• The Lighthouse Keeper

  • A Starlight Cove Novel
  • By: Cynthia Ellingsen
  • Narrated by: Kate Rudd
  • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (3,254 ratings)

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The Lighthouse Keeper

By: Cynthia Ellingsen
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
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An Amazon Charts bestseller.

Dawn Conners’s parents are famous for finding historic treasures, but she has a knack for losing things - her job, her boyfriend, and now, her reputation. Thanks to a mud-slinging exposé, Dawn’s late great-grandfather is assumed guilty of stealing silver from a century-old shipwreck. Hoping to clear his name, Dawn returns to Starlight Cove, her idyllic hometown on Lake Michigan, where the doomed vessel sleeps beneath the beam of a ramshackle lighthouse.

Her plan: remodel and sell the lighthouse while untangling the perplexing family mystery. Neither task is easy, especially once her well-meaning parents and the quirky locals - including nautical researcher and Starlight Cove’s most eligible bachelor, Kip Whittaker - get involved. Despite their attraction, Dawn is reluctant to trust Kip, or any of the close-knit townsfolk. But as she pieces together the truth, Dawn’s once-shuttered heart opens up. And if she’s willing, the lighthouse might guide her to a place she never expected to find, where the past entwines with a bright new beginning.

©2017 Cynthia Ellingsen (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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Michigan <3

This book is wonderful! I have lived on Lake Michigan my whole life. The way the author described the feelings that come with my Great Lake, combined with the energy of living in a small tourist town made my heart flutter. I began reading this book last night, and was sad when I had to go to sleep because I didn't want to put it down. I'll be sending a copy of this book to my mom. To the author: thank you!

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Entertaining story line but has some flaws.

The characters are likable but there was one (or two) many times explaining her trust issues. It made me fast forward a couple of times. The voice sounded system generated often.

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Hubby and I LOVED this story!

Loved this story, truly has it all! Made me happy cry. Romance, history, adventure, mystery and more!

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Trying to finish it

Way more romance than mystery. Glad I bought as a daily deal. Predictable. Horrible narration. Trying to finish last five hours without too many more eye rolls. A very young girly type book.

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Great summer mystery read

If you like Nora Roberts you will love this book. Very much a surprise that I finished it in 2 days. Mystery, family, boating and history

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Fell into the story.

Kate Rudd's performance in this audiobook is outstanding. I fell into the story. Listened nonstop until I finished the book.

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Mediocre

story was ok, interesting enough ro finish. Writing was middle schools. Narrator mediocre and annoying

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I Liked this

Lighthouse keeper was a new 'genre' for me. I don't have a lot of patience the majority of the time and a book has to catch my interest at the beginning or it doesn't get finished. Just check my reviews. While Lighthouse didn't keep me on the edge of my seat at all times, I was intrigued with the goings on, the findings, and the drama.

I've listened to Kate Rudd before, enjoyed her narrations then and enjoyed it this time.

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excellent

romance......adventure....loved it. couldn't wait to continue it every night. great reader. full of surprises and danger

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Surprisingly well done

I was not sure about the story until I started to listen it amaze me and surprise me that there is romanticism without being erotic something now days is difficult to find. She become a favorite for me. A book to remember. Thank you

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