Identity - Nora Roberts

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Title: Identity
Author: Nora Roberts
Genre: chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook ~15hours
Date read: July, 2023

Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender. But after she and Nina host their first dinner party—attended by Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who'd been chatting her up at the bar—her carefully built world is shattered. The back door glass is broken, cash and jewelry are missing, her car is gone, and Nina lies dead on the floor.

Soon, a horrific truth emerges: It was Morgan who let the monster in. "Luke” is actually a cold-hearted con artist named Gavin who targets a particular type of woman, steals her assets and identity, and then commits his ultimate goal: murder.

What the FBI tells Morgan is beyond chilling. Nina wasn't his type. Morgan is. Nina was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. And Morgan's nightmare is just beginning. Soon she has no choice but to flee to her mother's home in Vermont. While she struggles to build something new, she meets another man, Miles Jameson. He isn't flashy or flirtatious, and his family business has deep roots in town. But Gavin is still out there hunting new victims, and he hasn't forgotten the one who got away.


Pretty stereotypical Nora Roberts. But I like stereotypical Nora Roberts, so that suited me just fine :-) I really like that with the obvious exception of the "bad guy", people are generally just genuinely nice in Nora Roberts novels. It makes for pleasant reading.

I really enjoyed reading about Morgan's job at the resort. I always find it fascinating to read when people are passionate about their work, and this really shone through here. I don't know if Nora Roberts has bartended herself, or if it's all made up for the book, but it worked for me regardless.

Not sure how realistic the bad guy was here, but it worked in the context of its own universe, so that's fine by me.