Small Town Secrets
The Secrets She Learns is book 4 in Jacqueline Diamond’s romantic series, A Better Late Romance (Sisters, Lovers, and Second Chances). In the previous three books we meet Gavin Everly, a narcissistic misogynist who vanishes from Rancho Allegro without a trace. For four year the police, headed by Jonathan Trimbel, searches for the man for cheating his elderly victims of their life savings. The man has no conscience. He impregnates Anni Leffler’s friend Sara and refuses to admit paternity. On top of that, on his wedding day to her friend Kiri, he seduces the maid of honor, Eden. They get caught, so he marries Eden instead, and the poor woman struggles for years in an abusive marriage.
Anni wants more than anything else for Gavin Everly to be brought to justice. When she realizes her new neighbor is Jon Trimbel, she hires the retired detective turned private eye, to uncover Everly’s whereabouts. She wants to help free her Southern California community of the pain Everly has caused so many people she loves.
Diamond does a superb job of pulling her other three books into the story as she reminds experienced series readers and develops an interesting plot for the newer bookworms. She also has an uncanny ability of understanding human nature and expressing people’s feelings and desires on the printed page.
The Secrets She Learns will rivet readers to a plot that is filled with twists, turns, and surprises. If you love a good mystery, a love story, and family dirty secrets rolled into one, this novel won’t disappoint.
About the Author
Jacqueline Diamond is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic comedies, medical romances, and mysteries. She has written more than 100 titles and has been honored with a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and is a two-time Rita Award finalist. You can learn more about the author on her website at jacquelinediamond.net.
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Unfortunately, cheating elderly victims is quite common.