Once Upon a Kiss »

One of the most prolific and popular writers in the world, Nora Roberts (who also writes as her edgier alter-ego J. D. Robb) publishes multiple books a year. Not that it s enough for her fans, who tear through her unconventional romances. With her trademark mix of fantasy, mystery, and romance, Roberts has created her own genre -- and romance fans are grateful for it!

Love, passion, and desire. It all begins with a kiss...

A World Apart

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts

A ravishing medieval Demon Slayer arrives in 20th century New York to brave a strange new world—and a man who will be her destiny.

Impossible

Jill Gregory

The battle between two warring families becomes a battle of the sexes when a bewitching beauty finds herself kidnapped by her sworn enemy.

Sealed With a Kiss

Ruth Ryan Langan

Her father may have given her hand in marriage to a fearsome warlord, but it’s his trusted warrior who captures her heart...

Kiss Me, Kate

Marianne Willman

A lovely American inherits an English manor and her dreams of romance come true when she meets an enchanted prince. But is he her one true love?

Publishers Weekly

The four stories in Once Upon a Kiss, the newest volume in the Once Upon... series (Once Upon a Rose, etc.), contain elements of the fantastic, but only Nora Roberts and Jill Gregory succeed in making the unbelievable believable. Fate pairs a contemporary P.I. with an Amazonian demon slayer from a parallel universe in Roberts's irresistibly funny "A World Apart," and shades of Harry Potter and Romeo & Juliet can be found in Gregory's "Impossible," a charming fable of two lovers who bring peace to their feuding families through marriage. In contrast, Ruth Ryan Langan ("Sealed with a Kiss") and Marianne Willman ("Kiss Me, Kate") stumble with stories that would have been better suited as novels. Overall, this unbalanced collection isn't likely to encourage readers new to the series to look up the previous books, but there's no question that it will grace bestseller lists. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.