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Raven's Glen

Nancy E. Polin (Goodreads Author)

4.50 · Rating details · 8 ratings · 7 reviews

Skylar Donaghue has no memory of the night her parents died. When the perfect career opportunity arises, she ignores her brother’s superstitious warnings, choosing to leave the Choctaw reservation where she grew up and return to the place of her birth.

Widowed and caring for his young daughter, relationships are the last thing on Jack Langham’s mind. A chance encounter find ...more

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Published February 3rd 2020 by Evernight Publishing

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Feb 17, 2020 Dianne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: x2020-2, author-review, own, romantic-suspense

It was a job she couldn’t refuse, so Skylar returned to the place she was born, the place where her parents died, a nightmare she doesn’t remember. Is she tempting fate as her brother insists? Does he know more than he ever let on or is he being superstitious and over-protective?

When Skylar meets widowed father, Jack, she never in her worst nightmare could have known where he lived or what it would do to her very core.

Nancy E. Polin’s RAVEN’S GLEN is part light horror, part suspense-filled myste ...more

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May 21, 2020 CoffeeTimeRomance andMore rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reviews-by-vicky, romantic-suspense

I really enjoyed this book. There is just enough of a slightly supernatural edge to be on the believable side and not too out there. The chemistry between Jack and Sky feels honest and convincing. If I had to ask for anything more it would be more of the Native American history and beliefs. I have always been fascinated by their cultures and there were bits in the book but more would have been better, for me at least. I understood how and why the book was titled Raven’s Glen, but would have enjo ...more

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Feb 17, 2020 Jeannie Zelos rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Raven's Glen by Nancy E. Polin

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre: Mystery and Thrillers, Romance

I almost didn't read this, Nancy mentioned it had elements of horror, and its a family joke that I am a real wimp about that. I have such a vivid imagination that my dreams tend to be complex, and sometimes scary, so anything horror tips the balance...but it wasn't that sort of horror, more the unpleasantness that comes with certain elements of the supernatural. It was a bit spooky, but not s Raven's Glen by Nancy E. Polin

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Genre: Mystery and Thrillers, Romance

I almost didn't read this, Nancy mentioned it had elements of horror, and its a family joke that I am a real wimp about that. I have such a vivid imagination that my dreams tend to be complex, and sometimes scary, so anything horror tips the balance...but it wasn't that sort of horror, more the unpleasantness that comes with certain elements of the supernatural. It was a bit spooky, but not scary.

I loved Skylar and her brother, he's so protective and has been looking out for her since they escaped a horrific home situation to live with their grandmother, their beloved MawMaw. Now she's died, they both miss her badly but are still very close. Skylar has accepted a job that happens to be in the town they escaped from. Her brother is Not Happy, to say the least, but Skylar seems to be drawn there with a slightly unnerving, unexplained pull.
She's settling in well, enjoys her job, when she meets Jack at her workplace. She's already bumped into him at her interview, then again around the town. He's gorgeous but not on the lookout for a new relationship. He's drawn to Skylar though, they seem to keep coming across one another and he finally asks her out.

Stephen has never talked about the horrors of the night they left, never told Skylar what happened, and she seems to have blanked it from her mind. Now she's back though it seems the past isn't quite finished with her.

Its a gradual build up, first the attraction between Jack and Skylar, then slowly she gets integrated into his family. Skylar is in for a shock though when she goes to his home.
The tension ratchets up gradually, building on little things, more references to the past, more secrets being revealed, and the dangers slowly come to light. The more Skylar learns the closer the past becomes, and its a question of should she outrun it and leave the job she enjoys, the man and his daughter that she loves, or should she just face up to the past and try to beat it?
I really enjoyed this, just enough spookiness to keep me reading, not so much that it gives me nightmares. I live alone, I hate nightmares, when everything seems more believable that in the light if day. The Native Indian setting works really well, they are very in tune with nature and the supernatural, and really helped the story to feel genuine.

Stars: five, a fantastic read, not too scary, and very engaging, making me wonder just what was coming next.

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Apr 15, 2020 Kameron rated it really liked it

3.5 stars (review request submitted by the author for an honest critique)

Raven’s Glen elicited many emotions from me. Read on to discover which ones and why.

Curiosity: For a while, I pondered these questions…

What was up with the house?
What truly happened the night Stephen escaped with Skylar?
Will Nancy elaborate on John Patrick’s fascination with the occult?
What’s Molly’s background? How could she sense something was a miss with Jack’s house.
What was up with the numerous encounters with the ra ...more

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Apr 22, 2020 Amelia Foster rated it it was amazing

If you’ve seen my past few reviews on Nancy Polin’s other books you know that I very quickly became a huge fan of Ms. Polin. Her writing is lush and descriptive and draws me in immediately so when she contacted me about reviewing her latest release I, of course, jumped at the opportunity.

Skylar Donaghue has received the offer of a lifetime, the dream job she’s worked towards for years. One small caveat: it’s in her hometown. The place she and her brother fled when she was just a child in the mid ...more

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Jun 30, 2020 N.N. Light rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, paranormal, paranormal-romance, paranormal-suspense, reviews-by-mr-n

A paranormal romance that carries both genres equally like a ball carrier who switches from right to left hand over the course of the football field. The romance between Skylar and Jack is brilliantly written and there was more than enough in that story to fill a fantastic romance book.

The paranormal story is presented in an extremely mysterious fashion. There are some aspects to the story that didn't even become clear to this reader upon finishing the book. The evil ‘being’ in the book is well ...more

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Jan 11, 2021 Reads A-Lot rated it liked it

I thought this might be an interesting read. It kicks off at a slow pace as all the characters come into play. We have Sky, a young woman that left home and her family for a new venture; Jack, a single father raising a feisty daughter; and an old woman recently widowed and wanting to hit the road.

A well-written story for the most part—lovely and lyrical in a sense. The narrative was relatively easy, but it’s a long, winding road with a lot of dust clouding in the way, especially in regards to t ...more

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