Review On: Born in Ice by Nora Roberts
Series: Born in Trilogy (Book 2)
Rating: 4/5
Where Born in Fire ends, Born in Ice begins. In Born in Ice we tackle the second of the Concannon sisters, Brianna. Unlike her sister Maggie, Brie is the cooler and calmer of the sisters. If Maggie uses her hands to make glass art, Brie uses her hands to build a cozy bed and breakfast with delicious food that has travelers coming from all over the world.
At the start of the story, Brie discovers a few things while cleaning out her late father’s belongings in the attic, she discovers letters that prove her dad had a one-time affair with a visiting American woman…one that bore him a child. She is tormented by the fact that her father had an affair outside of his marriage to their mother, and the possibility of a sister or brother of whose existence they were completely unaware of for the last 25 or so years. She finds herself unable to immediately tell her sister Maggie so as not to worry her, especially in her very pregnant state. It is also at the start of the story that Brie finds herself welcoming a guest, an American writer named Grayson Thane, who has come in the middle of winter to write out a story that takes place in Ireland. He is a wandering writer who never stays longer than finishing his manuscript; yet finds himself captivated by the beautiful Brianna who is cool on the outside but very passionate on the inside.