This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
Reviewed by Melinda Hills for Readers' Favorite
Kate Lockwood hopes to mix business and pleasure when she returns to her small hometown for her sister’s wedding. Unfortunately, her business becomes personal and any enjoyment she has may be threatened by secrets lurking from the past and schemes in the present that threaten the lives of those around her. Forbidden Ground is the second novel in the Cold Creek series by Karen Harper and brings the Lockwood sisters together again in their village near the Appalachian foothills. Karen’s career as an archaeologist involves the mounds left behind by the ancient Adena civilization and she hopes to study one that lies on Grant Mason’s land. Even though Grant is the best man at the wedding and there is a growing mutual interest between them, her wish may not be fulfilled. Old childhood secrets, modern realities and hidden players keep the couple busy, never quite sure who to trust. Are they on the same side or working against one another? And are there even bigger secrets that neither one is prepared to have uncovered?
True friendship and strained family ties are important elements that dictate the course of much of the action in Forbidden Ground, the second novel in the Cold Creek series by Karen Harper. Set against the historical importance of the Adena mounds in the heart of lumber country, Forbidden Ground represents many different things to different people and deals with their hopes, dreams, desires and resentments. Harper does a wonderful job setting the characters in motion and bringing the secrets to light while she keeps the reader guessing.
