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Harvest Island
An Anguished Daughter and a Determined Police Detective Must Unravel the Secrets of Her Father’s Disappearance or Suffer the Deadly Consequences
In a quaint coastal town, John Garcia disappears under suspicious circumstances. Fifteen years later Samantha Anderson, John’s daughter, receives a cryptic message. Wondering if her father sent it, Samantha and the handsome police detective, Spencer McKenna, embark on a perilous journey to find him. Spencer is drawn to Samantha, pledging to protect her, but at what cost?
Someone is determined to stop Samantha, but her dreams with baffling clues drive her on in a frantic search. Tormenting questions consume Samantha. Was her father’s disappearance staged? Or has he died a grisly death at the hands of an unknown assailant?
Whatever the answer, she is determined to find the truth, a shocking truth that could change everything. Will she find her father . . . or the key to unlock the lies that have long imprisoned her soul?
In a quaint coastal town, John Garcia disappears under suspicious circumstances. Fifteen years later Samantha Anderson, John’s daughter, receives a cryptic message. Wondering if her father sent it, Samantha and the handsome police detective, Spencer McKenna, embark on a perilous journey to find him. Spencer is drawn to Samantha, pledging to protect her, but at what cost?
Someone is determined to stop Samantha, but her dreams with baffling clues drive her on in a frantic search. Tormenting questions consume Samantha. Was her father’s disappearance staged? Or has he died a grisly death at the hands of an unknown assailant?
Whatever the answer, she is determined to find the truth, a shocking truth that could change everything. Will she find her father . . . or the key to unlock the lies that have long imprisoned her soul?
337 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 18, 2023
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January 27, 2024
In HARVEST ISLAND by Lissa Raines, we meet Samantha "Sam" Anderson, a divorced woman raising twins on a teacher's salary. Haunted by her father's disappearance fifteen years ago, she seeks closure. When Sam receives an envelope in the mail with photos and news clippings of her childhood with a cryptic handwritten note, she feels compelled to find out more about him. If John Garcia is alive, why hasn't he contacted her or her brother Kyle? If he is dead, what happened and why?
Compounding this ache for closure, Tom, her beloved stepfather, has developed memory issues and is hospitalized with pneumonia. Tom has done all the heavy lifting of parenting, so Sam adores him.
Sam's journey to find her father flows along two storylines. In one, Sam and her neighbor, Detective Spencer McKenna, search for information about John Garcia clue by clue, interview by interview. In the second storyline, Sam's dreams take her on a spiritual journey where she meets colorful, allegorical characters who are compelled to guide her. Both storylines challenge her to examine her life and beliefs.
The stakes grow deadly as Sam and Detective Spencer uncover information someone wants to keep buried. Twists and turns in the story pivot on clues and the discovery of secret after secret about the mysterious John Garcia. Each fact about him evokes more questions than answers.
As the story flows between Sam's increasingly dangerous reality and her fanciful dreamworld, she develops greater insight and tenacity. Her inner and outer journeys overlap and intersect in surprising, supernatural, and witty ways.
Thanks to the clean, crisp narrative and natural dialogue, HARVEST ISLAND delivers a fast-paced adventure with a larger supernatural message that lingers long after the book is closed. Readers may cringe and laugh at the flaws in the dreamworld characters that they recognize in others and themselves.
Thanks to Author Lissa Raines and Winged Publications for an advance reader copy of HARVEST ISLAND, which debuts in February 2024. #HarvestIsland #WingedPublications
Compounding this ache for closure, Tom, her beloved stepfather, has developed memory issues and is hospitalized with pneumonia. Tom has done all the heavy lifting of parenting, so Sam adores him.
Sam's journey to find her father flows along two storylines. In one, Sam and her neighbor, Detective Spencer McKenna, search for information about John Garcia clue by clue, interview by interview. In the second storyline, Sam's dreams take her on a spiritual journey where she meets colorful, allegorical characters who are compelled to guide her. Both storylines challenge her to examine her life and beliefs.
The stakes grow deadly as Sam and Detective Spencer uncover information someone wants to keep buried. Twists and turns in the story pivot on clues and the discovery of secret after secret about the mysterious John Garcia. Each fact about him evokes more questions than answers.
As the story flows between Sam's increasingly dangerous reality and her fanciful dreamworld, she develops greater insight and tenacity. Her inner and outer journeys overlap and intersect in surprising, supernatural, and witty ways.
Thanks to the clean, crisp narrative and natural dialogue, HARVEST ISLAND delivers a fast-paced adventure with a larger supernatural message that lingers long after the book is closed. Readers may cringe and laugh at the flaws in the dreamworld characters that they recognize in others and themselves.
Thanks to Author Lissa Raines and Winged Publications for an advance reader copy of HARVEST ISLAND, which debuts in February 2024. #HarvestIsland #WingedPublications
June 19, 2024
I gave this book only 3 stars, but I think it’s because I listened to the audiobook. I would not recommend listening. It was a bad virtual voice narration. I do believe, if I had read it, I could have given it 4-5 stars.
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