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Hidden Nature

Nora Roberts (2025-05-27)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages482 (Chunky (400-600))
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Heroine archetypes

Career-Driven Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Synopsis

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author presents a novel about an injured cop who must fight to bring down a pair of twisted killers... Natural Resources police officer, Sloan Cooper, and her partner had just taken down three men preying on hikers in the Western Maryland mountains. Driving back, she pulled in at a convenience store—and walked right into a robbery in progress. One gunshot from a jittery thief was about to change her world. After being shocked back to life on the operating table, she has a long recovery ahead, so she moves back to her parents’ peaceful house in Heron’s Rest. As for the boyfriend who dumped her via text while she was in the hospital, good riddance. She may be down, but she’s not out. So when a woman vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, Sloan searches online for similar cases. She finds them, spread across three states. Men and women, old and young—the missing seem to have nothing in common. And the abductions keep happening. Luckily, the new man in her life shares her passion for solving this mystery. But it will take every ounce of endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case—and she's willing to risk her life again if that's what it takes to stop the horror.

Tags

crime thrillerpolice procedural

Hidden Nature: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This adult romantic suspense novel contains graphic violence including gunshot wounds, multiple abductions and murders, and the investigation of serial crimes. Romance elements are present but not explicit.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include graphic violence, murder, kidnapping, and death (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Adult readers will be gripped by the wounded cop's determination to solve a chilling abduction mystery while recovering from a near-fatal shooting.