The House on Seventh Street

by Karen Vorbeck Williams

When Winna returns to settle her father’s estate, she knows she’s heading into an emotional maelstrom. Estrangement, nostalgia, old wounds, and a rekindled love pull her in every direction. Then she finds a diamond ring hidden among her childhood marbles – and suddenly nothing in that grand old Edwardian house is what it seems. She would do well to let it all go to the estate sale and move on. As she delves deeper into her family’s past, Winna makes a dangerous discovery: the house on Seventh Street is hiding an 80-year-old secret – and someone is desperate to keep things buried.

Genre: MIXED: Literary Fiction/Womens' Fiction/Psychological Thriller

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Contemporary

302 pages, Paperback

First published July 26, 2015

About the author

I began writing as a girl--short stories, poems, and little essays on my beliefs. As a wife and mother I was so busy I had to write poems--they were short.

In the 70s, when our family moved to seven acres of land in Southeastern Massachusetts, into a farmhouse built in 1710, I wanted to learn more about how the people who first settled the land actually lived. As we restored the old rooms and removed the paint from the wide pine board floors, I realized that our house had been built before my 11th great grandmother Mary Bliss Parsons (1625?-1712) had died. She had lived in Northampton, MA, probably in a house quite similar to ours. It was there that she was accused of witchcraft. Northampton was about a two hour drive from us. Gradually I began to research her life and found an amazing story. The result was the historical novel "My Enemy's Tears: The Witch of Northampton."

My second book "The House on Seventh Street" was inspired by the Nancy Drew Mysteries I loved as a girl. The book is set in the town where I was born and is based on a number of memories from my youth as well as family stories and myths. I was writing fiction which gave me the liberty to exaggerate these stories and tell whopping lies if that would improve the plot or deepen the characters' motivations.

On the personal side, I am a widow and grandmother, an avid amateur photographer, and master gardener. At the moment I'm working on my third novel--again historical fiction set in 17th century New England--and a book of short stories.

Learn more at: https://www.karenvorbeckwilliams.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/karenvorbeck...

Reviews

[Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while) · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a line in The House on Seventh Street that reads 'The house was, or could be, fabulous, but there were problems. ....' The same could be said for this book. It could be fabulous, but it's not.

The plot is great- we have a bereavement reuniting two very different sisters who have been estranged for some time. There is a run down old home begging to be restored to its former glory. There is a historical love affair which comes to light through the love letters kept by the sister's grandmother. There are old loves for Winna to revisit, lessons to be learned and the possibility of a new love. There are hidden jewels, and multiple attempts on Winna's life. All the ingredients for a wonderful read, but I found the author's writing to be lacklustre, plodding.

And so a very lacklustre 3 stars from me.

Thank you to Booktrope via Netgalley for providing a digital copy of The House on Seventh Street by Karen Vorbeck Williams for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

[Fictionophile · Rating 3 out of 5]

“The house on Seventh Street“, Karen Vorbeck Williams’ second novel, is set in the town of her birth, Grand Junction, Colorado.

The story, part old-fashioned mystery, part women’s fiction, is that of a sixty-one year old woman who returns to the town of her birth to settle her father’s estate. Recently divorced after thirty-five years of marriage, she feels unsettled and sad.

A freelance photographer, Winna also has mixed feelings about her homecoming. She delights in seeing her daughter Emily, her baby granddaughter, Isabel, and her estranged sister Chloe. She dreads returning to the House on Seventh Street because of the not always happy memories the place evokes. She lives with guilt as she is the sole heiress to the estate. Henry Grumman, was not what you would term a ‘loving’ father and he had inexplicably disinherited her sister Chloe. Even in death he seems to be making her life difficult – though, to be fair, he has left her quite a valuable estate. The house was once her grandmother’s. Henry’s time inhabiting the house has not left much of a mark – the place is just as it was when her grandmother Juliana lived there.

