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Secrets from the Past is an epic, emotional novel of deeply-buried secrets, passionate love, obsession, and redemption from blockbuster bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford
At thirty years old, American photojournalist Serena Stone has already made a name for herself with her dramatic coverage of wars in the Middle East, following in her famous father's footsteps. But after his unexpected death in France, Serena leaves the front lines behind, weary of years of danger. Back in New York, she begins work on a biography of her celebrated father. When Serena discovers that her former lover, Zachary North, is in trouble overseas, she's forced to leave the safety of her new life and head back to a place she was trying to escape…and her life will never again be the same. As she brings Zac back to health in Venice, she discovers a shocking secret in the archives of her late father's work―one that will propel her back to war-torn Libya, where she will risk everything to piece together the mystery surrounding her parents' marriage and the part of their life together that she never knew.
"Every novel from this acclaimed and beloved author is avidly read…and will prove irresistible."―Booklist
- Sales Rank: #780310 in Books
- Brand: St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Published on: 2013-10-29
- Released on: 2013-10-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.65" h x 1.12" w x 4.13" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 416 pages
- Great product!
From Booklist
Bradford (Letter from a Stranger, 2012) sets her latest novel during 2011’s Arab Spring. Serena Stone has given up her career as a war photographer and is at work on a memoir about her late father, also a famous war photographer. She reunites with her former lover Zac, another photojournalist, when he agrees to leave the front lines. But the tug of their profession proves too much, and the pair winds up covering the revolution in Libya. Serena’s sisters and their romantic intrigues waft in and out of the story, and much attention is given to the girls’ deceased mother, a famous movie star depicted as a cross between Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly. Rather late in the game, Serena discovers a set of photos in her father’s files that calls her parentage into question. There is enough juicy material here for three separate novels, and in attempting to weave these strands together, Bradford leaves several characters underdeveloped and relies heavily on expositional dialogue, which gets a bit clunky. Still, her fans will be undaunted. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Big, splashy print ads; author appearances; a social-media campaign; and other publicity efforts will alert Bradford’s fan base. --Patty Wetli
Review
“Every novel from this acclaimed and beloved author is avidly read, and its engrossing historical dimensions, family traumas, romance, and vivid settings will prove irresistible.” ―Booklist on LETTER FROM A STRANGER
“Loyal fans will tear up at the descriptions of enduring friendship and familial love.” ―Publishers Weekly on LETTER FROM A STRANGER
“Vintage Bradford, with lavish descriptions of the pleasures of palate and palette, victims as virtuous as they are gorgeous, [and] cruel Lotharios.” ―Kirkus Reviews on PLAYING THE GAME
“Scintillating…plenty of intrigue, secrets, and steamy encounters.” ―Booklist on PLAYING THE GAME
“A page-turning plot that keeps you gripped through all of its 448 pages.” ―Sunday Express on PLAYING THE GAME
“Satisfies on the fashion-and-passion front… at the heart of the action stands a determined heroine” ―Publishers Weekly on BREAKING THE RULES
“A sprawling novel…readers will be happy to dwell in the glamorous world of Bradford's sophisticated characters.” ―Booklist on BREAKING THE RULES
“Spellbinding.” ―Complete Woman on BREAKING THE RULES
“For the thirtieth anniversary of A Woman of Substance, Bradford has written a marvelous spin-off with all the drama, glamour, and romance readers expect. With a twenty-first-century woman of substance and characters from the Harte series, this nonstop read has it all.” ―RT Book Reviews on BREAKING THE RULES
“Her most exciting series yet...It's filled with romance, suspense and intrigue, and the richly detailed characters come vibrantly alive as expert pacing captures your attention from the very first page.” ―RomanticTimes BOOKreviews, Top Pick, on the Ravenscar series
“Rife with dastardly internecine struggles, smoldering illicit passion, and cowardly insidious betrayals…[the Deravenels] pack as much intrigue as any Shakespearean royal drama.” ―Booklist on Being Elizabeth
“The queen of the bestseller list still rules with The Heir.” ―Miami Herald
“Bestseller Bradford's dynastic epic spanning the 20th century should tide over her fans…” ―Publishers Weekly
“Bradford's characters are so real, readers clamor to know them better.” ―USA Today on the Ravenscar series
“This expertly crafted epic novel further explores the triumphs and tragedies of the Deravenel family. It will enthrall readers with its vivid characters and fast-paced, larger-than-life plot.” ―Romantic Times BOOKreviews (4 ½ stars) on The Heir
“The Ravenscar Dynasty has it all--power, betrayal, mystery...The characters are all complex, dynamic, and powerful, leading us through Edward Deravenel's struggles one exciting step at a time.” ―Romance Reviews Today
“Bradford's fiction has long focused on strong heroines who succeed against great odds. Her latest novel, The Ravenscar Dynasty...is the first of a planned trilogy of novels, all destined for best-sellerdom.” ―Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“The Harte saga is as much a force of nature as a work of fiction…the issues at stake still compel readers after 25 years. Bradford understood early on readers' hunger for depictions of women who are strong and powerful and whose values embrace family. A quarter-century ago, Emma Harte crossed the no-woman's-land that once divided family and business, and now generations of readers consider her a role model in their own lives.” ―The Washington Post
“A truly remarkable conclusion to her beloved Harte family saga…riveting and intense. Not many novels have the ability to completely immerse the reader, but this one draws you into the story from the very first page.” ―Romantic Times BOOKreviews on Just Rewards
