Hidden Nature - Romantic Suspense Review

Goodreads: Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts

Rating: Really Liked It (4 Stars)
Source:   Publisher

Description:  Natural Resources police officer, Sloan Cooper, and her partner had just taken down three men preying on hikers in the Western Maryland mountains. Driving back, she pulled in at a convenience store—and walked right into a robbery in progress. One gunshot from a jittery thief was about to change her world.

After being shocked back to life on the operating table, she has a long recovery ahead, so she moves back to her parents’ peaceful house in Heron’s Rest. As for the boyfriend who dumped her via text while she was in the hospital, good riddance.

She may be down, but she’s not out. So when a woman vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, Sloan searches online for similar cases. She finds them, spread across three states. Men and women, old and young—the missing seem to have nothing in common. And the abductions keep happening.

Luckily, the new man in her life shares her passion for solving this mystery. But it will take every ounce of endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case—and she's willing to risk her life again if that's what it takes to stop the horror.

Genre: Romance - Suspense

Why I Picked This Book:  I can never resist a new Nora Roberts book!  

My Impression:   This has so many of my very favorite Nora Roberts stuff.  There's a pair of brothers setting up a business in a new town.  There's a strong and close family who support each other and have an important role in the community.  There's a likable main character who has been through a nightmare but has worked her way back and made her life even better.   There are a couple of side character dogs and a side character romance.  There's also a mystery with some time spent in the bad guy's seriously creepy POV.  

This book starts with quite a bang with the shooting of the main character.  I enjoyed meeting Sloan when she's at a tough point in her life.  She's always been strong and independent and suddenly having to rely on people - even people she loves - is difficult.  I couldn't help but root for her as she fought for her recovery and for the life she wanted.  The romance took awhile to show up.  We meet Nash and Theo pretty early in as does Sloan and the rest of her family but the focus for both is not on a romance until halfway through the book.  There's so much going on - including development of the suspense plot that I didn't miss the romance.  

The suspense is super creepy and every time the bad guy showed up on the page I couldn't wait for them to go away again but at the same time I was completely pulled into what was happening with the disappearances.  

I really enjoyed the switch between the creepy disappearances and the day to day life of Sloan and those close to her.  This was a bit predictable but thoroughly enjoyable.  I was hooked from page one and few through this book.   It reminded me of why I look forward to a Nora Roberts suspense title every year!

Would I Read More of this Series/Author? Absolutely!  This is one of my most read authors and I can't wait for her next book.

Would I Recommend this Book?  If you like a good suspense title or are a fan of Nora Roberts' books this is a must read!

* I received this book in exchange for an honest review.  As always my opinions and impressions are completely my own. *