While cleaning the house in preparation for putting it on the market, she comes across some very valuable jewelry and some old letters written between her grandmother and her grandmother’s first love who died at a tragically young age. Her grandparents marriage was not a happy one – Juliana made no secret that Edwin was her second choice for a husband. In Winna’s opinion her grandmother Juliana was an elegant lady with ‘rabid Republican and early feminist leanings”. Flashbacks in the narrative prove that Juliana was self-centered, materialistic, and had a nasty streak…

After spending some time at the house, Winna realizes that not is all as it should be. There is a strange re-creation of Winna’s childhood bedroom in the attic. There are break-ins and even several attempts on Winna’s life! Suspects are threefold. There is Johnny, Winna’s own first love who is back in her life ; Todd, her sister Chloe’s new husband ; and finally Seth, the handyman Winna hired to help her with the house. Winna begins to investigate the history of the house and of her grandmother in the hope that current events will be explained…

Karen Vorbeck Williams is a photographer in real-life and her prose in this novel illustrates her love of photography, and her deep affection for her home town. Many parts of the novel made me smile with recognition as the protagonist, Winna, is near my own age and has similar thoughts to my own about how the world has changed during her time in it.

“The House on Seventh Street” is by the author’s own admission inspired by the Nancy Drew mysteries. She is right on the mark – as it does indeed read like a Nancy Drew novel. I was an ardent follower of Nancy as an adolescent so I’m very familiar with the style. However… now I’m an adult, the style seems overly tame with pacing that seems to just plod along. That being said, the characterization was strong and the descriptions were well rendered. I would recommend the novel to anyone who enjoys an old-fashioned mystery – someone whose expectations are not set overly high…

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Winna has come back to her old hometown the sole heir after the death of her father of an 80 year old estate. Unaware of the many secrets that are hidden about her family that are hidden in this estate. Along with many riches. With several attempts on her life, several break ins into the estate, an old high school boyfriend who seems intent on rushing her to the altar and a sister who out of the blue suddenly gets married, there are a lot of strange happenings going on on Seventh Street.

I found this book to be a little slow at first, but once it picked up and I got into it, I was screaming at Winna "No, get away from him" several times. Of course, my main suspect changed like six times, but I did have the right one at one time during those six guesses. I really think this was a well written book and fear that it won't get the attention it deserves. I highly recommend it and hope a lot of others will try it out.

Thanks Booktrope and Net Galley for allowing me to read and review this e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

[Karen Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

It seems odd that Goodreads asks the author to review her own book. I, of course, read this book over and over again for years as I was writing it. At one point I had plotted myself into a corner I couldn't get out of. I put the book on the shelf for three or so years. After "My Enemy's Tears" was published I was ready to work on another book. I had two on the shelf and picked this one.

It took me working with two editors and a proofreader to finally get the book ready for my agent. One of the editors, Marcia Ford, helped me out of the plot dilemma and much more. I can't thank her enough. A writer's best friend is her editor.

If you are looking for a thriller or crime genre mystery instead of an old fashioned mystery driven by the lives of rather complicated characters, then you might be disappointed. But if you enjoy well developed characters, interesting family dynamics, beautiful old houses, a trip through most of the 20th century, and a truly difficult to solve plot, you will be pleased. I'm betting on that!

Thanks Goodreads for letting me say a few words to your readers.
Karen
Karen Vorbeck Williams

[Veronica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I asked to review this book because of the story line and the fact it was likened to a grown up Nancy Drew book. I loved Nancy Drew as a young girl so could not resist. It does in fact remind me of Nancy Drew. I am not sure if it is the narration or style but it did bring back memories. It is also a nice novel in its own right. The story is engrossing and the characters are rich and well developed. Chapters switch to different time periods but it is done artfully and adds much to the story. I would love to read another novel by the author with the same idea in mind (Nancy Drew). A well done homage to the Nancy Drew series and a nice gentle mystery to boot! I received a copy of this novel from Netgalley and the author in exchange for an honest review.

[Lynn Mccarthy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful story of two sisters.
Winna returns to her hometown after the death of her father she also has a sister but she was disinherited by there father but Winna would like to reconcile with her.
Winna is trying to sell the family home and while clearing out stuff comes across some puzzling things about her grandmothers past letters and gems that the girls always thought was a family myth.
The house suffers two break ins then Winnas life is threatened.Somebody is out to get her or doesn't want her to find out things.
I like the past and present of this story and was surprised at the ending.

