 The Lightkeeper’s Daughter (Mercy Falls Series #1)
by Colleen Coble
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Review – The Lightkeeper’s Daughter
Reviewed by Susan Sleeman
A sweet historical romance with a compelling mystery that begs you to turn page after page until the surprise ending.
Addie Sullivan, The Lightkeeper’s Daughter, is shocked when a man arrives at her home and claims to be her uncle. He goes on to say that the people she has known as her parents are not really her parents. They took her in when she was shipwrecked with her real mother who died in the accident. Addie also learns that her real father has been told she died in the shipwreck and that someone has been paying for her upkeep all these years. The very someone who wants to keep her from reuniting with her family.
With her uncle’s help, Addie goes to live at her father’s estate under the guise of governess for her nephew Edward. They will keep her real identity a secret until they can discover who has paid to care for her and kept her from her real family. As Addie spends time with the family, a romance develops between her and the father of her charge and together, they work at solving the mystery surrounding her past. A mystery that takes many unexpected twists and turns before the final resolution. I’m not much of a historical reader, so imagine my surprise when I enjoyed reading The Lightkeeper’s Daughter. I especially liked the main character Addie who speaks whatever comes to mind and always tells the truth. A refreshing trait for someone with as pure of a mind as Addie and a real joy to see how those around her reacted to her comments. In addition to her personality, Addie’s love of the Lord was evident in everything she did. So evident it impacted those around her, encouraging them to grow stronger in their faith walk. The spiritual message never felt heavy handed, but was as much a part of Addie as her breathing. Not only is characterization and the faith element strong, but the mystery is filled with twists and turns that will keep you reading. Things heat up in the last third of the book and author Coble races to the finish not allowing you to put down The Lightkeeper’s Daughter until the more than satisfying ending. |
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Reviewer Info
Susan Sleeman
Much to her husband’s chagrin, Susan loves to look at everyday situations and turn them into murder and mayhem scenarios for future novels. If you’ve met Susan, she has probably figured out a plausible way to kill you and get away with it. Don’t worry, she’d never follow through on it. Her GARDEN GATE MYSTERY series featuring landscape designer Paige Turner, debuted in October 2010 with NIPPED IN THE BUD in Barbour Books Hometown Mysteries line. The second book, READ BETWEEN THE TINES released in e-book format in the Spyglass Lane Mystery series in February of 2012. Her first romantic suspense novel, featuring the Morgan Brothers, released with Ryan’s story in HIGH-STAKES INHERITANCE , Russ’s story in BEHIND THE BADGE and the Reid’s story in THE CHRISTMAS WITNESS. This year Susan’s latest series about five adopted siblings who leave law enforcement to form a private investigations firm called the Justice Agency will debut with DOUBLE EXPOSURE in June and in November, DEAD WRONG will release. Susan currently lives in Florida, but has had the pleasure of living in nine states. Her husband is a church music director and they have two beautiful daughters, a very special son-in-law and an adorable grandson. In her spare time, you can find her traveling to Oregon to visit her children and grandson, reading, gardening or working on TheSuspenseZone.com. To learn more about Susan, please visit her website, or follow on Twitter and Facebook. |
SUSAN SLEEMAN grew up in a small Wisconsin town where she spent her summers reading Nancy Drew and developing a love of mystery and suspense books. Today, she channels this enthusiasm into hosting the popular internet website TheSuspenseZone.com and writing romantic suspense and mystery novels.
