Birthright

The novel "Birthright" by Nora Roberts is an invigorating tale of a young women trying to discover the truth of her heritage while struggling through a web of deceit. As an infant Jessica Collins was stolen out of her stroller, and thirty years later she is recognized by her other, only now she isn't Jessica Collins she is now known as Callie Dunbrook. Callie then embarks on a journey that causes her to delve into the dark underworld of illegal kidnapping and adoption rings, and the consequences may be lethal. Nora Roberts wrote this story for fictional entertainment purposes, however it displays many aspects of truth that plague today's society such as human trafficking etc. Nora Roberts is a New York Times best selling novelists and is known for her mystery/romance novels or her grisly murder stories written as her alias J.D Robb. She often writes stories with intricate criminal plots such as birth rights that contain true facts about crimes that are committed in real life. Nora Roberts uses a plethora of evidence to support her stories plot by using probable situations should these events really have been happening. She includes falsified adoptions, health care workers involved in the kidnapping, and the simple who do the actual kidnapping. She weaves an intricate story line filled with numerous people who would've needed to be involved to accomplish something as heinous as this. This stories evidence becomes overwhelming throughout Callie's journey as she begins to gather more and more evidence the longer she searches. She uncovers false papers, people involved in kidnappings, and eventual discovers the head honcho of the entire operation. Callie also manages to uncover the person responsible for the "accidents" that had befallen her since her search for the truth began. This book is a very convincing representation of a real life situation while still managing to be an interesting read rather then strict facts. It includes much plausible evidence while keeping the story interesting by including hostiles who would like to see her mission fail and an ex-husband who she has never really gotten over. This books taps into real life emotions by displaying Callie's struggle to cope with now having not one but two families, one of which she's never encountered before. This part of the story is very convincing because it's a very real depiction of how someone might deal with the same situation. This book compares very well to other books of the same nature, because it manages to include viable facts while keeping the story interesting and intriguing. Rather then the straight laced facts of other articles or books on the subject it also includes a story plot that makes you desire to read further. Altogether this book was an amazing read that i wouldn't mind reading multiple times. This book would be useful to someone who would enjoy a mystery, romance, and informative read all wrapped together. This book was insightful, intriguing, intricate and something that would remain an all time favorite for years to come.

Have read several Nora Roberts books, and this is my favorite so far. The characters are real and the storyline exciting and challenging. I especially enjoyed the relationship between Callie and Jake, so moving and heartwarming. Learned interesting facts about archeology. Great read. Highly recommened!

Loved this book! Again Nora Roberts has caught her readers up into a action pak adventure sprinkled with love and raw emotions tossed in! The who done it took me longer to figure out. 😱