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AudioGO (2012), Edition: Unabridged Audiobook, 9 CDs, 10 hrs 13 mins
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This story is a tale of riches lost and found, and beneath the surface lie the greatest treasures. A wave of hope carries Olivia Frost back to her small New England hometown nestled in the beautiful Swift River Valley. She is transforming a historic home into an idyllic getaway; picturesque and perfect, if only the absentee owner will fix up the eyesore next door. Dylan McCaffrey's ramshackle house is an inheritance he never counted on. It also holds the key to a generations-old lost treasure he can't resist any more than he can resist his new neighbor. Against this breathtaking landscape, Dylan and Olivia pursue long-buried secrets and discover a mystery wrapped in a love story, past and present.
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LibraryThing member readinggeek451
Olivia has bought an old house in her home town at the edge of the Quabbin Reservoir; she plans to turn it into a meeting place and destination. She leaves Boston ahead of schedule when a friend steals her biggest graphic design client. The house up the road has been empty for two years and is
Low-key mystery and gentle romance, as Olivia and her mother and sister come to terms with their anxieties, and old secrets come to light.
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collecting trash in its yard. The new owner didn't even know he had inherited it, but comes to inspect it when Olivia writes to him.Low-key mystery and gentle romance, as Olivia and her mother and sister come to terms with their anxieties, and old secrets come to light.
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LibraryThing member rhonda1111
Review:Secrets of the Lost Summer by Carla Neggers
4 STARS
Well I had to stay up late to finish the book. It was a enjoyable read.
Oliva Frost lived in Boston for the last 5 years. But last fall bought a early nineteen hundred home in her hometown Knights Bridge to slowly turn into a business. Oliva
Oliva is a graphic designers and she had a lunchen date with her biggest client.
Her friend Maggie she had been helping her get her work turned around was comming to Boston and they planned to get together but Maggie cancelled and then her business lunchen was cancelled by text. Oliva decided to go to lunch by herself and at the restraunt she saw her friend with her client at lunch. Oliva could not believe her so called friend Maggie was stealing her client.
Oliva was hurt and decided that she would go back now to her hometown and start fixing up her home. She was going to freelance for her firm till she was ready to open her business.
The house stood by itself except a old beaten up home with junk and weeds in the yard. It was close to a Dam that used to be four towns but the goverment years ago decided to move them so they could have plenty of water for Boston.
The owner had bought the home two years ago and it stood empty getting worse.
So she wrote to owner in California and asked them to clean up yard or let her do it.
Dylan McCaffrey got her letter and he had never heard of the place or new nothing about it. Found out his dad had bought the house right before he died. Dylan dad was a treasure hunter. Dylan was a professional hockey player till he got injured and cut. Then he helped his best friend Noah, since kindergarden start his business and they just went public so now he was rich. He decided to go to Knights Bridge and see what his dad was doing their. So Dylan went to clean up yard and decide what to do with the house.
So Dylan and Oliva got caught up in figuring out the mystery of what treasure his father was looking for.
Oliva is close to her family but they have a bunch of issues to work out. Dylan gets closer to his deceased father as he figures the mystery out and keeps coming back to Oliva.
It kept my interest in the book till the end. I will read more books by Carla in the future. I was given this ebook to read from Netgalley in exchange for honest review.
01/31/2012 PUB Harlequin Mira Books
4 STARS
Well I had to stay up late to finish the book. It was a enjoyable read.
Oliva Frost lived in Boston for the last 5 years. But last fall bought a early nineteen hundred home in her hometown Knights Bridge to slowly turn into a business. Oliva
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planned to open a place for weddings, parties and someday mini conference stays.Oliva is a graphic designers and she had a lunchen date with her biggest client.
Her friend Maggie she had been helping her get her work turned around was comming to Boston and they planned to get together but Maggie cancelled and then her business lunchen was cancelled by text. Oliva decided to go to lunch by herself and at the restraunt she saw her friend with her client at lunch. Oliva could not believe her so called friend Maggie was stealing her client.
Oliva was hurt and decided that she would go back now to her hometown and start fixing up her home. She was going to freelance for her firm till she was ready to open her business.
The house stood by itself except a old beaten up home with junk and weeds in the yard. It was close to a Dam that used to be four towns but the goverment years ago decided to move them so they could have plenty of water for Boston.
The owner had bought the home two years ago and it stood empty getting worse.
So she wrote to owner in California and asked them to clean up yard or let her do it.