Thank you to the Author and Netgalley for a chance to read this book.

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was very much a book of two halves for me.
The first half told the sad story of a disconnected family, and how on the fathers death, two sisters try and sort out the old family home, whilst unravelling their grandmother's history.
The second half just turned into crime central, where you couldn't trust anyone...I was convinced it was at least three characters at different points that were breaking in and attempting murder.
The attempted murder but still feels slightly unresolved to me....there was no clear answer who did it.
Nice little twist at the end that I didn't foresee at all.

[Suzie Q · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one. I like a good mystery but usually find that I figure it out long before it is revealed. Either that or it ends up coming out of left field trying to be this awesome twist. This one kept me guessing the whole time. I had my suspicions about a few of the characters and it was clear that was the intention. Clues were subtly dropped here and thrre leaving me guessing, is it this one or that one, or maybe it's that one. It was done well and I was satisfied with how it turned out. The only thing I will say that was a little disappointing is the end was kind of anti-climactic. There was lots of suspense and the groundwork was laid carefully for it to have turned out any number of ways, but when the culprit was ultimately revealed, it was...well just a little flat. I felt like it could have been fleshed out a bit more even though I know it wasn't the focus of the story.
The story was very well written though. Winna was well developed and I liked getting so much of her back story. I would have like to know more about Nora. She intrigued me. Julianna did so much early on to hamper that bond between mother and child when Winna was a baby and child but clearly by the time Winna was a teenager, the relationship with her mother was one that was very trusting and open. It made me glad that Winna eventually had that with her mother after how cold and distant her father was with her. It also made me happy that Julianna was not successful with that sabotage. Talk about a mother-in-law from hell!
I did want to grab Winna a few times, shake her vigorously, and say, "Stop trusting these people! Don't you know one of them is trying to kill you?" But then again, given her relationship with each of them, it was easy to understand why she couldn't or wouldn't believe one of them could be capable of that.
I did not like Julianna one bit. I felt no sympathy for her whatsoever despite her feeling like a real person. She was cold and calculating, manipulative and bitter, and I was glad that she never really found happiness. She didn't deserve to be happy after the choices she made and all the harm she did to so many so intentionally. She chose money over love and that will never turn out well. It was pretty obvious that Henry's inability to connect with his daughters had to be a direct result of his cold unfeeling mother. She was selfish and self-centered and an all-around awful person. I shared Chloe's opinion of Grandma for sure.
Ultimately, while the elements of a mystery were definitely there, it was also much more than that and that’s what I liked about it. I like the blending of the current dilemma, “who is trying to kill/rob Winna,” with the older mystery of Julianna and the questions surrounding her story/jewelry/love story.
I have to say that the Epilogue was one of my favorite parts of the book. That little twist at the end gave the story a whole new perspective.

[Lis Carey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Winna Jessup has come home to Grand Junction, Colorado to close up and sell her late father's house. Her father had disappeared in the fall of 1998, but his body wasn't found, at the foot of a cliff that his car had burned at the top of, until the spring of 1999.

And now Winna has come back from her home in New Hampshire, coping with the aftermath of her father's deah, and then his will--which cut her younger sister Chloe out with just a dollar. The girls had never been close to their father, but that he'd been angry enough with Chloe to disinherit her came as a shock.

Chloe still lives nearby; Winna's daughter Emily moved back to Grand Junction when she married. Initially, Winna is on her own in sorting the household goods--which turn out to be almost entirely her grandmother's.

Why Henry Gumman cut Chloe out of his will, and what he was doing in Unaweep Canyon when he died, are mysteries, but they don't seem like urgent ones.

Then strange things start to happen. Winna finds a large and obviously valuable diamond ring among her and Chloe's childhood marbles. Grandmother Juliana had expensive jewelry, but not like this. An old boyfriend, John Hodell, drops back into her life; she finds a recreation of the sisters' childhood bedroom in the attack; her own brakes fail on her way back from John's house to her own.

And as she goes through her grandmother's papers and possessions, she discovers a mystery in Juliana's life that may still be reverberating through the lives of her descendants.

There's an intriguing mystery here, and interesting, engaging characters. Yet some questions are never answered satisfactorily--nor are they left hanging in an interesting way, either. Other answers just don't quite feel complete.

