If you have nothing nice to say about Nora Roberts' books you can at least mention that they're well written. They're engaging. They're fun. You get into the swing of reading one and have a hard time putting it down. And this is a very, very good thing.

Fortunately for me, this was a good book. Lil and Coop were dynamic. They both had issues to work through and they both did exactly that. Plot? Childhood friends Lil and Coop grew up and fell in love in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Time and pride and the different paths their lives were heading made them part ways, but neither has forgotten the other. When Coop settles back into the old homestead to help his grandparents out, he and Lil begin to rekindle the feelings they've never let go of. To make things super exciting, a serial killer is targeting Lil and the animals she protects at her wildlife refuge. Because working through a decade of broken hearts and bruised feelings isn't hard enough. Two thumbs up.