warming escape. Clever turns, lots of variety of locale action but it all was sewn together very well. Ultra-romantic too. Thanks Nora!!! I really enjoyed.
My Absolute Favorite Book!!! March 29, 2008
Elizabeth Gunther (New York)
I read Three Fates for the first time when it came out. Since then I have read it about three times (4 in total) and it gets better each time I read it. It is the story of the 3 Sullivans (Mal, Gideon, and Rebecca) and the three people who fall in love with them (Tia, Cleo, and Jack), each of whom have a line on one of the three legenday statues known as the Three Fates. Since one of the Sullivan ancestors had stolen the first of the statues just before the Lusitania sunk, the Sullivan family has kept the statue, never searching for the others. That is until Mal takes their statue to Anita Gaye, who steals it from him. Now the chase is on. First, Mal goes in search of Tia, whose ancestor had owned theirs before it wa stolen. Then Gideon goes looking for Cleo, whose ancestor is believed to have the second statue. That is where the trail ends until they meet Jack, who has a surprising connection to their past. Together, the 6 of them work together to get the first statue back from Anita. br / br /Three Fates is a thrilling adventure full of twists and turns that keep the reader enthralled from the first page to the last!
 Three Fates February 23, 2008
Kelly (Littleton, Colorado)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is not the best effort from NR. I had trouble getting involved with the story revolving around Greek mythology and the three fates. The story started out well explaining how the first fate spins the thread, the second measures it, and the third cuts it, but it fell apart after that. I didn't feel the compulsion to reunite the statues. br / br /Part of the problem is that the story felt rushed, as it really is a trilogy compacted into one book. Six people meet - Cleo and Gideon, Tia and Malachai, Rebecca and Jack fall hard, and build their lives together. Sorry, I didn't find it believable. The characters were not as finely tuned, as I would expect. br / br /
 Not convincing February 15, 2008
Roger Long (Port Clinton, OH USA)
The primary requirement of any work of fiction is that it be convincing. I wasn't at all convinced by "Three Fates." I wasn't convinced that three little silver statues were worth millions of dollars or worth risking life and limb to acquire for no particular reason. I wasn't convinced that the Sullivans et al. would have cared enough to risk their lives to get the statues. Nora Roberts usually does a better job of convincing the reader that the tale was at least remotely possible. br / br /The characters themselves aren't much more than one dimensional, with the possible exception of Mia, the author of books about mythology. She at least had some texture with all her imagined ailments. The Sullivan brothers are hard to tell apart. Cleo, the stripper, is simply crass and not much else. The others are of single character traits as well--tough, sniveling, murderous, egotistic, etc. Characters have to come alive, have contradictions, for a book to work, and that doesn't happen here. Jumping in and out of bed, per se, does not do it--at least, not for me. The sex scenes are just re-runs after all. br / br /Finally, there is the problem of the writing. There seems to be endless talk, and that smacks of padding--anything to fill the requisite number of pages. I found myself leafing ahead to see when the story was going to pick up again. br / br /All in all, this is a disappointing book. Roberts has done far better. br / br /
good read July 12, 2007
SuperJFly (New York)
this is a book ive been putting off reading for a while and i wish i hadnt waited so long. good story, good characters, steamy scenes and some excitement thrown in. there are 6 main characters but she picks 2 that are more main then the others. its definitely worth checking out, its long but youll make it through quick.
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