Playing with Fire

by Nora Roberts

Includes Lawless and Impulse

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a bind-up of two sweeping romances of self-discovery and adventure.

Lawless
In the late 1800s, the Arizona Territory was an unsettled, wild frontier traversed by the likes of Jake Redman. Prejudiced against for his partial Apache parentage, the gunslinger had little patience for the civility practiced by Sarah Conway. Yet she brought more than polite manners from her east coast city society, possessing a strength of character needed to make the western town of Lone Bluff her home―and an enticing, fiery passion as dangerous to Jake as anything he ever faced with a six-gun.

Impulse
When her predictable path in life leads to dissatisfaction, Rebecca Malone quits her accounting job, sells her belongings, and leaves Philadelphia for Greece. Basking in an environment so different from everything she knows, Rebecca permits herself to enjoy the attentions of Stephen Nickodemus, a restaurant owner more than happy to share the many flavors of Greek culture with her. But when their flirtatious fling grows more serious than either expected, Rebecca must choose either to embrace her new carefree spirit or to accept the true love in her heart.

Genres: Romance

416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 21, 2025

About the author

Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including Hideaway, Under Currents, Come Sundown, The Awakening, Legacy, and coming in November 2021 -- The Becoming -- the second book in The Dragon Heart Legacy. She is also the author of the futuristic suspense In Death series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

Reviews

[Joanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always enjoy Nora’s stories. They are always so interesting and different. Each one brings something different and unique to the story and this one is no exception. I loved each one in this book for different reasons. The story about the Wild West was very intriguing and right up my alley. Loved every thing about it. The second one was thrilling about places I always wanted to go and so romantic and truly enchanting.

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Double romance novel. Lawless set in the Arizona territory about a young going to meet her father only to find he was killed in a mine collapse. She meets a young drifter-gunfighter who befriends her and helps her navigate the rough Arizona countryside.

Impulse takes place in the Greek Islands when a young CPA who gives up her past life meets a rich Greek tycoon and the unlikely pair fall in love.

[Brittany Umberger · Rating 3 out of 5]

#giveaway
Won this as a Goodreads giveaway. I am a big fan of Nora Roberts for easy cozy reads. Great palette cleanser. This is a 2 on 1 book.
The Western romance I loved! Feisty FMC, rugged broody MMC. Determined to stay apart but being drawn back every time.
Impulse I struggled with a little. Placed in Greece, a Very passionate Gone with the Wind Rhett MMC, with a newly free spirited woman. Not my typical read.

[Kris · Rating 2 out of 5]

I missed the fact that this was 2 books.

[Chris Wittkopp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two very sweet stories about strong women and the men they meet.