Jessica Morgan rolls into her new town, literally, by overturning her car and going off the side of the road. She spends her first night banged up and bruised in the Glenbrooke hospital. After her release she finds herself overwhelmed but somehow suspicious of the welcoming kindness of strangers who tend to her, from the handsome fireman/rescue squad member to the new landlord, fellow teacher, and even a child in the store.
In Secrets, author Robin Jones Gunn spins an intriguing tale of romance, mystery, and God's grace. Jessica is hiding something and weaves a web of half-truths, opening up only a little to those who have befriended her, but always managing to change the subject if it looks like they might in innocence probe too closely to her guarded life. As her friend Kyle tells her, "...let me tell you something about secrets....the longer you carry them the heavier they become. "
It's when Jessica consents to be a chaperone on a missions trip to Mexico that she learns the way to be in control of her life is to give it to God.
I spent a lazy few hours on Saturday reading and thoroughly enjoying this fast paced novel.
Published in 1995, by Multnomah, Secrets is the first book in Gunn's Glenbooke Series.
2 comments:
Have you read anything else by her? Sounds good though.
She writes the "Sisterchicks" series, and also a series for teen girls.
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