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Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...

The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning.

Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper. Hand-blowing glass is a difficult and exacting art, and while she may produce the delicate and the fragile, Maggie is a strong and opinionated woman, a Clare woman, with all the turbulence of that fascinating west country.

One man, Dublin gallery owner Rogan Sweeney, has seen the soul in Maggie’s art, and vows to help her build a career. When he comes to Maggie’s studio, her heart is inflamed by their fierce attraction—and her scarred past is slowly healed by love...

I’m excited about this series. It’s been on my shelf for a long time but I’ve never read it.

I think you’ll love it! It’s one of my first books by Nora Roberts (excluding the In Death series).

I love these! Years ago, I read the second first before knowing it was a series. Then I bought a trade paperback with all of them. I really love each sister. <3

I bought them at a used book store 10 years ago but just never got around to reading them. My goal is to read every book of the month this year.

I am in love this book

I read this one years ago and loved it. I'll try to fit it in.

My very first Nora book.

I have not read this in ages. Look forward to reading it again!

I’m excited for this book! It’s been on my shelf for over a year!!

This is the first Nora Roberts book I ever read and it started me on my journey of reading her books. At the time, I had no idea it was a trilogy. This was back in around 1995. I’m actually exited to go back and read my first nora Roberts read.

This trilogy is one of my favorites. Haven't read it in a while. Looking forward to it.

I finished it. It’s been so long since I read it that I’d forgotten a lot of the details of the worry but I loved it again and plan on finishing the trilogy.

Just finished reading. Love it

Just finished it yesterday. I read this one a long time ago, and I didn't remember the details. It was fun to reread it. I can't wait for the next ones, and I might have cheated and kept reading the trilogy.

I love Nora and was really excited about this one (as everyone loves it!) but... I really hated it :( I don't know if it was the German translation, but some of the conversation seemed so sexist to me :( still, I will try the next one in this series, because I'm curios about Maggie's sister. Wish me luck that I like it as much as I usually like Nora Robert's books!

Karoline, I loved the series but not so much this book. I promise you it gets better.

I loved this book as well. After meeting Brianna I’m really looking forward to her getting her happy ending. She deserves one!

I finished listening to this one today. I loved the narration. Fiacre Douglas did a fantastic job with all of the characters. This was a re-read for me. I wasn't a big fan of Maggie, but loved Rogan.

I can definitely see how Maggie would put off some folks. Don't blame you at all! I always see her as misundersood. ;)

I just found her irritating.

Finished this one. I've had this on my list forever but I'm not really a PNR/Fantasy fan so I never read it. Where do readers come up with these tags? I didn't see it for this one. I actually really enjoyed this book (even Maggie). I think she felt so guilty for so many years. If you are told something for so long, you start to believe it. Can't wait to read the next one.

What did everyone think of Maggie & Brianna's mother? Wow, I couldn't believe she would blame her daughter for "ruining her life". So ridiculous. And I'm surprised that the lady the girls hired to stay with their mother would last more than a couple of days. I would have left her to her own misery.

She was awful, wasn't she, Robin? I thought my MIL was cruel and selfish but this woman had her beat! Why some people can be so cruel to their children, I will never understand. And Lottie (I think that was her name) was hilarious how she wouldn't put up with their Mom. She definitely put her in her place.

Lottie must be a saint to put up with that woman. Of course, Maeve seems to act differently around her than her daughters.

I've finished my re-read, and enjoyed it despite Maggie.

Book #3 (Shannon and Murphy) was my first ever Nora book and it got me hooked on her writing. I have a terrible feeling that if this had been my first Nora, I might never have fallen so deeply in love with her books.

I usually have a soft spot for prickly heroines (like Eve), but Maggie is just so cold. To my mind, she has too much of her mother in her to be likable.

@Robin - speaking of Maeve - she is a truly vicious and nasty woman. I also will never understand how a mother could blame her innocent child for her own faults and mistakes.

While reading this, I was reminded once again that Nora writes some terrible biological mothers. So many of her heroines have nasty mothers (wonderful stepmother and grandmothers though). Also, mothers to sons are great (like Roz in the Garden series).