Black Hills [Large Print] [Hardcover]

I've finished "Black Hills" by Nora Roberts.

Product Description

#1 New York Times-bestselling author Nora Roberts takes us deep into the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, where the shadows keep secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion.

A summer at his grandparents' South Dakota ranch is not eleven-year-old Cooper Sullivan's idea of a good time. But things are a bit more bearable now that he's discovered the neighbor girl, Lil Chance, and her homemade batting cage. Even horseback riding isn't as awful as Coop thought it would be. Each year, with Coop's annual summer visit, their friendship deepens from innocent games to stolen kisses, but there is one shared experience that will forever haunt them: the terrifying discovery of a hiker's body.

As the seasons change and the years roll, Lil stays steadfast to her dreams of becoming a wildlife biologist and protecting her family land, while Coop struggles with his father's demand that he attend law school and join the family firm. Twelve years after they last walked together hand in hand, fate has brought them back to the Black Hills when the people and things they hold most dear need them most.

An investigator in New York, Coop recently left his fastpaced life to care for his aging grandparents and the ranch he has come to call home. Though the memory of his touch still haunts her, Lil has let nothing stop her dream of opening the Chance Wildlife Refuge, but something . . . or someone . . . has been keeping a close watch. When small pranks and acts of destruction escalate into the heartless killing of Lil's beloved cougar, recollections of an unsolved murder in these very hills have Coop springing to action to keep Lil safe.

Lil and Coop both know the natural dangers that lurk in the wild landscape of the Black Hills. But now they must work together to unearth a killer of twisted and unnatural instincts who has singled them out as prey.

Product Details
Hardcover: 752 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult; Lrg edition (July 7, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399155872
ISBN-13: 978-0399155871

My Review:
 
I highly recommend this book if you like fast paced and well written story with great characters!
 
Storyline: There is two storylines with the first one is who killed a victim 15 yrs ago, some recent murders and who is after Lil and the second is the relationship between Lil and Cooper. 

Characters: All of the main characters were well written and I really enjoyed the history between Lil and Cooper. I could understand why Coop did what he did when he broke up with Lil (the reason behind it).  He wanted to become a cop and he did (he was one hell of a cop) and then went into security.  When a colleague is killed he decided he had enough and moved back home with his grandparents to help them.  Lil became a world-renowned biologist who specializes in wild cats and founded the Chance Wildlife Reserve.

Romance: I enjoyed the romance between Cooper and Lil because I enjoy books where the main characters are former lovers who find their way back to each other and they both are haunted by the dead body of girl they found 15 yrs ago.  I'm really glad they are finally back together at the end because they both love each other and it was young foolish thing that Coop did to lose Lil!

Killer: The main killer was just sick and really enjoyed his killings (had no remorse).  He believes he's god gift to woman and the reason for his killing is that they are invading his people's land.  He watched his father kill his mom when he was 15 (I believe)!

4/5