Review: Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts

Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was provided both an ALC and ARC via Netgalley, all opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this romantic suspense.  This follows Sloan, a Natural Resource Police Officer, who was injured in the line of duty.  She moves back home for her slow and steady recovery with family surrounding her.  She also takes a new job in her hometown, but when a string of missing people pops up she can't help herself from investigating on her own terms.  Something just doesn't feel right about the cases and she is determined to figure out what is going on.  In the mean time, a new neighbor comes to town to flip a old house and start a handyman business with his brother.  Nash turns out to be great at building and fixing things, he is also a good listener when Sloan needs someone to bounce ideas off of.

I really enjoyed the alternating chapters between Sloan and the villains.  We really got to get into the heads of the bad guys and understand their motivations, as out there as they were.  While you don't have to agree with their mission, you can certainly see that they believed wholeheartedly in what they were doing misguided as it was.  This was almost like reading an episode of Criminal Minds, but you really got know Sloan and her family and you got to see the relationship with Nash really develop.  I also really enjoyed the setting, I've been to some of the places this is set in and I've driven past others in my travels.  Nora Roberts always does a great job describing the outdoor settings and building the character dynamics.

The audiobook is narrated by January LaVoy, who is always a pleasure to listen to.  She always does a fantastic job with every audiobook she narrates.

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