Best Kept Secrets

by Rochelle Alers

Best Kept Secrets by Rochelle Alers released on Dec 27, 2005 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Romance, African American Romance

352 pages, Paperback

First published December 27, 2005

About the author

Rochelle Alers was born in Manhattan, New York, USA, where she raised. She obtained degrees in Sociology and Psychology, before started to work. She is a member of the Iota Theta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and her interests include gourmet cooking and traveling. She has traveled to countries in North, Central and South America, and Europe. She is also in accomplished in knitting, crocheting and needlepoint.

Published since 1988, today a full-time writer, has been hailed by readers and booksellers alike as one of today's most prolific and popular African-American authors of romance and women's fiction. With more than fifty titles and nearly two million copies of her novels in print, she is a regular on the Waldenbooks, Borders and Essence bestseller lists, regularly chosen by Black Expressions Book Club, and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Gold Pen Award, the Emma Award, Vivian Stephens Award for Excellence in Romance Writing, the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award. She also wrote as Susan James and Rena McLeary.

Rochelle Alers lives in a charming hamlet on Long Island.

Reviews

[Jliz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you for sharing the beginning! As a longtime fan, I enjoyed reading Best Kept Secrets! However, I have questions: 1. What did Teresa Kirkland die from ... since she called upon the last of her strength to visit Samuel to ask for his help for her son? 2. Did Teresa ever tell Joshua that she set out to seduce Samuel? 3. What happened to Everett Kirkland after Samuel fired him? Didn't Samuel purchase the house in Miami for them to live in? Why were they living in a cramped little house that Everett sold?

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good read to see how it all started

[Martika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow this book had me feeling all type of emotions. I so thoroughly enjoyed it and would def recommend it to anyone. I recently stumbled upon the series and decided to start over by reading this first. Now I am so anxious to see how Sammy and MJ are in the earlier books considering how this story ended. I thought MJ was a great wife but Sammy would not let her in on some aspects of his life so that left room for Teresa to come in. I was sad that he loved her (Teresa ) and yes I think she was wrong in setting him up knowing he was married, and telling MJ the way she did but more mad at Sammy for not staying true to MJ like he promised her and her father. I hope they can heal further and MJ can let accept Joshua but I must admit that's a hard pill to swallow. Martin definitely did the right thing though. I too had to take a breather after this book it was that good and had me feeling all kind of emotions.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

As romance novels go, this is a good one. No real plot, but it's a wonderful telling of the backstory for all of the Hideaway novels. I was engaged from the first page and could hardly book the book down.

[Raquel Moore]

LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT. SAMMY AND MJ BEGIN A WHOLE NEW LEGACY, THE COLES. SIMPLE AMAZING, WELL WRITTEN, INTERESTING FROM BEGINNING TO END. ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOK TO READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

[Viva Brown · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really hard to get into

[Ramese · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very surprised that I didn't love it