liz_mackie 's review for:

Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts

5.0

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An absorbing standalone centred around wounded police officer Sloan Cooper who is back in her hometown recuperating from a near fatal shooting. When a woman was reported missing something about the case caught the attention of a bored Sloan and the more she questioned events, the more intrigued she became until looking into other seemingly random disappearances across three states with no apparent similarities, she uncovers a connection, one that strikes a little too close to home for comfort. 

The Queen of romantic suspense has done it again, giving readers a fantastic romantic suspense novel balancing out the intrigue without skimping on all the feels and emotions with a love story of found family, you don’t just read her books but fall headfirst into them with each new release better than the last. Hidden Nature had everything I love in a book. A picturesque smalltown setting, a gripping plot filled with mystery, intrigue, danger, and suspense that builds throughout the story and of course wonderful characters not only with the hero and heroine but the secondary characters as well. Sloan and Noah’s relationship was slowburn, initially more of a ‘friends with benefits’ situation, both had just made major changes in their lives so weren’t in the market for serious until love snuck up on them and with Sloan came her loving family, something that had been missing in Noah’s life. They were a great partnership with Noah acting as a sounding board for Sloan as well as offering his own insights and as Sloan hunted them, interspersed throughout the story were glimpses into the everyday lives of the protagonists. Yes, you know right from the beginning who they are but then again this isn’t a whodunnit.