-Review by Scott Asher of AshertopiA.Book one in the Glenbrooke Series, Secrets is the tale of Jessica Morgan a mid-twenties well educated woman looking to get away from her past with a clean break in a small town. The problem is that in a small town secrets are hard to keep - especially if you want a paycheck and the false identity she adopts to stay hidden doesn't exist. To further complicate things, she finds herself on the receiving end of the affections of a stud fireman when she is trying to keep to herself.
Holding everyone at arms length, Jessica goes through her trials on her own, until she is drawn to a bright young high schooler, Dawn, who she has quite a bit in common with, but can't express it. When Dawn talks Jessica into going on a mission trip to Mexico - with the fireman - her secrets and lies start to unravel.
This is a romantic fiction reprint from the mid-nineties - something that only becomes apparent in the clothing choices worn by the characters -white t-shirt and vest ladies? As is typical of the genre everyone is attractive, everyone is perfectly who they are - not conflicted - and the script doesn't go off track for a second. You know what you are getting into as soon as you start reading. Strike that - you know as soon as you walk into the romance section of the Christian bookstore. For fans of the genre this is a good choice at this value price point as it starts the Glenbrooke Series. For readers who aren't normally fans of romantic fiction, there isn't much to entice you to pick this up. For me, the secret was the only reason to finish. Even then, as I said, I saw what was coming a long way off.
This book was supplied by the publisher as a review copy.