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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Hidden Nature

Hidden Nature, June 2025
by Nora Roberts

St. Martin's Press
Featuring: Sloan Cooper
448 pages
ISBN: 125037085X
EAN: 9781250370853
Kindle: B0DDJC6XS2
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"A Shot, A Secret, A Second Chance: HIDDEN NATURE Thrills from Page One"

Fresh Fiction Review

Hidden Nature
Nora Roberts

Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted May 23, 2025

Thriller Crime | Women's Fiction Psychological

A Natural Resources police officer Sloan Cooper along with her partner Joel Warren, had just completed the horrific job of taking down three men who had been preying on hikers. Driving back from the Maryland mountains and stopping for gas changes Sloan’s life forever. A gunshot from a jittery thief in the robbery of the store takes her to a near-death experience bringing out her HIDDEN NATURE.

On the mend after dying on the operating room table, facing a long painful recovery, she moves into her parents’ house in Heron’s Rest.  Being dumped by a boyfriend via text while still in the hospital, hadn’t helped but she is ready to move on. But, then again, moving on just might mean finding a new man, one that means she finally has someone of her own.

Nash Littlefield was also starting over. From here on he was going to live the life he wanted not one dictated by his impossible to please family. He now has a place to live and thrive as the person he is becoming. Finding a woman who accepts him is a big plus. Before Nash knows it life has a new meaning and Sloan has him thinking about a simplified, love-filled future. When danger comes there is no way he will let her out of his sight.

As Sloan is rebuilding her strength, her boss asks her to help out and hone her mystery-solving skills. She finds herself peeling away the layers of a missing person’s case. After finding some similar cases and working to find a common link, the one that comes to light is beyond bizarre.

HIDDEN NATURE is an amazingly well-written and frightening read by author Nora Roberts. This is one of those books that pulls you in from beginning to end. The twists start at the very beginning with the introduction of Sloan, her Natural Resources partner Joel and his wife Sari and her Mama Dee. Another intriguing character includes Nash’s brother Theo, who escapes from their overbearing family to join Nash.

It is fast-paced without a lull in the action, even as readers get to know the people that populate the town and her heroine’s life. Ms. Roberts certainly knows how to build a world with people who are realistic – even the twisted crazies could make a realistic news headline.

HIDDEN NATURE is a psychological thriller with a sweet, steamy romance with many touches of warmth, and humor. As with anything by this author, HIDDEN NATURE is a do-not-miss-out read!

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SUMMARY

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author presents a novel about an injured cop who must fight to bring down a pair of twisted killers…

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.


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