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After a painful divorce, Maisey Lazarow returns to Fairham, the small island off the North 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 her wealthy, controlling mother. 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. 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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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08XLGG9QH
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tantor and Blackstone Publishing; Unabridged edition (March 1, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8200016099
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 5.7 inches

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Join Brenda at one of 32 stops when she goes on a two-month traveling bookstore (Airstream) tour across the United States—from Sacramento to Connecticut—in April and May of 2023 to celebrate the release of THE SUMMER ON THE ISLAND, which comes out April 11th. For more information, go the events page of my website or sign up on my mailing list. www.brendanovak.com

It was a shocking experience that jump-started Brenda Novak's career as a bestselling author--she caught her day-care provider drugging her children with cough syrup to get them to sleep all day. That was when Brenda decided she needed to quit her job as a loan officer and help make a living from home.

"When I first got the idea to become a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish my first book," Brenda says. But she sold that book, and the rest is history. Her novels have made the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists and won many awards, including eight Rita nominations, the Book Buyer's Best, the Book Seller's Best, the Silver Bullet and the National Reader's Choice Award.

Brenda and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are proud parents of five children--three girls and two boys. When she's not spending time with her family or writing, Brenda is usually playing pickleball or raising funds for diabetes research (her youngest son has this disease). So far, Brenda has raised $2.6 million!

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To find a secret sister

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 17, 2022

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This is an outstanding story from one if my favorite authors. Families can be hard to understand and one is missing it becomes even more difficult. Can't wait to start the next story.

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REFRESHING, NOT TO HEAVY ON THE MYSTERY SIDE

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 3, 2015

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THE SECRET SISTER begins with Maisey Henderson Lazarow who returns home after losing both her daughter and her husband. Home is the last place she wants to be but her brother needs her and she needs time to heal and decide what to do about her future. She decides to stay in one of the family's rental cabins to try and maintain some semblance of control over her life even though the cabins are in the middle of being renovated after a devastating hurricane.

She is quite surprised and maybe even embarrassed to find that the "Raphael" who is in charge of the renovations, is none other than Rafe. He is her new next door neighbor and was also her first love interest. He had a bad boy reputation and rejected her advances when he found out that she was only 16 instead of the 18 she had said she was. Rafe has now grown up and has settled down. He is running his own business and raising his young blind daughter, yet he can't help being attracted to the grown up Maisey. Especially when she "throws" herself at him when she is feeling unable to cope with her "life lessons".

While Maisey works to rebuild her life and her writing career, she must also deal with her controlling Mother and help her brother deal with his addictions. One day Rafe brings her a box of photos hidden in the wall of the cabin he is renovating. She is completely shocked to find that the girl in the pictures are not her. She has vague memories of a sister much the same as her brother does. But her Mother adamantly denies it. Maisey strains her family relationships almost to the breaking point as she tries to unravel the mystery.

This is the first novel I have read by Brenda Novak. I was kept glued to every page as the mystery of the pictures and the attraction between Maisey and Rafe unfold. I definitely want to read the next novel in the series and see where Ms. Novak will take me on Fairham Island.

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Well-developed characters, intriguing mystery

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 13, 2015

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Brenda Novak is a talented author. I was very impressed with the depth of her characters. I also very much enjoyed the mystery of the secret sister. All in all, it was very realistic in terms of the characters and how they react to the situation. Very believable.

What I didn't really care for is simply based on personal taste. When I want to escape into a novel, I don't want to be face-to-face with reality. Novak's characters were very complex and believable--and that was the problem, for me. I find it very plausible that, under the circumstances of her life, Maisey would vacillate so much. It was also very believable and realistic that Rafe would react the way he did to her mixed signals.

That said, I personally did not enjoy the back and forth so much. It was over 60% of the way through the book before Maisey decided (kind of, sort of, although MAYBE she still loved her ex?) to get serious about Rafe. I can understand, with her background, that she'd have major baggage. That baggage was very realistically portrayed by a very talented writer. That said, when I am wanting to be entertained or want to escape, I don't want to deal with someone's baggage making them waffle between the ex-husband and the new interest.

But again, that's just personal preference in a story-line. Novak is a talented writer without question and it is a well-crafted story.

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A great story by author Brenda Novak

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 4, 2018

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Maisey Lazarow left Fairham over 10 years ago, she moved to New York City after marrying someone who her mother disapproved of. Maisey has now gone through a painful divorce after her husband cheated on her and the baby girl died from SIDS. Totally lost herself she has come back to Fairham to help her brother Keith, a really troubled man who has been struggling with drugs and a suicide attempt. Maisey refuses to live in the family home and tells Keith she will stay in the vacation cottages which according to her father’s will, will someday come to her. What she was not prepared for is Rafe Romero the wild and reckless boy whom she lost her virginity to at sixteen is the contractor her mother has hired to remodel the cottages. As other’s reviewer’s have mentioned this book grabs you and leaves you wanting to know the characters better along with a gripping storyline. Nothing could have prepared Maisey for the discovery of a box of old photographs in the wall of one of the cottages and exploring the attic to find letters written to her father that looks like he was being blackmailed. So grab your favorite blanket, hot cup of tea, and tell your family your enjoying yourself for the next unaccountable time to enjoy this great story.

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Definite MUST READ!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 11, 2018

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Maisey Lazarow decides to return home to Fairham Island off the coast of South Carolina to try and heal from a divorce, loss of her only child and to help her brother who is dealing with issues of his own. Maisey trying to find her way back to living her life again, ends up having her life turn in directions she never expected.

This book has such an unexpected ending. It leaves you craving for the next story in the saga. I loved the twists and turns the story took. Once you start to believe one thing another thing happens that makes you rethink your own belief. There are so many things that make Maisey a person we can all identify with one way or another. Keith, her brother, is someone everyone has either known, or knows and you understand why Maisey wants to be there for him. There are other characters that are identifiable too but you MUST read the book to see exactly what I am talking about.

Brenda Novak has done it again! Another fantastic book written by an author that can grab the readers attention and keep it until the very end. I can’t say enough about the talent in her writing and the feelings her books invokes as you read. This a a definite MUST read!

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Great Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 18, 2019

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I love Brenda Novak's style of writing. Each of her books that I read, I become more addictive. The way that she weaves romance, suspense, sadness, pride, determination into her stories, plus a lot more, makes Brenda Novak's books my top of the list to read. Looking forward in reading the next one.

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Bored

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 15, 2019

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Managed one third at a struggle but could not carry on. Did not like the main character at all as she was so boring and self pitying. Struggled even to read one third as was quite bored before then.

Kindle CustomerReally enjoyed this Lynda la Plante novel. It was good to have a new character especi

The secret sister

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 16, 2016

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I enjoyed reading this, not what I expected. Am looking to reading other books by this author. It is always pleasant to find new books.

John C Parsons

Good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 13, 2020

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julie fry

Gripping read , emotional, sad ,shocking and happy all in one. Couldn't put this book down it has love, suspense and drama.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 16, 2019

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Really enjoyed this book , a tale of family and how we all fitness d happiness. Gripping drama, suspense and love .

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