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Keep Me Safe
- Seal Island, Book 1
- Narrated by: Angus King, Scarlett Mack, Alex Tregear
- Series: Seal Island (Sacerdoti), Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- By Jennifer Jefferson on 21-07-20
Summary
A lost girl shows a mother and her daughter their way home. Keep Me Safe is the gripping new novel from the author of the best-selling Watch Over Me, Daniela Sacerdoti. If you love Amanda Prowse, Jodi Picoult or Dorothy Koomson, you will love this.
When Anna's partner walks away from their relationship, she is shattered. But it is her little girl Ava who takes it hardest of all. The six year old falls silent for three days. When she does speak, her words are troubling. Ava wants to go home. To a place called Seal. To her other mother.
Anna knows to unravel the mystery she must find Seal and take Ava there. She hopes this tiny island will unlock her daughter's memories. But could it also offer a new life...and unexpected love...for Anna too?
Critic reviews
"I was hooked from the beginning, rooting for the mystery to be unravelled. Softly paced yet captivating. I loved Keep Me Safe." (Alice Peterson)
"Heartwarming and intriguing. An absorbing and mysterious journey to Seal, a place I already want to revisit." (Dani Atkins)
"Beautifully written...I could almost hear the sea and the wind. A great book." (Lesley Pearse)
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- Teresa R
- 03-09-17
Descriptive & emotional
Although quite slow to start I feel, the book draws you in.
From London to Seal, you can picture the places and know the people.
It's 2am almost. But I had to finish it.
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- Anna Fern
- 02-05-17
Lovely read
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