This book is a mix between an action packed adventure and magical realism based on Scotthis history and the Loch Ness legend.

I have mixed feeeling about this book as it at times felt more like a propaganda book that was anti-Russia nad pro-guns and 'MERICA IS THE GREATEST - vibes. Besides that, the book did give a good little treasure hunt mystery which was fun to to follow along but I think that the book would have benefited from staying either in the lane of action adventure with a treasure hunt or a more lower stake magical realism treasure hunt.

Lieutenant Carter Porter is a man adrift following the loss of his daughter. After his father’s death he is invited to travel to Scotland to join a quest to discover treasure. At Loch Ness he will meet Hassie and the adventure will commence.

This is a fast paced very well written novel and also excellent narration (I listened to the audiobook). Some great characters and loads of action. Treasure hunting, danger, excitement, baddies, hope and loss plus an encounter with the lady who lives in Loch Ness. Enjoy.

Thank you NetGalley and River Grove Books for allowing me to listen to this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed every minute of this book. The Scottish lilt in the character is always fun to hear, and the plot, character, and sense of place was all well written and described.
There is a lot of Scottish history mingled with fantastical fiction set in the scenery of the Lochs. I was enraptured the entire time and couldn’t wait to listen to more of the story to see how it resolved.

Carter is an American solider whose heartbreaking past is leading him to the bottle, and therefore many unwise decisions. His wife, Mary tried sticking with him for years, but was finally forced to file for divorce. When Carters career is in danger, someone suddenly threatens his life. He travels to Scotland and teams up with an unlikely duo. Hassie and Royce become friends, as they are thrown into dangerous situation after dangerous situation. Will they discover the secrets of the Loch before their enemy does?

This was a fun adventure story mixed in history and treasure hunting in the modern times. I liked the characters and even the bad guy was fun to read about.
The narrator did an excellent job in my opinion in telling the story.
The CON is that when the characters are revealed on whom/what is the mysterious voice it's later gendered as female and I personally think it should have been unknown the gender. Another thing I felt about this novel felt border line Christian fiction not that anything wrong with that just felt close to very religious trying too hard not to be as in there is one creator.
Over all I really enjoyed the listen and the characters growth and the story it was a fun time.

Part blood and guts action-suspense, part whimsical fantasy, "Treasures of the Lochs" infuriated me as much as it interested me. I got the audiobook advanced reader copy. The narrator was very good with all the various voices and putting the emotion into the wide range of emotional scenes.

It was hard to get through in some parts. I feel like switching the first two chapters to introduce Hassie before introducing Carter's darker storyline would help keep readers engaged longer. I almost gave up after chapter one because he was so unlikeable. The second time I almost gave up was when Scrounge, the loyal stray, was injured. Dog violence is very NOT okay, but I was interested in the Loch Ness Monster and Jacobite treasure aspects of this book, so I pushed on.

The monster came off silly in the audiobook. After all this intense action and death, here comes basically a spirit guide/angel with magic? Maybe it was the voice the narrator used for her. It just didn't fit with the rest of this intense, dark and dramatic story.

I could've used a lot fewer innocent bystanders getting murdered as well. Trigger alerts - gun violence against humans & dog, alcohol abuse, dead child grief, loss of grandparent. There was a LOT going on in this book and maybe it needed a bit less to let the emotion sing.

Intriguing, multi-narrative, with a bit of complexity to the storyline, "Treasures of the Lochs" was one was a storyline I really enjoyed listening too. Similar, I also found the narrator to be fantastic and very diverse in her reading style.

Thank you to NetGalley, Greenleaf Audiobooks, and River Grove Books for providing me the opportunity to review "Treasures of the Lochs" prior to publication. I am appreciative and leave my review voluntarily.

An adventure in Scotland. Lieutenant Carter Porter in the US receives his dead father’s journal and a ticket to Scotland. Hassie Douglass in Scotland finds some rare Jacobite coins. These two come together near Loch Ness as their lives intersect. They work together to outrun mercenaries who are after the treasure and save Hassie’s grandfather.

