The Witness

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Liz has been on the run ever since. We move on to Brook’s part of the story which takes us to a little town in the Ozarks. Brooks is the Sheriff of the town and he is intrigued with the newcomer that stays to herself. He noses around a bit, like any good cop and forms a relationship with Liz, who is now going by the name Abigail. This is where the story goes from fantastic to blow me away. This book is all about character. The ending is absolutely fantastic. I thought it was going to go one way and she blew me away with the outcome. I’ve read a lot of Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb books over the years, but this book, is by far one of her best books period. There were so many facets to this story that stood out, it is hard to summarize them all. Watching Abigail learn to trust, and therefore truly live her life for the first time was wonderful to read. Brooks devotion to her was heartwarming, and their time together full of passion and heat.

Heat level: Mild. They have some mild tension, chemistry, and scenes -- but not so much it takes away from the story.Besides the “In Death” series, Nora Roberts is know for her prolific and immense body of work, routinely writing and publishing an average of 15 novels per year. She is best know for publishing trilogies of romance thrillers, which, according to Nora Roberts herself, allows the work come together more completely, and enables a more fluid and accessible storyline.

This book is a refreshing change from NR’s usual suspense books. There were no how-to lectures on gardening and renovations and Abigail is written as a unique character in the Nora Roberts pantheon of heroines. I enjoy all of Nora Roberts’ books, but having written so many, some of her characters can feel too familiar. This wasn’t the case with Abigail. This poor teen girl. Yes, it was a traumatic start. I just wished her a better life. Elizabeth's mom was a egocentric bitch (in the right word and meaning) without any ability to feel feelings for, or want to take tender care of, of her own young daughter.Overall Opinion: This was enjoyable. I liked the characters and I liked how they worked so well together. I appreciated the balance between romance and suspense, which is usually one of my gripes with this genre when it isn’t that good balance. However, I would’ve liked more steam and I would’ve liked a lot more in the end. I felt like towards the end there was actually too much focus on the fluffy romance parts and enough focus on the results of her work against the bad guys she was up against or in giving us a concrete HEA! Overall, while I had similar complaints as when I read the only other book by this author, Obsession - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., I did enjoy it more and might give Ms. Roberts another shot sometime.