by Barb Hopkins

Created on: April 09, 2010

Lieutenant Seth Buchanan, an unflappable, by-the-book cop has his world rocked when he comes face to face with a dead woman. Grace Fontaine, a model-perfect heiress, obviously was not dead, but she was holding a gun to Buchanan. Who could blame her? Her home had been violated and now she’s encountered a strange man in her foyer. With identities sorted, Seth and Grace now have bigger problems to deal with, including reuniting the three blue diamonds that form the Stars of Mithra.

Secret Star by Nora Roberts is the third book in the Stars of Mithra series. As a concluding book, it neatly ties together the plot lines established in Books 1 and 2 while giving the reader two more engaging Roberts’ characters to fall in love with. Secret Star focuses on the budding relationship between Seth Buchanan and Grace Fontaine. Grace had been introduced in Books 1 and 2 as the best friend to Bailey James and M.J. O’Leary. Together, the three ladies have been guarding the priceless diamonds known as the Stars of Mithra.

Gemologist, Bailey had secretly entrusted one diamond each to M.J. and Grace in order to protect the stones from her ruthless brother. Unfortunately, there is more than a greedy brother after the diamonds. In Books 1 (Hidden Star) and 2 (Captive Star), author Roberts tantalizes readers with the mystery man pulling the strings that have had both Bailey and M.J. as well as the men they love, on the run for their lives. Book 3, Secret Star seamlessly continues the story with Grace and Seth and their battle against a madman.

Secret Star has a bit slower of a start to the romantic story line between Grace and Seth. On the surface, the two characters live in opposite universes. Both have layers that must be peeled back and observed to see their true essence and spirit. Nora Roberts does this well. Instead of a cardboard cutout of a rich, misunderstood beauty, Roberts has created a character in Grace Fontaine that is multi-dimensional and extremely likeable. She is tough, sassy, fiercely independent as well as unswervingly loyal to her friends. Grace also has a softer side that she will only expose to those she truly trusts.

Seth Buchanan is similar to Grace in the fact that he continually presents to the world his professional face only. A man capable of great depth of feeling, Buchanan is the master at compartmentalizing in order to get his job done and done to perfection each time. It will take both Grace and Seth a leap of faith and trust in

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