Secrets

by A M Huff

SECRETS. We all have them.
Little things we keep to ourselves.
But what if your family found out? Carl and Ruth Wallace thought they raised their children to have no SECRETS . . .
but they were wrong.
Steven has come home and his SECRETS will change the family, forever. Find out what this family is hiding.

Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, M M Romance

326 pages, Paperback

First published October 27, 1998

Reviews

[Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

First of all let me say that if this book had not been a freebie on Amazon I doubt if I would have chosen to read it. However it did turn out to be a very entertaining book but it did put me in mind of a television soap opera. The story revolves around the Wallace family and begins with a get together at the request of Steven one of the sons who had an announcement to make to the rest of the family - mother and father obviously knowing what his secret was and rather upset that he had not shared it earlier. Not wanting to spoil any shock value I will not divulge any secrets in this review. From the first chapter onward we get to know (or think we do) each member of the family and of course as the title states, secrets are revealed along the way.

To a greater extent what made this book interesting for me was the interaction between characters in the book and the dynamics within the family and how each person dealt with the secrets as they came to light. Most of the story was believable with a couple of notable "soap operish" exceptions. Interesting too was how the readers opinion of each character was manipulated by the author along the way. Had the book had a better ending then it would have deserved 4 stars but personally I felt cheated with a most unsatisfactory ending - probably the author was thinking about a follow up but I felt it could have been concluded better as there is plenty of interest in the family to keep the readers attention.

[Helen Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written story of a family who lost their son/brother to brain tumor. After his death, they discovered that he had kept secrets from the family. Not just him, but everyone in the family had a secret or two kept to themselves. The head of the family, Ruth and Carl, handled the revealing of these secrets well and had strong foundation together as family and weather the storms caused by the revealing of these secrets well.

My father had always advised me to keep certain things to myself, especially if the revealing of them could hurt the family. Could understand the logic of being honest with spouse and children (have taught my own children to be honest and to be able to tell me anything) but everyone do and have some secrets of their own that the revealing of them serves no purposes at all.

[Sabrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed it, although a Lifetime movie kept playing in my head while reading it.