That terrifying night would shape the course of all their lives-Cate, her family, the Coopers, and those involved-and years later, would come to a final, frightening culmination. There she collided with a young Dillon Cooper and his family, who gave her a safe space and beckoned for help. She was smart, resourceful and quick thinking, managing to escape her captors and finding refuge in a nearby farmhouse. But while at the family home in Big Sur, California, Cate was abducted while she and her cousins played hide-and-seek.Ĭate was no delicate flower, however. Nine-year-old Caitlyn (Cate) Sullivan came from a long line of Hollywood royalty, a family who adored her. What she didn’t yet know was that two seeds had been planted that long-ago night-one of a great love, and one of a terrible vengeance…Īn early trauma changes the course of one family’s trajectory in Hideaway-the latest domestic drama from author Nora Roberts. Then there were years spent away in western Ireland, peaceful and protected but with restlessness growing in her soul.įinally, she would return to Los Angeles, gathering the courage to act again and get past the trauma that had derailed her life. First came the discovery of a shocking betrayal that would send someone she’d trusted to prison. Dillon Cooper was shocked to find the bloodied, exhausted girl huddled in his house-but when the teenager and his family heard her story they provided refuge, reuniting her with her loved ones.Ĭate’s ordeal, though, was far from over. Some may have considered her a pampered princess, but Cate was in fact a smart, scrappy fighter, and she managed to escape her abductors. It was during one of those games that she disappeared.

At nine, she was already a star-yet still an innocent child who loved to play hide and seek with her cousins at the family home in Big Sur. A family ranch in Big Su r country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts’ emotional new suspense novel, Hideaway.Ĭaitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather.

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