Neither does this feel like the start of a series where these questions might be resolved later, nor is there any indication that it is.

Enjoyable, but don't set your expectations too high. This is probably better thought of as women's fiction than mystery, as we really do get a good, meaty examination of three generations of women in one complicated family.

I received a free electronic galley of this book from the publisher.

[RF Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mystery genre is often the product of formula. The motivations of suspects are presented first and then the sleuth's [reader's] job is to piece together which motivation found a plot. Most mystery characters are a virtual police lineup of hyper-motivated and obvious schemers. What's intriguing, and refreshing, about Karen Vorbeck Williams' "THE HOUSE ON SEVENTH STREET" is it's mixture of subtleties. The novel focuses on a protagonist who is rather ordinary and only ever in the proximity of danger. Or is she?

Winna is a middle-aged divorcee returning home to Colorado to clean out her family manor. In doing so she dusts off family secrets about adultery, hidden jewelry, and suspicious deaths. The deeper Winna digs into old trunks, the more it's apparent that someone, someone inside her small circle of family and friends, may be trying, subtlety, to kill her. But why?

Williams' story uncannily makes us feel connected to Winna. Like Winna, we are baffled as to how seemingly trustworthy characters could possibly be suspects, could be killers. It's true everyone’s behavior toward Winna is slightly selfish or odd. The author inserts clues mostly in the authentic dialogue, hinting at underlying greed or resentment that any of us might be guilty of amongst our closest relations. It's unnerving because we, as Winna, like the suspects and want to trust them. This is an ingenious strategy for crafting suspense. Who does-she/do-we trust?

One complaint with "THE HOUSE ON SEVENTH STREET" is the ending, which, for me, was a sort of a flat tire. The revelation of the culprit within Winna’s midst comes without any confrontation. There are also some secondary mysteries going on which are either red-herrings, or dropped when the book ends abruptly at what feels like an enforced three hundred pages. However, I don't want to spoil the mystery or the experience. I think reading the novel is worth the reader’s time, even if the end is too bad. Williams is gifted in her atmospheric descriptions, drawing characters who feel authentic, and cooking suspense on a gradual roast.

[CL · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book immediately drew me in from the first page and I couldn’t put it down until the final page once I started reading. Winna has come back to her old hometown, the sole heir, after the death of her father who disinherited her sister. As she is trying to put the family home together to sell she comes across puzzling pieces of her grandmother's past that bring into question all she thought she knew about her family, including letters and hidden jewels. She also reconnects with her high school boyfriend, John, who just may not be the guy she remembers from high school. Winna survives break-ins and attempts on her life as they try to find out who is behind all the strange occurrences and why they are trying to harm Winna and reveal the family secrets. Great read!!

[Frannie Burd · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book could easily be 4 stars with a bit of editing work. It feels as if the author wasn't quite sure what direction to go it, had a lot of ideas, and just threw them all in. I liked the story of Winna returning to the house after her father passes away, and the dynamic between her, her sister and her father. In my opinion, there was far too much emphasis placed on their grandmother when she was younger. I found the entire section of the grandmother versus the daughter-in-law after the birth of the baby to be superfluous. It, and other sections like it, dragged the book down and made it a tiresome read. I was relieved to be finished.

[Aoife · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF - 20%

This book is about a family who are dealing with the death of a father and now have to organise his home,which they grew up. Some secrets are revealed which rattle anyone. I never got that far as I put this book down at a 20% because frankly I was so bored with it. It just didn't capture my attention at all. This book might be good for anyone who is in the mood for a longer, slow unraveling book but right now, that's definitely not what I want to read.

[Ashley Bell · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story itself was good. I enjoyed the mild mystery. But the relationship between Winna and her ex/current BF is disturbing. And something about the writing bugged me. The narration seemed to bounce around a bit. I really had to pay attention to follow who was speaking.

[Erica (LibrettoReviews) · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be honest , when I first came across to this book, I was caught by the cover but I wasn't so sure about the plot. I am so glad I read it!
I found it to be a little slow at first, but once the first two chapters were done, I got into it and I couldn't help but read every time I had 5 minutes.

