The Secret

There is a drive by shooting and Kate is shot. While being operated on, she dies on the table and begins her journey to heaven. Her mother, her fourth grade teacher, even somebody she worked with, who all died unexpectedly the year before. She also sees a woman who looks familiar who seems to be trying to tell her something. Then her crossing stops there and Kate is comes back to life. The occurrence haunts Kate and she decides to change her life. She quits her job, quits her marriage, and takes her son off to Montana to live in a house left to her by her grandmother. It turns out the woman in heaven that was trying to tell her something was her grandmother. Kate had never met her. Kate reopens her grandmother's café and settles into her new life. Into her life comes Chance. Who is a picture of a cowboy. Tall, good-looking, and owns the biggest ranch around. A romance sparks. In the mean time, a mining corporation is illegally dumping chemicals that are killing all the wildlife. Pressure begins and Kate finds her life in danger and her romance in danger too. This was a great book and I never have read any works by this author. She did a great job; you really flip through those pages toward the end. A great read!!!

Ms Martin knows how to grab a reader and hold on tight to the very end. Kate is trying to start her life over again. She moves from LA after almost being killed by a gang related shooting. She leaves her deadbeat husband and takes off to Montana with her young son. She finds herself loving the country life until someone wants her gone. Her Grandmother left her a small cafe and house in Montana after she died and now it seems her Grandmother's death might not have been an accident at all. With the help of sexy Chance McLain she is in a quest for the truth. Hard book to put down. Enjoy

I am a Kat Martin fan, and read whatever she comes out with. I was not disappointed!! This book was really good, a page turner from early on, for more than just the romance too. I really liked the depth of the romance, both the pain and joy. I loved the characters, both Kate and Chance, and David as well; they all had a realness and depth to them. The murder and suspense lines of the story were also well done. It kept me turning pages until well into the night because I just had to find out how it would all be resolved. My one complaint is the number of typos in the book. One here or there is no big deal, but there were so many that at times it interrupted the flow of my reading. Where were the editors?! Anyway, get this book, you will think of it well after you are done reading it.

I have been a long time Kat Martin fan and find The Secret to be a real page turner. The Secret does not have the mystery of The Silent Rose, but the love story is well written. I particularly liked Kate and David's relationship. It had a nice level of tension and yet, real affection. Chance is a fantastic hero, though I wish Ms. Martin would have developed a more detailed relationship between Chance and David. The sex is steamy and Kate is a well written. I like the fact that Kate was a "real woman"--a real figure, real problems and this is a really good book!

Unhappy with her fast-paced Southern California lifestyle, Kate Rollins nervously walks to the garage where her car is parked late at night. She knows she already disappointed her pre-teen son David by working late on the advertising campaign rather than coming home to take him to the movies as she promised. Kate never reaches her car as a drive-by shooting leaves her in the hospital with a near death experience and just fortunate to be alive. Kate recognizes that one of the people she seen in her near death experience is her recently deceased grandmother Nell Hart, who she never met when the woman was alive due to a family squabble. Nell left Kate some property in Lost Peak, Montana. Still frightened from her trauma and worried about David's recent behavior and whom he hangs with, Kate takes her son and relocates to Montana. Kate becomes involved with the local environmental movement and to her chagrin is attracted to Chance McLain. There is also the mystery of her grandma's death to solve. To romance readers it is not a SECRET that Kat Martin consistently writes some of the best novels in the genre. Her latest tale is an exciting romantic suspense novel that works because of Kate, who already has a full plate, but more emotionally wrenching items pile onto her angst-laden soul. By limiting the paranormal elements, Ms. Martin capably enhances her story line while staying true to the theme. Sub-genre fans will take pleasure from this convincing story.Harriet Klausner