Kindle Edition Audiobook Download from Apple iTunes (eBook) Amazon Author Page Amazon Author Page Category:  Mystery/Suspense Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN-10:  1537051636 Type: Fiction Pages: 313 Copyright: 6/2013 ISBN-13: 9781537051635 Price: $2.99 (eBook) Secrets are made to keep you safe, but the truth can get you killed! Twenty-six years later, Deanna Iris and her son move back to the town she grew up in, back where her secret began and where her life changed forever.Unpacking boxes, she receives a call from Officer Bates stating that her sister and son were in a car accident and are in critical condition. Upon arriving at Mendota Community Hospital, she is approached by Officer Bates, who takes her in to see them.Sitting with her son Brent, who is unconscious, and her sister Shelia, who suffers from a head injury and is in a coma, Deanna meets their doctor for the first time. Is it Dr. Sheldon’s face that reminds her of someone she knew? Could it be possible that her dead daughter from twenty-six years ago could now be alive? After meeting with a friend who knew about her secret and who is later found murdered, Deanna receives a note in her mailbox telling her to get out of town before what happened to her friend will happen to her. What transpired all those years ago and who is this mysterious woman she sees as she drives by her sister’s house? Will Deanna ever allow herself to be loved? Or will searching for the answers to her past lead to her death?               Excerpt 1 We all have incidents in our lives that change us, some for the good and others for the bad. Then there are those events that make us into the people we were meant to become. These changes may take weeks, months, or even years, but when they do come, they either come at us head-on or tackle us from behind. What changed my life had tackled me as though I were a quarterback and life, the defense lineman, was just itching to toss me on my ass. Because of this and what happened when I was young, we had to move from the house I had grown to love. I was turning six years old the day we moved into this house, the place where I now stood. I had pestered my mom into painting the ceiling the color of the sky with stars that sparkled when the lights were off. Granted, my mother was no Leonardo da Vinci, but the woman had the skills to create a resemblance of the magnificence of the evening sky. I would lie in bed at night and stare at the stars as though they were my dreams waiting to come to life if only I could grab one. These lights of the heavens helped me sleep. I took to my room after the incident…. My sister Shelia’s bedroom was down the hall from mine; she’s older than me by two years. She was the kind of sister who would never let me forget who was the oldest. Who, she thought, was superior. We didn’t get along until we became adults, though to this day we still have our differences. For some reason that fell through the cracks of my perception, she hated me. Well, I’d have to admit that was the feeling I always got from her. Those times when we were near one another, the sense of friction between us was so strong that sometimes I thought if we moved the wrong way, the sparks would ignite a flame. Hate can be like that; the longer it’s held onto, the more flammable it becomes. She always seemed so much smarter than me and I could tell that she was my parents’ favorite; at least that was my impression. No matter what I did, I was never good enough for them. I guess it’s something siblings go through when they live under the same roof. I was fourteen when we moved to a new house in a different town far away from everything we knew, everything that felt right. I was fourteen the day my sister stopped talking to me, her verbal communication becoming that of a caveman with grunts and groans over anything and everything I said. She said it was my fault that we had to leave our friends behind. I should have been more careful that night and trusted my gut feeling. But I was young, and when we are young, we do things because we want to be loved and have people like us. What happened shouldn’t have happened to me. Not to anyone.

I did really like this novel!
By Techie Wanna Be
Format:Kindle Edition
I did really like this story! It was a very fast read. I started it last night and had a hard time putting it down. There were so many things that made me want to keep turning pages to see what was going to happen or to see what had already happened in the past. There were things that were a bit unbelievable and somewhat like a Lifetime Movie Network movie but it was a definite page turner to see what the whole story was. I did really like the book and would probably read another by this author. There was no plodding along in this book! My copy was an ARC and there were some mistakes that I hope have been fixed. But it was a very good read!


Definitely a page-turner!
By gayle pace
Format:Paperback
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This book was definitely a page-turner. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. It kept my interest, I wanted to know what would happen in the end. I read the author's first book "BROKEN PROMISES" and it was another good book. The more you read the more questions you have and you keep reading to find the answers Will Deanna find her daughter alive? Will she let herself love again? So many questions. Turn those pages as fast as you can to find your answers. I feel the book had a good plot and the characters were true to life. It will put you on the edge of your seat. I would recommend this book to anyone that loves mystery, a little romance with wanting answers to your questions.

I would give this book 4 STARS.


Couldn't put it down!
By Jill
Format: Kindle Edition
I love this new author! She really has a way of capturing her reader's attention. This book had a great story line and was a real page-turner which was hard for me to put down. I'm looking forward to her next novel!