Secrets Unbecoming

By P. Elizabeth Collins

What are the secrets and lies that plague the US Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the only American military base on Communist soil? What are the harsh realities Abbey Whitfield faces in her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738804207
• ISBN13: 9780738804200
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation LLC
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 2.0"

Customer Reviews

Lots to Learn From Secrets Unbecoming

This book is a winner. Thrilling and full of energy, I was shocked that this book didin't make more noise in the book stores. Set in Gitmo in modern times, Secrets Unbecoming shows that rough seas can be encountered on dry land as well as water. Even more illuminating is the fact that being a Navy wife can be just as difficult as being an officer or sailor. How did Elizabeth Collins know? She was a Navy wife for 20+ years. In 2003, Mrs. Collins died without warning, but her spirit lives on in her writing. R.I.P. Mrs. Patricia Elizabeth Collins.

Breathtaking Romance!

Elizabeth Collins has captured my heart with her endearing love story, Secrets Unbecoming. I was completely captivated by her realistic characters.Abbey Whitfield wanted nothing more in life than to save her deteriorating marriage to Kevin. Convinced that the isolated military base of Guantanamo Bay would be the tropical paradise they needed, Abbey was more than disheartened when she discovered the secrets of unbecoming acts that dwelled within the base. Adultery, domestic violence, rape, drugs, prostitution - all secrets that had been hidden from the United States Military, by top ranking officials. The tempestuous Molly Everett would stop at nothing to distract Kevin from his wife. How could Abbey possibly compete with the love her husband was developing for Molly's child, Sara Ann, when she'd unable to give her husband the family he'd always dreamed of herself.Jack Parker had become her only friend, the only person able to comprehend her breaking heart and desire to help her friend escape her abusive husband. Jack's a rebel, understood by most. But Abbey soon finds him to be the most compassionate man she's ever known, with a heart large enough to save the world, or at least try. His rough exterior a mere facade, disguising his broken heart.I loved the way Elizabeth wrapped this story up with twists and turns. No one seemed to be who they appeared. The story ends with the malicious finding judgment and the wounded finding peace, in one way or another. Ironically, Kevin forfeits rights to his family - the one thing that destroyed his marriage - and Abbey rides away into the sunset, family in tow.Secrets Unbecoming was by far, a romantic escape from reality.

A book you can't put down, A modern day Great Gatsby!

What a great read; tasteful, romatic, and quite a thriller. Secrets Unbecoming is a brilliant and extremely well-written novel about love and duty in the American-owned corner of Cuba, Guantanamo Bay (now home to hundreds of former terrorists). Though set around modern day naval life, the characters of Secrets Unbecoming are fascinating and easy to relate to via Elizabeth Collin's use of imagery and gift for description. The story is centered around one woman trying to salvage her marriage, while trying to help another woman whose marriage is life-threatening. With more twists and turns than the movie "Wild Things" the reader is compelled by curiosity to find out what happens next, and Elizabeth Collin's writing style keeps the reader moving swiftly, yet afixed to every word. A+, and then some. This book has movie written all over it.