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    No Safe Secret

    By Fern Michaels

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    “Secrets, revenge and personal redemption . . . [a] tale of strong emotions and courage” from the #1 New York Times bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).

    From her silver Mercedes to her designer kitchen, Molly’s life is gleaming and beautiful—at least on the surface. But no one in her exclusive neighborhood in Goldenhills, Massachusetts, knows what living with her demanding husband Tanner is really like. They know even less about the life she left behind in Florida almost two decades ago.
     
    Back then, Molly was Maddy Carmichael, living with her twin brother and neglectful mother in a run-down trailer park amid the orange groves of Florida. After the terrible events of her high school prom night, Molly fled north and reinvented herself. Now the veneer of Molly’s polished existence is finally cracking—and Molly must find the strength to become the woman she once hoped to be.
     
    “The triumphant theme of women like Molly finding justice will appeal to readers.”—Booklist
     
    “Fern Michaels takes a story line and makes you feel like this could happen to you. She writes stories that can and will happen in today’s world.”—Fresh Fiction
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZebra Books
    Release dateMar 27, 2018
    ISBN9781420135909
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    Fern Michaels

    New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels has a passion for romance, often with a dash of suspense and drama. It stems from her other joys in life—her family, animals, and historic home. She is usually found in South Carolina, where she is either tapping out stories on her computer, rescuing or supporting animal organizations, or dabbling in some kind of historical restoration.

