Harbor Secrets, The Legacy of Sunset Cove Book 1
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A Peaceful Coastal Town…Threatened by a Storm of Secrets
It’s 1916 when newspaper woman Anna McDowell learns her estranged father has suffered a stroke. Deciding it’s time to repair bridges, Anna packs up her precocious adolescent daughter and heads for her hometown in Sunset Cove, Oregon.
Although much has changed since the turn of the century, some things haven’t. Anna finds the staff of her father’s paper not exactly eager to welcome a woman into the editor-in-chief role, but her father insists he wants her at the helm. Anna is quickly pulled into the charming town and her new position…but just as quickly learns this seaside getaway harbors some dark and dangerous secrets.
With Oregon’s new statewide prohibition in effect, crime has crept along the seacoast and invaded even idyllic Sunset Cove. Anna only meant to get to know her father again over the summer, but instead she finds herself rooting out the biggest story the town has ever seen—and trying to keep her daughter safe from it all.
About Melody Carlson
Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books (with sales around 6.5 million) for teens, women, and children. That’s a lot of books, but mostly she considers herself a “storyteller.” Her young adult novels (Diary of a Teenage Girl, True Colors etc.) appeal to teenage girls around the world. Her annual Christmas novellas become more popular each year. She’s won a number of awards (including RT’s Career Achievement Award, the Rita, and the Gold medallion) and some of her books have been optioned for film/TV. Carlson has two grown sons and makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and yellow Lab dog.
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My Review:
Melody Carlson is one of my favorite authors. She knows how to tell a story that completely holds your interest and makes reading one of her books a true pleasure.
I enjoyed this first book in this new series. The character of Anna sets the tone for this book. She’s a strong and compassionate woman who has had to rise above some challenges in her life. After her father becomes ill, she has to quickly step in to run his newspaper for him. In this time period in history, it was unusual for a woman to be even a newspaper reporter, and she has to prove her leadership ability to some skeptics. In addition, all in their little town is not as it appears on the surface. Anna finds she has a mystery to solve, as well as crucial decisions to make on behalf of her own future, as well as for her daughter.
All of this combines in creating a story that kept me turning pages to get to the conclusion. I loved these characters and this community, and I’ll be looking forward to reading more about Harbor Springs.
I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. I was not required to leave a positive review
