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    House on Foster Hill
    House on Foster Hill
    House on Foster Hill
    Audiobook11 hours

    House on Foster Hill

    Written by Jaime Jo Wright

    Narrated by Erin Bennett

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    Outstanding Debut Novel from an Author to Watch Kaine Prescott is no stranger to death. When her husband died two years ago, her pleas for further investigation into his suspicious death fell on deaf ears. In desperate need of a fresh start, Kaine purchases an old house sight unseen in her grandfather's Wisconsin hometown. But one look at the eerie, abandoned house immediately leaves her questioning her rash decision. And when the house's dark history comes back with a vengeance, Kaine is forced to face the terrifying realization she has nowhere left to hide. A century earlier, the house on Foster Hill holds nothing but painful memories for Ivy Thorpe. When an unidentified woman is found dead on the property, Ivy is compelled to discover her identity. Ivy's search leads her into dangerous waters and, even as she works together with a man from her past, can she unravel the mystery before any other lives--including her own--are lost?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateNov 21, 2017
    ISBN9781683668671
    House on Foster Hill
    Author

    Jaime Jo Wright

    Jaime Jo Wright (JaimeWrightBooks.com) is the author of ten novels, including Christy Award and Daphne du Maurier Award-winner The House on Foster Hill and Carol Award winner The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond. She's also a two-time Christy Award finalist, as well as the ECPA bestselling author of The Vanishing at Castle Moreau and two Publishers Weekly bestselling novellas. Jaime lives in Wisconsin with her family and felines.

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    • 3/5
      This book is more Christian than haunting/creepy....if you like that sort of thing.

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    • 3/5
      It was ok. Kinda boring mostly and not as thriller as I normally like. Wouldn’t recommend it.
    • 4/5
      This is the debut novel by an amazing author, Jamie Jo Wright. The book cover is beautiful in it’s mystery and I just knew I had to give this book a try. Oh boy, am I glad I did!This is a very interesting Christian suspense novel that is set in two different times about two different women, Ivy and Kaine. They each have a mystery to solve and danger lurks at every turn. Ivy, 1906, is a memory keeper of those that died in her town. Her father was the town doctor and Ivy felt like it was important to keep their story alive and not forget them. Even the unknown one, Gabriella. Ivy’s past catches up with her when Joel comes back to town and the mystery of Gabriella becomes more and more dangerous. Kaine, current time, is a women who is trying to heal after the death of her husband. She moves to the town Ivy lived in and bought the house on Foster Hill and her story is filled with sadness, mystery, suspense, and some romance. I won’t tell anymore of the story…you just need to read it!This novel caught my attention from the very first chapter and it got better and better. There was really no “boring time” during any of this book. It is more descriptive than I usually like, but the author does such a wonderful job with everything. It’s full of mystery and suspense from both timelines and it couldn’t have been told any better! I loved it. It will keep you reading and keep you guessing until the end. I wholeheartedly recommend this book. I can’t wait to read Jamie Jo Wright’s next novel.
    • 3/5
      This was an intriguing dual mystery, though I had hoped for a bit more suspense. It's told from two points of view. In the present day we have Kaine, still grieving the loss of her husband and looking for a new start away from old memories and a stalker. Her husband's death had been ruled an accident but in her heart she knows it was a murder. The police ignored her suspicions, and her stalker even though she could have made several enemies while helping to get other women out of abusive situations.

      On the other hand we have Ivy. A century ago Ivy had assisted in the autopsy of a murdered woman whose body was found near what would later become Kaine's home. When it became apparent that the murdered woman had recently given birth, Ivy was willing to risk her own life to find the baby, and the murderer. As the mystery of the past unravels we slowly learn how it pertains to Kaine. I did enjoy the way the stories intertwined these two strong female characters.


