false <![CDATA[Black Hills]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255636335m/6013511.jpg 6013511 17 <B>#1 <I>New York Times</I>–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.</B> 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. Coop recently left his fast-paced life as an investigator in New York to take care of 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, memories 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. Now they must work together to unearth a killer of twisted and unnatural instincts who has singled them out as prey. 5083472 book 7 7 2009 Black Hills total:892|5:219|4:351|3:250|2:63|1:9| 892 3384 1441 236 4 8 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 14 05:47:29 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 21 08:33:23 -0700 2009
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The suspense was pretty good, although the reader is told who the killer is about halfway through the novel, so it's not really a who...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 18:38:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 18:50:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 06:54:05 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 08:01:07 -0700 2009

"Black Hills" by Nora Roberts
(from inside flap)

A summer at his grandparents' South Dakota Ranch is not what 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 h...
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Twelve year old Cooper Sullivan was sent to the Black Hills to stay with...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:52:34 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 02:17:41 -0700 2009
Lil i...more...]]> 3 6 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:08:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 12:52:00 -0700 2009 1 The setting (South Dakota), the information (endangered animals, especially big cats), most of the characters (but not the hero).

I didn't like:
The plot (psychopathic killer stalks our heroine; shades of Montana Sky), the hero (my way or else, my way or else, my way or...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 03:44:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 05:52:14 -0700 2009 One Sentence Summary:
Can Dr Lillian Chance and ex-cop Cooper Sullivan outwit a crazed serial killer to save Lil's Wildlife Refuge and reignite the passionate flame of first love?

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As someone who has read several of Nora Roberts' novels, I was able to predict major plot events as they are somewhat ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 05:32:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 08:13:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 22:14:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 00:09:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 15:07:41 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 14:56:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 13:44:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 07:37:15 -0700 2009 That being said, I agree with most of the other reviews a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 01:10:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 23:57:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 19:57:49 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 19:57:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 4 false true Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 21:33:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:10:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 18:02:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 21:20:47 -0700 2009
The mystery and suspense is incredible! It reminds me of the "old way" James Patterson used to write - not that he isn't good anymore, but...more...]]> 1 1 false true Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 19:31:36 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 17:01:53 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6013511