Lost Treasures #1

ALC/ARC provided by author

Author: Devney Perry 

Narrators: Samantha Brentmoor and Connor Crais

Thanks, @devneyperry for the ARC and ALC. 

It’s 1983 and Ilsa Poe is back in Montana in her deceased father’s cabin. They’d been estranged for years but a letter sent before his death sends her back to Dalton, where she ends up taking a temporary teaching job so that she can take her time to sort through her father’s affairs. The more she learns about him, the more questions arise. 

Sheriff Cosi Raynes is the worst complication in Ilsa’s Montana stay. She has a ‘crush’ on the big guy, developed from meeting him when she called the police because she saw a stranger in her property. The worst part in all this: she’s his disgruntled teen son’s teacher. 

She came to Montana to be at peace with her past, not to be entangled in a treasure hunt or a scandalous liaison with the sheriff. Let’s hope the person dead set on making her leave Dalton won’t end up killing her… like they maybe killed her father.

I loved this one and devoured it in one sitting. And, yes, I had ZERO clue who the culprit was and that, ladies and gentlemen, is a major win for a book! 

I also loved being transported back to the 80s – no cell phones, GPS, social media… A time of land lines, phone books, maps and, GASP, no internet. I took offense, though, that a time I lived in is now categorized as ‘historical fiction’. LOL

The audiobook is perfection! Narrated in duet by Samantha Brentmoor and Connor Crais, both at the top of their game. Samantha’s expressive performances never disappoint. Connor is in his element as the broody, protective single dad (and as his teenage son). They knock it out of the park as all the other characters too. These two can do no wrong, seriously.

It’s a story of rediscovering things about your past, of lost treasure but, most of all, about family. 

It has small town vibes, suspense, steam, lost journals, secrets, treasure maps, an unexpected  villain and a heartwarming HEA. 

I loved revisiting the 80s with Ilsa and Cosi! 

Content notes: loss of a parent, estrangement from a parent, arson, murder, child abandonment, mentions of teenage pregnancy 

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