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Keep A Little Secret
Prologue
Longbow, Colorado — December 1938
OWEN WALLACE STOOD ALONE on the ramshackle porch of his family’s small house, staring absently into the falling snow. The storm had come on hard in the last hour and showed no sign of letting up. Before him, the hood of the doctor’s automobile had already become covered, despite the heat of the rapidly cooling engine. A swirling,
merciless wind cut sharply on the exposed skin of Owen’s hands and face, but he paid it little heed.
Though the inside of the small house was warm, well heated by the wood-burning stove, Owen felt no need to head indoors in spite of the miserable weather. Outside, alone with the growing fury of the winter storm, he could pretend that his mother wasn’t dying, if only for a short while.
Behind him, the door opened, then was quickly closed.
“I’m afraid there is nothing more that I can do for her, Owen,” Walter Calloway, Longbow’s doctor, said in a resigned tone of voice. “She never woke while I was examining her, but her sleep is far from peaceful.”
Owen gave a slight nod in answer, still facing the falling snow.
“Though it greatly pains me to say it, I believe the day we’ve all been dreading has finally arrived.”
“How much longer does she have?”
“It’s all in the Lord’s hands now,” the doctor answered. “Hannah is doing her best to keep Caroline comfortable, but besides making sure that the fire remains fully stoked, all we can do now is wait.”
Dr. Calloway’s heavy-lidded eyes, hidden behind thick-framed glasses, gave ample evidence that his concern was genuine. He looked tired, worn beyond even the many years he had served the town, weighed down by the burden of an illness he couldn’t hope to cure.
“Thank you for everything you’ve done for her,” Owen offered.
“I only wish that I could have done more,” Dr. Calloway answered, putting a hand on Owen’s shoulder in condolence, before he trudged through the piling snow to his car and drove away.
Copyright © 2011 by Dorothy Garlock
Keep a Little Secret
Sandra Brown attests that “there is nothing better than Dorothy Garlock at her best.” In Keep a Little Secret, the beloved author is as enthralling as ever as we meet once again the young girl from Stay a Little Longer, now grown and about to embark on a new path fraught with danger…and romance.
It’s 1939 and Charlotte Tucker, ready to take on the world, has no qualms about leaving her small Minnesota hometown for a teaching position in Sawyer, Oklahoma. Settled in a room graciously offered to her by ranch owner John Grant, Charlotte readies herself for her new career, filled with excitement over what her new life has in store. She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their adored mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are dead set on revenge against the man who left them—a man they believe is none other than John Grant.
As the summer heat rises, and Charlotte and Owen are drawn to each other, brutal storms converge, wreaking havoc. And a devastating secret from the past is revealed that threatens the futures of all those involved—forever.
Hardcover : 384 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group, USA ( March 21, 2011 )
Item #: 13-160544
ISBN: 9780446540124
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.9inches
Product Weight: 14.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
What a great read 
September 22, 2011
I loved Stay A Little Longer and didn't think this could match it, but it was very good and kept me entertained until the last page. Characters with depth and interplay with supporting as well as a solid and often action packed plotline. Recommend.
Reviewer: Auralie B
Very good read
July 11, 2011
Garlock is a dependable author, and this is another book that shows why. Plenty of depth to the characters and a storyline filled with twists and turns and lots of action, and the strong romance between Owen and Charlotte ofcouse, to move it along at a fast pace. Recommend. Also the one before this, Stay a Little Longer, think that was my favorite so far. Can't wait for the next one in the trilogy this Fall.
Reviewer: Annie H
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