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As a teenager, Dinah Westlake had witnessed the murder of her pregnant cousin, but a concussion blocked her memories of that night. Now, ten years later, her cousin's widower, Marc Devlin, had returned to Charleston to give his young son a true Southern Christmas.It was a chance to make amends in a family torn apart by the tragedy--and the suspicion that Marc was responsible for his wife's demise. But when several dangerous "accidents" occurred amid the colorful holiday celebrations, show more Dinah's recollections of that past dark night began to resurface. Would she discover a killer inside the man she'd grown to love?
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A lifetime spent in rural Pennsylvania and her own Pennsylvania Dutch roots led Marta Perry to the books she writes now about the Amish. The Pleasant Valley Amish series from Berkley Books are longer, more complex emotional stories with Amish main characters, while her Love Inspired suspense stories are shorter, more adventure-filled books set in show more Pennsylvania Dutch country. She also writes a Love Inspired series, The Bodine Family, set on the South Carolina coast where she and her husband have a second home. Marta lives with her husband in a century-old farmhouse in the Pennsylvania countryside, but spends winters at their vacation home in South Carolina. When she's not writing, she's active in the life of her church and enjoys traveling and spending time with her three children and six beautiful grandchildren. (Publisher Fact Sheets) show less
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- Canonical title
- Season of Secrets
- Original title
- Season of Secrets
- Original publication date
- 2006-10
- People/Characters
- Dinah Westlake; Marc Devlin
- Epigraph
- For now we see in a mirror, darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know full, even as I am known.
---I Corinthians 13:12 - Dedication
- This story is dedicated to my granddaughter, Greta Nicole Wulff, with much love from Grammy. And, as always, to Brian.
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- "Why is he coming back now?"
Aunt Kate put her morning cup of Earl Grey back in the saucer as she asked the question for what had to be the twentieth time since they'd heard the news, her faded blue eyes puckered ... (show all)with distress. December sunlight streamed through the lace curtains on the bay window in the breakfast room, casting into sharp relief the veins that stood out on her hand, pressed to the polished tabletop.
"I don't know, Aunt Kate."
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