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Homeport

by Nora Roberts

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Suspense. HTML:An art expert and a thief get caught in a dangerous game in this novel of daring deception and desire from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. 

After an assault at her family home in Maine, Dr. Miranda Jones is determined to put the experience behind her. Distraction comes when she is summoned to Italyâ??to verify the authenticity of a Renaissance bronze of a Medici courtesan known as The Dark Lady.

But instead of cementing Mirandaâ??s reputation as the leading expert in the field, the job nearly destroys it when her professional judgment is called into question. Emotionally estranged from her mother, with a brother immersed in his own troubles, Miranda has no one to turn to...except Ryan Boldari, a seductive art thief whose own agenda forces them into a reluctant alliance.

Now it becomes clear that the incident in Maine was not a simple muggingâ??and that The Dark Lady may possess as many secrets as its beautiful namesake once did. For Miranda, forced to rely on herselfâ??and a partner who offers her both unnerving suspicion and intoxicating passionâ??the only way home is filled with deception, treachery, and a danger that thre
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  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
Homeport is the story of Miranda Jones, an expert in the field of art, who is called to Florence by her distant mother to authenticate a bronze, which might have been a lost piece done by Michelangelo. When the news of the piece is leaked to the press and it is proven to be a forgery, Miranda's mother fires her and sends her home to lick her wounds with her reputation in shambles. In steps Ryan Boldari, who is hired to steal another bronze from Miranda's home gallery outside Boston, but when it also turns about to be a fake, Ryan persuades Miranda to help him find the original in order to save both of their reputations.
Homeport is an older story by Nora Roberts that proves to be an interesting mystery with escalating stakes and multiple suspects. The relationship between the two main characters is steamy and adds depth to the story. One problem with this book that has made it tough for me to get through in the past is the amount of technical detail relating to the authentication of art. It did prove Miranda's meticulous nature and knowledge of subject, but it also slowed the story in places, especially the first fifty or so pages of the book. Overall however, this story is an enjoyable, well-written read. ( )
  ftbooklover | Oct 12, 2021 |
Reads like an older Silhouette. This proper lady takes up with a thief without any moral qualms? People jetting back and forth to Europe and never suffer any jet lag or fatigue... They call Europe, and there is no problem with time difference...No background or character development on the H...Definitely an older book. One-time read I could have skipped, much as I like most of her books. ( )
  Skylark918 | May 4, 2020 |
Ok book. Nothing exciting. ( )
  soosthemoose | Feb 28, 2018 |
3.5 ( )
  ClarisaO | Aug 13, 2014 |
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Roberts, Noraprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leigh, ErikaReadermain authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ganstel, MichelTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Snel, MariëlleTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Vigier, IsabelleCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Zilli Nunciati, EdithTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Suspense. HTML:An art expert and a thief get caught in a dangerous game in this novel of daring deception and desire from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. 

After an assault at her family home in Maine, Dr. Miranda Jones is determined to put the experience behind her. Distraction comes when she is summoned to Italyâ??to verify the authenticity of a Renaissance bronze of a Medici courtesan known as The Dark Lady.

But instead of cementing Mirandaâ??s reputation as the leading expert in the field, the job nearly destroys it when her professional judgment is called into question. Emotionally estranged from her mother, with a brother immersed in his own troubles, Miranda has no one to turn to...except Ryan Boldari, a seductive art thief whose own agenda forces them into a reluctant alliance.

Now it becomes clear that the incident in Maine was not a simple muggingâ??and that The Dark Lady may possess as many secrets as its beautiful namesake once did. For Miranda, forced to rely on herselfâ??and a partner who offers her both unnerving suspicion and intoxicating passionâ??the only way home is filled with deception, treachery, and a danger that thre

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