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| Original Title: | Black Hills |
| ISBN: | 0399155813 (ISBN13: 9780399155819) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Lil Chance, Cooper Sullivan |
| Setting: | Black Hills, South Dakota,2009(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance (2009) |
Nora Roberts
Hardcover | Pages: 472 pages Rating: 4.11 | 33768 Users | 1557 Reviews
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| Title | : | Black Hills |
| Author | : | Nora Roberts |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 472 pages |
| Published | : | July 7th 2009 by Putnam (first published July 2nd 2009) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Romantic Suspense. Mystery. Fiction. Suspense |
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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 aspiration 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.
Coop recently left his fast-paced life as an investigator in New York to take 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. Now they must work together to unearth a killer of twisted and unnatural instincts who has singled them out as prey.
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Ratings: 4.11 From 33768 Users | 1557 ReviewsDiscuss Of Books Black Hills
BLACK HILLSWritten by Nora Roberts 2009; Putnam (472 Pages)Genre: romantic suspense, mysteryRating: ★★1/2 Eleven year old Cooper Sullivan feels like his parents exiled him to his maternal grandparents ranch in South Dakota and is down in the dumps until he meets tomboyish Lil Chance. The two become fast friends bonding over baseball, horseback riding and their encounter with a cougar. Over the years as Cooper visits, he and Lil become more than friends until one day Cooper breaks Lils heart andThis book was published in 2009 but I just now got around to reading it. I prefer Nora's older stuff, anyway, and this one kept me fascinated to the very end. Nicely done.
I have to give credit to the main topic,which is probably the only thing I really liked about it, big cat preserve, which was an interesting set up. At the same time,the novel was too drawn out and once again,as with many writers, too repetitive. OK, I get it, Lil is concerned about her "interns,her animals, her family"-but how many times does the reader need to be reminded? Lil often sounded like a broken record. The same goes for her relationship with Coop.Right. I get she didn't want to get
I loved Lil and Coop together. They were adorable together. Farley and Tansy were also adorable together. I may have shed a few tears when Farley had gone outside when they were going to start making plans for a house then Jenna followed him out, and he called her Ma. Baby was my favorite of all the animals especially since he had followed Lil and he was her favorite also. Lil and Coop's relationship showed that you never get over your first love. It also showed that there are always obstacles
The story is set in a wildlife refuge in the Black Hills of South Dakota, hence the title. Lil Chance met brooding city boy named Cooper Sullivan, who clearly had family issues but wont admit it. Soon they became close with each other and remain friends until their adolescent years.But in their case, absence didnt make the heart grow fonder. Because during the times that they didnt see each other, their feelings had grown apart and the long distance had deviated their attention well, mostly in
3.5 stars. really enjoyable book. I found it hard to put down at times. Cool meets Lil when he is 11 after being sent to live with his grandparents while his parents attempt to save their marriage. What he thinks will be the worst summer of his life becomes one that shapes his life. Coop meets Lil, a baseball loving girl with a homemade baseball diamond in her backyard. He continues to visit his grandparents each summer and his bond with Lil grows turning into romance during their teen years.
I liked:The setting (South Dakota), the information (endangered animals, especially big cats), most of the characters (but not the hero).I didn't like:The plot (psychopathic killer stalks our heroine; shades of Montana Sky), the hero (my way or else, my way or else, my way or else; if that's his idea of love, no thanks), the heroine (for letting him have his way).Roberts does her usual trademark workmanlike stuff, so the book is readable. However, the "love" story kept pissing me off so much
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