I received a free copy from NetGalley. Mystery, romance, and historical fiction. A little bit of everything and some parts are done better than others. The ghost part turns me off from it a little but the other parts were well enough done I was willing to look past it. The mystery wasn't that hard to figure out but there were a few twists at the end that were good.

Some people will enjoy this book, as I've seen from perusing other reviews. And I respect that.

Personally, I didn't enjoy it. This novel had a little bit of everything: historical fiction, historical romance, modern day romance, mystery, paranormal and yet put all together it still didn't work. Having read the 'Art Forger' and enjoyed it, I expected the same style, if not at least the same quality of writing. Unfortunately, 'The Safe Room' was plagued with the same problems I see all too frequently lately in fiction: convenience in terms of plot progression, vagueness and underdevelopment of characters and their interrelationships and simple, one dimensional writing.

A digital copy was provided by NetGalley and Open Road Integrated Media in return for an honest, unbiased review.

Through Sarah Harden's diary, we follow the story of her generation who were helping slaves escape during the civil war, and present day descendant Lee Seymour who lives in the house with Gram, who wishes to have Harden House included in the Underground Railroad Trail. A ghost of the past is believed to cause a death in the present day and race prejudices of the past affect Lee in the present day story.

Its an interesting historical novel, which i enjoyed. Reading the diary interspersed with the present day worked well. Most of the present day is seen through the eyes of Lee, who has to deal with the aftermath of death and betrayal of a friend and family member.

I worked out the ending for the present day quite early on so it came as no surprise.

Being English not American myself, it taught me some of the abolitionist history which I then linked to the modern day computer game Fallout 4.