# Is "Born in Fire" by Nora Roberts a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Born in Fire by Nora Roberts (Jove, 1994) is identified by: Mass-market paperback original from Jove (a Berkley/Penguin imprint), October 1994, ISBN 0515114693, with a full first-printing number line ending in 1. Paperback original from Jove is the true first; representative of Roberts's collectible category-romance trilogies.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Mass-market paperback original from Jove (a Berkley/Penguin imprint), October 1994, ISBN 0515114693, with a full first-printing number line ending in 1
- Book one of the Born In (Irish Born) trilogy featuring the Concannon sisters of County Clare
- Publisher imprint reads Jove
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Nora Roberts |
| Publisher | Jove |
| Year | 1994 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Mass-market paperback original from Jove (a Berkley/Penguin imprint), October 1994, ISBN… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Mass-market paperback original from Jove (a Berkley/Penguin imprint), October 1994, ISBN 0515114693, with a full first-printing number line ending in 1. Book one of the Born In (Irish Born) trilogy featuring the Concannon sisters of County Clare.

## Is this the true first?
Paperback original from Jove is the true first; representative of Roberts's collectible category-romance trilogies.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings show a shortened number line; no book club edition applies to this paperback original.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Born in Fire* by Nora Roberts a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/born-in-fire
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.