By Kelly Bridgewater
About the Book:
Title: Harbor Secrets
Author: Melody
Carlson
Genre:
Historical Romance
Publication Date: August 15, 2018
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.
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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My Thoughts:
A historical romance is a genre filled with characters who
interact with important events from the past. I have enjoyed this genre for a
couple of years now. I love following and shadowing characters who take place
in order events or accomplish important things from the past. Melody Carlson's
story takes place in Sunset Cove, Oregon during bootlegging. I enjoyed watching
Ann take over for her father at a newspaper and watching her take the reins,
even though she know most of the reporters are male and would be against her in
charge of anything. There really isn't any romance. There was a hint of
romance, but really not a romantic subplot. There was a mystery. A pretty tame
mystery with hints of danger. The plot moved well, but I got a little bored by
the end of the novel because the mystery was solved, then the story moved along
summing up the elements, then it turned to another mystery ending. A little
disheartening. Overall, Harbor Secrets
is a typical historical fiction novel occurring during the early twentieth
century with a predictable ending, but strong female characters.
I received a complimentary copy of Harbor Secrets by Melody Carlson through the Celebrate Lit
Publishers, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
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