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The Man in Cabin Number Five (The Guest Book Trilogy 1) Kindle Edition

by Chrysteen Braun (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 117 ratings
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Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret and Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over.

"A touching novel charting two women’s parallel lives, tied together by mysteries, transformation, and a cabin." —BookLife

"Chrysteen Braun creates a masterpiece with smooth storytelling that juxtaposes the serenity of the mountains with the eruptive chaos of dangerous secrets and ends with a bang. What a terrific story! What a talented writer!" —San Francisco Book Review

"Masterfully written, intriguing, mystifying, and spooky...an entertaining work that will keep the reader hooked until the end." —Readers' Favorite

"In an intriguing set of stories, each cabin on the mountain serves as the setting for a compelling tale of loss, betrayal—and love. Chrysteen Braun’s clever premise gives us a satisfying glimpse into the lives of others—both past and present." —Anne Cleeland, author of the Doyle & Acton Mystery Series

"Annie and Alyce are two women without much in common, but whose lives intersect in a place that has surprises for both of them. In telling their stories, Chrysteen Braun blends memoir and mystery in an entertaining page-turner." —Susan Denley, former Associate Features Editor, Los Angeles Times

When Annie Parker discovers her husband’s infidelity, she doesn’t let it destroy her. She packs her bags and heads to Lake Arrowhead, California, the mountainside town where her family used to summer. Immersing herself in the restoration of seven 1920s-era cabins, Annie begins to put the pieces of her life back together. But starting over is never easy.

Alyce Murphy needs closure. When she discovers her father did not die from a heart attack, as she’s been led to believe for the last 30 years, but in a murder/suicide, she is determined to uncover the truth of his death. But when she visits the cabin where her father ended his life, Alyce has to accept she may never know the true story.

Annie is looking toward her future while Alyce needs to put the past to rest. In parallel stories, both women are drawn to the rustic mountainside cabins as they search for the missing pieces—but they soon discover that the cabins have their own stories to tell.

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"...Engrossing, poignant...An engaging drama with a strong cast and a final surprise." — Kirkus
"Braun, who has a personal connection to Lake Arrowhead, skillfully uses the silent cabins as the vehicle for bringing together disparate characters, if only momentarily." — Kirkus
"Great for fans of: Liane Moriarty's, The Husband's Secret, and Linda Holmes, Evvie Drake Starts over." — Kirkus' Booklife Review 
"An entertaining work that will keep the reader hooked until the end. Congratulations on an exceptional book." — Readers' Favorite
"Chrysteen Braun creates a masterpiece with smooth storytelling that juxtaposes the serenity of the mountains with the eruptive chaos of dangerous secrets and ends with a bang." — The San Francisco Book Review
"For those looking for a complex, engaging novel you won't be able to put down, this book is for you." — Book Excellence Awards --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Chrysteen Braun is a California native, born and raised in Long Beach. The mountains, where she and her husband had a second home, were the inspiration for her first three books, The Cabin Trilogy. These fictional restored cabins from the late 1920s all had their own stories to tell.Her writing crosses genres of Women's Fiction with relationships, and a little mystery and intrigue. She lives in Coto de Caza with her husband Larry and two Siamese cats. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09Y9KGZ3R
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marble Creek Press (May 10, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 10, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6619 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 302 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1647044626
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 117 ratings

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Chrysteen Braun is a California native, born and raised in Long Beach. She masterfully combines women's fiction with romance and cozy noir mystery.

The Lake Arrowhead mountains, where she and her husband had a second home, were the inspiration for her first three books, The Guestbook Trilogy. These fictional restored cabins from the late 1920s all had their own stories to tell. Through their children, readers get their first glimpse of who stayed in the cabins, but not why.

Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret and Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over.

"A touching novel charting two women’s parallel lives, tied together by mysteries, transformation, and a cabin." —Booklife

"Braun delivers a moving portrayal of a young woman searching for herself amid personal upheaval." —Booklife

"Masterfully written, intriguing, mystifying, and spooky are how I would classify The Man in Cabin Number Five by Chrysteen Braun. As a great background, Braun uses the mountainous area and cabins to her advantage in telling the stories of Annie and Alyce. This is an exceptional plot, never leading the reader too far from the original storyline. Her character development is outstanding. I was able to feel everything Annie felt." Teresa Syms for Readers' Favorite Book Reviews and Awards.

"In The Man in Cabin Number Five, Chrysteen Braun narrates a deeply compelling, inspiring, and adorable narrative about the mountainside cabins of Lake Arrowhead, shocking secrets, and two women that are linked to the cabins in different ways—one by a buried past and the other by optimistic plans for the future.

"Chrysteen Braun does a mind-blowing job of building the characters and making them lifelike and easy to relate to. The first-person narrative is done to perfection as it reads like the narrators are speaking to friends—natural, lively, and jovial. I laughed out loud when I read the part where Anne claims that a bag of chips and a soda are "just what the doctor ordered.

