The Secret Sister by Brenda Novak

Did she once have a sister? Has her mother lied all these years? Why? 

After a painful divorce, Maisey Lazarow returns to Fairham, the small island off the South Carolina coast where she grew up. She goes there to heal—and to help her brother, Keith, a deeply troubled man who’s asked her to come home. But she refuses to stay in the family house. The last person she wants to see is the wealthy, controlling mother she escaped years ago.

Instead, she finds herself living next door to someone else she’d prefer to avoid—Rafe Romero, the wild, reckless boy to whom she lost her virginity at sixteen. He’s back on the island, and to her surprise, he’s raising a young daughter alone. Maisey’s still attracted to him, but her heart’s too broken to risk…

Then something even more disturbing happens. She discovers a box of photographs that evoke distant memories of a little girl, a child Keith remembers, too. Maisey believes the girl must’ve been their sister, but their mother claims there was no sister.

Maisey’s convinced that child existed. So where is she now?

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“Novak is simply a great storyteller.” ~New York Times Bestselling Author Allison Brennan

“Brenda Novak’s skillful blend of poignantly real characters and gut-gripping suspense captures your heart on page one and keeps the pages flying until the satisfying end.” ~New York Times Bestselling Author Karen Rose

“Brenda Novak just gets better and betters.” ~New York Times Bestselling Author Carla Neggers

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New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Brenda Novak is the author of more than fifty books. A four-time RITA™ nominee, she has won many awards, including the National Reader’s Choice, the Bookseller’s Best, the Book Buyer’s Best, the Daphne, and the Holt Medallion. She also runs an annual on-line auction for diabetes research every May at BrendaNovakForTheCure.org (her youngest son has this disease). To date, she’s raised nearly $2.5 million.

To learn more about Brenda, please visit her website.