"Celebrity Secrets is a fast-paced, entertaining read. The plot unfolds with disarming ease, andthe action is both engaging and electrifying. Also, Brown does a great job of holding the reader.s attentionthroughout the entire tale, teasingly fostering the suspense until the surprising final pages. For a quick, enjoyable tale of deception and intrigue, Celebrity Secrets more than satisfies."~~Gina Holliday, Apex Reviews
For Elissa Harner, one of Hollywood's newest actresses, nothing could be better. Upon celebrating her twenty-first birthday, she has just finished filming her new movie,and is romantically involved with it's producer Kevin Lytle.
Events take an unexpected turn once Elissa comes back to herhometown to spend more time with her family, and attend her movie premiere bash. A recently released book detailing the events from a nightmare in Elissa's past, turns up in her fan mail. Despite her attempts to keep the past buried, her overprotective father steps in, wanting to resolve it once and for
all....leaving Elissa no choice but to face her past.....
READ AN EXCERPT OF CELEBRITY SECRETS BELOW
Elissa walked into the terminal and smiled seeing Greg standing far
off to the side waiting on her. She waved at him excitedly and he put a
simple hand up to meet her excited wave. She rushed over to him,
wrapping her arms around him in a hug.
"Hey you! Where is everybody else?"
He let go of her, amazed at the scent of lingering perfume he
smelled on her. She smelled different, like…an actual movie star,
if there was such a thing as someone smelling like a movie star.
"All waiting for you at the house. Dad's running late though,
at the hospital."
She smiled at him. "So…How have you been?"
He shrugged. "Hanging in there. Going to school.
I think I've finally decided what to become."
"Really? What's that?"
"A child psychologist."
She stopped and gazed at him with the same smile he'd
seen on her face on screen. "Really? Wow, Greg….that's really cool."
He smiled back at her, wanting with all his might to say she had
been his inspiration behind the desire to do that, but he kept his mouth shut.
"Let's go home," he said putting an arm around her as they walked
through the terminal towards his car….
Cover Art by Sarah Fields www.sarahsfields.com
Jennifer Brown has done it once again. Secrets Unearthed leaves one asking questions. The main one is why? What evil had to continue to be covered up? Why did so many people have to suffer because of one man's mistakes? This book is a definite must read- However, read the first one first 'Celebrity Secrets.' I want to know more.
Yvonne Mason, Author Tangled Minds & Brilliant Insanity
By: CJ Barrimond
This book is so engrossingly mysterious. I was so engrossed in reading this book that I finished it before I knew it. I was impressed with the author's direct of the mystery and the plot itself. Ms. Brown is a wonderful writer with great depth and direction. I would love to have been able to see this on a Movie screen. This is a book that will be hard to put down and even take a break on. She keeps your interest and keeps drawing you into the mystery. If you think you have family secrets, you haven't seen anything until you read this book!
If I had to rate this book, I would definitely give it a 5 stars out of 5 stars. Extremely impressive and a chair gripper. This is a must read book.
Life has definetly not been easy for actress Elissa Harner lately. That's why her fiance Kevin decides the best thing for her is a vacation to The Virgin Islands, despite the turmoil her family is in. But when another vacationer turns up in the same hotel where they are, it turns into a nightmare for Elissa, as deadly secrets are unearthed about those Elissa loves most!
READ AN EXCERPT BELOW OF SECRETS UNEARTHED SECOND IN THE GRIPPING CELEBRITY SECRETS SERIES
Elissa gave the young woman who introduced herself as Elizabeth Roman her autograph, and got her smudged up with fingerprints sunglasses back. She then went over to the bar, to try and clean them with some napkins. They were Gucci glasses, that cost her eighty bucks, so she wasn’t about to ruin them. She cleaned them up the best she could, and returned to her seat. She lied back down, and once again tried to relax and get the tan she had originally come out there for…
He walked out into the pool area and stood transfixed, staring at Elissa. A smiled touched the corners of his lips. In just a matter of hours he would finally have it all. He couldn’t wait, could barely contain his excitement. He wanted so badly now to just go over there, and introduce himself with the fake name he’d given the hotel when he made the reservations. “Yeah hi. I met your boyfriend just the other day on the elevator. Real nice guy.” He bit his lip. He wanted to so bad. But he couldn’t. Not yet. The time would come, he told himself. He just had to give it time….
