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Harbored Secrets Kindle Edition

by Marie F Martin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 6,707 ratings
From the author of the popular Maternal Harbor comes Harbored Secrets (a psychological mystery in the unearthing of family secrets.)

In May of 1935, Blinny Platt’s homestead shack burns to the ground forever leaving her family asunder, scattering them like the embers flew on the Montana wind. She was only eight-years-old, sent away and in charge of her little sister. She could handle that because Platts take care of Platts.

However, it is the hidden secrets of her parents smoldering beneath the charred remains that haunts Blinny until 1982. She once again leaves the home place to build a house for herself. As the foundation is poured and the walls go up, each of the hurtful memories are uncovered. Finally the mystery, left in the ashes of the burned home, is revealed. How could her mother do what she did?
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    25 Nov. 2013
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About the Author

Marie Martin lives in a fertile valley at the base of the Rocky Mountains. She enjoys a quiet life where laughter comes easy, love easier. Marie and her four siblings were raised on ten acres of clump grass and bull pine trees. They roamed nearby creeks, woods, and the cemetery. All places for good fun. Her father worked in a sawmill, and her mother was a librarian; an upbringing that fostered love for people and books. In her blog, Shady Nook, you may read stories of her exceptional childhood growing up in a rich, rural area filled with unique people and a magnanimous landscape known as the Big Sky County. Marie is the mother of four grown children and shares her life with a side-kick cocker spaniel by the name of Katie Lou. Links to her two blogs are available at www.mariefmartin.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00B7QMYZK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ 4D Publishing
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 25 Nov. 2013
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.3 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 6,707 ratings

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Marie F Martin

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Marie F Martin, author, storyteller and weaver of suspense, spunk and sass in her Historical Fiction, Thrillers, and Mysteries.

MATERNAL HARBOR has a mother's vow to protect her baby, HARBORED SECRETS has surprising twists of a family’s past, RATHAM CREEK begins with a grizzly attack and ends in a lover’s spat. DON'T MESS WITH MRS. SEDGEWICH has the spunk and sass of four elderly ladies.

Together her thriller, mystery, or suspense novels have over 500,000 Kindle downloads and over 700 five star reviews.

Marie lives in a fertile valley at the base of the Rocky Mountains. She enjoys a quiet life where laughter comes easy, love easier. She invites you to join her on her website and read about her rich, rural memories in a memoir of her early childhood and raising her own family of four children. If you have any questions she will be happy to answer them. Her email address and other social media are listed on her website.

https://www.mariefmartin.com

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Customers enjoy this book's mystery and intrigue, with one review highlighting its deep plot and many twists and turns. The writing is well-crafted, with one customer noting how the author creates a clear picture through their words. They appreciate the fantastic characters and find it to be a great read.

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17 customers mention ‘Story quality’14 positive3 negative

Customers enjoy the story's mystery and intrigue, with one customer highlighting its many twists and turns.

"...So earthy and friendly to read , I think it reads true to how a lot of families are , not quite so dramatic , but complicated ...." Read more

"So nany twists and turns you find yourself going back a page to cage k what you gave read. Really goid book" Read more

"An enthralling read of a family with secrets who eventually forget how to tell them. Excellent writing and fantastic characters" Read more

"...to keep hold of her heritage - tremendous characterisation and scenic descriptions - along the lines of Willa Cather - and deserves more recognition." Read more

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"Just read the title , gave it a go, but one of the best reads so a long time,very similar to a Norwegian author...." Read more

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"Excellent read, superb strong, strange characters. They say you cannot pick your family and I do not think anyone would pick some of these...." Read more

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"...What I actually got was a well-written and very readable account of the life of a sad, independent spinster as she approached her later life...." Read more

