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Hidden Keys #9-12
Hidden Keys Boxset 3: Cloaked Secrets / Scattered Lies / Hinged Tenure / Shrouded Puzzle
Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place so they could figure out what to do next and stop running in circles trying to stay one step ahead of the guys who seemed to want her dead.
Simon Sullivan might not be who Ava always believed him to be, but along with his brother, he’d spent his life trying to protect her. That wasn’t going to change especially now when everything they’d planned for, hoping against hope it would never be needed, was playing out exactly as they’d feared.
But he’s not alone. Harper Riley isn’t about to let anything happen to Ava. He’s already killed to protect her…and will again.
It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been staggering technological and environmental advances, human nature is still very much the same as it has always been. One woman unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the middle of a long simmering struggle between power, greed, and an overwhelming effort to keep long hidden secrets buried.
Hidden Keys is a series of short stories, each revealing key pieces of information that are not always obvious to Ava Sullivan and Harper Riley as they do everything they can to identify her pursuers, find the answers about why they are after Ava, and somehow stay alive after surviving the first attempt on her life only days after her father’s death.
Luckily, Ava Sullivan isn’t on her own. A childhood friend that she hasn’t seen in years is proving once again that he can be trusted even as they just barely avoid one near miss after another. But this isn’t the first time that Harper Riley has had to dodge bullets or protect himself from oncoming fire. Now though, the gun in his hand is to protect Ava.
And is grateful to find that he’s not alone in keeping her safe.
The Hidden Keys Short Story series is best read in sequence. It is filled with long hidden secrets, strong characters, and a growing quest for justice. This boxset includes Cloaked Secrets (Book 9), Scattered Lies (Book 10), Hinged Tenure (Book 11), and Shrouded Puzzle (Book 12). Boxset 1 includes Books 1 to 4 and Boxset 2 includes Books 5 to 8.
Simon Sullivan might not be who Ava always believed him to be, but along with his brother, he’d spent his life trying to protect her. That wasn’t going to change especially now when everything they’d planned for, hoping against hope it would never be needed, was playing out exactly as they’d feared.
But he’s not alone. Harper Riley isn’t about to let anything happen to Ava. He’s already killed to protect her…and will again.
It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been staggering technological and environmental advances, human nature is still very much the same as it has always been. One woman unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the middle of a long simmering struggle between power, greed, and an overwhelming effort to keep long hidden secrets buried.
Hidden Keys is a series of short stories, each revealing key pieces of information that are not always obvious to Ava Sullivan and Harper Riley as they do everything they can to identify her pursuers, find the answers about why they are after Ava, and somehow stay alive after surviving the first attempt on her life only days after her father’s death.
Luckily, Ava Sullivan isn’t on her own. A childhood friend that she hasn’t seen in years is proving once again that he can be trusted even as they just barely avoid one near miss after another. But this isn’t the first time that Harper Riley has had to dodge bullets or protect himself from oncoming fire. Now though, the gun in his hand is to protect Ava.
And is grateful to find that he’s not alone in keeping her safe.
The Hidden Keys Short Story series is best read in sequence. It is filled with long hidden secrets, strong characters, and a growing quest for justice. This boxset includes Cloaked Secrets (Book 9), Scattered Lies (Book 10), Hinged Tenure (Book 11), and Shrouded Puzzle (Book 12). Boxset 1 includes Books 1 to 4 and Boxset 2 includes Books 5 to 8.
104 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 17, 2022
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About the author
Jacie Middlemann
382 books161 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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June 22, 2022
Cloaked Secrets (Hidden Keys Book 9): 4 stars
Scattered Lies (Hidden Keys Book 10): 4 stars
Hinged Tenure (Hidden Keys Book 11): 4 stars
Shrouded Puzzle (Hidden Keys Book 12): 3 stars
A good, wide spread mystery. The relationship between Ava and Harper continues to grow. New allies are identified. Additional unidentified adversaries are thrown into the mix. And several, independent groups are working to figure out exactly what's happening. However, no real progress appears to occur.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Great world building. Haunting. Informative. Romantic. Tragic. Twisted. Unpredictable. Wonderful characters.
Scattered Lies (Hidden Keys Book 10): 4 stars
Hinged Tenure (Hidden Keys Book 11): 4 stars
Shrouded Puzzle (Hidden Keys Book 12): 3 stars
A good, wide spread mystery. The relationship between Ava and Harper continues to grow. New allies are identified. Additional unidentified adversaries are thrown into the mix. And several, independent groups are working to figure out exactly what's happening. However, no real progress appears to occur.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Great world building. Haunting. Informative. Romantic. Tragic. Twisted. Unpredictable. Wonderful characters.
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