The Secret Field

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Pub Date 01 Apr 2022 | Archive Date 30 Apr 2022

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A heart-pounding race for home and treasure.

Kari Bell is a hard core loner. Her debilitating panic attacks have her dependent on potions, salves and thunder shirts for humans. She is summoned to a childhood home to bury her father and conceal her mother's bloody secret. After that trauma, she buys a rundown ranch house surrounded by pasture and woodland at the end of an isolated rural road. Her two corgis and a Siamese cat are her world. In a single nightly dog walk, her fragile state of calm is gutted.

Set in an historic gossipy town whose glory days are behind it, Kari Bell's homestead is on land that was once part of a grand plantation. Reggie Raintree, the last Raintree Plantation heir, has returned on a mission to locate and excavate ancient gold hidden somewhere on his family's remaining acreage. All maps, however, appear to point to Kari's little plot. Raintree wants it back.

In search of a mate, he posts an ad on a foreign bride website with the headline, "Looking for Love and Treasure." He includes photos of an intriguing gold coin, but it's not just any coin. It's a coin so rare collectors call it, The Lost Love Coin. If authentic, its value is incalculable. Raintree and his Russian bride will stop at nothing to force Kari out. They bribe local officials, unleash mad dogs and cats to stalk her, steal her beloved Corgi and take her to court.

Kari must shed her loner skin, sleep with a gun next to her serenity candle and fight for what feels like home for the first time in her life all while looking for The Lost Love Coin.

In this woman's story with a suspenseful backbone the twists are only matched by the secrets they reveal.

A heart-pounding race for home and treasure.

Kari Bell is a hard core loner. Her debilitating panic attacks have her dependent on potions, salves and thunder shirts for humans. She is summoned to a...


A Note From the Publisher

Susan Dennis lives in North Carolina and runs a management consultancy supporting public health research. In 2021, she published a memoir about her life and marriage to the photographer Charles Dennis titled, The Swing – A Muse’s Memoir About Keeping The Artist Alive.

Her first novel, The Secret Field, will be available April 1.
Further information about the her books and Charles’ legacy can be found at: susandennisauthor.com.

Susan Dennis lives in North Carolina and runs a management consultancy supporting public health research. In 2021, she published a memoir about her life and marriage to the photographer Charles...


Advance Praise

Praise for The Swing, also by Susan Dennis:

"An exquisite memoir of the joys and complications of loving a dying artist. Captivating. Charming. Brilliant."

- Independent Book Review


"An emotional story of a life of illness and creativity."

- Kirkus Reviews


"Susan Dennis truly outdid herself with this brilliant memoir."

- Readers' Favorite

Praise for The Swing, also by Susan Dennis:

"An exquisite memoir of the joys and complications of loving a dying artist. Captivating. Charming. Brilliant."

- Independent Book Review


"An emotional...


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ISBN 9781639882601
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Featured Reviews

This was a good read, it was well written with a twisty storyline and well developed characters all set against an atmospheriuc setting. It was a compellign read that was unpredictable and left me wondering what was going on. I really enjoyed it.

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This story was the type if story, at least for me, that pulled me in right away and I felt like I was sucked into the story itself. I couldn't wait to see how will the story develop.

I loved how Kari, as the story went further on, developed and blossomed into a strong person. The other characters were also prominent players in this story. No one felt like they were a third string.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I will sure read other books by this author in the future.

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