It’s romance, sure… but it’s also suspense and drama and comedy and horror and … well, you get the idea What it taught me: That romance can go anywhere. Other media: While I wouldn’t doubt there’s some Hallmark-esque film version of this floating around out there somewhere, I’ve found no evidence of its existence I thought wrongįun Facts: Nora Roberts was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame

I thought for sure I knew who the baddie was. I’m still not a fan of unexpected point-of-view shifts within the same scene, but I’ll say that good old Nora does it about as well as it can be done Greatest strengths: Smooth(ish) head-hopping. Most memorable scene: What young Naomi discovers in the root cellar in the woods out back Notable characters: Naomi Bowes/Carson, a photographer and daughter of a serial killer Xander Keaton, the Nora-Roberts-style sexy car-mechanic-love-interest who makes men everywhere look and feel substandard Mason, Naomi’s brother, the FBI profiler I’d rather keep it in front of me, so I can see where it’s going.” But the sins of her father can become an obsession, and, as she’s learned time and again, her past is never more than a nightmare away.My favorite quote: “You put something behind you, Nome, it’s got its eye on your back. Naomi can feel her defenses failing, and knows that the connection her new life offers is something she’s always secretly craved. Naomi wants to embrace the solitude, but the kindly residents of Sunrise Cove keep forcing her to open up - especially the determined Xander Keaton. Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, a rambling old house in need of repair, thousands of miles away from everything she’s ever known. No matter how close she gets to happiness, she can’t outrun the sins of Thomas David Bowes. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father’s crimes and made him infamous. Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. She took a step back, then two, as the urge to run fell over her.” “She stood in the deep, dark woods, breath shallow and cold prickling over her skin despite the hot, heavy air. The riveting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Liar.

The Obsession by Nora Roberts