| Title | : | Secret Sins |
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| ISBN | : | 0778323706 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780778323709 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 |
| Publication | : | First published February 1, 1996 |
| Awards | : | RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Romantic Suspense (1998) |
And a traffic pileup that left eight cars wrecked, at least four people dead. But in the midst of this ugliness and pain, a small miracle. A little girl was alive. Her parents weren't so lucky.
Gene Zajak, a cop who'd seen more than his share of dead bodies, took the toddler home. Jessica Marie Pazmany became Jessica Marie Zajak.
Now--twenty-seven years later--Jessica's fascinating, if less than faithful, ex-husband has come to see her, armed with some terrifying evidence. Jessica Marie Pazmany is dead. And she'd died seven months before the car crash.
There are answers, and they're out there. He's determined to find them. She may not live to find them..
Secret Sins Reviews
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I posted this review on Amazon first.
I strongly suggest you not read this book if infidelities in a "romance-mystery" novels bother you ( I wasn't aware of this until I got the book). If you're unable to fully appreciate a great story for this reason, as I am, then I suggest you pass on this.
However, because this author is truly talented, I feel she deserves 4 stars regardless of the irritating plot device, and this coming from someone who read this book being mostly annoyed.
This is a love story about a divorced couple, who come together after 3 years apart to find the heroines true identity. This is the mystery part of the story, the best part of the book.... who really is Jessica, and who were her real parents and how/why did she end up in the car that killed the couple who were in the car with her....
And the love story: They were married for 2 years, and within those 2 years, the heroine supported them while the hero dreamed of being an actor, lost auditions, spent the rent money SHE made so he could buy a plane tickets behind her back so he could fly to LA to audition...In a word, he was a failure, incompetent jerk, who was unfaithful, which all led to the heroine divorcing him. Heroine was Ms Perfect, emotions always hidden... this made the hero feel more of a failure...
The bad:
Once a cheater always a cheater, and cheaters who justify their behaviors and tries to spread their mistakes and bad judgments are the worst kinds. A woman who takes back a cheater, is setting herself up for more pain. I know in the real world things aren't this black and white but do I want to sit around reading about this in a romance novel? No. And if the author tries to use this device in a romance novel, I wish they would at least make the hero's grovel some. In this book, the reasoning was mind boggling...the heroine forgiving him, just like that....then jumping into the sack...just like that...then HEA...just like that was too pact...
All in all, the book was good, the mystery was complex, and beautifully written. I just wish the book had a different heroine/hero. Heroine with a backbone, a hero who truly was one...I think I would've given this book 5 stars. -
intriguing mystery read nicely crafted. loved the character of Constance so frail yet so brave!
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This was a very pleasant surprise. I expected to hate it. Hubby chose it from the bookshelves that have been hidden for years and it wasn’t one of my favourite genres. Romance usually makes me want to barf. But this was mostly a thriller with a wee bit of romance thrown in. The gratuitous sex scene was a mere few pages long and was limited to only one scene of the usual barfiness. It was an intriguing tale of a girl who finds out she’s not who she thought she was, intertwined with a lady faking madness missing her daughter and fearing her husband. I thoroughly enjoyed this and only hated the romance aspect slightly.
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I absolutely hated this book. It was a total bore until the very end. It didn't get good until page 280 or something. Although the storyline was good. Definitely wouldn't recommend this book to anybody.
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Good enough plot to keep you turning the pages waiting to see what would happen next. Major problem for me is all of the typos toward the end of the book. It became very distracting.
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Absolutely loved the ending!!!
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Een lekker boek voor een zwoele zomer zondagmiddag. Spannend, maar voorspelbaar.
