As a Baltimore cop, he had watched his partner die - and the guilt still haunts him. Together, they blend into one fabulous story.Lunacy, Alaska - population 506 - is Nate Burke's last chance. The Alaskan backdrop is a character on its own. There is something so believable about these characters that had me caught up in the story line from the very beginning. The mystery’s resolution caught me off-guard, and Meg and Nate’s relationship definitely hits all the right notes in the romance category. This book definitely kept me turning pages long into the wee hours of the night. To me, he’s just another enjoyable character. I do realize that no female can quite conquer the male mind, and that if a man were to read this book, he would probably scoff at Nate as unrealistic. The dialogue she writes them cracks me up because of the fact that I would expect my brother, my husband, or my closest males friends to say something similar. I really like the fact that her heroines, including Meg, are much more believable and relatable. Roberts’ heroines were fabulously wealthy, impossibly beautiful and people that are more the exception than the norm. One can easily step into the shoes of one of her characters and not feel out of place in them. They worry about mundane, everyday life as much as we do – from paying the bills to work to family issues. Roberts creates characters that are normal. She’s tough but realistic, driven and yet ordinary. Her descriptions of its harshness, quirkiness, and more importantly, its beauty, leaves me breathless every time and makes me want to experience it myself, even though I hate winter and snow. Yet, even long after finishing Northern Lights, there is a part of me that really wants to move to Alaska. It takes a lot for me to want to move anywhere in the north where winters are long and harsh. And his discovery will threaten the new life - and the new love - that he has finally found for himself.”Ĭomments and Critiques: This book is a perfect example of why I love Nora Roberts so much. His investigation will unearth the secrets and suspicions that lurk beneath the placid surface, as well as bring out the big-city survival instincts that made him a cop in the first place. Years ago, on one of the majestic mountains shadowing the town, a crime occurred that is unsolved to this day - and Nate suspects that a killer still walks the snowy streets. But there’s something about Nate’s sad eyes that gets under her skin and warms her frozen heart.Īnd now, things in Lunacy are heating up. After her New Year’s kiss with the Chief of Police, she allows herself to give in to passion - while remaining determined to keep things as simple as possible. She was a young girl when her father disappeared, and she has learned to be independent, flying her small plane, living on the outskirts of town with just her huskies for company. Meg Galloway, born and raised in Lunacy, is used to being alone. But just as he wonders whether this has been all a big mistake, an unexpected kiss on New Year’s Eve under the brilliant Northern Lights of the Alaska sky lifts his spirit and convinces him to stay just a little longer. Aside from sorting out a run-in between a couple of motor vehicles and a moose, he finds his first few weeks on the job are relatively quiet. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as Chief of Police in this tiny, remote Alaskan town. As a Baltimore cop, he’d watched his partner die on the street - and the guilt still haunts him. Synopsis (Courtesy of B&N): “Lunacy was Nate Burke’s last chance.
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