Secrets of the Lost Summer (A Swift River Valley Novel, Book 1)

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Secrets of the Lost Summer : Carla Neggers

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From Olivia, to her sister, Jess, her parents Olivia suffers a devastating betrayal by her supposed friend Marilyn, which makes her leave her job and pursue a different career. However, you never get a sense that Olivia is really hurt and she never expresses her feelings about it to anyone until the near the end of the story. Because no one in this story was ever opening up about their feelings, it was impossible to connect to anyone. Layered into the story was a mystery as to why and how Dylan's house came to be purchased by his deceased father. While it was interesting, it became the central focus, eclipsing the relationship between Dylan and Olivia.

There were so few romantic interludes between the two, I often forgot that they were supposed to be finding an emotional connection. Their physical relationship doesn't occur until nearly the end of the book. You would think that after that kind of buildup, much time would be devoted to their finally connecting This is an interesting story but not a romantic one. Perhaps if someone in this town was willing to truly bare their souls, at a minimum to the reader, I may have become more invested in the outcome. By the end of the story, I really didn't care.

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I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. May 08, Nicole Peterson rated it really liked it. Oliva Frost returns to her hometown in New England next to the Quabbin Reservoir to heal after being stabbed in the back by a "friend". Prior to moving she was at the top of her career as a graphic designer. She helped a her friend Marilyn, out of a slump in her career and Marilyn's a rising star. That rising star, went after Oliva's high profile client. Hurt, she decides to return home to a historic house that she had purchased and had been planning in a couple of years, afer she got more money Oliva Frost returns to her hometown in New England next to the Quabbin Reservoir to heal after being stabbed in the back by a "friend".

Hurt, she decides to return home to a historic house that she had purchased and had been planning in a couple of years, afer she got more money saved up, to open a getaway for people. However, with Marilyn's deceit she decides that perhaps she will start with the house earlier then she had planned.

Getting settled in she writes to the owner of the house next to hers. It was once the villages feared, but loved spinster english teachers home. Thinking that she is writting to a man in his seventies she informs him of the eyesore his property is and requests that it be cleaned up. She even offers to take care of it herself, taking full liability should anything occur. Little does she know but the house has been left to the one time owners son, Dylan McCaffrey.

Dylan, a retired NHL player is now working with his lifetime friend, Noah. Dylan was unaware of the house and decides to go and check it out When Olivia finds Dylan looking over his yard she is taken quite by surprise. Not to mention attracted and intrigued as to why a millionaire would come to clean up the property when he could have let her do it or paid some one to.

Dylan's father was a treasure hunter and Dylan is curious as to what he was up to. With Olivia's help the will try to get to the bottom of the mystery and find the "treasure" and mayhap even find the love they crave in one another. I really like the story line of this book.

It was very good over all, but if you are looking for something with more zing in the boudoir, you aren't gonna find it here. There are love scenes, but pretty clean compared to some of the stuff out there. Read it just for the story.

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It is that good and interesting. See if you figure it out before Dylan and Olivia. Jan 24, Amy Lignor rated it really liked it. After some serious professional setbacks in her career, Olivia leaves her job and returns to her hometown of Knights Bridge in Western Massachusetts.

Buying a historic home, she plans to follow what has been her dream for quite some time and open a Bed and Breakfast in the picturesque town. She is full of hope as she begins to transform this old house into a favorite meeting place for friends and strangers alike. He actually has no idea that he has inherited this house in Massachusetts from his deceased father until he receives a letter from Olivia and ends up traveling to Massachusetts to look the situation over. Instead I got the feeling someone told Neggers that small-town contemporary romances are the thing right now, and she set about writing one.

His treasure-hunting father bought the house two years ago just before he died. Dylan finds out about the house when Olivia writes telling him about its deplorable condition and requests that he take care of the problem. Dylan, curious as to why his father would buy the old house, travels from California to investigate. What happens next involves all the subplots mentioned above and more. With the many character points-of-view and subplots, a smooth narration would have been a blessing.

Boyce carefully enunciates every word, which slows down the narration and adds brief pauses between some words. The slow, careful narration and those pauses bring about an odd cadence to her reading, which I found distracting. Her voice is pleasant and I could usually distinguish the characters one from another. There were times, however, that I had to back up and relisten to catch a change of speakers within a conversation.

