The Black Hillsby
Nora Roberts
" #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts takes us deep into the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, where the shadows keep secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion.
A summer at his grandparents’ South Dakota ranch is not eleven-year-old Cooper Sullivan’s idea of a good time. But things are a bit more bearable now that he’s discovered the neighbor girl, Lil Chance, and her homemade batting cage. Even horseback riding isn’t as awful as Coop thought it would be. Each year, with Coop’s annual summer visit, their friendship deepens from innocent games to stolen kisses, but there is one shared experience that will forever haunt them: the terrifying discovery of a hiker’s body.
As the seasons change and the years roll, Lil stays steadfast to her dreams of becoming a wildlife biologist and protecting her family land, while Coop struggles with his father’s demand that he attend law school and join the family firm. Twelve years after they last walked together hand in hand, fate has brought them back to the Black Hills when the people and things they hold most dear need them most.
An investigator in New York, Coop recently left his fast-paced life to care for his aging grandparents and the ranch he has come to call home. Though the memory of his touch still haunts her, Lil has let nothing stop her dream of opening the Chance Wildlife Refuge, but something . . . or someone . . . has been keeping a close watch. When small pranks and acts of destruction escalate into the heartless killing of Lil’s beloved cougar, recollections of an unsolved murder in these very hills have Coop springing to action to keep Lil safe.
Lil and Coop both know the natural dangers that lurk in the wild landscape of the Black Hills. But now they must work together to unearth a killer of twisted and unnatural instincts who has singled them out as prey."
(This audio book was a gift to me from a MP friend and I just finished listening to it Monday night on my way home from work. Although I find love stories unrealistic, this novel also involved action/adventure and held my interest with its quick pace. As always click on the title and the authors name for more information.)
Glad you enjoyed the book. It kept my attention riveted during a drive from Little Rock to New Orleans and back about a year ago. The miles flew by ... had to be careful because I would get caught up in the story and suddenly I"m doing 100 mph heading down I-55. Had to back off to a more respectable 80 and lock in the cruise control, especially driving through Mississippi!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had more time to listen/read... it sounds like a good audio book for the car... :)
ReplyDeleteIt really was a good story. I did have a bit of an embarrassing moment though. I had it playing with the window part way down when I was stopped in traffic at a construction area. Wouldn't you know it was during a very steamy part of the book.
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