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Ryan's Legacy #1-4
Hidden Island - Ryan's Legacy Boxset One
She’d waited years for this moment…for him.
You can always go home…but what will you find when you do. Jonathan Hansen is about to find out.
For years they’ve hidden a huge secret…an island that was home to their small town, the families and friends who live there, and the secrets they've kept for generations.
But danger might be right beyond the water’s edge. Together, two guarded hearts are willing to face the impending threat and the danger it poses to the tranquility of their home.
Ainslin O’Cleary wasn’t the type to over-react but she was beginning to feel a little desperate. She loved her home and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.
Jonathan Hansen felt broken…but he would never break. He believed he had nowhere to go...no home, no family, no lasting friendships or relationships to return to. But he was wrong. And as he stood just beyond the island's small town community looking out over the water, determined to stay removed, isolated, and alone. ..he heard her footsteps behind him and knew there was no turning back.
Can Jonathan set aside the life-changing tragedy that shaped his choices and relationships, or will his past ruin his chance at a new beginning with the only woman he's never forgotten?
Visit the hidden island and follow Jonathan and Ainslin's journey in this small town romantic mystery as the two of them along with family and friends work together to unravel the mystery of how so much is known about the secrets of their carefully guarded island home and whether one of their own has betrayed them.
If you enjoy clean romance, a mystery with twists and turns that will keep you guessing, and inspirational feel-good women's fiction that's filled with friendship, love, and sometimes complicated relationships, this romantic mystery series collection is for you.
This Box Set includes Books 1-4 of the eight-part Hidden Island short story series. Check out Ray’s story in the Forgotten Land series.
You can always go home…but what will you find when you do. Jonathan Hansen is about to find out.
For years they’ve hidden a huge secret…an island that was home to their small town, the families and friends who live there, and the secrets they've kept for generations.
But danger might be right beyond the water’s edge. Together, two guarded hearts are willing to face the impending threat and the danger it poses to the tranquility of their home.
Ainslin O’Cleary wasn’t the type to over-react but she was beginning to feel a little desperate. She loved her home and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.
Jonathan Hansen felt broken…but he would never break. He believed he had nowhere to go...no home, no family, no lasting friendships or relationships to return to. But he was wrong. And as he stood just beyond the island's small town community looking out over the water, determined to stay removed, isolated, and alone. ..he heard her footsteps behind him and knew there was no turning back.
Can Jonathan set aside the life-changing tragedy that shaped his choices and relationships, or will his past ruin his chance at a new beginning with the only woman he's never forgotten?
Visit the hidden island and follow Jonathan and Ainslin's journey in this small town romantic mystery as the two of them along with family and friends work together to unravel the mystery of how so much is known about the secrets of their carefully guarded island home and whether one of their own has betrayed them.
If you enjoy clean romance, a mystery with twists and turns that will keep you guessing, and inspirational feel-good women's fiction that's filled with friendship, love, and sometimes complicated relationships, this romantic mystery series collection is for you.
This Box Set includes Books 1-4 of the eight-part Hidden Island short story series. Check out Ray’s story in the Forgotten Land series.
149 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 3, 2022
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About the author
Jacie Middlemann
372 books160 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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November 4, 2022
Overall: 4 stars
Book 1: 5 stars
Book 2: 4 stars
Book 3: 4 stars
Book 4: 4 stars
An interesting series set two centuries in our future after several catastrophes. The story focuses on the descendants of a group of survivalists. The original families purchased a defunct resort at which to hide away. They took precautions to remove the location, which they dubbed Antiquity, from general knowledge. Technically a peninsula, they misdirected the general population to believe it to be an island.
Jonathan Hansen, a former U.S. military leader and hero, decided to return there to his deceased grandmother's home. A few days after his arrival, Ainslin O’Cleary, a neighbor whom he has secretly had a crush on for many years, seeks him out. A persistent outside company attempts to purchase the island from the resident owners. Conspiracies abound.
The story is well thought out and interesting. A sweet and clean romance as well. It provides a cautionary tale of what might come if good people do nothing to prevent it. A worthwhile read.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Great world building. Haunting. Informative. Romantic. Scary. Tragic. Twisted. Unpredictable. Whimsical. Wonderful characters.
Book 1: 5 stars
Book 2: 4 stars
Book 3: 4 stars
Book 4: 4 stars
An interesting series set two centuries in our future after several catastrophes. The story focuses on the descendants of a group of survivalists. The original families purchased a defunct resort at which to hide away. They took precautions to remove the location, which they dubbed Antiquity, from general knowledge. Technically a peninsula, they misdirected the general population to believe it to be an island.
Jonathan Hansen, a former U.S. military leader and hero, decided to return there to his deceased grandmother's home. A few days after his arrival, Ainslin O’Cleary, a neighbor whom he has secretly had a crush on for many years, seeks him out. A persistent outside company attempts to purchase the island from the resident owners. Conspiracies abound.
The story is well thought out and interesting. A sweet and clean romance as well. It provides a cautionary tale of what might come if good people do nothing to prevent it. A worthwhile read.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Great world building. Haunting. Informative. Romantic. Scary. Tragic. Twisted. Unpredictable. Whimsical. Wonderful characters.
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December 17, 2023Nice afternoon reading leaves you feeling good
I liked the movement of the story. Love scenes that was pretty and nice . I would love to live on an island.
I liked the movement of the story. Love scenes that was pretty and nice . I would love to live on an island.
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