I think the author raced to the end and missed a great opportunity. Imagine a young girl giving birth in a shelter filled with twenty or so ranch hands stuck close by while a tornado rages above. She and the baby would have protectors for the rest of their lives. Now about what the author actually wrote, it felt authentic but there were too many loose ends. I wanted to see the old bat of a school teacher retire. It is too bad when an author creates such real characters and doesn't make the most of them. Do we blame the publisher for printing a shorter book? As a child, Charlotte Tucker was raised in small town Minnesota where the only real company was the people who came to her aunt Louise's boarding house. Several years later, Charlotte is a young woman and thirsty to get out of her hometown and see the world. When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, she jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer, a small town to the north, to begin her new career. She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant. As the summer heats up and a brutal storm wreaks havoc on the town, a secret is revealed that threatens to change Charlotte's life -- and her new friends -- forever
What do You think about Keep A Little Secret (2011)?
My mother & I have been fond of this writer for years. Passing the books back & forth between us.
—Whimpey16
I can't remember why I picked this up. It was okay. There was a tornado.
—Maahi
Storyline keeps you hopping trying to figure what is really going on.
—LynnT
