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Best Kept Secrets
Best Kept Secrets
Best Kept Secrets
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Between the fall-out from his father’s latest shady business dealings and his wife Charisse’s alcoholism, Evan Murdoch has his hands full. But he should be most concerned about the scandalous affair Charisse is having right under his nose—with his half-brother. Evan’s being pushed to the edge, and no one knows that better than Leila Hawkins . . .
 
Leila is back in Chesterton, divorced, penniless, and desperate enough to do anything to save her mother’s home from foreclosure—including turning to Evan, her former best friend. But Evan isn’t interested in friendship. Instead he makes Leila a shocking indecent proposal . . .
 
Meanwhile, Evan’s newlywed sister, Paulette, wants to be the perfect wife. But a blackmailing bad boy ex has reappeared in her life—and he’s threatening to reveal her most painful secret...
 
The scandals just won’t quit—and for everyone involved, desire, betrayal, and lies are all in a day’s work . . .
 
Praise for Best Kept Secrets
 
“Secrets abound in this full-bodied tale.” --USAToday.com
 
“This fantastic novel is replete with scandal, entitlement, treachery and passion up to the surprising end.”
--RT Book Reviews
 
“Drama, hot sex, and betrayals are all wrapped up in this addictive yet well-written story.”
—AAMBC Book Club 
 
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 1, 2015
ISBN9781617734007
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Shelly Ellis

Shelly Ellis is an award-winning journalist who earned her journalism degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her novel, Another Woman’s Man, was nominated for a 2014 NAACP Image Award. The romance and women’s fiction author is also a film buff and amateur painter. She lives in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, not far from Washington, D.C., with her husband. Visit her online at www.shellyellisbooks.com.

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