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  • George Skye
    5.0 out of 5 stars great read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2014
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    Just read the title , gave it a go, but one of the best reads so a long time,very similar to a Norwegian author. So earthy and friendly to read , I think it reads true to how a lot of families are , not quite so dramatic , but complicated .
    Would recommend to any one to read and especially men ,as I am . Wish I had read it years ago . Forgiveness and understanding can go a long way .
    Thank you
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  • Ann
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2019
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    So nany twists and turns you find yourself going back a page to cage k what you gave read. Really goid book
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  • Ron j
    3.0 out of 5 stars interesting read it took a long time to get into it.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2022
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    A very confusing story, difficult at times to understand. A very deep plot which was cleverly explained in the final chapters. I am glad I stuck with it.
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  • Fraochg
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2023
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    An enthralling read of a family with secrets who eventually forget how to tell them. Excellent writing and fantastic characters
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  • TriciaHS
    4.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a surprise
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2015
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    I chose this book on account of the byline, (a psychological mystery), fully expecting some kind of horror, ghost, murder mystery thriller. What I actually got was a well-written and very readable account of the life of a sad, independent spinster as she approached her later life. I'll confess, if I had realised what it was, I wouldn't have given it the time of day, not my kind of book. On reflection I'm pleased to have read it. I became immersed in the history of this strange woman, her family and their secrets.
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  • Bonnie
    5.0 out of 5 stars excellent read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2018
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    Describing this as a psychological thriller is doing this book a vast injustce - this is a tale of family struggles, about the tough hard life of French immigrants trying to work the prairie lands while dealing with deceit, disaster and grief - seen through the eyes of the daughter Blanche who fights to keep hold of her heritage - tremendous characterisation and scenic descriptions - along the lines of Willa Cather - and deserves more recognition.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2019
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    Great story, the author has a way with words, a real story teller. It's very descriptive and her characters are well written and believable.

    I became easily immersed in the joys and tragedies of their lives.
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  • Ms Alison C Keen
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as maternal harbor
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 December 2014
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    Slow going but well written just a bit disappointing in comparison
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  • Susan Cooke
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in Australia on 6 April 2020
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    I enjoyed this book because the characters brought back my own family to me. Mad as cut snakes as we say in Australia. Not for the faint hearted this story.
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  • Barbara
    3.0 out of 5 stars Avid Reader
    Reviewed in Italy on 25 July 2016
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    Strange story which didn't really ever get off the ground for me. I wasn't too enamoured of any of the characters
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  • Sheila Fernandes
    3.0 out of 5 stars Surprising ending!
    Reviewed in India on 6 May 2018
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    A little difficult to keep yourself glued to the book but enough to make you come back to know more. Ending sure surprised me.
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  • LorenaE
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
    Reviewed in Canada on 27 May 2020
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    This book is rich in emotion and love of the land. Each chapter brings new insight into the lives of the people, family, sisters. Lots of twists and turns. In the end you love them all.
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  • Joy Cagil
    5.0 out of 5 stars Original, Complex, Mysterious, and Superb!
    Reviewed in the United States on 15 February 2015
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    According to what the author says, this is the fictionalized story of her mother’s life. Blinny (for Blanche) is eight years old when her family’s home in Montana with her baby brother inside is burned to the ground. This incident serves as a catalyst for the story, as the rest of the novel is built skillfully over and around it.

    The story’s time frame is between 1935 to around 1980s.

    In the beginning, Blinny, lacking love and attention from the adults around her, is made responsible not only for the heavy farm work but also for the care of her younger sister. Blinny’s mother is an incapable woman, unhappy, depressed, and without a sense of responsibility. Right after the fire, she dies. Blinny’s luck turns around when her father sends her to be cared for by an uncle she hasn’t ever met. The uncle is good to her and educates her. A few years later, her father shows up to suddenly take her back and makes her live together with a woman he married, a much younger woman who, during Blinny’s childhood, was cruel to her. The plot, then, goes on around Blinny’s hazy and doomed love story and her discovering byzantine family secrets one by one, while succeeding to build her own house brick by brick.

    Blinny, as a character, is a heroine, brave, kind, compassionate and in tune with the prairie. Her relationship with her step-mother is an original and complicated one to the end, and it serves as a twist in itself. All the other characters are also well-developed and different from one another with specific quirks. The plot is highly original, complex, and full of mystery, but the story ends satisfactorily.

    This novel had everything in it that I look for in a good story: Excellent characterization, great plot with unseen twists, and good storytelling. The story is offered not in chronological order but by switching from present to past and vice versa. Although (I thought) the back-and-forth storytelling was overdone, I could understand the plot quite well.

    This is the kind of novel I love to read and I will surely look for other books by this author.
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