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Secrets of the Shell Sisters (The Rosshaven Romances Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Adrienne Vaughan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.9 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
"That's like believing in Father Christmas," he said. "Or mermaids," she replied gravely.

Meet the Morgans. Three very different sisters, who each blame themselves for their mother's mysterious disappearance. Now, over forty years on, they are in crisis.

Cassandra - the eldest - runs the family's quirky, cliffside hotel. But the business is in trouble, and it seems a secret from the past is determined to resurface and destroy all she's worked for. Greer - the youngest - walked away from a glittering career to live in London. The mistress of a powerful man, she's left stranded on the day they were to start a new life together. Now she has no choice but to return to the family home - but what kind of welcome can she expect?

And Orla - the middle sister, whose obsessive shell collecting and messages from the 'sea- people' dominate her life. But Orla knows things. She knows Greer is coming home to a new future, that Cassandra's dark secret will change their lives and that their mother never really left at all.

And there's another secret, something they all share... but of course nobody's telling.
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  1. Book 2 of 2
    The Rosshaven Romances
  2. Print length
    393 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    May 28, 2023
  5. File size
    774 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C6KYWYTH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Paris Press (May 28, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 28, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 774 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 393 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

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Adrienne Vaughan

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Adrienne Vaughan writes spell-binding, page-turning romantic suspense.

Her award-winning 5 Star Heartfelt Series - The Hollow Heart, A Change of Heart and Secrets of the Heart - features a feisty investigative journalist, a beautiful West Highland terrier and is set on a remote island off the West Coast of Ireland.

Her latest novels Summer of Secrets and Secrets of the Shell Sisters are spell-binding family sagas with a touch of Irish magic, this time set on Ireland's Ancient East Coast.

Her collection of short stories and poetry, Fur Coat & No Knickers was shortlisted for the Irish Carousel Prize for Anthology, her short story Dodo's Portrait, was shortlisted for the Colm Toibin International Short Story Award at the Wexford Literary Festival and Matilda's Wings was runner up in the Society of Women Writers & Journalists short story competition.

All her books are heart-warming, uplifting tales of love and adventure, featuring her fabulous trademark twists and turns and laugh out loud moments. Her characters always are and always will be completely irresistible.

She's keeping everything crossed there's still time to realise her ambition and become a Bond girl!

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  • Isabella
    5.0 out of 5 stars Magical.
    Reviewed in Italy on September 20, 2023
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    What an utterly amazing story this is! Just when I thought nothing could compare to book 1 in the series, Summer of Secrets, here I am, having spent the past few days in Rosshaven again, thinking I've read the best book for this year so far and longing to go back.
    Secrets are hinted at and disclosed ( or are they? I'm still searching for answers) as the story unfolds, twists, turns, leaves you completely mesmerised and deciding you don't want to leave.
    I am normally a very quick reader but tried to read just a few chapters a day (not easy with such a compelling pace, such a masterful writing style) to take it all in and savour every little nuance, every little detail, adding up, deducting, trying to make sense when the only sense is that magic that links two worlds.
    Book 3 won't come soon enough.
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  • Welsh Annie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting, emotional, deeply moving - just wonderful
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2023
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    At one level, laced with deeply buried secrets, this book is an engrossing family drama. Cassandra is the Morgan sister who holds everything together, doing everything she can to keep the paying guests at Manorcliff content – though it’s clear the family business is struggling, with much needed maintenance work remaining undone, and increasing competition from the swish new hotel along the bay. Greer has been absent for some time, and hadn’t planned her return – but when her new life doesn’t work out as planned, the lure of home and family is too strong to resist. Third sister Orla is rather more of an enigma – very much an innocent, entirely lovable, collecting shells from the beach and listening to the stories they tell her. The relationship between them is quite wonderfully drawn – bound together by love and their shared past, with the loveliest moments of humour, but not without the unease or difficulties you’d expect in any family.

    But this book is considerably more than that – the sisters’ lives are entwined with others, shaped by their differing experiences, with shadows from the past touching them all in different ways as they contemplate what the future might hold. There’s a large supporting cast of characters, some from the first book in the series (although this one is entirely readable as a standalone), all wonderfully drawn and developed, and it sometimes took me a little while to decide which of them were important to the story – but they all were, every single one, and the way the author guides the reader though the various relationships and the ensuing twists and turns of the story is just superb, holding your hand every step of the way.

    There’s romance in each of the sisters’ lives, second chances so perfectly handled – but often particularly emotional and complicated. There’s mystery and intrigue too – more layers to the story, all so clever woven together. And then there’s the touch and more of real Irish magic, and a few moments that do require some suspension of disbelief – and if you’re beginning to think “too much”, I have to say I absolutely loved every single moment. There’s one particularly dramatic and otherworldly scene towards the book’s end that had me in tears – although there were elements to the story that I really hadn’t expected, I found the whole book entirely enchanting and deeply moving.

