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Book Review of The Witness

The Witness
The Witness
Author: Nora Roberts
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Hardcover
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When sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Fitch rebels against her controlling mother who plans out every step of Elizabeth's life, everything goes wrong. Drinking and partying at a night club, a man with a Russian accent lures Elizabeth and her friend to his home. After that night, nothing was ever the same.

Twelve years later, Elizabeth is calling herself Abigail Lowery. She lives alone in a cabin in the Ozarks. Abigail designs security systems, some of which she is using on her own home. Police Chief Brooks Gleason is intrigued by Abigail. She only comes to town occasionally for groceries, never making friends or stopping at the local café for lunch. He wants to know why she is hiding in her little cabin, away from civilization.

This is an excellent romantic suspense story. The heroine gets mixed up with the Russian Mafia who wants her dead. Now she is hiding in a backwater town in the mountains, hoping no one ever discovers her. I loved the story, and I loved Abigail and Brooks' relationship. I was so happy that the author didn't choose to write the "you're better off without me" relationship and let them work together. My rating: 5 Stars.