Hideaway - Nora Roberts

Title: Hideaway
Author: Nora Roberts
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 454
Date read:
July, 2020

Caitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather. At nine, she was already a star—yet still an innocent child who loved to play hide and seek with her cousins at the family home in Big Sur. It was during one of those games that she disappeared. Some may have considered her a pampered princess, but Cate was in fact a smart, scrappy fighter, and she managed to escape her abductors. Dillon Cooper was shocked to find the bloodied, exhausted girl huddled in his house—but when the teenager and his family heard her story they provided refuge, reuniting her with her loved ones.

Cate’s ordeal, though, was far from over. First came the discovery of a shocking betrayal that would send someone she’d trusted to prison. Then there were years spent away in western Ireland, peaceful and protected but with restlessness growing in her soul. Finally, she would return to Los Angeles, gathering the courage to act again and get past the trauma that had derailed her life. What she didn’t yet know was that two seeds had been planted that long-ago night—one of a great love, and one of a terrible vengeance…


Just as captivating as I have come to expect from Nora Roberts' newer books. As always, it is a story about resilience and overcoming a traumatic experience, but while I recognize Nora Roberts' books as being formulaic, it really doesn't bother me, as I still find them very well-written and engaging. I grew to love Cate and her grandparents, and adored Dillon and his family.

I subtracted the last star, because I found the ending a bit too sudden. It didn't really feel like all ends were tied up - or that all motives were explained at least. But that was a minor detail in an otherwise excellent book.