Unlike many women, I had never read anything by Nora Roberts until now. I had falsely assumed her books were simply romantic fluff. I am not too proud to enjoy being proven wrong!
I picked this book up to show to a customer in the book store a few weeks ago, and as I handed it to her, it caught my attention. Blah blah blah...
And so, I read it. Devoured it actually.
First of all, Ms Roberts is a very good story teller and weaves many tendrils together to create fully fleshed- out characters of many dimensions. Her characters are people I wish I knew. And one of them reminds me a bit of an old friend...
This story is a thriller, in a sense, and combines intrigue with the hard work of training and running search and rescue dogs, and tosses in just a wee bit of romance, just to add some hoped for spice.
The 'searches' her team are called on to locate are both typical of the real world and touching in their vulnerabilities and foibles.
The dogs... well the dogs are as well-developed as the humans and as integral to every aspect of the book.
I will say no more.
Enjoy!
Best Wishes,
Victoria
