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Original Title:	Public Secrets
ISBN:	0553589474 (ISBN13: 9780553589474)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Emma McAvoy, Michael Kesselring
Setting:	United States of America
Literary Awards:	RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Single Title Contemporary Romance (1991)

Public Secrets Paperback | Pages: 481 pages

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From Nora Roberts, the incomparable New York Times bestselling author of Sanctuary and Montana Sky, comes a mesmerizing story of a woman trapped by a dangerous desire and threatened by a murderous secret, one of Nora Roberts's most popular novels. Emma. Beautiful, intelligent, radiantly talented, she lives in a star-studded world of wealth and privilege. But she is about to discover that fame is no protection at all when someone wants you dead.... All she has to do is close her eyes and she remembers the magical day her father came into her life. She was a frightened, lonely toddler, hiding, always hiding, from her mother's wrath, when Brian McAvoy swept in and took her away. She didn't know then that she was his illegitimate daughter or that she had just been rescued by pop music's rising new star. All she knew was that suddenly she felt safe. And there wasn't only Brian...his new wife became Emma's loving stepmother, his band members became her surrogate uncles, and soon Emma even had a new baby brother to care for. Then just when everything seemed perfect, a horrifying event shattered all their lives: a botched kidnapping attempt, shocking the world, traumatizing Emma, leaving her bereft of her newfound happiness. Yet now, after so many years of pain and guilt, of being overprotected and hounded by the press, Emma finally feels as if she's put the tragedy behind her. A determined, self-sufficient young woman, she has carved out a thrilling career, and even dared to fall rapturously in love. But the man who will become her husband isn't all that he seems. And Emma is about to awaken to the chilling knowledge that the darkest secret of all is the one buried inher mind--a secret that someone may kill to keep. With Public Secrets, Nora Roberts has woven an absorbing tale of a woman you can't help but care for, trapped in a terrifying web of suspense that will keep you reading long into the night.

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Title	:	Public Secrets
Author	:	Nora Roberts
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 481 pages
Published	:	March 27th 2012 by Bantam Books (first published January 1990)
Categories	:	Romance. Romantic Suspense. Contemporary Romance. Contemporary. Fiction

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A saga unfolds...There were times I hated this book. Not the story, but the characters and their actions. It made me a lot uncomfortable and queasy. Everyone was so selfishness and the one redeemable character became a weak reflection.Talk about a soap opera, this book most certainly was. Though there is a happy ending, for the most part, I hated how they got there, which took the sweetness out of it.As much as I hated it, the plot, the writing, the storyline were all engaging. So despite all of

When I purchased the book last year, it looked vaguely familiar. Let me be clear; I have read a LOT of Nora Roberts. Between haunting the library shelves in Germany for her books and purchasing almost all of the rest, I do believe that I have read most of her books. There are only a few I have not gotten around to reading. When I bought Public Secrets, I thought this was one of those that remained unread. After reading the first page, I remembered the story. It turns out I did read it more than

This was not one of my favorites from Roberts, but it was well written and a good read. Most of the reasoning for my rating has to do with pacing. It's not that the story ever lags, but there was a section I felt lasted too many chapters. That being said, it's more of my personal distaste for the subject matter going on in the story--brutal domestic abuse and violence against children. It makes me sick to even read about such things and know they exist in reality. So, though it may be a bit

I have really mixed feelings about this book. I generally love all the books by Nora Roberts and this one is really well written. But I haven't enjoyed it as much as some of her other books.First, I was definitely expecting something completely different. I was thinking about a good romantic suspense with nice developed characters and a bit of this rock star glitter. Instead it is a story more into woman's fiction genre or even a very well-written biography of a non-existing person, Emma.

From its very first pages you find yourself hooked. It is the kind of books I deeply love; the kind that induces you to forget time and surroundings and captures you in an unstoppable reading trance.

Very emotional book from start to finish but I loved every minute of it and think this is probably one of the best NR book I have read.

The characterization and settings are superb. based solely on this, it would have been a 5. but after a while the detail is too much. For about an hour's worth of crime drama, you need to span 20 years. There were scenes where the person has traveled hours to ask one life-or-death question. Rather than ask, they draw it out for a page saying "I'm going to ask a question," or neglect to share a vital piece of information entirely. I found myself wanting to edit several times. Whole chapters, such