No Safe Secret
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4.4 • 124 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A powerful story of betrayal, courage, and starting over from #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels . . .
“The triumphant theme of women like Molly finding justice will appeal to readers.”—Booklist
“Secrets, revenge and personal redemption from bestseller Michaels.”—Publishers Weekly
From her silver Mercedes to her designer kitchen, Molly’s life is gleaming and beautiful—at least on the surface. But no one in her Goldenhills, Massachusetts, community knows what living with her demanding husband Tanner is really like. They know even less about the life she left behind in Florida almost two decades ago.
Back then, Molly was Maddy Carmichael, living with her twin brother and neglectful mother in a run-down trailer park amid the orange groves of Florida. After the terrible events of her high school prom night, Molly fled north and reinvented herself.
Now the veneer of Molly’s polished existence is finally cracking—and Molly must find the strength to become the woman she once hoped to be.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After 21 years, brutal injustice gets its due in this somewhat roughly written story of secrets, revenge, and personal redemption from bestseller Michaels. Maddy Carmichael is a poor but honest and hardworking Florida high school senior. Her no-account brother sets her up to be raped on prom night. After a traumatized Maddy believes she's killed three of her attackers in a hit-and-run accident afterward, she runs as far as she can and ends up in Boston. But changing her name and marrying Tanner McCann, a wealthy suburban dentist, can't take away the awful memory of that night especially when Tanner turns out to be an abuser who raises his sons to disrespect her too. Two decades after the accident, a mysterious phone call frightens her into thinking her secret is out, and Maddy runs again. But this time, she's determined to get some justice. Michaels's dedication to advocating for abused women is heartfelt, but the story suffers from repetitive writing, plot holes, and stereotypical characters. Michaels's many fans, however, are likely to forgive those problems for this tale of strong emotions and courage.
