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BOOK REVIEW: Secrets Within
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by: Lesa Boutin Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Secrets Within Author: Gail Gaymer Martin Publisher: Heartsong Presents ISBN 1-586-60480-5 Genre: Inspirational/Romance
What's better than a romance by Gail Gaymer Martin? An intriguing, suspense spiked romance by Gail Gaymer Martin. But Martin hasn't stop there. She's trussed it up with a bit of guilty conscience, sibling rivalry, and a dash of deception.
Laine Sibley has moved home to care for her terminally ill sister, Kathleen, and her five-year-old daughter, Becka. They're all the family Laine has left. But Laine and Kathleen=s relationship has been strained, at best, for some time. As a result, years of jealousy and envy have constructed a wall between sisters that Laine fears even Kathleen's imminent death cannot tear down.
Feeling inadequate, Laine is overwhelmed when Becka moves in with her. How can she possibly meet the needs of a five-year-old little girl? Help comes in the form of her attractive, personable neighbor, Jeff Rice. He's good with Becka and kind to Laine. He even helps steer Laine back to church and her long neglected relationship with God. He seems practically perfect in every way. But things aren't always what they seem. Laine discovers he's harbored a secret.
Question - when is a secret no longer a secret? Answer - when it's a lie. Laine finds herself in a tangle of dissimulation and treachery. Her home is broken into; Becka's grandmother wants custody of her, as Laine discovers the people around her aren't who they claim to be. What's worse, Laine realizes she's in love with a man who's lied to her. The man, that it now seems, may have pulled her into this maelstrom of treachery. | |
