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.
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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
The author has placed her story in a beautiful seaside town on the coast
of Oregon, and the time just prior to WWI, and the emergence of
prohibition.
With the main character Anna, returning when her father has taken ill, called at the request of the doctor. She left as a child, or a young adult and has returned temporarily, not even sure she is wanted, with her precocious teenage daughter.
When all is said and done here, including some very dangerous and nefarious characters, you will wonder if all you have now come to care about will survive.
Then as the title suggests, Secrets, yes, I loved how they play out and although not great, there are benefits.
I received this book through Celebrate Lit, and was not required to give a positive review.
With the main character Anna, returning when her father has taken ill, called at the request of the doctor. She left as a child, or a young adult and has returned temporarily, not even sure she is wanted, with her precocious teenage daughter.
When all is said and done here, including some very dangerous and nefarious characters, you will wonder if all you have now come to care about will survive.
Then as the title suggests, Secrets, yes, I loved how they play out and although not great, there are benefits.
I received this book through Celebrate Lit, and was not required to give a positive review.
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