Wow. This was not the first Nora Roberts book to make me cry, but it was definitely the one that made me cry the hardest. I don't think Nora gets enough credit...because she is a "romance" writer, she gets painted into a corner as far as writing abilities go. However, as a creator of characters, she is a master, and this book was no different. What I loved about this one was that she created so MANY different characters...at least 20 with detailed backstories that were all cleverly interlinked...and that they were all so believable. Through the narrator (a biographer), I fell in love with her subject, Eve, and as the story unfolded (both Nora's and the biographer's), I was always on the edge of my seat. I think this book was like 440 pages, and I read the whole thing in a day...couldn't put it down. Perhaps my favorite one of hers, ever.