      I received an advance copy for review.
    • 4/5
      Kaine has been adrift since her husband died two years ago...no, was murdered two years ago. While no one believes he was murdered, Kaine knows he was, because now the murdered is stalking her. Desiring to start new and hopefully lose her stalker, Kaine buys an old, dilapidated house in Wisconsin that happens to be where her ancestors once lived. However, this quaint old home does not just need TLC, it needs a complete makeover inside and out...or should just be demolished. As Kaine tries to begin her life anew, without her husband and without fear, strange things begin happening that make her think her stalker has followed her. As events unfold, Kaine questions whether she should have bought this house and can remodel it, if her stalker has indeed followed her, and is her family history what she thought it was. While Kaine attempts to rebuild her life, events unfold that lead her to discovering her great great grandmother Ivy Thorne's role in her family, the town's, and Foster Hill House's dark history.
    • 5/5
      It's a creepy story about a creepy house with a less than desirable history. Kaine buys the house sight unseen...after all it was her grandfather's. Maybe she should have asked why he nor any other member of the family never set foot in it. I believe one of the reasons I liked the book so much was that it was not only scary but it also had elements of reality attached to the present and the past parts of the story. I did think that Kaine was rather blindly foolish in her refusal to leave the house and in believing she could confront the evil thing that shared her rooms. If you like ghost stories...this is diffidently for you.
    • 5/5
      Because I had heard a lot of positive buzz about Jaime Jo Wright’s debut novel, The House on Foster Hill, I thought I’d offer it to my book club as a possibility for our 2018 schedule. The blurb sold it to my group, but it was the actual reading experience that gave it a unanimous thumbs up! We loved the spooky atmosphere, the engaging characters, and the mystery that spanned over a hundred years. Because we read a lot of suspense it isn’t easy to surprise us, but this one did. We never saw the ending coming! We are excited to have found another author to add to our must-read list.Dual plot lines set in the present day and in 1906, appealed to our members who like contemporary and/or historical novels. The two stories intertwine well. The action alternated between Kaine and Ivy’s stories keeping us turning the pages as quickly as possible — we had to know what was happening with both of these engaging and interesting characters. Kaine and Ivy are women of their times, but share a determination to get to the bottom of the mysteries that the shady Foster Hill House presents. Although some of us wanted to shake them from time to time, we generally loved them. The two male characters were a treat as well. Very different from each other, my group was split on which we liked better, but were pleased with how both added to the stories and the main characters’ lives. The book provided great discussion for our group — family history and secrets, human trafficking now and then, and keeping alive the memories of those who have passed.Often my book club gets off task during our monthly discussions, but this month we had no trouble staying focused on The House on Foster Hill. Kudos for an impressive first novel. We look forward to many more from an author to watch.Highly Recommended.Great for Book Clubs.Audience: adults.(I purchased this book from Amazon. All opinions expressed are mine alone.)
    • 4/5
      Kaine Prescott is no stranger to death. When her husband died two years ago, her pleas for further investigation into his suspicious death fell on deaf ears. In desperate need of a fresh start, Kaine purchases an old house sight unseen in her grandfather’s Wisconsin hometown. But one look at the eerie, abandoned house immediately leaves her questioning her rash decision. And when the house’s dark history comes back with a vengeance, Kaine is forced to face the terrifying realization she has nowhere left to hide.A century earlier, the house on Foster Hill holds nothing but painful memories for Ivy Thorpe. When an unidentified woman is found dead on the property, Ivy is compelled to discover her identity. Ivy’s search leads her into dangerous waters and, even as she works together with a man from her past, can she unravel the mystery before any other lives–including her own–are lost?MY THOUGHTS:I received this book in exchange for my honest review.The cover is so perfect!Creepy house, two timelines, stalker, ghosts, strange sounds, no one believes her, mystery, killers…. I was in at “Creepy!”I loved the premise when I read the synopsis for this book and had to have it to review. I write supernatural thrillers and this one was bang-on. The two timelines are clear and precise for their eras and beneficial to the story as a whole. Each compliments the other and aids in the Protagonist’s character development. The tension is continuous, building for a spectacular ending and resolution.All the characters are developed and useful to the story. Each is complete and help the Protagonist reach her goals. The author’s voice is, as always, fantastic and perfectly written pushing the story forward at a delightful pace with a plot full of twists and turns and spine-tingling moments. Don’t read this book alone in the dark during a storm, I dare you!
