The Secret She Kept

By ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Book Overview

National bestseller ReShonda Tate Billingsley spins an irresistible story of romance and faith that will touch every reader's heart. Her novel Say Amen, Again won the NAACP Image Award, proving that ReShonda Tate Billingsley's storytelling "scores a direct hit" ( Publishers Weekly ), delighting and inspiring with powerful, soul-searching situations and unforgettable characters. How far will you go to save someone you love and trust when they've kept a dangerous secret for years? That's the question facing Lance Kingston, a successful Houston magazine executive whose recent marriage to beautiful, high-powered attorney Tia Jiles seemed to promise a bright future for both of them. But under the surface, a fierce and frightening storm was brewing. That's because Tia never revealed to Lance what she and her family have known since Tia was seventeen--she has an illness that takes over her mind, transforming her into a raging, violent woman hell-bent on destruction. Bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia. Or crazy, as Lance's grandmother continually reminds him. "Crazy leaves clues," she told him point-blank, and perhaps Lance should have listened. Tia's mother tries to pray the problem away . . . and Tia's doctors can't help her if she won't do what they advise. Now there's more than their marriage and Tia's survival at stake: Tia is pregnant, and Lance will stop at nothing to keep his troubled wife and unborn daughter safe. But at what price?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451639651
• ISBN13: 9781451639650
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A wild Ride

I love this author and this is my 7th read. She is an excellent storyteller, and she writes about the folks we live next door to and everyday folks trying to get the best out of life. This subject matter that the author chose to write about does not often pop up in most novels. My reason for not giving the author a full 5 star is because the story is so drawn out and would have been better if she cut at least 50 pages from the novel. It is sad what Lance, and his family had to deal with when Tia's secret was revealed. I praise him for showing true love after he found out Tia's secret. I don't think many of us would have stood by Tia because she was dangerous to her husband, daughter and husband. Tia's actions scared me straight out of my seat. Keep on writing Reshonda. I'm still on your side.

Good read

Now this was a good read with all the craziness to go with it and it definitely makes you aware of how you should treat someone with mental illness.