Secrets Of The Lost Summer
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A wave of hope carries Olivia Frost back to her small New England hometown nestled in the beautiful Swift River Valley. She's transforming a historic home into an idyllic getaway...picturesque and perfect. If only the absentee owner will fix up the eyesore next door.
Dylan McCaffrey's ramshackle house is an inheritance he never counted on. It also holds the key to a generations–old lost treasure he can't resist – any more than he can resist his new neighbour.
Against this breathtaking landscape, Dylan and Olivia pursue long–buried secrets and discover a mystery wrapped in a love story…past and present.
Carla Neggers
Carla Neggers is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sharpe and Donovan series featuring Boston-based FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan and the Swift River Valley series set in small-town New England. With many bestsellers to her credit, Carla and her husband divide their time between their hilltop home in Vermont, their kids' places in Boston and various inns, hotels and hideaways on their travels, frequently to Ireland. Learn more at CarlaNeggers.com.
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Reviews for Secrets Of The Lost Summer
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book was...okay. It just felt like something was missing--the mystery didn't really draw me in all that much, the romance was pretty tame, and the characters were just so-so. For the most part it felt like a book with real possibilities that just never fully came to be. It hasn't really inspired me to look for more from this author, though if a later book has really outstanding reviews I might be tempted to give her another chance.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is an entertaining tale, with a unique storyline, but... I'm not sure what? At times, it lacks consistency in character tone and actions. At other times, it is sluggish. Bottom line, its premise is interesting enough that I wanted to complete the book, and given the chance, I would recommend it to most readers.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Olivia has bought an old house in her home town at the edge of the Quabbin Reservoir; she plans to turn it into a meeting place and destination. She leaves Boston ahead of schedule when a friend steals her biggest graphic design client. The house up the road has been empty for two years and is collecting trash in its yard. The new owner didn't even know he had inherited it, but comes to inspect it when Olivia writes to him.Low-key mystery and gentle romance, as Olivia and her mother and sister come to terms with their anxieties, and old secrets come to light.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Review:Secrets of the Lost Summer by Carla Neggers 4 STARSWell I had to stay up late to finish the book. It was a enjoyable read.Oliva Frost lived in Boston for the last 5 years. But last fall bought a early nineteen hundred home in her hometown Knights Bridge to slowly turn into a business. Oliva planned to open a place for weddings, parties and someday mini conference stays.Oliva is a graphic designers and she had a lunchen date with her biggest client.Her friend Maggie she had been helping her get her work turned around was comming to Boston and they planned to get together but Maggie cancelled and then her business lunchen was cancelled by text. Oliva decided to go to lunch by herself and at the restraunt she saw her friend with her client at lunch. Oliva could not believe her so called friend Maggie was stealing her client.Oliva was hurt and decided that she would go back now to her hometown and start fixing up her home. She was going to freelance for her firm till she was ready to open her business.The house stood by itself except a old beaten up home with junk and weeds in the yard. It was close to a Dam that used to be four towns but the goverment years ago decided to move them so they could have plenty of water for Boston.The owner had bought the home two years ago and it stood empty getting worse.So she wrote to owner in California and asked them to clean up yard or let her do it.Dylan McCaffrey got her letter and he had never heard of the place or new nothing about it. Found out his dad had bought the house right before he died. Dylan dad was a treasure hunter. Dylan was a professional hockey player till he got injured and cut. Then he helped his best friend Noah, since kindergarden start his business and they just went public so now he was rich. He decided to go to Knights Bridge and see what his dad was doing their. So Dylan went to clean up yard and decide what to do with the house.So Dylan and Oliva got caught up in figuring out the mystery of what treasure his father was looking for. Oliva is close to her family but they have a bunch of issues to work out. Dylan gets closer to his deceased father as he figures the mystery out and keeps coming back to Oliva.It kept my interest in the book till the end. I will read more books by Carla in the future. I was given this ebook to read from Netgalley in exchange for honest review.01/31/2012 PUB Harlequin Mira Books
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5What an innocent act by Olivia to get the owner to clear his front yard has leads to discovery of the ancient lost jewellery and the secret of Grace being unravel. I like Olivia very much. She reminds me of someone close to me as well. She is humble, and hate confrontation and she have every reason to.. she lost her biggest client to her close friend who in turn act as though it is normal kind of thing a human is doing. Although Marilyn did not have much scene in this book, but i do hate her character very much.Although there are not many love scene between the two main characters, as a reader, you get to feel the spark of attraction between them. They seems to have the sixth sense and at times is able to read each other mind. Dylan's [ i like the name very much] curiosity in finding out the truth for the reason why his father bought a house and leave it to him and the secret behind his last adventure. And the linkage between the current and the past lies with Grace, who have in her own right wrote a book but refuses to let anyone to read them. The ending was rather a surprise to me .. really didnt expect it to come actually. But it was a beautiful nevertheless. ;)