Dylan McCaffrey got her letter and he had never heard of the place or new nothing about it. Found out his dad had bought the house right before he died. Dylan dad was a treasure hunter. Dylan was a professional hockey player till he got injured and cut. Then he helped his best friend Noah, since kindergarden start his business and they just went public so now he was rich. He decided to go to Knights Bridge and see what his dad was doing their. So Dylan went to clean up yard and decide what to do with the house.
So Dylan and Oliva got caught up in figuring out the mystery of what treasure his father was looking for.
Oliva is close to her family but they have a bunch of issues to work out. Dylan gets closer to his deceased father as he figures the mystery out and keeps coming back to Oliva.
It kept my interest in the book till the end. I will read more books by Carla in the future. I was given this ebook to read from Netgalley in exchange for honest review.
01/31/2012 PUB Harlequin Mira Books
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LibraryThing member jolzyn
What an innocent act by Olivia to get the owner to clear his front yard has leads to discovery of the ancient lost jewellery and the secret of Grace being unravel. I like Olivia very much. She reminds me of someone close to me as well. She is humble, and hate confrontation and she have every reason
Although there are not many love scene between the two main characters, as a reader, you get to feel the spark of attraction between them. They seems to have the sixth sense and at times is able to read each other mind. Dylan's [ i like the name very much] curiosity in finding out the truth for the reason why his father bought a house and leave it to him and the secret behind his last adventure. And the linkage between the current and the past lies with Grace, who have in her own right wrote a book but refuses to let anyone to read them. The ending was rather a surprise to me .. really didnt expect it to come actually. But it was a beautiful nevertheless. ;)
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to.. she lost her biggest client to her close friend who in turn act as though it is normal kind of thing a human is doing. Although Marilyn did not have much scene in this book, but i do hate her character very much.Although there are not many love scene between the two main characters, as a reader, you get to feel the spark of attraction between them. They seems to have the sixth sense and at times is able to read each other mind. Dylan's [ i like the name very much] curiosity in finding out the truth for the reason why his father bought a house and leave it to him and the secret behind his last adventure. And the linkage between the current and the past lies with Grace, who have in her own right wrote a book but refuses to let anyone to read them. The ending was rather a surprise to me .. really didnt expect it to come actually. But it was a beautiful nevertheless. ;)
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LibraryThing member Conkie
This is an entertaining tale, with a unique storyline, but... I'm not sure what? At times, it lacks consistency in character tone and actions. At other times, it is sluggish. Bottom line, its premise is interesting enough that I wanted to complete the book, and given the chance, I would recommend
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LibraryThing member beckymmoe
This book was...okay. It just felt like something was missing--the mystery didn't really draw me in all that much, the romance was pretty tame, and the characters were just so-so. For the most part it felt like a book with real possibilities that just never fully came to be. It hasn't really
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inspired me to look for more from this author, though if a later book has really outstanding reviews I might be tempted to give her another chance. Show Less
LibraryThing member LorettaR
I usually don't read love stories, but this one was really good and very entertaining.
LibraryThing member jbarr5
secrets of the lost summer by Carla Neggera
Boston designer Olivia Frost friend Marilyn is taking her clients from her!
She acquires an home home in Knightsbridge and is going to restore an old home into an idyllic getaway.
She sends the owner a note to clean up their yard from the old refrigerator
She is able to spend time with her father and discusses her plans of catering and teaching about herbs as the gardens unveil themselves.
Dylan arrives in MA from the west coast and comes upon a dog. It's Olivia's dog Buster that attached himself to her.
Talk of her mother's planning a trip to PCH. one we have ventured to and loved. The mother has bad anxiety and Olivia's sister thinks she might have it also. So overwhelmed and picking up things her mother no longer does has stressed her out.
They talk about their goals and find they do have common ground...Love all the conversations about water, field stone walls, and living off the land.
Love all the travel and nature scenes.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Boston designer Olivia Frost friend Marilyn is taking her clients from her!
She acquires an home home in Knightsbridge and is going to restore an old home into an idyllic getaway.
She sends the owner a note to clean up their yard from the old refrigerator
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etc. Dylan McCafferey now owns the house next door from his late father. Nobody knows why he wanted the house so Dylan has a lot of investigative work to do. He was a treasure hunter...She is able to spend time with her father and discusses her plans of catering and teaching about herbs as the gardens unveil themselves.
Dylan arrives in MA from the west coast and comes upon a dog. It's Olivia's dog Buster that attached himself to her.
