The Secret Son

By Tara Taylor Quinn and Ana Huang

The Secret Son by Tara Taylor Quinn released on Apr 24, 2002 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373710577
• ISBN13: 9780373710577
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Hugely Emotional and Satisfying

A chance encounter in New York brings Erica Cooley together with hostage negotiator Jack Shaw. By week's end, Erica, wife of the much older Senator Jefferson Cooley, falls in love with Jack. Though she has no passion for Jefferson, she desires to honor her marriage vows. Fate plays a hand, and Erica and Jack spend one night together. They part the following day knowing they'll never see each other again.Soon afterward, Erica learns she's pregnant. Jefferson, though deeply hurt, forgives his wife's indiscretion and vows to raise her son as his own. But five years later, Jefferson needs more than just companionship, and he divorces Erica. By chance, Jack reenters her life, but she can't tell him that he's Kevin's father. She admits the truth only when the past begins to impinge upon the present and she's faced with a moral choice.Jack's hurt is real, and Erica walks a careful tightrope, not wanting to destroy any of them.Tara Taylor Quinn digs deep into human emotions to bring an intense, richly crafted tale of the many shades of love. Highly recommended.

Extremely evocative - Highly recommended

A week in New York and a chance encounter brings a senator's wife and freelance hostage negotiator together in a night of passion that leaves them both deeply touched. Jack Shaw awakens Erica Cooley's heart for the first time. She is the first person to touch Jack's heart since the tragic death of his wife and child. They agree to never see one another again, and go their separate ways. But neither one forgets.Five years later Senator Jefferson Cooley knows that Kevin is not his biological child, but the boy is the child of the senator's heart. He magnanimously forgave his beloved wife's indiscretion, but as the years have passed, he has also come to understand that while she loves him, she cannot offer him the passion he desires. He finally divorces her, and six months later Jack chances back into her life. No matter how she feels, however, she believes that she can never tell him of THE SECRET SON.Author Tara Taylor Quinn pens a deeply emotional tale in THE SECRET SON, part of the A Little Secret series. Her gift for examining the nuances that flavor relationships, the motivations for protection and secret keeping, and the emotional ramifications of guilt bring THE SECRET SON a deep psychological underpinning. Erica's struggles will strike an empathetic cord with readers, even if they do grow slightly impatient with some of her decisions. Guilt often drives her into excessive self-flagellation, yet is understandable for any woman with her heart caught between two worlds. Her ex-husband Jefferson is a sympathetic and sterling character readers will not soon forget. Jack's struggle to overcome the past and to give into the lure of passion lends his character the emotional flaws that make him believable and provides the power to transform his life. Quinn's daring plotting and careful handling of the related moral issues is extraordinary. THE SECRET SON comes highly recommended.