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    • 5/5
      I received this book free from Net Galley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.This is definitely my favourite Fern Michaels from the last number of years. While I have enjoyed the Sisterhood novels, I needed something a little different from her, and this one delivered!!Maddy lives in small town Florida in a crappy trailer with an absentee neglectful mother and a twin brother, who is just not a nice person. After a tragic prom night, Maddy flees town in her red Mustang and leaves the dirt of that small town behind but what happened that night is never far from her thoughts.She starts over in a new town, with a new name. She says nothing to anyone about what happened to her or who she is. Eventually she marries a widower with two little twin toddler boys. She believes this will give her the security and family that she has been longing for. Little does she know, she has exchanged one hellish existence for another. She goes through day by day as the trophy wife of a wealthy dentist; she lives in a nice house with his two boys, and the daughter Kristen she shares with her husband Tanner. She has beautiful clothes and shoes, has lovely parties, but the life that looks glamorous and enviable on the outside, isn't what it seems.When she gets a mysterious phone call threatening to reveal her past, she is forced to come to terms and face everything she has been hiding from. The only bright light in her life, her daughter Kristen, has gone to Europe for the summer, there is nothing holding her back now from dealing with the secrets she has been keeping.I read, cringing, as Maddy was abused over and over. It's so easy to sat back and judge and think about what she should do or say, but this book gave a very real account of how someone in those situations would react. As hard as some parts were to read, I devoured this book quickly; I was enthralled. Although a couple of Maddy/Molly's tirades were a little over the top, I relished the vengeance delivered, similar to the Sisterhood novels, but still so very delightful to read. I think we all have the desire for revenge at some point in our lives, when we see some sort of justice given, it makes us just a little satisfied. I highly recommend this novel; it's a quick read and worth every minute.Thank you Net galley for the opportunity to read this wonderful novel.
    • 5/5
      No Safe Secret by Fern MichaelsBook starts out with Maddie and she and her twin and mother live in FL. It's her senior prom and she's all dressed up and dances getting into the spirit of it all.Things don't go according to plan and she's dragged to the bleachers....the details are fuzzy in her head as she leaves town with all the money she has in her pocket.Chapters alternate to her now present life-as Molly and she had married a dentist and raised his twin boys and their daughter in MA. She's got such high quality all around her-her house, cars, even her dress.In her new life we also find out how they met and the deal he made. There are also glimpses of her past-love the part about Christmas cookies and decorations-fond memories for me also.There is a dark side to this book and she feels it any time she doesn't live up to his expectations and they are high. Along with drinking and the boys behavior towards her, and their drug issues it's a wonder she survives at all.Key secret is with her always, every place she goes and I have a feeling she will bring it out in the open to get revenge of the past who did her wrong.Very hard time putting this one down to do chores! Like where this book leads to... very powerful read!Amazes me how the author can get this story out there with so few pages and it means something.I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review.
    • 3/5
      I received this from NetGalley to read and review. Molly/Maddie had led a difficult life. During her early years, she lived with her crappy mother and twin brother in a trailer in Florida. After a horrible experience at the hands of her brother and his buddies on her prom night, Molly/Maddie ran away. Later, she met and married Tanner, a cosmetic dentist, who also treated her badly. By the time she married Tanner, she had changed her name from Maddie to Molly, and never told anyone the truth about her past. Again, Molly’s married life with Tanner life was miserable. Tanner expected total perfection from her at all times, regardless of the situation. Her step-sons, also twins, were arrogant, unruly and very disrespectful. Only her daughter treated Molly with any respect, and even told Molly she could not understand why she even stayed with Tanner. Still, Molly stayed for twenty years in this loveless, abusive marriage. However, after one horrid and frightful night, Molly ran away from Tanner. How she did this and managed to stay away becomes a story in itself. Of course, Molly had done it years before, so she had an advantage when she chose to run away from Tanner and her terrible marriage. The story was both interesting and fascinating. I never could understand why Molly even stayed with Tanner, but I figured she realized she had few options. The abuse she endured from everyone but her daughter was difficult for me to accept or understand. What I found most difficult to take was the way Tanner encouraged his sons to treat Molly so badly, as if he was doing just time with his sons as surrogates. It was also interesting that no one really knew what was going on in her marriage, except Molly, Tanner and her daughter (not sure of her sons, and I saw no real indication they were anything but spoiled, unappreciative, brazen boys, encouraged and supported in all their bad deeds by their father). I wondered how Molly ever put up with what she did for as long as she did, since she had earlier endured another difficult situation and should have known better.The book moved along nicely and smoothly until the ending, which was hurried, with everything happening too fast, with no prior indications. It was almost as if the author suddenly realized she had to end the book and did so in the shortest way possible, regardless how abrupt that was or how inconsistent with the rest of the book. For me this sort of ruined what I had been considering a not too bad book. The character were developed. The plot was moving along smoothly and steadily. Then, wham! It all ended, while I was ready for the same steady smoothness of the rest of the book. I have read most of Fern Michaels books and do not remember any ending so abruptly. I was kind of sorry this one did, since it really ruined a lot of this good story for me. I am still trying to figure out what happened to have the author end it so quickly. I guess she really did not have a good idea about to end it, she had a deadline to meet, or had a limit on the amount of pages she was contracted for. Whatever the reason, I am sorry the story ended so abruptly, with almost no hints throughout about how it was going to turn out. I had wondered if it would be another cliff hanger, and, since it was not, am grateful for that. Still, it is not like her other books—at least, not those I have read.
    • 5/5
      Good book depicting deleterious impact of childhood trauma and neglect on one's life.
    • 5/5
      I have read several of Fern Michaels’ books. I find that I don’t enjoy her series books. They are too “lightweight” and predictable. However, her stand-alone books seem to be much better quality. This one was really good, in fact it was riveting.Maddy Carmichael is a high school senior. Her mother is a drunk and her brother an absolute jerk. It is her prom night and she has bought herself a lovely dress. She hopes to have one night to remember – and that she does. She is brutally raped by several of her brother’s friends. Later that night she flees her home, planning to head North and reinvent herself. However, a final act of revenge follows her.It is 21 years later and she in now Molly McCann, married to an affluent dentist, lives in a beautiful home, has two stepsons, and a daughter that she adores. From outside appearances she lives the perfect life. But Molly is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about her past, and no one knows how abusive her husband is. At some point secrets come out, and as her life starts to unravel there are secrets she didn’t even know.I had trouble putting this book down. Each chapter just pulled me in more and more.Thank you to GoodReads and Kensington Press for the advance copy.
    • 4/5
      Another excellent book by Fern Michaels. This is the story of Molly (madly Carmichael) and the secrets she has lived with for 21 years. She finally deals with the secrets and puts her life in order for herself and her daughter. I've been a Fern Michaels fan for years and I highly recommend this book.