Key of Valor
by Nora Roberts

Fate brings three women together for a chance to
unlock their deepest desires in the Key Trilogy. Now, in
the stunning conclusion, it�s Zoe�s turn�

Growing up, Zoe McCourt did not have an easy life�some
might call it �disadvantaged.� A hairstylist from a
West Virginia trailer park, she ended up in beautiful
Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania, by sheer determination.
How she ended up on a quest for a key to unlock the soul
of a warrior demigoddess is another story�

Invited
to an imposing estate overlooking the town, she met
Malory Price and Dana Steele. Each woman was at a
crossroads in her life, each facing an uncertain future.
And a mysterious couple offered them the chance of a
lifetime: a million dollars each if they could free the
trapped souls of three mythological sisters�an artist,
a bard, and a warrior.

Malory and Dana had to reach
deep inside themselves to find their keys�and not
without paying a price. Now, it has become Zoe�s quest.
As a single mother, she has more to risk, more to lose.
But her courage in the face of overwhelming odds cannot
be underestimated. A nurturer to her son, a defender of
her friends, she must confront dark forces amassed
against her to make all of their dreams come true�

Don�t miss the other books in the Key Trilogy�

Originally published January 2004 in mass market
paperback for Jove Boooks.

Other Books by Nora Roberts

The Rise of Magicks
Chronicles of The One Book 3

Hideaway

Year One
Chronicles of the One Book 1

Come Sundown

Midnight Bayou

Nora Roberts' Bio

Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring Maryland, the youngest of five children. After a school career that included some time in Catholic school and the disciplines of nuns, she married young and settled in Keedysville, Maryland. She worked briefly as a legal secretary. "I could type fast but couldn't spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever," she says now. After her sons were born she stayed home and tried every craft that came along. A blizzard in February 1979 forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate. Born into a family of readers, Nora had never known a time that she wasn't reading or making up stories. During the now famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981. Nora met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world and opened a bookstore together. Through the years, Nora has always been surrounded by men. Not only was she the youngest in her family, but she was also the only girl. She has raised two sons. Having spent her life surrounded by men has given Ms. Roberts a fairly good view of the workings of the male mind, which is a constant delight to her readers. It was, she's been quoted as saying, a choice between figuring men out or running away screaming. Nora is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry. Recently The New Yorker called her “America’s favorite novelist.”