SOLVED. Romantic suspense. A woman is in hiding from an abusive spouse. Book setting is maybe an island in the northwest, or maybe northeast. A sheriff or police chief helps her. I believe the woman has a child. [s]

[Anne]

A woman is in hiding from an abusive spouse. Book setting is maybe an island in the northwest, or maybe northeast. A sheriff or police chief helps her. I believe the woman has a child. Romantic Suspense. This book was one of the first of this type of book. Read the book years ago and would like to reread it.

[Jesse]

Could it be Safe Haven?

[Anne]

It is similar, but came out way before SAFE HAVEN.

[bb.]

Probably not it but...Don't Tell by Karen Rose.

[Anne]

That is also similar, but is not it.

[HeavyReader]

I suggest you add some of the details of the plot to the title of this thread. Most every post is by someone who knows the plot of a book but needs the title. Any details in the title may jog the memory of someone who does not read every single post.

Good luck finding your book!

[Megan]

Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen. Her abusive husband is a cop in New York and she flees to Florida.

[Anne]

I bought this book a few minutes ago. It is not the one. However, it seems like a good book. I am grateful for the help.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Anne wrote: " Read the book years ago an..."

How many years ago? 10? 20? 40?

[Library Lady 📚]

Do you remember if the author was male or female? Any of the character's names? Did the woman have children? Was the book a romance, or more a suspense book with romance thrown in?

[Anne]

Female. Suspense with romance thrown in. I read this in the 1980s or 1990s.

[Lauren]

?

[Anne]

I have read the Nora Roberts book. That is not the one.

[Amber (Daisymau)]

Exposureby Susan Andersen?
Forever After by Catherine Anderson?

Edited to say that Exposure was published in 1996 and Forever After in 1998.

[Amber (Daisymau)]

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[Michele]

Rose Madder? It has most of these elements, though in a slightly different arrangement (the cop is the abusive husband, not the man who helps her).

[Jennifer]

could it be a BJ Daniels book

[Anne]

Amber, you are good. The book is Exposure. Thank you so very much.

[Anne]

Solved

[Amber (Daisymau)]

You're welcome. I downloaded Exposure and am reading it now.