Enchanted Hill

By: Emily Bain Murphy

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya

The year is 1930, and Cora McCavanagh is posing as a maid at Hollywood magnate Truman Byrd’s legendary estate. She’s closing in on the damning evidence she needs for a high-profile client.

An aspiring PI, Cora was trained by her father, a former prison guard at the notorious Pelican Island, where she grew up surrounded by hardened criminals. And that's why she recognizes Jack Yates as soon as he walks through the door. The last time she saw him was on an ill-fated night that changed the course of her life and still haunts her more than a decade later.

Cora never expected to see Jack again—and now a single misstep could cause both their secret identities to come crashing down. They strike a tentative truce to help each other during a week of parties overflowing with champagne and caviar.

But there are puzzles hidden in every corner of Truman Byrd’s labyrinthine estate, and if Cora is to finally learn the truth about Jack Yates, she must unravel a sinister history that the rich and powerful will do anything to keep concealed.

Filled with intrigue and Old Hollywood glamour, Enchanted Hill is an unforgettable, sweepingly romantic novel set in a world you won’t want to leave.

©2023 Emily Bain Murphy (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

Wonderful Mystery Romance

I picked up the hardcopy of this book at the Costco table and also listened to the audiobook when I didn’t have time to read. I love the story and the way the author puts everything into such descriptive words. You feel like you are there! I love the setting in the 1930s. A female private detective trying to follow in her father’s footsteps. A lost love, mystery, betrayal, and things aren’t being what they seem. I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator and her use of voices. Would definitely recommend!

Predictable and sappy

The obvious references to San Simeon, William Randolph Hearst and Alcatraz were fun, but the story and characters were just awful, predictable and sappy.