Talk of her mother's planning a trip to PCH. one we have ventured to and loved. The mother has bad anxiety and Olivia's sister thinks she might have it also. So overwhelmed and picking up things her mother no longer does has stressed her out.
They talk about their goals and find they do have common ground...Love all the conversations about water, field stone walls, and living off the land.
Love all the travel and nature scenes.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
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LibraryThing member pammykn
AUTHOR: Neggers, Carla
TITLE: Secrets of the Lost Summer
DATE READ: 02/19/15
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS Fiction/2012/Mira/344 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: #1 in Swift River Valley series
TIME/PLACE: Present/ MA
CHARACTERS: Olivia Frost/graphic designer; Dylan McCaffrey/ former
FIRST LINES: Olivia Frost dribbled water from a measuring cup onto herb seedlings lined up in tiny pots on the windowsill above her kitchen sink.
COMMENTS: This is my 1st time reading Carla Neggers…have been meaning to for sometime… This is the first in the Swift River Valley Series -- set in a small town in Western MA. Many of the residents of former generations lived in surrounding towns that are no longer around because a reservoir covered the towns to provide water for the larger populated areas to the East. Olivia has been living on her own in Boston and has a good job as a graphic designer/account executive and when a so-called friend takes over one of her accounts, Olivia re-evaluates her life. She likes her graphic design job and decides to continue w/ her work but on a free lance basis and from her country home. She has bought an older country home that she is renovating and going to use as a venue for teas and other events. There is an older home next door that has become somewhat of a junkyard and she writes the absentee owner out in CA. She believes this owner to be an older gentlemen who has not visited in awhile & will most likely pay her to have the rubbish removed. In truth, it is Dylan McCaffrey who has inherited this property and was unaware of it until he received her letter. And so… he is curious enough to visit and attempt to find out why his father the world-wide adventurer had this small cottage in a secluded area. I thought Neggers probed a little deeper into the characters than some of the typical lighter romance-fiction books and added some more developed qualities to some of the characters. Why Dylan inherited the cottage is linked to a long ago lost summer before the reservoir.
TITLE: Secrets of the Lost Summer
DATE READ: 02/19/15
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS Fiction/2012/Mira/344 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: #1 in Swift River Valley series
TIME/PLACE: Present/ MA
CHARACTERS: Olivia Frost/graphic designer; Dylan McCaffrey/ former
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professional hockey playerFIRST LINES: Olivia Frost dribbled water from a measuring cup onto herb seedlings lined up in tiny pots on the windowsill above her kitchen sink.
COMMENTS: This is my 1st time reading Carla Neggers…have been meaning to for sometime… This is the first in the Swift River Valley Series -- set in a small town in Western MA. Many of the residents of former generations lived in surrounding towns that are no longer around because a reservoir covered the towns to provide water for the larger populated areas to the East. Olivia has been living on her own in Boston and has a good job as a graphic designer/account executive and when a so-called friend takes over one of her accounts, Olivia re-evaluates her life. She likes her graphic design job and decides to continue w/ her work but on a free lance basis and from her country home. She has bought an older country home that she is renovating and going to use as a venue for teas and other events. There is an older home next door that has become somewhat of a junkyard and she writes the absentee owner out in CA. She believes this owner to be an older gentlemen who has not visited in awhile & will most likely pay her to have the rubbish removed. In truth, it is Dylan McCaffrey who has inherited this property and was unaware of it until he received her letter. And so… he is curious enough to visit and attempt to find out why his father the world-wide adventurer had this small cottage in a secluded area. I thought Neggers probed a little deeper into the characters than some of the typical lighter romance-fiction books and added some more developed qualities to some of the characters. Why Dylan inherited the cottage is linked to a long ago lost summer before the reservoir.
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LibraryThing member CLDunn
Instead of copying what the author wrote on the back of her book or giving away parts of the story, I will just say how I felt about the book. I am a Carla Neggers fan and normally I get right into one of her books. The Secrets of the Lost Summer took me over 100 pages to care about the characters
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and want to continue reading. Not sure, if it was the story or just me having too much going on the week I was reading this. However, I did stay with the story long enough to become intrigued with the plot and I thought the story got better so I was glad I stayed with it. I didn't see the resolution of the plot coming at all. It was a surprise I didn't anticipate. I will be reading the next Swift River Valley novel to see what other adventures will happen in that valley. Show Less
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English
Original publication date
2012-01-31
ISBN
079278734X / 9780792787341