Three Fates / Nora Roberts / 822 pages / R. T. Reviewer's Choice Award

Three Fates is a rollicking run.  Beginning with the sinking of the Lusitania by German u-boats and the death of over 1000 as it sank, it recounts the story of one petty thief who has stolen from wealthy passengers while on board.  Among his stolen objects is an small silver statue - one of the 3 fates.  He is instrumental in saving the life of a young woman and her son and settles in Ireland after the shipwreck.  Fast forward a century and the thief's descendants are on a worldwide quest to recover their fate and the 2 others.  They team with a professor of mythology, an exotic dancer, and a security expert to outwit and outmaneuver a murderous widow.  The three Sullivans meet their beloveds in the unlikely, happily ever after tale.