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The Road to Hidden Harbor
From "What Lies Beneath" anthology
A New York Times Bestselling Author
A New York Times Bestselling Author
Twenty years ago, a talented and rising poet disappeared in the Maine woods. Now English professor Molly Ferrell wants to write his story. In order to do that, she has to find out what really happened to Michael O'Flannery.
115 pages, Hardcover
First published August 23, 2002
3 people are currently reading
60 people want to read
About the author
Anne Stuart
204 books2,062 followersAnne Stuart is a grandmaster of the genre, winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, survivor of more than thirty-five years in the romance business, and still just keeps getting better.
Her first novel was Barrett's Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974 when Anne had just turned 25. Since then she's written more gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, romantic adventure, series romance, suspense, historical romance, paranormal and mainstream contemporary romance for publishers such as Doubleday, Harlequin, Silhouette, Avon, Zebra, St. Martins Press, Berkley, Dell, Pocket Books and Fawcett.
She’s won numerous awards, appeared on most bestseller lists, and speaks all over the country. Her general outrageousness has gotten her on Entertainment Tonight, as well as in Vogue, People, USA Today, Women’s Day and countless other national newspapers and magazines.
When she’s not traveling, she’s at home in Northern Vermont with her luscious husband of thirty-six years, an empty nest, three cats, four sewing machines, and one Springer Spaniel, and when she’s not working she’s watching movies, listening to rock and roll (preferably Japanese) and spending far too much time quilting.
Anne Stuart also writes as Kristina Douglas.
Her first novel was Barrett's Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974 when Anne had just turned 25. Since then she's written more gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, romantic adventure, series romance, suspense, historical romance, paranormal and mainstream contemporary romance for publishers such as Doubleday, Harlequin, Silhouette, Avon, Zebra, St. Martins Press, Berkley, Dell, Pocket Books and Fawcett.
She’s won numerous awards, appeared on most bestseller lists, and speaks all over the country. Her general outrageousness has gotten her on Entertainment Tonight, as well as in Vogue, People, USA Today, Women’s Day and countless other national newspapers and magazines.
When she’s not traveling, she’s at home in Northern Vermont with her luscious husband of thirty-six years, an empty nest, three cats, four sewing machines, and one Springer Spaniel, and when she’s not working she’s watching movies, listening to rock and roll (preferably Japanese) and spending far too much time quilting.
Anne Stuart also writes as Kristina Douglas.
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February 27, 2020
English Professor Molly Ferrell has been obsessed with Poet Michael O'Flannery for years. Even though he died over twenty years ago, she wants to find out more about him and publish a paper on his works. So, Molly has ventured to O'Flannery's hometown in Maine to see what she can dig up from his friends and neighbors. But the people in this little town aren't talking. Jake Marley, a carpenter working on at the local inn where Molly is staying, is actually hostile toward her. Molly isn't sure what the town is hiding, but she is determined to find out.
Molly tries to interview various people in town. Jake is always right behind her, not letting them talk. It wasn't hard to figure out what was going on. There was a little bit of suspense near the end of the story. This story was worth the hour I put into it. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
Molly tries to interview various people in town. Jake is always right behind her, not letting them talk. It wasn't hard to figure out what was going on. There was a little bit of suspense near the end of the story. This story was worth the hour I put into it. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
April 16, 2019
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Letto e recensito da Iaia
Molly Farrel professoressa universitaria, va a Hidden Harbor, un paesino del Maine, per approfondire le sue ricerche su un poeta del posto, morto suicida all'età di 20 anni.
Jacob (Jack) Morley, falegname, è una persona che è sempre vissuta a Hidden Harbor, che decide di seguire da vicino e da lontano la protagonista, per intervenire se lo ritiene necessario nelle eventuali domande sul poeta che Molly fa agli abitanti della cittadina.
Quando i due si conoscono, ci sono scintille. Lui è arrogante, scontroso, ineducato e si comporta in modo proprio villano.
Perché? Molly se lo chiede e anche lei comunque fa la sua parte e non accetta supinamente questo comportamento.
E' solo antipatia quello che sentono scorrere tra di loro o inconsapevolmente nascondono qualcos'altro?
Tutti gli abitanti, tranne un paio di persone, trattano con ostilità la protagonista perché la ritengono impicciona e nessuno vuol parlare di questo personaggio locale famoso.
La Stuart ha scritto questa storia in modo molto fluido, succinto, non si è dilungata in nessun modo, ha saputo esporre questo racconto in modo semplice toccando i vari argomenti con bravura.
C'è un leggero suspense, sentimenti, un po' di introspezione, un leggero erotismo; il protagonista è uno di quei personaggi che si meriterebbe di ricevere un paio di padellate sulla testa a causa della sua supponenza e prepotenza... ma poi lo perdoni perché diventa un tenerone. Ci sono tutti gli ingredienti che in genere si trovano in un romance, ma ridotto in una settantina di pagine.
Solo un'abile penna sa comunicare a chi legge le emozioni che vivono i vari personaggi sia principali che secondari. E anche in questo caso la Stuart non è stata da meno, anzi ha confermato la sua capacità.
Letto e recensito da Iaia
Molly Farrel professoressa universitaria, va a Hidden Harbor, un paesino del Maine, per approfondire le sue ricerche su un poeta del posto, morto suicida all'età di 20 anni.
Jacob (Jack) Morley, falegname, è una persona che è sempre vissuta a Hidden Harbor, che decide di seguire da vicino e da lontano la protagonista, per intervenire se lo ritiene necessario nelle eventuali domande sul poeta che Molly fa agli abitanti della cittadina.