The story is set in Colorado and tells two parallel story lines, one set in the past, the other in the present. In the present, Winna, a sixty-one year old woman, returns to her hometown to settle her father’s estate after his departure. She lives a difficult moment in her life, caught in between a difficult divorced after thirty-five years of marriage, and the guilt as she is the sole heiress to the estate after her father Henry Grumman, had disinherited her sister Chloe with no apparent reasons.
In the past the story of Juliana, Winna's grandmother and first owner of the house, is been told. While cleaning the House with her daughter and sister, Winna comes across some of her old objects who recall to Winna some happy memories of her childhood with the grandmother. The way Juliana is reminded by her granddaughter and what is been told in the flashback about Juliana's life , give a portrait of her who is completely different from Winna's view of an elegant and strong lady. Juliana was selfish,mean, materialistic, and cold…I did not like her from the first pages. After spending some time in the house, Winna discovered some weird details that give us the feeling that the story is getting a weird twist. There is a strange re-creation of Winna’s childhood bedroom in the attic and them, several attempts on Winna’s life began to happen. Everybody seems to have a reason to kill her , so Winna begins to investigate and in the meanwhile the history of the house and of her grandmother's past is reveiled.

There was lots of suspense in this book, with is the reason why I like to read thriller .The plot was very well developed and the mystery was very tricky to be solved, I found myself suspecting everyone! The same author say on Goodreads “ At one point I had plotted myself into a corner I couldn't get out of. I put the book on the shelf for three or so years. [..] It took me working with two editors and a proofreader to finally get the book ready for my agent.”

But when the culprit was revealed, it was...exactly my first intuition ! But then, after the initial disappointment I realized that even if I guess immediately, I liked the way clues were scattered along the plot. It make me change my mind every time a new suspect is introduced.
The book deserve to be read and I liked the style so much that I probably going to read also “My Enemy's Tears: The Witch of Northampton” . If you like old fashion mystery you have to read this book!

[Rachel Stansel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A story that spans generations of love and family in a small Colorado town. After her father's death, Winna returns her hometown to clean out his home, built by her grandfather and home to many of her childhood memories. Nearby are her sister, Chloe, and her boyfriend and her daughter and family. As she begins to clean the house, she finds puzzling pieces of her grandmother's past that bring into questions what she thought she knew, including letters and hidden, valuable jewels. She also reconnects with her high school boyfriend, John. Winna finds the house the subject of two breaks-ins and then her life is threatened. It becomes clear that someone is out to get something from the house and wants Winna out of the way for good. Who could it be???

So, this was a fast paced mystery with good characters. I enjoyed the mix of past and present. I wish the author had tied up the story line of why Winna's grandmother favored her (I felt like I missed the reason, but I am pretty sure there just wasn't one). I also didn't like that after how John had treated her in the past, Winna was willing to consider rekindling the relationship, but I guess that might be true to life (sad, but true to life). I did figure out the who done it, but the end was still QUITE a surprise to me. An enjoyable read.

Full Disclosure: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

[Conrad · Rating 4 out of 5]

The House on Seventh Street
Karen Vorbeck Williams

I enjoyed this book very much, for its appealing central character, an intriguing story, and a deeply felt sense for different kinds of personal connection that comes through in the writing.

There's a well-plotted mystery unfolding in the book, but a quite unusual one,
ranging back and forth in time over most of the 20th century, exploring the lives of some remarkable characters in three generations of a Colorado family. The central story is Winna's, a woman well-established in her own life, who returns to the house of her childhood after the unexplained disappearance of her father.

In trying to reconnect with her family and piece together its strange history, she comes to realize how much our own lives depend on the unique personalities of parents and grandparents. Yet the more she gets to know of their stories, as she sorts through the remnants left behind in the old house, the more deeply unknowable they seem to her to be. There's a poignancy to the narrative, as it reveals the emotional depth of these past lives in their own time, but also shows how inevitably distant these people become to us, what a faded, enigmatic picture is ultimately left to the next generation.