“Bradford gives her readers more of what she does best--strong, savvy female protagonists who relentlessly pursue great destinies, characters much like the author herself…well-written and full of emotion…completely riveting…the plot, while always complex, has suspenseful moments to keep the pace sharp…good reading…Unexpected Blessings clearly shows why Bradford is still the premier writer of family sagas.” ―Miami New Times
“The exploits and adventures of Bradford's indomitable heroines continue to make for lusty escapist fiction in this robust fifth novel in the series.” ―Publishers Weekly on Unexpected Blessings
“The enduring theme of family loyalty ennobles the Harte family saga and raises it to a heartwarming crescendo that longtime fans will appreciate.” ―Book Page
“Readers who loved A Woman of Substance will enjoy Emma's Secret.” ―Denver Post
“In her 19th novel, the grande dame of mass-market fiction revisits her first heroine--the indomitable Emma Harte.” ―New York Daily News on Emma's Secret
“So many of us turn to novels like Barbara Taylor Bradford's…for our daily dose of amour.” ―Woman's Day Magazine on the Harte Saga
“Promises to tantalize, mesmerize, and titillate readers of all ages. It has all the Bradford touches: strong and swift plot, hints of secrets about to be revealed…spellbinding.” ―Roanoke Times on the Harte Saga
“A novel for everyone…A satisfying, lushly detailed saga.” ―Rave Reviews on To Be the Best
“A master storyteller and character builder, Ms. Bradford again crafts another reader-holder novel…Act of Will is another winner.” ―The Pittsburgh Press
“The men and woman are all gorgeous, rich, well-dressed.There are luxurious descriptions in this perfect page-turner.” ―Philadelphia Inquirer on Hold the Dream
“A vibrantly characterized leading lady and a glimpse at the dazzling world of the rich and powerful.” ―Working Woman on the Harte Saga
“Voice of the Heart is the sort of book I cannot resist, indeed I pray to find.” ―The Washington Times Magazine
“Meant to be read in a peignoir on a chase lounge whist nibbling scented chocolates.” ―Cosmopolitan on The Harte Saga
“A rich tapestry of love and romance.” ―San Diego Union on the Harte Saga
“It is easy to want every item Bradford catalogues, easy to imagine wearing it, eating and drinking it, driving it, smelling like it…The geography of Voice of the Heart takes a reader to all the right places.” ―Los Angeles Times
“An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death, and passion.” ―The New York Times on A Woman of Substance
“A Woman of Substance [is] a long, satisfying novel of money, power, passion and revenge, set against the sweep of 20th century history.” ―Los Angeles Times
“Wonderfully entertaining.” ―Denver Post on A Woman of Substance
About the Author
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD was born and brought up in England, and started her writing career as a journalist. She has written twenty-seven international bestsellers. Secrets from the Past is her twenty-eighth novel. In 2007, Queen Elizabeth awarded her the Order of the British Empire for her literary achievements. She lives in New York with her husband, TV and film producer Robert Bradford.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
Abusive Relationship Anyone
By NCwriterbabe
The heroine was abused, the hero the abuser. She made excuses and forgave him (after all the sex was super)for his vile behaivor...sound familiar? But,really dear reader, one must understand, he was the love of her life.
I gave the book two stars becaue the writing flowed well, the plot moved along--although with out any surprises--until toward the end where one's credulity got stretched a bit thin.
By the very end, I was praying someone would insist on an intervention for the heroine.
Although I am well aware there are many such relationships, I never expected to read one with such an unsatisfactory ending in a romance novel.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Secrets From the Past
By M. Cushing-murray
Very disappointed in the book; very little story line and the author was very long-winded with no sense at all. I could not get into the story.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Have to know when to fold them
By Nancy R. Katz
I have often wondered why Margaret Mitchell and Harper Lee never wrote another book. Perhaps, because when one writes one of the best contemporary books ever it doesn't pay to write another book to live up to the first. But there are authors out there like Nora Roberts, Danielle Steel and Barbara Taylor Bradford who write book after book and each one is just a bit worse than the one before. And while Roberts and Steel have yet to write a truly wonderful novel but Barbara Taylor Bradford certainly did when she penned her first book, A Woman of Substance as did Belva Plain when she wrote Evergreen and Rosamunde Pilcher when she wrote The Shell Seekers. While Pilcher wrote a couple of other very good books and then retired, both Plain and Bradford continued with books about other family members from their first hits and also stand alone titles. By the time Plain died, I am sorry to say her titles had become an abysmal mess and only some loyalty issue found me reading them till the end of her days. And now that I just finished reading Bradford's latest book, Secrets from the Past, it seems to me this title's plot and characters have appeared in slightly altered forms before and I regretted wasting my time on this book.
I won't bore you with too much of the plot but will say the book revolves around the character of Selena, the daughter of a photo journalist and fabulous movie star. She has twin sisters whom she adores and is currently writing a book about her famous father while she has also covered a few wars as a war photo journalist. While writing this book and uncovering some mystifying facts she needs to flesh out, she is called to Venice to help her own lover recover from his own experience while covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iran. From there it doesn't take too much for any reader to fill in the blanks and discover there has been a big family secret which has been covered up for years.
I found this book trite, shallow, predictable and boring with a capital B. I haven't really enjoyed BTB's books for some time but with each new one I am hoping it will be as wonderful as A Woman of Substance. To tell the truth I doubt this will happen again for this author and her readers and I've given up waiting and this will most likely be my last Bradford book.
Thanks for the memory of one fine book which I read long ago.
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