Charmed

CHARMED is the third book in the Donovan Legacy. Anastasia Donovan is the youngest Donovan cousin. She's an herbalist and healer who, after suffering heartbreak when telling the man she loved about her gifts, has chosen to live alone and quietly.

Boone Sawyer is a widower with a six-year-old daughter who moves into the house next door. He's an author of children's fantasy books. His daughter Jessie has never met a stranger and quickly gets to know Annie.

Boone is intrigued by the quiet beauty next door and wants to get to know her. The couple fall in love but Annie's secret could end things between them.

I enjoyed catching up with the Donovan's again. Annie's older cousins have found their loves and are building strong marriages and show more families. In fact, the birth of Morgana and Nash's twins are a central part of this story.

The characters are well-developed and well-rounded people. I enjoyed the magic and romance that infused this story. show less

My favorite of the trilogy, and the epilogue was a lovely way to finish up all their stories. I think the Donovan books will always hold a space for me as nostalgic comfort reads; witchcraft and romance is a great combination.

For those of you playing along at home, Charmed is the third book in the Donovan Legacy series. Three cousins, Morgana, Sebastian and Anastasia are all witches of Irish descent. With Morgana and Sebastian married off in Captivated and Entranced respectively, Ana is the last single cousin/witch. She is having the most trouble finding a mate due to her supernatural ability to feel empathy and heal broken whatevers. Enter Boone Sawyer, single (widower) dad and new (convenient) neighbor. Even more conveniently enough, he writes fairy tales and has even corresponding with the Donovan matriarch in Ireland. He's a big fan. Ana falls in love with his daughter and Boone falls in love with Ana. It's a match made in heaven except Ana can't tell show more Boone she really is a witch. She's afraid he will act like the last guy and dump her cold. So she has cold feet. It takes an accident for them to break the impasse and live happily ever after. Hey, this is a Nora Roberts romance after all! show less

Anastasia Donovan is a witch and a herbalist. Resigned to a life of solitude due to her abilities her life is put off it's steady course when Boone Sawyer and his charming daughter move in next door. Will he accept her for what she is or run away from her and her powers.

Readable fluff from Nora, amusing but nothing exceptional. Falls for the Wicca is an ancient religion trap.

Typical paranormal, magic romance novel. Boy meets girl, they fall in love, they have a fight, they get back together, they live happily ever after. This one comes with a twist though, it's part of the Donovan legacy series, which means witches shown in a positive light, although I'm not thrilled about how they make witch mean Wicca when they are 2 completely different things, but I digress. Anyway, it's a cute, easy to read story with a few rather requisite steamy sex scenes, LOL. Light reading for sure! I never read the first 2 in the series, so I'm going to have to go back & find those, but fine as a stand alone too.

Book 3. Good. Typical Roberts. I wanted to throttle the H a few times.

Third part of the Donovan legacy. Anastacia is the last of the three cousins to remain single. Her gifts as a healer keep her apart from the world more than her cousins so it takes someone moving in next door to break through her defences.