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Title details for How to Keep a Secret by Sarah Morgan - Available

How to Keep a Secret

by Sarah Morgan
Laurel Lefkow
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"Fans of Karen White and Susan Wiggs will savor Morgan's pairing of a second-chance romance with an intense family drama."—Booklist, Starred Review
"Emotional, riveting and uplifting. If you've got a sister, you've got to read this book!"—Susan Mallery, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Jane Green meets Sophie Kinsella. Heartwarming, emotional, funny and real - I adored this book!"—New York Times bestselling author, Jill Shalvis
When three generations of women are brought together by crisis, they learn over the course of one hot summer the power of family to support, nourish and surprise
Lauren has the perfect life...if she ignores the fact it's a fragile house of cards, and that her daughter Mack has just had a teenage personality transplant.
Jenna is desperate to start a family with her husband, but it's... Just. Not. Happening. Her heart is breaking, but she's determined to keep her trademark smile on her face.
Nancy knows she hasn't been the best mother, but how can she ever tell Lauren and Jenna the reason why?
Then life changes in an instant, and Lauren, Mack, Jenna and Nancy are thrown together for a summer on Martha's Vineyard. Somehow, these very different women must relearn how to be a family. And while unraveling their secrets might be their biggest challenge, the rewards could be infinite.
Heartwarming and fresh, Sarah Morgan's brilliant new novel is a witty and deeply uplifting look at the power of a family of women.
A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect summer escape in The Island Villa, the next heartwarming novel by USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan!

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  • Release date

    July 10, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781488204906
      • File size: 324723 KB
      • Duration: 11:16:30

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Set on Martha's Vineyard, this contemporary audiobook focuses on family--and includes a smidgen of romance. Once separated by both physical and emotional distance, three generations of women reveal old family secrets and strive to become a family in more than genes. With her soothing, pleasant voice, Laurel Lefkow narrates the story of the four Stewart women. Whether voicing teenaged Mack, 30-something sisters Laurel and Jenna, or the aging family matriarch, Nancy, Lefkow provides spot-on deliveries that capture the women's myriad emotions. Her performance enchants the listener and helps to overcome the lulls in the plot. This audiobook will have listeners rooting for the family's happily-ever-afters. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      Starred review from July 1, 2018

      What do we know of the secrets our loved ones hold and why? Sisters Lauren and Jenna have kept the frightening events of a stolen afternoon hidden from everyone since their childhood. Lauren, married to successful London businessman Ed, prepares an elaborate 40th birthday celebration for him. After a testy morning conversation with Ed that includes a cryptic comment from him and an exchange with moody 16-year-old Mack, the day goes without a hitch--except Ed is a no-show at the party. Jenna, married to the small-town boy next door, is struggling with getting pregnant and keeping that from Lauren and their mother. Nancy, the matriarch, widowed five years ago, is crumbling under the things she's keeping from both of her daughters. Secrets have a way of unraveling. Over a long Martha's Vineyard summer, all four Stewart women face the destruction of long-held beliefs and betrayals. VERDICT Morgan (Moonlight over Manhattan) transitions from contemporary romance to women's fiction with this winner. Her lovingly created characters come to life, the dialog rings true, and readers will fly through the pages and then wish for more.--Susan Santa, Shelter Rock P.L., Albertson, NY

      Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      Starred review from June 1, 2018
      Morgan makes the leap from series romance (Moonlight over Manhattan, 2017) to her first stand-alone women's-fiction novel with ease, but she doesn't leave romantic themes behind. Three generations of Stewart women have all been keeping secrets, but they must learn to trust each other when the death of Lauren's husband, Ed, and the discovery of his financial problems bring Lauren and her daughter, Mack, home to Martha's Vineyard. Lauren and sister Jenna have always been close?partly because of a secret about their father that they've never shared with anyone, and partly because their artist mother, Nancy, never took much interest in them. Jenna always has a smile for everyone, even though she's hiding the fact that she can't get pregnant. Sixteen-year-old Mack has just discovered that Ed is not her biological father, and Nancy has several secrets that she's trying to keep them all from finding out. Alternating chapters tell the story from the perspective of all four main characters. Fans of Karen White and Susan Wiggs will savor Morgan's pairing of a second-chance romance with an intense family drama.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

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