Family Secrets: A Novel

A long ago love story threatens to change the lives of three generations of women in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer€s stunning novel€"now available for the first time as an eBook!
 
Though Diane Randall€s jewelry business is a great success, her marriage is not, and she finds herself growing lonely as her children near adulthood. Meanwhile, her eighteen-year-old daughter Julia is falling dangerously in love, and Diane€s mother, Jean, is relishing her newfound freedom as a single woman in Europe. Distracted by their individual concerns, the three women are ill-prepared for the crisis that suddenly appears on Diane€s doorstep in the form of a handsome FBI agent asking about an explosive secret that€s layed buried for decades.
 
At the start of World War II, Jean was a young woman in love who made a fateful mistake, one that may now tear apart her family. Diane finds herself drawn into an illicit affair that threatens to erupt into scandal, while Julia€s own dramatic antics endanger her life. Meanwhile, Jean is desperate to keep hidden painful memories she€s guarded for so long. These three extraordinary women find that only by facing down secrets and lies can they face the future.
 
Includes a captivating preview of Nancy Thayer€s upcoming novel Nantucket Sisters!
 
Praise for the novels of Nancy Thayer
 
€œThe queen of beach books.€€"The Star-Ledger
 
€œThayer has a deep and masterly understanding of love and friendship, of where the two complement and where they collide.€€"Elin Hilderbrand
 
€œThayer€s gift for reaching the emotional core of her characters [is] captivating.€€"Houston Chronicle
 
€œOne of my favorite writers.€€"Susan Wiggs
 
€œThayer portrays beautifully the small moments, inside stories and shared histories that build families.€€"The Miami Herald
 
€œThayer€s sense of place is powerful, and her words are hung together the way my grandmother used to tat lace.€€"Dorothea Benton Frank