What We Hide

A Tupelo Grove Novel, Book 1

By: Colleen Coble, Rick Acker

Narrated by: Karen Peakes

Family secrets. Historical wrongs. And the truths that refuse to stay buried.

Savannah Webster is trying to find her way forward. She and her husband, Hez, have been separated since tragedy tore them apart and he began numbing his grief and guilt with alcohol. She returned to Tupelo Grove University, which her family helped found over a century ago, to teach history.

When Hez turns up in her classroom asking for a second chance, she rejects the idea immediately. But twenty-four hours later she’s under suspicion for murder, and since Hez is the best attorney she knows, she reluctantly asks him for help. They suspect the murder is tied to someone selling off the university’s pre-Columbian artifacts, but the secrets go much deeper than they realize.

The only hope they’ve got is each other, and they’re going to have to put their past behind them if they’re going to stay alive long enough to uncover all that’s hidden.

• Contemporary romantic suspense
• Perfect for fans of Laura Griffin, Laura Dave, Sarah Pearse, Allison Brennan, and Dani Pettrey
• First installment in the Tupelo Grove series
• Book length: approximately 90,000 words
• Includes discussion questions for book clubs

©2024 Colleen Coble and Rick Acker (P)2024 Thomas Nelson

Many twists-Christian platform

Truly appreciate the Christian platform. Great story with many twists and turns. Will be looking for future offerings in this series.

Wow!

I loved this story! Lots of twists and surprises. Great narration. If you are wondering if you will like this book, you will.

More twists and turns than a corkscrew and definitely a roller-coaster!

This story kept me guessing right up until the end! A real page-turner! (Or in the case of Audible, a "just one more minute; just another chapter" kinda book!

1.5 speed

I made it to the end and enjoyed most of the book. But when Savannah rambled on and on and on about her feelings for Hez or vice versa, I couldn't help all my eye rolling and could barely stand to listen. All of the guessing about what the other person MIGHT be thinking and never questioning the other person was ridiculous. During those parts I nearly doubled the speed of narration to get past those sections. The epilogue was interesting. Excellent narration.

Clean writing .

I loved being able to enjoy a great story without the foul language, drugs, and explicit sexual content. Thank you Colleen Coble for your novel. Anxiously waiting for book 2 in this series.
My next series will be about the upper peninsula.
I pray you have the scriptures in the other novels as well. I jot them down in a book and on my notes app only cell.
Thank you,
Iona M Lewis

Too long

There came a point where I thought this book would never end. The plot was fairly predictable.

Meh

Interesting story but predictable and loose storylines in the end that seemed like resolution was edited out

What’s it really all snout?

Story so muted with multiple plots snd the characters couldn’t get out of their own way
When it would start to get interesting it woukd end up flat

Fast paced and full of secrets!

What We Hide by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker
Savannah Webster and her husband, Hez, separated out of tragedy. She returned to Tupelo Grove University, only to get caught in a mystery and under suspicion of murder! Hez comes to her rescue.
What a gem! This was a fast paced mystery thriller. I couldn't put it down! I was pleasantly surprised with the seamless co-authorship. There are so many twists and secrets! You will be surprised all the way to the end! 5/5⭐s Excellent book, I look forward to more.

Ok, but…

The overall story was ok, but the relationship portion took up too much bandwidth and was quite annoying. They also weave in a lot of religion, which is not my bag.