Quando i due si conoscono, ci sono scintille. Lui è arrogante, scontroso, ineducato e si comporta in modo proprio villano.
Perché? Molly se lo chiede e anche lei comunque fa la sua parte e non accetta supinamente questo comportamento.
E' solo antipatia quello che sentono scorrere tra di loro o inconsapevolmente nascondono qualcos'altro?
Tutti gli abitanti, tranne un paio di persone, trattano con ostilità la protagonista perché la ritengono impicciona e nessuno vuol parlare di questo personaggio locale famoso.
La Stuart ha scritto questa storia in modo molto fluido, succinto, non si è dilungata in nessun modo, ha saputo esporre questo racconto in modo semplice toccando i vari argomenti con bravura.
C'è un leggero suspense, sentimenti, un po' di introspezione, un leggero erotismo; il protagonista è uno di quei personaggi che si meriterebbe di ricevere un paio di padellate sulla testa a causa della sua supponenza e prepotenza... ma poi lo perdoni perché diventa un tenerone. Ci sono tutti gli ingredienti che in genere si trovano in un romance, ma ridotto in una settantina di pagine.
Solo un'abile penna sa comunicare a chi legge le emozioni che vivono i vari personaggi sia principali che secondari. E anche in questo caso la Stuart non è stata da meno, anzi ha confermato la sua capacità.
August 14, 2017
carino, un po' superficiale, ne senso che c'erano molti spunti per sviluppi e colpi di scena, sembra un po' una versione ridotta ma cmq è una bella lettura da spiaggia ;)
March 10, 2012
This read more like the outline of a decent book rather than the book itself. I absolutely loved the idea- woman intrigued by mystery man as she looks into the suicide of a poet with whom she is infatuated with- but the execution was sketchy.
January 30, 2022
The Road to Hidden Harbor by Anne Stuart is a novel that was hard to find, but nevertheless I persisted in trying to find a copy until I found a hardcover large print copy from a used bookstore and had it shipped all the way here. Now if that isn’t dedication when it comes to one of your favorite authors, I don’t know what is.
Molly Ferrell, an English Professor at Southern Michigan University travels to Hidden Harbor, Maine in pursuit of information for her book centered around none other than the poet Michael O’Flannery, around whom her adolescent dreams revolved. According to available information, the renowned poet had taken his own life twenty years back, something that Molly finds hard to believe. Determined to pursue the truth, she comes to understand that the townsfolk are less than willing to talk when it comes to their local hero.
45 year old Jake Marley is the most hostile of them all, doing his utmost to drive her away. But her infatuation with Michael which had begun when she was merely 15 years old is too fierce for Molly to let it go and she is determined that she would get closure of some kind through this trip, however hard it may be.
Clashing with Jake somehow makes Molly wonder at what could be, because Jake is a man who pushes all her buttons and then some, the epitome of what she finds attractive; tall and lanky, with good shoulders and narrow hips. It is all this and more that draws her towards the enigmatic Jake, who for all intents and purposes seems to want her against his own will.
While I liked The Road to Hidden Harbor well enough, I found it to be too short of a novel to have done the characters and the story justice. There was so much potential for build-up of the sexual kind and otherwise, which could have made this story a solid 5-star read. Even with all that, in both Jake and Molly, Ms. Stuart brings to life the kind of characters she is famous for; intelligent, independent, and yin to the other’s yang that tugs at the heartstrings of the readers.
While wishing for more, I enjoyed this short novel and await something that is lengthier from Ms. Stuart in the time to come. Recommended for fans of Anne Stuart!
Final Verdict: The Road to Hidden Harbor is an enticing appetizer to what Ms. Stuart’s abilities are as a writer! Loved Jake and Molly through it all.
Rating = 3.75/5
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Molly Ferrell, an English Professor at Southern Michigan University travels to Hidden Harbor, Maine in pursuit of information for her book centered around none other than the poet Michael O’Flannery, around whom her adolescent dreams revolved. According to available information, the renowned poet had taken his own life twenty years back, something that Molly finds hard to believe. Determined to pursue the truth, she comes to understand that the townsfolk are less than willing to talk when it comes to their local hero.
45 year old Jake Marley is the most hostile of them all, doing his utmost to drive her away. But her infatuation with Michael which had begun when she was merely 15 years old is too fierce for Molly to let it go and she is determined that she would get closure of some kind through this trip, however hard it may be.
Clashing with Jake somehow makes Molly wonder at what could be, because Jake is a man who pushes all her buttons and then some, the epitome of what she finds attractive; tall and lanky, with good shoulders and narrow hips. It is all this and more that draws her towards the enigmatic Jake, who for all intents and purposes seems to want her against his own will.
While I liked The Road to Hidden Harbor well enough, I found it to be too short of a novel to have done the characters and the story justice. There was so much potential for build-up of the sexual kind and otherwise, which could have made this story a solid 5-star read. Even with all that, in both Jake and Molly, Ms. Stuart brings to life the kind of characters she is famous for; intelligent, independent, and yin to the other’s yang that tugs at the heartstrings of the readers.
While wishing for more, I enjoyed this short novel and await something that is lengthier from Ms. Stuart in the time to come. Recommended for fans of Anne Stuart!
Final Verdict: The Road to Hidden Harbor is an enticing appetizer to what Ms. Stuart’s abilities are as a writer! Loved Jake and Molly through it all.
Rating = 3.75/5
For more reviews and quotes, please visit A Maldivian's Passion for Romance
October 12, 2025
Good story, could have used expanding
Like all her books, this story was good but this one could have used a lot more detail and expansion.
Like all her books, this story was good but this one could have used a lot more detail and expansion.
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