Best Kept Secrets

By Rochelle Alers

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583146709
• ISBN13: 9781583146705
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Harlequin Kimani Sepia
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Timeline:

I must agree with all the praise that is being showered on Ms. Alers (ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!)But there is only one thing that has given me slight pause; and that's the era's in which the children were born. Now, I've just started to re-read (HIDEAWAY) again and there is just no way that (Martin) was born in the 20's. Or, Joshua in the 40's I believe it was. I would just like to understand Ms. Alers thinking behind that. But other than that (BEST KEPT SECERTS) was the perfect beginning to a (STELLAR) series.

An Understanding of Samuel Cole

I have waited for this book to come out, all of us who are familiar with the Hideway Series wanted to know how Samuel and MJ came about, well this book will let you know. All I can say without giving the story away is that I no longer dislike Samuel, he is a man, but all I can say, Ms Teresa is not so innocent, I can feel MJ's pain, I would not have went about it the way Samuel did, but he loved MJ more than he loved Teresa, and yes, he did love her(Teresa).......Again if you read Hideway....Martin and Parris' story, then you will understand why Samuel did not like Parris, I read it, and I am like oooooohhhhh, now I see!!!!!!!!! Samuel was guilty of loving two women, and there is a such thing as loving two people, he just loved one more than the other

Simply Amazing!

If you have ever read a single book in the Hideaway series, then I'm sure you'll love this one. This is the story of how it all began. Before there was a Martin or David Cole, or a Joshua Kirkland. There was Samuel Cole and Marguerite- Josefina Diaz. If you have read the complete series then I'm sure somewhere in the back of your mind you have wondered how did Sammy and M.J. get together. Well now the truth is unvieled in Best Kept Secrets. This is story starting with how Samuel Cole started the company that would become ColeDiz, that would be the familys legacy. It details how Sammy wooed and married M.J. But the best part is knowing the how and why of Samuel's relationship with Joshua Kirkland's mother. When I found out this book was coming out I wondered if it could possibly measure up to the powerful series Ms. Alers has created. I'm sorry I ever doubted you. I bow down before you this book is just as incrediable if not more so than anything you have written.

Not A Secret Anymore

Oh my goodness, she did it again!! I was spellbound as I read, Best Kept Secrets. I could not put it down and just read and re-read until I was finished(4:00A.M.)yawn. I did not know whether to laugh, cry, rage, or spit, so I did all of them. Yes, I now understand Sammy, but what pain actions can cause. MJ what can I say, you came into your own here after being in the background. I was sorry for Teresa, and the love that was doomed from the beginning. She sat a ball in motion, however, and got more than she bargained for. Everett, you should have done better by your family and yourself. Again, just WOW!! Not only did Ms Alers take us back to the beginning of the Cole family legacy, but she gave a great history lesson at the same time. What will Ms Alers do next? Buy her book to see why she is one of my favorite authors, and will become one of yours.

DYNASTY AT ITS BEST

Nothing compares to this. I was so mesmerized by this book that it took me days to pick up another book. I kept going back and picking this one up to go over scenes that kept me drawn to the dynasty. I now understand MJ's hardness as a wife and mother. Because she was a mother-in-law from hell I thought. I also understood Sammy and his apparent protectiveness of his dynasty. When I heard that there would be a beginning to the Hideaway Series I checked every week to see if it would come earlier. To see the characters and there personalities come to life. If I could have given this book 10 stars I would give it gladly. Ms Alers my hat is off to you, consider your self blessed with a skill of words. What's Next?