Best Kept Secrets

by Jennifer Bacia

In the end money and success are not enough…
Cass, Fran and Angela share one of the city’s best addresses but behind the designer clothes and careful social smiles, each is facing the crisis of her life.
Cass once had it all – spectacular home, great kids, caring friends and a happy marriage to a successful man who adores her. Or so she thought.
Fran has worked hard to become a top flight lawyer and has the trappings to prove it – not that her Italian parents are impressed by their still single daughter. Though she would never openly admit it, Fran longs for a husband and family. When passion ignites with a new client, she is overjoyed until the terrible moment when she discovers that self-deception can exact an impossible price.
Angela is a sharp, smart-tongued media anchor, a vision of the successful single career woman. But there are threats waiting in the wings… younger rivals and dangerous strangers. Fearless and independent, she is prepared for anything – except the shock of a crisis too enormous to handle alone.

Genres: Audiobook

352 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 17, 2012

About the author

Jennifer Bacia's first suspense thriller, Indecent Ambition, (original title Shadows of Power) was a debut author’s dream.
-The novel sold for a record-breaking advance.
-It became an international best seller and Book Club Choice.
-The movie rights were optioned, sales were made to leading foreign publishers and an extract featured in Cosmopolitan magazine.

Now the author of 8 successful novels and dozens of short stories, Jennifer promises her readers a book they simply can’t put down.

Her best-selling suspense thrillers, A Very Public Scandal, Indecent Ambition, Never Forget Me and Whisper Her Name are irresistible fast-paced stories featuring strong, intelligent women set against the glamour and intrigue of international backgrounds.

She also writes contemporary domestic fiction that most women will relate to. Everything to Lose, Best Kept Secrets, One Door Closes and The Almost Perfect Lover are rich involving stories that focus on women's dreams aspirations, illusions and regrets.

Jennifer has also published a guide to writing called Bestseller! How to Write Novels that Sell based on the creative writing course she was invited to establish at Bond University. Bestseller! is full of practical advice and offers a unique analysis of what made her own debut novel so appealing to publishers.

Jennifer's surname is probably Italian in origin and is pronounced as ‘batcher’

You can contact Jennifer on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jenniferbaci... or visit her website at www.jenniferbacia.net where her novels and writing guide are available.
PLEASE NOTE SOME TITLES HAVE BEEN CHANGED:
A VERY PUBLIC SCANDAL was first published as Mask of Paradise.
WHISPER HER NAME was first published as Angel of Honour
NEVER FORGET ME was first published as Whisper from the Gods.
INDECENT AMBITION was first published as Shadows of Power.
ONE DOOR CLOSES was first published as Table for Three.

Reviews

[Natalie M · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. I really wanted to enjoy this one but it never grew on me. The story follows three women, their trials and tribulations. Despite great potential and I think it is the characterisation that misses the mark. The women were just not that likeable, leaving me not really caring what happened to them.

[Kaitlyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read but not much substance to it. Ended quite abruptly. Could take or leave this book

[Kali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read about friends keeping their love life a secret from each other.

[Jenny D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had a hard time keeping the women straight for the first half of the book, but halfway through I could. I never expected Fran to die of a miscarriage.

[Jill Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best Kept Secrets is a delightfully spun tale of the lives of three different women who are close friends. The question raised in the first chapter leaves you guessing constantly as each woman faces her individual drama. When will that question be answered and to which woman will it occur?

With her usual aplomb, Jennifer Bacia gets you deep under the skin of each character. Feel the isolation Cass, the mother of three with successful husband, collides with as her world falls apart. The emptiness of Fran’s lonely world without a husband and children, even though she’s a successful litigation lawyer, gnaws at the very soul. Angela faces her own dilemma as an aging anchor woman on a high profile television news program which leaves the reader counting her own wrinkles and looking over her shoulder.

Having read and enjoyed many of Jennifer Bacia’s novels, I have to say that her books keep getting better. This book and her last A Moment in Time seem quite different from her first offerings. They strike at the heart with an intensity that leaves the reader grieving and satisfied at the end of the book. All of her books are a pleasant mixture of love, mystery and suspense.