Roberts might be one of my favorite authors, this book is not my favorite.Ī family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts’ emotional new suspense novel, Hideaway.Ĭaitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather. The author does a superb job of pulling all the threads together and tying up the story with a bow.Īll’s well that ends well, and Caitlyn and Dillon, with the supporting cast of both sets of families, make for a lovely picture. As the dominoes from the past start to fall, the police, sheriff, and his trusty deputy have their suspicions but no way to prove the facts. The villain is no longer content to hide in the shadows and plans a final con. The story gathers momentum as the final act approaches. Don’t get me wrong, we do have glimpses of Dillon during the time Caitlyn is discovering herself. In fact, it’s not until the final quarter of the book when Caitlyn evenetually returns to the family estate in Monterey, where it all began, she gets to know Dillon again. Even if readers suspect that all romantic roads will lead to Dillon, it sure takes a long time getting there. I fell in love with the Sullivans, but the story, unfortunately while fleshing out a lot of background and getting Caitlyn to the next phase of her life, seems to go on too long and without too much direction.Ĭaitlyn first meets a teen-aged Dillon and his family on that fateful night when the light in the dark was his family’s farm and he discovered a distraught ten-year-old cowering in the kitchen. The story meanders while Caitlyn moves to New York, experiments with boys, and discovers herself. Once she’s back in Southern California, she joins the family business and suddenly she’s getting a storm of media attention and threatening phone calls in the middle of the night. Not everyone is happy with the outcome, but sleeping dogs lie while Caitlyn grows into a beautiful young woman on her family’s estate in Ireland. Roberts is such a fabulous writer, and readers can feel Caitlyn’s determination, fear, and pain as she stumbles in the dark until she sees a light shining in that darkness, promising safety. She manages to fool her kidnappers and successfully escape from captivity and put together the necessary facts to point the finger at the insider who engineered the attempt. The star is Caitlyn Sullivan, who might have been born into Hollywood royalty and treated like a princess, but she sure is brave and resourceful. This story kicks off with so much promise and an absolutely wonderfully diverse set of characters. Veena’s review of Hideaway by Nora Roberts