    There’s something that makes me want to label this book in some way – family drama, romantasy, magic realism – but it’s really impossible to do so. It’s quite beautifully written, its perfectly described wild setting on the Atlantic coast integral to its highly original and compelling story. Emotionally, it’s absolutely perfect – and I can only urge other readers to give it a try, and hopefully love it as much as I did.
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  • Cathy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling, character driven and multi layered
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2024
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    Beginning with an intriguing prologue Secrets of the Shell Sisters introduces us to the Morgan sisters – Cassandra, Greer and Orla. They are each distinct and individual in their own way but united in love for each other, their shared incredible gift and the fact that they believed they were to blame for the unexplained disappearance of their mother many years ago.

    The eldest sister, Cassandra is struggling to keep the family hotel afloat and in good shape, so much maintenance is needed and the nearby competition isn’t helping matters. She had carried the burden alone for a long time but perhaps now is the time to share the load.

    Otherworldly and innocent, Orla is unconventional, collecting and listening to shells that she insists bring her messages. And she does seem to know things ahead of time. One message in particular, the outcome of which is a great shock to one of the sisters, but turns out to be a wonderful benefit to them all.

    Greer has just returned home after a long absence while pursuing her career, and then a relationship that wasn’t what it seemed and left her heartbroken. The three navigate through the challenges life brings in their own way, but at the same time supporting each other.

    This is a compelling, character driven and multi layered family drama with wonderful characterisations and long buried secrets rising to the surface, which encompasses a wider circle than just the sisters themselves. I loved returning to gorgeous Rosshaven and following the sisters’ stories as they unfolded with more than a little tension, suspense, excitement and with an added sprinkling of romance and mythology.

    Adrienne Vaughan peoples her novels with characters who aren’t perfect and have their quirks, but are engaging and easy to like. Secrets of the Shell Sisters is well crafted with surprise twists, a wonderfully vivid sense of place and an emotional impact.
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    Cathy
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Compelling, character driven and multi layered

    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2024
    Beginning with an intriguing prologue Secrets of the Shell Sisters introduces us to the Morgan sisters – Cassandra, Greer and Orla. They are each distinct and individual in their own way but united in love for each other, their shared incredible gift and the fact that they believed they were to blame for the unexplained disappearance of their mother many years ago.

    The eldest sister, Cassandra is struggling to keep the family hotel afloat and in good shape, so much maintenance is needed and the nearby competition isn’t helping matters. She had carried the burden alone for a long time but perhaps now is the time to share the load.

    Otherworldly and innocent, Orla is unconventional, collecting and listening to shells that she insists bring her messages. And she does seem to know things ahead of time. One message in particular, the outcome of which is a great shock to one of the sisters, but turns out to be a wonderful benefit to them all.

    Greer has just returned home after a long absence while pursuing her career, and then a relationship that wasn’t what it seemed and left her heartbroken. The three navigate through the challenges life brings in their own way, but at the same time supporting each other.

    This is a compelling, character driven and multi layered family drama with wonderful characterisations and long buried secrets rising to the surface, which encompasses a wider circle than just the sisters themselves. I loved returning to gorgeous Rosshaven and following the sisters’ stories as they unfolded with more than a little tension, suspense, excitement and with an added sprinkling of romance and mythology.

    Adrienne Vaughan peoples her novels with characters who aren’t perfect and have their quirks, but are engaging and easy to like. Secrets of the Shell Sisters is well crafted with surprise twists, a wonderfully vivid sense of place and an emotional impact.
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  • Joy Wood
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful characters - I felt like I knew them personally!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2023
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    This book is such a brilliant read. The author has such skill in drawing the reader in and not letting her go until the last page. I loved all the characters - they seemed so real, as if I knew them personally! This is one of those books that you want to savour the delightful storytelling, but also keep turning the pages to the last to find out the conclusion. A fascinating story that will keep the reader hooked - I absolutely loved it. Easily a 5 star read and a book I can thoroughly recommend to curl up with particularly now the nights are drawing in. A wonderful bit of escapism. Well done Ms Vaughan.
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  • Lady Bracknell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Magical tale of secrets, second chances and sisterhood
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2023
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    Set on Ireland’s ancient east coast, the Morgan sisters are in crisis. Cassandra runs the family hotel and it's struggling, as secrets from her past threaten to resurface making things worse. Greer is fleeing a failed relationship with a powerful man, but if she returns will she stay? And then there’s Orla - fey, funny and mysterious - insisting messages from the shells must heeded or what will become of them all?
    Returning to Rosshaven was a delight, especially as this story, while fresh and original, is cleverly intertwined with characters from the first book, Summer of Secrets.
    A beautifully written tale of relationships, lost love and second chances, laced through with a touch of Irish magic - so deftly delivered it feels as natural as the sea itself.
    This is romantasy at its best and I loved it.
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