There is a reason why this author is a master storyteller and can continually produce book after book. She has found her rhythm and her perfect niche. Romantic suspense written like no other.
This book is a perfect example of a book that captures your attention until the last word! Check out my review and thoughts below.
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The Final Target by Nora Roberts
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication date: May 26, 2026
ISBN-13: 978-1250413581
OVERVIEW:
He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compliments and got her autograph. Then he came to her next event. And the one after that.
Dustin was just an aspiring writer who wanted advice, Arden reassured herself. But after giving in to one of his incessant invitations and chatting with him over coffee, she discovered that ignoring her inner alarm bell had been a terrible mistake…
An introvert at heart, Arden had long craved solitude―but now, after a harrowing assault, she finds herself hiding behind locked doors and startling at every sound. And her relief at his imprisonment is tempered by anxiety when Dustin’s wealthy mother helps to get him a paltry five-year sentence at a psychiatric facility.
Arden decides to write a new story for herself, moving to a tiny Oregon town and befriending Gideon, an ex-LAPD detective. But while she learns to thrive, Dustin remains his delusional, twisted self, as fixated as ever and now seething with anger. He still believes Arden’s purpose on earth is to serve and please him. And his job is to protect her. But who will protect her from him?
The Final Target by Nora Roberts Review
Have you ever gotten heart palpitations from a story before? I have, and this author is one of those who can get them going for me.
Roberts is such a master at creating captivating stories, and this one had me going! The Final Target is stalker suspense at its finest!
She throws in some crazy pacing with those short, precise sentences. She has mastered subtlety in foreshadowing. In this book, you know who the bad guy is. We follow him through the story, too! What we don’t know is the when and the how.
I love the balance between the romance and sweetness as our heroine begins to heal from injury and anxiety versus the wicked, twisted, and deranged. The good versus evil. The hunter versus the hunted. Roberts packs a punch throughout the book!
If you enjoy the suspense with a beautiful, deserving romance too, The Final Target will keep your heart rate up each time you check behind your shoulder…
5 Fab STARS!!
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