    • 1/5
      DNF 35%. Not sure why I can't get into this. The story is interesting, especially the historical story line, and the characters are engaging. For some reason I just can't engage and after two weeks I am giving it up.
    • 1/5
      The House on Foster Hill by Jaime Jo Wright is a Christian mystery novel. Ivy Thorpe lives with her father in Oakwood, Wisconsin. In March of 1906, a body has been found in the hollowed tree on Foster Hill near Foster Hill House. Who is the young woman and why was she killed? Ivy wants to find out the identity of the woman along with who harmed her. However, the one person who can assist her is also the individual who left her when she needed him the most. Then it is discovered that the victim had recently given birth. Ivy is determined to get justice for the woman and locate the missing child.Kaine Prescott has decided to relocate from San Diego to Oakwood, Wisconsin. She lost her husband, Danny two years prior and Kaine is certain his death was no accident. The police, though, will not investigate further nor they believe that Kaine has a stalker. Kaine bought Foster Hill House (unseen and without an inspection) in her grandfather’s hometown. When Kaine starts work on the home, she finds clues to the century old mystery. Will Kaine be able to discover what happened to the young woman who died in 1906?The House on Foster Hill splits time between 1906 and the present. I felt the author did the story a disservice by splitting the focus. The story felt muddled. The first two chapters of the novel felt creepy and mysterious. However, it soon fizzled into humdrum (especially the contemporary sections). I found Ivy more interesting than Kaine. The romance (for both characters) was more prominent than the mystery. The only reason for the mystery was for the two women to find love. The author tried to put too much into one book (needed editing and a major rewrite). I found the story slow-paced (paint dries faster) and lacking in flow. Ivy kept a journal in which she wrote stories about the people who died (made up stories). She was determined to solve the murder and kept running off which put her in danger multiple times (reckless). Kaine buys a house that needs massive renovations in a town she has never visited. She has no DIY skills or tools. She overreacts each incident. There was a repetition of information, and I never felt the suspense (or tension). The mystery is one that plays out (another disappointment) with the details being revealed in the final 10%. The ending felt incomplete. I found The House on Foster Hill to be a tedious book to read (felt like I was slogging through a mud pit).
    • 5/5
      This is a fantastic read. It flows from present to the past smoothly. I was never confused as to what time period I was reading about. This has a lot of suspense and mystery in the story. I never quite knew what was going to happen next. I did not want to put this book down. I loved learning more about Ivy and Kaine. I received this book from the author for a fair and honest opinion that I gave of my own free will.
    • 5/5
      The author has us traveling in two periods of time, a century apart, and yet really tied together as we learn.Don’t get too comfortable and you might want to keep the lights on, this book is scary in more ways than one, both in the past and also in the present.The revelations here are going to make you cringe and you wonder what happenings in California have to do with Wisconsin, but unexplained things are going on, and you wonder why, and boy do surprises abound here, most I never saw coming.A first novel for this author, and I cannot wait for more, she had me from the beginning for this real page turner of a read.Come along with our current day Kate buys a home sight unseen, it doesn’t even have a door, and see how it connects to early 1900’s Ivy, you won’t be disappointed.I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Bethany House, and was not required to give a positive review.
    • 5/5
      The House on Foster Hill was OUTSTANDING. I don’t say that often because there has to be something that distinguishes good from GREAT. This is one of those books. Jaime Jo Wright does something exceptional by writing a timeslip romantic suspense all in one. And she does it well.I loved Ivy Thorpe, the strong-willed, big-hearted woman who sees the beauty in each person’s story. But her desire to honor those who’ve passed on is the one thing that places her in danger. Still, in righting another’s wrong, she finds the courage to live again outside of her own heartbreak.Kaine Prescott has no trouble fighting for another but her own broken soul isn’t something she can fix alone. Her humor and drive make her such a wonderfully relatable character. And she’s a dog lover. That alone gave her favor with me. An example of her personality is found in this quote from The House on Foster Hill. “If I scream,” Kaine spoke aloud to only the mice, “it’s probably a gargantuan spider eating my finger, so go get help.”The House on Foster Hill has everything, suspense, intrigue, mystery, romance, and history. A must read I highly recommend.