Review: The Witness

The Witness by Nora Roberts
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



CAUTION: Contains Spoilers

I would give this book an absolute 10, if that was possible. It was that amazing. It's one of those books that would make you reminiscent about it long into the night even after the satisfactory ending.

Nora Roberts, the author, is one of the best out there. I've read a few of her books and I love all of them. But this one is just special.

You just have to love Abigail, with her geeky, cautious intelligence and the dog named Bert.

And Brooks is just kickass. Accepted, I expected him to be a much more strong, alpha-male-ish character, but in the end, I had no regrets. He just balances her perfectly.

All the characters are very well built, with precise roles and substance.

If you are fan of romantic thrillers, then Nora Roberts is the best author for you...

Spoiler Alert:

This book is about Liz, an amazingly gifted, straight to Harvard 16 year old kinda girl with extraordinary IQ and photographic memory, living with her control-freak mother, goes into rebellion-teenager mode one very fine weekend. She changes her hair, goes shopping, clubbing, drinking and later into the night witnesses her friend's murder by the Russian Mafia.

She goes into witness protection program. But, the murderers want her dead and chase her and kill the agents taking care of her, forcing her to run.

Now twelve years later, we see Liz as Abigail, who lives the life of a nomad going from city to city, town to town, trying to keep a low profile everywhere. She poses as a freelance programmer and comes to the town of Ozarks.

Her mysterious persona and guarded gait, piques Police Chief Brooks interest. I mean, who doesn't like a girl who knows to handle many kinds of guns and has her dog trained to understand many languages?

With his refusal to leave her alone and after one too may pies, their interest in each other, soon turns into a passionate love affair. One leaves both of them breathless. Her logical brain shuts down as her heart rams with his and his need to protect her from whatever it is that hurts her makes him throw caution to the air.

Will Brooks be the one to ground her?

Will she give her carefully planned life for him? Will she ever get over that one night that completely changer her life?

This is one book of Nora Roberts you just can't miss.

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