The story delivers fantasy, historical, and adventure themes. I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator and the various voices and accents she created for the variety of characters. The narrator brought this book to life. This was a gripping story that weaved faith, friendship, family, and redemption.

I would recommend this book! Put it on your TBR.

Thank you for the audio ARC.

Two broken families brought together by their ancestors searching for the same treasure.

Russian assassins.

Mythical creature.

The banter between the main characters is light hearted and silly. I listened to the audiobook and loved the accents. I would highly recommend this anyone. It hit historical fiction, light fantasy, mystery, thriller, action and just a dang good story with such a sweet ending.

This was a nonstop thrilling mystery with action, laughs and heartbreak. Two families from across the world find clues in ways they cannot explain and follow the trail to find an old historical treasure. They are both chased and attacked by Russians who want the treasure for themselves. They mysteriously find each other and work together to solve the clues and hunt for the treasure to save a loved one. What they don't know is that the treasure is guarded by none other than the mythical creature known as Nessi the Loch Ness Monster (who does not appreciate that name).

This book starts off a lot sadder than I expected, but it hooked me from the first chapter. Around chapter 10, it really takes off. It made me ask so many questions and guess what would come next. Overall this book was a heartwarming tale that combined so many elements I love. All action, part mystery, part spy novel, and a wee bit of religious/spiritual themes made for an excellent read that I would pick up again.

Hunter H. White’s “Treasures of the Lochs” was a fun, fast-paced read that anyone who liked “National Treasure” will enjoy.

You know the trope: a less-than-perfect son, Carter Porter, is dealing with a mystery surrounding his recently deceased father. Between Carter’s drinking, divorce, deaths of his daughter and father, and an attack on the historical site he was supposed to be guarding, Carter is having a bad run. It gets even worse when his car share driver is shot to death. When a mysterious letter arrives with the promise of a first-class ticket to Scotland, Carter takes it without thinking. In Scotland, inn worker Hassie Douglass is dealing with her own loss: her grandfather’s terminal lung-cancer diagnosis. When she finds some gold coins on the edge of Loch Ness, she believes they’ll help get her father better care. Instead she is drawn into a plot to find and steal a centuries’ old treasure meant to help the Jacobites put a Stuart king on the English throne. She and Carter, along with a dog and an amateur historian, fight to save the Jacobite treasure along with exploring one of the oldest stories in Scotland: Is Nessie real?

I enjoyed most of this book. It’s a pretty tropey treasure-hunter adventure with likable characters who are fairly three-dimensional. The magical element was fun, but I think there was a missed opportunity in rooting it more firmly in Scottish and Gaelic folktales and mythology. The biggest issue I had was some of the dialogue. One interaction between several of the characters was so rife with exposition that I sort of tuned out to a lot of it. The dialogue just didn’t sound natural.

Laura Darrell supplied a great narration. She had to switch between several accents: American, Scottish, Russian, Italian, English... The tension she imparted to the story worked great too. I listen at 1.5 speed, and the pace was appropriate for the narrative.

This seems to be the author’s first published novel, and I look forward to seeing what Hunter H. White does in the future. I received this audiobook from NetGalley.

Part atmospheric action-adventure, part magical realism based in Scottish history and legends, this novel was fast-paced and fun to read. The narrator did a fantastic job with several different accents--American, Scottish, and Russian. I had to keep reminding myself that Hassie was only 14--she often seemed older than that. She was a smart, scrappy, and determined lass. The violence of the Russians was a little over the top, but just roll with it.

Not quite what i was expecting but i loved it! The friendships that blossomed were so sweet and wholesome, i loved them all. The mix between mystery and magic was well balanced and i greatly enjoyed it.

This tale starts as an adventure of a US Marine and his struggles with his own mental health issues. He travels to Scotland due to a secret journal his father had kept and some cryptic messages that he received. He soon discovers that he is being pursued by some Russian hitmen and along the way he meets a Scottish girl and her friend. The narrator did a great job of keeping the American, Scottish, and Russian accents throughout the story and made it easy to follow.

