The Obsession
The riveting new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Liar. Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father's crimes and made him infamous. Now a...
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The riveting new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Liar. Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father's crimes and made him infamous. Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, thousands of miles away from everything she's ever known. Naomi wants to embrace the solitude, but the residents of Sunrise Cove keep forcing her to open up - especially the determined Xander Keaton. Naomi can feel her defenses failing, and knows that the connection her new life offers is something she's always secretly craved. But as she's learned time and again, her past is never more than a nightmare away.
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Format: Audible Audio Edition
ASIN: B01DDXXPNE
Publish date: 2016-04-12
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
Not too much to say here. Roberts focuses mostly on the suspense aspect of this book and it works much better. The main reason why I gave it three stars is that I think that it would have been smart to include the POV of Naomi's brother as well. Thank goodness though he doesn't enter into a romance ...
This book is a mix of Boonsboro trilogy, the ...In Death series, the television show Criminal Minds, and category Romance. This is not a good mix, but the book ended up being okay. It started off with such potential. Naomi Bowes, age 11, follows her father into the West Virginian woods one night a...
I can always trust what I'm going to get with a Nora Roberts book and to date, I don't think I've been disappointed. I thought this might be a first as I made my way through the first few chapters. It was like an episode of Criminal Minds and that's not really how I want my Noras to be! *LOL* Bu...
The “who is behind this” mystery in the modern day portion of the story is not much of a mystery. Doesn’t matter because this isn’t a whodunnit. What does matter is that Roberts masterfully paints this world and then creates characters that are so compelling within it. Naomi is a photographer and al...
The Obsession was a thrilling ride as we followed Naomi from the point when her life shattered at eleven years old through to when the past once again haunted her at age twenty-nine. What happened in between was a story of heartache, doubt, strength and ultimately hope. ‘Had she really told herself...