Dora Conroy, una anticuaria, recibe por equivocación un envío de mercancía robada de incalculable valor, lo que da origen a una apasionante historia de amor e intriga.
Dora Conroy, una anticuaria, recibe por equivocación un envío de mercancía robada de incalculable valor, lo que da origen a una apasionante historia de amor e intriga. En efecto, el "propietario" de la mercancía intentará recuperarla a cualquier precio, y Dora buscará ayuda en un enigmático vecino, del que se enamora...

I enjoyed Dora and her family, the various other characters, and the antiques storyline. I couldn’t get past Jed though. What the author seems to have intended as "fascinatingly taciturn" I just found to be rude and immature. And Jed doesn’t limit himself to behaving like a churlish teenager, he escalates to physical violence. I don't care what happened in Jed's life, his behaviour throughout the book is in no way justified, alluring or romantic. I would have evicted him before even signing the lease agreement. ( )

When the quarantine ends I may be a little embarrassed by how many Nora Roberts books I read. Maybe :) Hidden Riches is from the 90's, and many of her books from this time period do not age well, in terms of the chauvinistic attitudes of the male leads and their overbearing actions towards the heroines (and how the heroines all seem to like that sort of thing). But this one isn't bad, and has a strong feminist heroine who can hold her own in a fight. Plus it has charming period details like trying to find a quarter to call the police and asking if one can use one's credit card to make a long distance call. ( )

I actually thought, that Nora Roberts wrote mysteries/detectives. That's why I took this book home with me from a meeting. Well, I was already disappointed at page 9 already, when romantic description of a male body gave me all the info that I needed about this book to put it down again.

Isadora 'Dora' Conroy comes from a family of actors, she herself is the owner of an Antiques shop overflowing with beautiful things. She likes her life. She goes to an auction and buys some items that catch her eye, nothing unusual until some of the other buyers start dying.

Her new tenant and next-door neighbour is Jed Skimmerhorn, trying to decide if he's going to go back to working with the police, his recent experiences have left him scarred, his life has left him scarred. But the attraction between the two of them is working it's way under both of their skins and making them wonder about a long-term realtionship. Things will change when danger gets closer.

I really enjoyed it, finished it with a smile on my face, really what more can you ask from from a book? ( )