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LOVE'S SECRET - Yolandé McVey Genesis/Indigo July 2008 |
SYNOPSIS:
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE |4| Marguerite Lemons
REVIEW: Veronica has just been promoted to chief executive realtor for her Chicago based real estate company. She should be enjoying her new job and being able to be home on the weekends, but she’s miserable. She just can’t get out of the rut she’s been in since her divorce, after eighteen years of marriage; and to top it all off, her daughter is away in college. Roderick Jackson is a securities broker and self-proclaimed connoisseur of women. He feels that it is his right to have as many women as he wants, as long as he keeps them separate. When he meets Veronica, the sister of his best-friend’s lady, at their annual 4th of July bar-b-que he immediately sets his sights on her. Veronica is still skittish about allowing a man in her life. After being berated and embarrassed by her mother in front of everyone, Veronica leaves before she does something she will regret. Roderick decides that is the perfect time to ask her out, but she balks at his suggestion. Roderick leaves in a huff, but not before telling her that he’ll be at the lake if she changes her mind and decides to take a walk with him.
Roderick is determined to keep Veronica in his
life, but he fails to realize how much he really cares for her. He commits
what Veronica feels is an unforgivable sin, when he chooses to keep a secret
that affects Veronica’s family; and she vows never to trust him again. Veronica
is smart and independent, but she has an exorbitant amount of emotional baggage
due to her ex-husband’s betrayal, and her mother’s constant belittling.
Roderick keeps telling himself that he doesn’t want a permanent relationship,
but he can’t seem to stay away from the one woman in his life who does.
Between his doggish ways and Veronica’s insecurities, you begin to believe that
this relationship doesn’t stand a chance.
LOVE’S SECRET is a well written story loaded with
unexpected twists and turns. One minute you are laughing your head off and
the next you are trying not to cry. The author does an excellent job,
weaving several characters and their stories together to create this highly
entertaining tale. If you come from a family of independent women, have
ever been cheated on, had teenaged daughter drama, a close relative with a
serious illness, and a handsome hunk that you love, but feel you cannot trust;
you can relate to this story.
Yolanda McVey has done an exceptional job. This is
one for your personal bookshelf.
reviewer@romanceincolor.com | 11th May 2008