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The Hidden Hideaway #1-8
Costly Secrets Complete Series Box Set
It began with a call ...a secret code she’d been taught as a child without ever believing she’d have to use it...an attempted murder...and the last man on earth she wanted to be within ten feet of.
Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She and everyone in her family had always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly.
It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true heart-stopping fear.
She knew what it was now and that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun was pointed at her brother as they stood to one side of the ridge was something she was never going to forget.
Or the slow moving moments that followed that could have easily ended in disaster.
She honestly didn’t believe anything in her life could compare to those dark and disturbing moments...until she found out that the greatest danger of all could be to her carefully guarded heart.
Join Danae and Adam in this cozy romantic mystery as they along with family and friends work together to unravel unexpected clues and long guarded family secrets that numerous individuals with criminal intent are willing to commit murder to keep hidden. Their adventure continues in the big city of Chicago where they find the answers they’re looking for but it is bittersweet when they reveal heartbreaking betrayal.
If you enjoy clean romance, a mystery to keep you guessing, and inspirational feel-good women’s fiction filled with adventure, friendship, second changes & new beginnings, and the very real life turbulence of family and relationships, this mystery romance series collection is for you.
This is the Complete 8-part Costly Secrets short story series Box Set collection.
Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She and everyone in her family had always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly.
It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true heart-stopping fear.
She knew what it was now and that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun was pointed at her brother as they stood to one side of the ridge was something she was never going to forget.
Or the slow moving moments that followed that could have easily ended in disaster.
She honestly didn’t believe anything in her life could compare to those dark and disturbing moments...until she found out that the greatest danger of all could be to her carefully guarded heart.
Join Danae and Adam in this cozy romantic mystery as they along with family and friends work together to unravel unexpected clues and long guarded family secrets that numerous individuals with criminal intent are willing to commit murder to keep hidden. Their adventure continues in the big city of Chicago where they find the answers they’re looking for but it is bittersweet when they reveal heartbreaking betrayal.
If you enjoy clean romance, a mystery to keep you guessing, and inspirational feel-good women’s fiction filled with adventure, friendship, second changes & new beginnings, and the very real life turbulence of family and relationships, this mystery romance series collection is for you.
This is the Complete 8-part Costly Secrets short story series Box Set collection.
217 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 24, 2023
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About the author
Jacie Middlemann
354 books158 followersI fell in love with books when I was in the 4th grade and my free period was spent volunteering in the school library. I read every Nancy Drew book there was to check out, discovered collections of myths and fairy tales from around the world, Louisa May Alcott and C.S. Lewis, and decided I wanted my own library. By the end of that summer with the supplies our school librarian graciously provided me my books had due date slips, card pockets, book cards, and black electrical tape on the spine with the first three letters of the author's last name. I still have most of those books.
In the hope she could get me involved in something else my mother gave me a camera. Right around the same time my father told me I could use his typewriter when he wasn't using it. The typewriter won. We shared his typewriter but I also filled notebooks with stories scribbled before school, after school, and often when I was supposed to be asleep. Thanks to my mother, who saved just about every single one of those notebooks, I still have them as well.
Several years ago my father gave me his typewriter…the same one we shared all those summers ago. Every time I look at it I remember the young 4th grade girl who was quietly encouraged to do what she loved…and years later reminded with a box filled with notebooks crammed full of handwritten stories and dreams.
And it’s still not unheard of that I stay up way later than I should with a good book that’s just impossible to put down.
In the hope she could get me involved in something else my mother gave me a camera. Right around the same time my father told me I could use his typewriter when he wasn't using it. The typewriter won. We shared his typewriter but I also filled notebooks with stories scribbled before school, after school, and often when I was supposed to be asleep. Thanks to my mother, who saved just about every single one of those notebooks, I still have them as well.
Several years ago my father gave me his typewriter…the same one we shared all those summers ago. Every time I look at it I remember the young 4th grade girl who was quietly encouraged to do what she loved…and years later reminded with a box filled with notebooks crammed full of handwritten stories and dreams.
And it’s still not unheard of that I stay up way later than I should with a good book that’s just impossible to put down.
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April 1, 2024
This story is an intriguing mystery, thriller & suspense short read. Set a few centuries into the future, privacy has become limited at best. While investigating a work-related issue, Adam finds evidence that some DNA evidence is incorrect. He and his business partner go on the run. Together, they identify people to help them through clever negotiation. Ultimately, the person behind the assault is exposed. Along the way, romance occurs for two couples.
The story does not go into much depth about the situation. Nonetheless, it is entertaining.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Happily Ever After. Romantic. Scary. Tragic. Unpredictable. Whimsical. Wonderful characters.
The story does not go into much depth about the situation. Nonetheless, it is entertaining.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Happily Ever After. Romantic. Scary. Tragic. Unpredictable. Whimsical. Wonderful characters.
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