The story has a lot of myth, legend in it with the Loch Ness Monster as prominent character as well. There is an element of magic woven throughout as well.

Overall, as an adult reader, this story didn't really relate to me well. I think that this would be more geared to young adult readers maybe? Although there were some parts that I didn't want to stop listening to due to the intensity of the adventure - and there was good character development - I was really surprised to find the element of magic in this book because it didn't fit with the story. I almost didn't believe the author had written about magic when it was first introduced because it was so different than the realistic writing style.

I would maybe recommend this book for young adult readers.

In America, we are following Lieutenant Carter Porter, who seems to be always is in the wrong place at the wrong time, if we considered also his alcoholism, we'll think, as the police, that he is involved in several crimes: a late-night break-in at the United States Naval Academy, and several murders in the United States and Scotland. At some point in the story, he received a letter from a Scottish inn, discovered that someone paid off a first-class ticket to Scotland and decided to book a room at that same inn to try to figure it out how this stranger knew about his late father belongings in an unknown safe deposit box, while his career future is falling apart.

In Scotland, we are following Hassie Douglass, a teen who works in the Scottish inn from where the letter to Carter was sent and whose grandfather is very ill. In one of her usual walks at the shores of Loch Ness near the inn, she found four old gold coins in the Loch while praying for help to find a way to get her grandpa access to private care.

During this adventure story, we witness how Hassie and Carter fates join while trying to escape from a well-armed group of Russian mercenaries who are looking for the Jacobite treasure lost so many years ago.

In this book you will find a group of people trying to solve an ancient mystery against the clock, with a lovely coming of age ending, and maybe a time loop?

Regarding the audiobook itself, congratulations to the narrator for her success on the many different accents to differentiate each character (British, Scottish, Russian and American English).

This was a super cute take on the Loch Ness Monster and I am totally here for it! I love the bringing together of the broken military man, the little girl, and wanna-be military man to go against the bad guy Russians and evil corporate fat cat! And getting a little help from some others and "Nessie" along the way! This was my 1st book by Hunter White but will most def not be my last one!

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I can see this being a good book for some, but I just didn’t vibe with it. Something about the writing style posed a problem for me.

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I really enjoyed this book. It was a great thrilling adventure. It was super fun to read after visiting Ireland & Wales. The legend is believed by many. I loved the characters. It was enchanting and full of courage. You will want to cheer them on!
Thank you Netgallery for this opportunity to read this exciting book!

I happened to see this book and it caught my eye seeing "loch" and sure enough it is has adventure, Scottish legends, history, a bit of Christian allegory and of course beautiful and mysterious Loch Ness in Scotland that drew me in to read this one. In fact, I could not stop listening to this audiobook! I finished it in a day and it was quite good once I was into the storyline.

We follow Marine Carter Porter who finds himself in Scotland after his father's death and the journal he was left with from his father, trying to make sense of this and his life after losing his young daughter and his marriage is left in tatters.

Young Hassie Douglass works for a beautiful inn on Loch Ness and is led to the shores walking along it's edge and looks down to find gold coins - a historic treasure.

There is always evil lurking when treasure is involved and these two characters meet up with danger from some Russians.

Personally the cherry on top was finding out the author is an attorney in Houston - my hometown where my father was an attorney! Best wishes to my fellow Texan!

My thanks to Net Galley, River Grove Books, Greenleaf Book Group and Be Audio LImited

*Many thanks to Hunter H.White, Greenleaf Audiobooks, and NetGalley for a free audiobook in exchange for my honest review.*
The audiobook did not deliver, alas, despite my interest in the historical bit. I feel I am not the target reader for this kind of fiction which offers intrigue but fails to convince a reader. I expected a book which would keep me interested but for me the whole story seemed implausible and characters two-dimenstional, with no charisma, leaving me indifferent.

I listened to an advanced copy of this through the publisher and NetGallery thank you for the opportunity.

I enjoyed this book for the most part. I felt like at times the magic/heist was interesting but took me out of the story at times because they didn't compliment each other as well as I would have hoped.

There is a scene with animal injury that is a bit intense and might be hard for some listeners.