Those storylines, and a few others, do come together in an interesting and mostly satisfying way. Feb 16, Christa rated it really liked it Shelves: Secrets of the Lost Summer was an enjoyable contemporary romance that contained a historical mystery aspect. Olivia was very loyal and sweet, and Dylan was protective and caring. There were some great secondary characters that added to the story, and I would love to see Noah get a book of his own.

The storyline was very interesting, with the modern day one being integrated with events that went on in Olivia Secrets of the Lost Summer was an enjoyable contemporary romance that contained a historical mystery aspect. Olivia Frost is a Boston graphic designer who recently bought a historical home in her hometown.

After a betrayal by a friend in Boston, she decides to move to her 19th century home and realize her dream of opening it as a venue for events like bridal showers. The nearest home to hers is becoming more derelict each day, and has become a dumping ground.

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Olivia writes to the absentee owner, offering to clean up the property. She is shocked when Dylan McCaffrey appears in person, and even more so by him being a male in his prime instead of the elderly one she expected. Dylan McCaffrey didn't even know he owned a home outside of Boston until he got the letter from Olivia. He has unknowingly inherited it from his late treasure hunting father.

Dylan decides to explore the situation in person, wondering what his father wanted with this rundown place. As Dylan and Olivia get to know and like one another, they discover a mystery that is tied up with a jewelry theft from While they try to puzzle out the past, their feelings for one another deepen, and they must decide what they want from one another. This was a satisfying contempoary romance, with a little bit of mystery thrown in. I thought the plotlines were interesting, and the charcters were likeable. Dylan and Olivia both captured my heart.

I liked seeing their relationship develop, and I enjoyed the chemistry between them. I hope that this develops into a series. I received this ARC through Netgalley. Jul 18, Holly Stephens rated it really liked it Shelves: After losing one of her biggest clients to a so called friend in Boston, Olivia decides to come home and rebuild her business. The eyesore next door won't have the guests coming back. Dylan gets a letter from Olivia asking if he could move the junk from his property, or better yet, she'll do it for him.

Dylan has no clue what the woman is talking about After losing one of her biggest clients to a so called friend in Boston, Olivia decides to come home and rebuild her business. The author began series publication in when the first novel in the series Secrets of….. She is finally transforming a historic home into a perfect gateway. Scenic and perfect but only if the owner will fix up the messy next door.

The house holds the key to a treasure lost through generations that he cannot resist any more than he can resist his neighbor. The first book in Swift River Valley series is a fantastic read, the characters are fascinating, the plot is perfect while the contemporary romance integrated with lost love tale is unforgettable. After some critical professional setback in her career, she quits her job and heads back Knights Bridge in Western. She purchases a historic home and plans to follow what has always been her dream for a long time to open a Bed and Breakfast in the scenic town.

She is hopeful as she begins the transformation of the old house into a favorite meeting place for her friends and strangers as well.

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The location is a perfect but only except for one glaring eyesore just a few yards down the road there is abandoned houses that needs much cleans up, and it is making her property look pretty bad. He has no idea that he the heir to the house in Massachusetts from his dead father until the day he receives a letter from Olivia that makes him travel to Massachusetts to oversee the situation.

Dylan is confused and thus decides to stay around and find out the reason why his father who was a treasure hunter could have purchased such a property in the middle of nowhere. The duo Olivia and Dylan discover a file that details a stolen jewelry and are also narrated a tale by Grace Webster, the former house owner who is living out her life in a nursing home nearby.

The second installment in Swift River Valley series is an intriguing romance and a mystery tale that will leave you fulfilled and happy. Neggers wove a beautiful book that will make you laugh, and at times leave you scratching your head trying to figure out the real mystery. That Night on Thistle Lane is an interesting narrative about Phoebe a librarian and Noah, a rich young man thinking hard on what to do next in life.

The novel starts when Phoebe finds herself in the midst of a mystery as she comes across a secret sewing room located in the attic of the library where she works. As she tries to solve the mystery of who could have occupied the house years ago, she decides last minutes to make an appearance at a charity function held out of town.