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A Little Secret Between Friends
It's amazing how one decision could change your life
Back in law school Sally Stowe and Colin Foster argued in and out of class. One night, after a study session in the library, Colin offered to drive Sally home. They ended up in his dorm room making love. The next day Sally discovered that her best friend, Beth, was really into this guy in Sally's class - Colin. Sally stepped aside and started seeing someone new.
Sixteen years later Sally is a distinguished lawyer, up for a judicial appointment, and Colin is Beth's widower. As Sally and Colin spend more and more time together, a horrible suspicion takes hold. Could Sally's daughter be Colin's?
- GenresRomanceSecond Chance
296 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 2005
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About the author
C.J. Carmichael
106 books834 followersUSA Today bestselling author C. J. Carmichael has written over 50 novels, including two mystery series, as well as romance and women’s fiction. Three of her novels have been nominated for the Romance Writers of America RITA Award, including A Bramble House Christmas. A film version of A Bramble House Christmas premiered as a Hallmark Mystery movie in 2017.
Married, with two grown daughters and some adorable grandchildren, C. J. and her husband and their Welsh Springer Jazz divide their time between their home in Calgary, Alberta and the family cottage on Flathead Lake, Montana. C.J. enjoys giving workshops to aspiring authors--her talk on writing a Christmas story is a favorite.
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Married, with two grown daughters and some adorable grandchildren, C. J. and her husband and their Welsh Springer Jazz divide their time between their home in Calgary, Alberta and the family cottage on Flathead Lake, Montana. C.J. enjoys giving workshops to aspiring authors--her talk on writing a Christmas story is a favorite.
Visit C.J.'s website at http://CJCarmichael.com
For information on C. J.’s new releases and giveaways please sign up for her newsletter.
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April 9, 2016this one makes the all-time list. a truly stunning visual narrative - i only wish the picture on here were bigger so everyone could enjoy it. is this better??
i bought several copies of this book to cover-frame as gifts, but i feel like i can never have enough copies. so the title is what it is and then the bottom-half of the cover (which we assume is in the past cuz it's a little fuzzy) shows these two young girls pointing at a dog that is in a position which raises its hindquarters (suggestively?? playfully?? it depends on your view - i would have said innocently, but there's something creepier at work here) and they are pointing at its backside and one of them has like a stick or something. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO/WITH THAT DOG?? because in the upper panel the older of the two is with a man and her face looks... alarmed. like she is thinking back to this incident with the dog. will he be able to satisfy her like that dog did? is she a dog rapist?? did she love that dog?? what is the little secret between friends?? it is inscrutable!!
i bought several copies of this book to cover-frame as gifts, but i feel like i can never have enough copies. so the title is what it is and then the bottom-half of the cover (which we assume is in the past cuz it's a little fuzzy) shows these two young girls pointing at a dog that is in a position which raises its hindquarters (suggestively?? playfully?? it depends on your view - i would have said innocently, but there's something creepier at work here) and they are pointing at its backside and one of them has like a stick or something. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO/WITH THAT DOG?? because in the upper panel the older of the two is with a man and her face looks... alarmed. like she is thinking back to this incident with the dog. will he be able to satisfy her like that dog did? is she a dog rapist?? did she love that dog?? what is the little secret between friends?? it is inscrutable!!
November 3, 2015
Well written, but disappointing. Heroine's thought process and decision making abilities didn't jive with the "legal eagle"persona the author tried to create.
The story opens with her getting ready to be appointed as a judge by the Ministry. You would think that anyone being appointed as a judge would have some good powers of reasoning. Yet, this heroine made one poor mistake after another, starting with walking away from a passionate relationship with the hero because her roommate (and BFF) happened to go out on one date with him. (IMHO, sleeping with someone trumps coffee) It was clear that the hero wasn't into the roommate. Yet she walks away from hero, starts an affair with someone else, marries him, and has the life from hell. Hero ends up marrying roommate, they have a good healthy marriage, but she dies of a terminal illness giving them the chance to reunite. Thus our story.
To make matters worse,
I would not recommend.
The story opens with her getting ready to be appointed as a judge by the Ministry. You would think that anyone being appointed as a judge would have some good powers of reasoning. Yet, this heroine made one poor mistake after another, starting with walking away from a passionate relationship with the hero because her roommate (and BFF) happened to go out on one date with him. (IMHO, sleeping with someone trumps coffee) It was clear that the hero wasn't into the roommate. Yet she walks away from hero, starts an affair with someone else, marries him, and has the life from hell. Hero ends up marrying roommate, they have a good healthy marriage, but she dies of a terminal illness giving them the chance to reunite. Thus our story.
To make matters worse,
I would not recommend.
September 25, 2015
This was a four star read until the end. And everything was just too neatly tied up at the end.
March 2, 2016
Had me hooked from the first few pages, had me in tears by the end of the first chapter.
Reading this book was like my fingers went on auto pilot and just keep turning the pages as the plot just pulled me in.
I would recommend to all adult readers.
I won my copy in a contest.
Reading this book was like my fingers went on auto pilot and just keep turning the pages as the plot just pulled me in.
I would recommend to all adult readers.
I won my copy in a contest.
August 28, 2017
Popcorn book! I don't know who got me into these things. Still good, although some might find it triggering in places
August 21, 2018
Love it
April 14, 2012
Read this book a few years back. I liked it.
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