BLACK HILLS

Title: Black Hills
Author: Nora Roberts
Jan's Rating: 9

Nora Roberts never disappoints me and is a first-class author. In Black Hills, the main character is Lil Chance, who lives in the black hills of South Dakota. Lil's parents own a lot of property there so when Lil graduates from college with a PhD, her parents give her some of their land so she can build a wild animal refuge where she takes in exotic animals that people bought for pets, and animals that are injured, or have been mistreated. Of course you can't read a Nora Roberts' book without some romance and there is plenty of that with Lil's neighbor, Cooper Sullivan, who she has known since childhood. Now, this all sounds like an ideal life, right? Well it's not because there is someone who is out to kill Lil and release all her animals into the wild. I won't tell you anymore of the story but take it from me, it is worth the read (471 pages).

JUST TAKE MY HEART

Book: Just Take My Heart
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Jan's Rating: 10

Jan's Opinion: I always enjoy Mary Higgins Clark's books and this was no exception. It kept me interested from beginning to end. Natalie Raines, a Broadway actress, accidentally discovers who killed her college roommate many years ago. When Natalie is found dead in her apartment, police assume her estranged husband killed her. Emily Wallace is the prosecutor who finally finds the truth but almost loses her life in the process.