"The Man in Cabin Number Five inspires anyone recovering from betrayal and infidelity to keep living and working towards a better future. The picturesque descriptions of the scenes and characters will appeal to readers who wish to get completely immersed in and escape into a fictional world. Chrysteen Braun creates a masterpiece with smooth storytelling that juxtaposes the serenity of the mountains with the eruptive chaos of dangerous secrets and ends with a bang. What a terrific story! What a talented writer!" Foluso Falaye, for the San Francisco Book Review.

Her writing crosses genres with Women's Fiction with relationships, and a little mystery and intrigue. She's published articles about her field of interior design and remodeling, both for trade publications and her local newspaper and has just received a Book Excellence Award for The Man in Cabin Number Five.

Braun lives in Coto de Caza, California (southern Orange County) with her husband Larry and two Siamese cats.

You can contact her via her website chrysteenbraun.com

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This book is a total page-turner! I was hooked from the first page and couldn't stop reading. I've already started the second book and bought the third. The author's writing style is engaging, the characters are relatable, and the pacing is perfect. If you want an enjoyable, easy read that's hard to put down, this series is a must-read!
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Kinga M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Get the whole series! The stories keep getting better!
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023
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This book is a total page-turner! I was hooked from the first page and couldn't stop reading. I've already started the second book and bought the third. The author's writing style is engaging, the characters are relatable, and the pacing is perfect. If you want an enjoyable, easy read that's hard to put down, this series is a must-read!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Get the whole series! The stories keep getting better!
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023
This book is a total page-turner! I was hooked from the first page and couldn't stop reading. I've already started the second book and bought the third. The author's writing style is engaging, the characters are relatable, and the pacing is perfect. If you want an enjoyable, easy read that's hard to put down, this series is a must-read!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great first book
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2023
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Being from Southern California, it's always fun to read book that you can actually visualize the setting for the story. This story is a fun read that entraps the reader into the lives of the characters. Definitely want to read the next book in anticipation of discovering more about the people and their history.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A California tour wrapped with intriguing characters
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2022
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I really enjoyed the multiple character stories that evolved in the Man in Cabin Number Five. The current storyline of Annie blazing a brave trail for herself was fun to watch develop. The shocking truth Alyce discovers about her father's life encourages us all to understand that everybody has a complex life story to be told.
The beautiful settings in Lake Arrowhead, San Francisco, and Long Beach were a welcome vacation from my hot weather. Look forward to the next book about the other cabins being restored.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A little too choppy for my taste.
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2024
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I can't recommend this story but, for me, it was good enough to finish what I started. It was very boring at times and there were way too many details that didn't advance the story. I have no idea why some characters were even in the book. Nope. I wouldn't have bought it if I had known it would be this ho hum.
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Nancy Moeller
5.0 out of 5 stars good afternoon read
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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Especially nice if you know lake arrowhead, and so cal. Good character development. Satisfying conclusion to the story with closure
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Melissa Crismon
4.0 out of 5 stars Made me feel emotions
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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THE MAN IN CABIN NUMBER FIVE by Chrysteen Braun made me feel emotions like a women’s fiction novel does. The story is mostly about Annie and we see her go through her childhood and convenient marriage like many women. She goes to Lake Arrowhead, California and does some soul-searching. I love all the details of Southern California, the history, and Annie’s focus on her interior design career. And if you love romance, Annie finds a new younger man in the mountains, Noah, who is very cute and sweet. I look forward to the life Annie and Noah build together in the next two books and see what Annie discovers in the other cabins.
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Deanne
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful read
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2022
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If you live or have lived in southern California in Long Beach and/or Lake Arrowhead area, you will love and identify with the lives of the characters. For me it was like a trip down memory lane reading about places I have have lived and visited. On top of that I fell in love with Alyce and Annie and felt like I was taking the journey right beside them. Once I read the first page I was hooked and finished it 2 days and can't wait to reach the next book in the triology to see where and how their lives intersect.
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MiMI
2.0 out of 5 stars Allowed to read an Advance reader copy from NETGALLEY.
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2022
Annie Parker and Alyce Murphy are both tied to cabins in the Lake Arrowhead Mountains in Southern California.

Annie's family had summer cabin at Lake Arrowhead until she was a teenager - her family sold it. She returns to Arrowhead Lake after discovering her husband had been having an affair. She escape to a small cabin at the lake to rethink / regroup on what she wants to do with her marriage and the rest of her life. What she finds is a new life and love at the Lake. She decides to purchase the cabins and renovate them all.

Alyce is searching for closure for a crime her father committed years ago at cabin number 5. Alyce was told her father died from a heart attack - the truth was that he killed himself after killing his his best friend, and business partner, along with the his best friend's family.

Starting over for both of them is hard - but rewarding in the end.

The story switches between the two women and their lives that lead them both to come closure in their lives in the end of the story we learn why Alyces's dad killed himself and the other family.

I really had a hard time - reminded me of Virginia Wolfe's writing style. the Stream of consciousness / first person singular might bug the reader a bit. There were several words that were misspelled - or repeated in this uncorrected proof. If the reader can stay with the story past the 50 % mark it then becomes interesting.
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