Public Secrets - by Nora Roberts (Paperback)

About the Book

Emma grew up a frightened, lonely child, the illegitimate result of a pop music star's secret union. When her famous father rescues her and leads her into a star-studded world of wealth and privilege, Emma realizes that she carries a frightening secret--one that someone might kill to have kept private.

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts deftly blends romance and suspense in this compelling novel of a woman whose career, marriage, and very life are threatened by the truth about her own past.

Emma McAvoy may have grown up in the limelight, but some secrets are hidden in a darkness no light can reach. Now on the verge of a successful career, and having fallen in love with the man of her dreams, Emma is looking to the future. Yet it's the past that is about to catch up with her.

For Emma, her childhood had been almost like a rags-to-riches fairy tale--until the tragic night that changed her family forever. But what Emma thinks she knows about that terrible night and the man she's about to marry is only half the truth. The other half is locked away in the last place she'd ever think to look: her own memories. It's a mystery a handsome and relentlessly driven homicide detective needs to solve in a case that's haunted him for years--and a secret someone will kill to keep.

Review Quotes

"Move over, Sidney Sheldon: the world has a new master of romantic suspense, and her name is Nora Roberts."
--Rex Reed

"Her stories have fueled the dreams of twenty-five million readers."
--Entertainment Weekly

An Alternate Selection of The Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club

About the Author

Nora Roberts was the first writer to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. The New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Sweet Revenge and Divine Evil, she has become one of today's most successful and best-loved writers. Nora Roberts lives with her family in Maryland.