Book Review: Secrets at Cedar Cabin

Secrets at Cedar Cabin
Colleen Coble
Thomas Nelson, 2019
352 pages

When Bailey Fleming is shot at only hours after her mother is murdered, she flees to the only place she can think of, a cabin in Lavender Tides, Washington that was recently deeded to her by her dishonest husband in an attempt to keep their troubled relationship quiet from the media. But Bailey is not safe, even in this quaint little cabin. Facts quickly begin to come to light that indicate that her mother might have been involved in something terrible, leaving Bailey in grave danger.

FBI agent Lance Phoenix is suspicious of the beautiful Bailey and how she came to be in a cabin that the FBI has been watching as part of a mission to break into a human trafficking ring that works in that area. But her care for an elderly neighbor and her openness with him soon makes him realize that she isn’t the threat – she’s the target.

Already driven by his mission to rescue his sister Ava, kidnapped into the trafficking operation as a teenager, he now feels responsible for Bailey’s protection too. Solving the mystery of her mother’s past and finding out who Bailey really is seems to be the key. Will this unlikely pair be able to bring down a dangerous human trafficking mogul and save Ava before it’s too late?

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Thanks to TLC Book Tours for sending me a copy to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Over the last year or so Colleen Coble has become my go-to for clean romantic suspense. I’ve enjoyed several series’ by her, one being the Lavener Tides novels. Secrets at Cedar Cabin is the third in that series, and I think it was the best of the three.

I loved the way the story flowed and thought it was exciting all the way through. With plenty of suspense and dangerous situations, this book will keep your attention. Bailey’s compassionate heart shines through with her passion for caring for the elderly. That was interesting to me, to show her kindness in such a specific way, and it ends up leading to an important plot point that I didn’t see coming.

There were so many different details that had to be tied together to mesh all the different characters stories and I thought the author did a good job of tying them all together in the end. I suspect that Secrets at Cedar Cabin will be the last book in this series, but I could be wrong so don’t go quoting me on that. It just seems like the main story arc of estranged siblings coming together was wrapped up nicely, so I don’t see where another story would come from that would flow cohesively with the series.

If this book sounds interesting to you, go back and skim my reviews of the first two books in the series, The View from Rainshadow Bay and The House at Saltwater Point.

Do you like to read a series from start to finish or are you willing to jump around?