Her Secret Family

by Sherry Lewis

Her Secret Family by Sherry Lewis released on May 09, 2006 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373713495
• ISBN13: 9780373713493
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

GREAT STORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE --

This is a great story of Native American Heritage and the hell they go through discrimination. One part that I can not stand is a 30 year old woman who blames her parents for the decisions that they make. She has no idea or understanding why they did what they did and makes a big deal of how it is supposed to affect her life. Grow up Jo-Jo. Detective Jolene Preston is who she always was no matter who she thinks she is. Confusing? Probably. Mason Blackfox has more of a legitimate reason for his hang-ups, but he is responsible for helping his daughter to understand. Ryan Fielding has legitimate concerns himself when his partner, Jo-Jo gets hung up on her parents lies. She will be putting his life in danger if she does not concentrate on the job at hand. Trying to bring down the drugee, Zika and finding Big Red was dangerous enough without any slip-ups. Yup! a good plot - very good characters - the on-going seach was not tense enough - the childish behavior, excusable - all around good read. Definitely Recommend

solid contemporary romance

Tulsa Narcotics Detective Jolene Preston is stunned to learn that the man who raised her is not her biological father; instead she learns she is Native American. Already an outsider within her unit as its only female, Jolene wonders how much additional prejudice the men will toss her way once they discover her background. Still feeling a need to know more about her paternal culture, Jolene asks her neighbor Mason Blackfox for help. Mason does not want to help Jolene trace her roots as he has his own secret that he hides even from his daughter. Still he feels obligated so he guides Jolene on her quest to know more about being a part Cherokee. As Jolene and Mason begin to fall in love, his somewhat on the wild side daughter Debra demands to know more what happened to her grandparents, part of a three decade old cover-up by powerful adversaries who will kill to keep secrets buried. HER SECRET FAMILY is a solid contemporary romance in which the adult love subplot takes a back seat to the issues facing Native Americans as assimilation vs. traditon is deftly interwoven into the story line. Mason is an intriguing protagonist who has in many ways turned his back on his heritage to the point of rejecting his best friend's request to honor the deceased man who raised them and aliening his daughter by rejecting her need to understand her roots. Jolene forces him to confront his past and present if he wants a future with her. Though their romance is secondary, fans will enjoy Sherry Lewis' fine contemporary. Harriet Klausner