Strands of Truth by author Colleen Coble is a suspense story with a romance and it is wonderful! Harper Taylor wants a family of her own. She had a very distressed childhood and was shuttled to different foster homes until she received help from an unexpected source, Oliver Jackson. He saw her need when she was a teen and arranged a safe foster home and later a college education for Harper. Oliver had been her mentor and was now her business partner in cultivating and harvesting black pearls from her bed of bivalve mollusks. Now Harper is starting a new endeavor, she adopted an embryo and has just had the implant. She is praying it will thrive and she will become a mother!
The problems arise after Harper identifies a possible half-sister after a DNA test and search. Annabelle soon meets Annabelle who has recently been diagnosed with cancer and will start chemo soon. They both find life a bit strange to know both their mothers were killed when they were babies. Anabelle's mother was murdered and Harpers mother had been injured in a car accident and died minutes after Harper was born.
I won't post spoilers, but the attempts on Harper and Annabelle's lives continue to be frightening with no clear reasons or answers.
The whole book is very interesting. Not only do you have the mystery/suspense, but the imagery of the ocean, the mollusks beds, the sea silk fabric, and the Weeki Wachee Mermaids of the 1960's. Once I started the book, I could not stop reading until the ending.
I appreciate the mystery, suspense, interesting subject matter, and knowing I can read the book and refer it to my friends.
Publication Date September 10, 2019
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.
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Photograph by Diane Lochala
"I Won't Look Back"
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