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Received this book in exchange for an honest review. I really liked Winna throughout the book. What began as a return to home to settle an estate ended up being a mystery to be solved. Winna, I am sure, did not believe coming home to settle her father's estate would be life-threatening but it happened. So many people that could be the culprit, Winna's sister Chloe, Seth the handyman, John the old flame, or Todd the sister's new husband. I had my own thoughts as to "who tried to do it". I guess correctly on one occasion. When you look at a package, what seems to be too good to be true, usually is. I love the fact that Winna is a photographer which is a huge interest of mine so we connected on many occasions. I was very surprised at the epilogue which shed a light to part of the mystery. This is good book that I hope gets the attention it deserves. The book has a mystic cover which may draw the reader's attention; at least I hope it will. Thanks for the opportunity to read "The House on Seventh Street".

[Midwest Romantic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally posted on my blog Live Laugh & Love Books


The House on Seventh Street is a fine mystery with great characters. I liked very much that she mixed past with present, a lot of times when that is done I get confused but I didn’t with this one.

HOWEVER I didn’t like that even after how John treated her in the past, Winna was okay with a relationship. That urkes me just a bit because I hate Assholes…just saying. The end came as a surprise to me, but it was very very good!

Overall, I very nice mystery read and I look forward to reading more from the author.

*I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for a fair and honest review.*

[Rachel Bridgeman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Many thanks to Netgalley for letting me read this amazing book! It's a meditation on female relationships, love,loss and being haunted,as well as an engaging mystery. It's beautifully written and begins with a death. The father of Winna, the main character, has passed away and she has to return to settle the estate, however, this is not as easy a task as it would at first appear.This is the reason for all thefemale generations coming back to the titular house and the more time they spend together, the more their history, and that of the house, unravels. I genuinely loved it, may there be more by Ms Vorbeck Willimas.

[Joanie Chevalier · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a lovely story. Two sisters deal with their father's death in their own different styles. Their father was somewhat distant, an alcoholic and most of the time they didn't understand him nor communicated with him. Trying to make sense of his death and finding clues to a family mystery kept them busy, and baffled. We also follow the family from years before as the author takes us back to their grandmother's story. I really was surprised at the ending and it was most fitting. A great read.

[Erika *and her little dog too* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this book was a lot like watching a baseball game. For the most part, it's not exceptionally exciting, but every now and then there will be a home run or an awesome double play or someone will steal a base, and it gets interesting. I *almost* DNFed this one at 50% - I just wasn't really feeling it - but I didn't HATE it and it takes a special kind of book for me to decide to leave it unfinished. I'm ultimately glad I stuck with this one; it got better toward the end, but there is a lot (A LOT) of unnecessary filler throughout the whole book.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this copy of The House on Seventh Street by karen Vorbeck WIlliams from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

And I have to say, that I am so glad I did read it. When I'd started to read this book I had expected the usual mystery. Instead I found a book that immediately drew me in and didn't let go till I had read the final page. It is well written, with rich and warm characters.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Winona returns to Colorado to sell the family home and attempt to reconcile with her sister Chloe. As she cleans she realizes someone is trying to kill her for a stash of gems that the girls always thought were a family myth. I like that this story alternates generations narrating this mystery. I like the family dynamics and I enjoy the rustic old house and town. Someone else reviewing this story compared it to Nancy Drew and they hit it perfectly. A great old fashioned mystery story.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

n an Oyster Shell – This is a very intricate story of multi-generations, and how they all interact. I think people interested in family history would love this book.
The Pearls – The writing of this book was very intricate. There was no detail unturned by this author. It showed great talent in her writing.

Full Review: Writing Pearls

[Katie Manty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was an enjoyable read as it weaved together three different periods in time for a single family. The old family house hid secrets across the generations. The suspense lasts until the very end of the book. Every one was a suspect which kept me engaged. Great read!

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, it kept you guessing until the very end, and even added a little twist in the epilogue! I recommend it.

[RI Smith Club · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our book club really enjoyed this book! And it was such a treat to read something written by a local author. Highly recommend it!

[Tracey Beck-Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intriguing until the end.

Really enjoyed watching the story build. The characters were very real. Already downloaded her next book and can't wait to start.

[Rhonda Lomazow · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written novel with a touch of mystery.derw me in trightbaway kept me turning the pages,