DAMAGING SECRETS
Chapter 1
Paula Dewitt sat at her desk at The St. Louis Dispatch, her eyes riveted to the article before her on the computer monitor.
Elissa Harner’s father had been killed, going off a cliff in The Virgin Islands, after holding his daughter captive. First the hostage event took place in her hotel room, over a web cam….on Elissa’s site no less. The video had already been uploaded to other sites, including You Tube and Myspace.
She shook her head in absolute horrified shock as she skimmed over the rest of the article. Elissa was in a hospital in The Virgin Islands at the time the article was written for observation. She was expected to be released the next day.
“Paula….Got an assignment for you.”
The voice of her boss made her whirl around in her swivel chair.
“I just spoke to Monica Harner on the phone about getting a statement on the death of her husband….And she not only agreed to it, but she wants you specifically to do a story on it. She has some sort of announcement to make.”
Kayla stood in the living room back at their house, where the police had just given them the official ok to go back in and resume their lives. Like that would happen.
Monica gazed back at her youngest daughter with an expression of anticipation and regret. “….And….that’s what happened. So, as it turns out, Mark was never actually your real brother.”
Kayla looked down.
“Kayla? You ok?” her mother went on. “I know, it’s quite a shock….but it all makes such perfect sense!”
Kayla shook her head. “No it doesn’t. It just makes perfect sense to you because it makes everything easier,” she went on, muttering. “The book never said anything about this.”
Monica’s expression turned disgruntled. “It does make sense Kayla. And what do you mean, the book never said anything about it?”
Kayla took a deep breath, but couldn’t say anything more, as there was a knock at the door.
Elissa took a long sip of the grape juice she had asked for from the nurse. “Oh my gosh….I just can’t stop drinking. My mouth is so parched!” she said.
Greg smiled at her from where he had sat by her side since late last night. After being questioned by police, they had been ordered to go to the hospital, just for precaution. Elissa had seemed so weak. They had taken blood, put in an IV and done some X-rays just to be on the safe side. When Greg had slipped out of the room, it had been for bathroom breaks, coffee or to see if Kevin had ever attempted to show up.
“Drink up, then. Is there anything else I can get you?”
Elissa’s eyes teared up. “I can’t believe he’s dead.” she said.
Greg looked down. “I know. But….you can’t dwell on it ok? He…..was definitely not the person we all thought he was.”
She turned to him. “And…you! My God, how this must be affecting you Greg. To find out he wasn’t your father, but really mine biologically?”
Greg looked down. He hadn’t really given himself TIME to face this. He’d been too worried about Elissa. And Kayla of course. He’d told her before he left, assuming the book was apparently paralleling their real lives, fictionally. “I haven’t been thinking about it. I’ve been too focused on getting you back in shape.”
“Ohhhh,” she said, touched and reaching out to hold the side of his face, the line of stubble there from where he had not shaved for a few days prickling her fingers.
He gently took her hand in his and was about to kiss it, when he heard Kevin’s voice.
“Oh my God, Elissa….Are you all right?”
Kayla opened the door, looking at Peter. He smiled at her.
“Hi.”
She only gazed uncertainly back at him. They had met the previous night upon getting the message that had been meant for Greg. At that time, everyone had been so worried about Elissa. No one had told her about the other part of the story. Then, when Greg had finally called to say all was ok, at least with Elissa….Tom was dead…..Her mother hadn’t been nearly as upset as one would think.
Kayla took a step back, allowing him in before sitting in an armchair. “So, let me get this straight. You’re going to give Paula the story and announcement that due to a hospital mix up, Mark was never really your son, and….he is…” she said, eyeing Peter.
“Yes. I believe the public needs to know the truth. If for nothing else, to save Elissa’s career.”
Kayla rolled her eyes on that statement by her mother.
“Have…..you told her everything?” Peter asked Monica.
“Yes….Except for the fact she mentioned none of this could be right, because it wasn’t in the book,” her mother went on, folding her arms exasperated as she eyed Kayla. “Would you mind explaining that Kayla?”
Paula was so shocked she nearly stumbled out of her chair, to get out of there after she thanked her boss, then turned off the computer in her cubicle. When she got downstairs, she dropped her keys, realizing how badly she was shaking.
She made it over to her car, and took a deep breath. “Just relax. It’s Monica, no big deal, nothing to worry about.” she said aloud to herself.
She bit on her lip, then turned the key in the ignition.
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