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Public Secrets
Author: Nora Roberts
Emma.  Beautiful, intelligent, radiantly talented, she lives in a star-studded world of wealth and privilege.  But she is about to discover that fame is no protection at all when someone wants you dead.... — All she has to do is close her eyes and she remembers the day Brian McAvoy swept into her life.  A frightened ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780553386400
ISBN-10: 0553386409
Publication Date: 7/28/2009
Pages: 448
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 85 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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reviewed Public Secrets on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 9
Nora outdid herself with this story. Public Secrets is more of a family saga than a traditional romantic suspense novel, although there is romance and there is plenty of suspense. It follows the McAvoys, through the eyes of Emma, from the time she is three years old, through childhood, the school years, marriage, and adulthood. All this against the background of the life of rock-and-roll legends. It is fascinating and compelling. I simply couldn't put it down.
KellyP avatar reviewed Public Secrets on + 142 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Nora Roberts is a wonderful author & sometimes there is just no one else who will do! I love her trilogies (and insist on reading them in order); but I especially love her stand alone novels. And among her stand alone novels, Public Secrets is a fave. In fact, I took the time to review it on amazon.com. In that review I said ...

It is just wonderful - particularly the character development, the story themes and plotlines and the many, many social issues that are addressed with sensitivity and compassion including homosexuality, drug addiction, child abuse, and AIDS. But don't let that list scare you off: equally explored are love and commitment, holding onto and following a dream, growing up and true friendship. Mixed in with all of this are several great romances, a love between father and daughter and a great mystery. I love all of the characters, even those that are unlovable. Read & enjoy!
crysd avatar reviewed Public Secrets on + 10 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This is the book that made me a huge fan of Nora Roberts. I love it so much. In this book, you really get to know the characters and experience a near life time with them, which is something I enjoy as a reader. You meet the main characters when they meet each other - at a young age. Then again when they're teenagers, young adults, and so on.

Even the villain isn't revealed quickly. You feel Emma's pain as she goes through life holding on to the tragedy, struggles to understand herself, falls in and out of love with different people, and her relationship with her rock star and somewhat dysfunctional parents.

This was the first Nora Roberts that I read, and I have since always looked for that similar style in all her books - those that have a history of life told in them, some murder, and plenty of romance. I was hooked.
Chitimacha-Princess avatar reviewed Public Secrets on + 586 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Wonderful book! I reccommend this book to anyone!
reviewed Public Secrets on + 53 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Kept me in suspense. I really enjoyed it.
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reviewed Public Secrets on + 4 more book reviews
I thought that this book had great character development. I like that it followed Emma through her adjustments after being removed from an abusive environment all the way through her Adult life.
karenzav avatar reviewed Public Secrets on + 216 more book reviews
great book with the interactions of a "Rolling Stones" like Rock band. What's it like to be the daughter of the lead singer?
QMJudy avatar reviewed Public Secrets on + 42 more book reviews
A story of love and fame and twisted minds. It gave me nightmares for several nights. But I couldn't put it down.
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What an excellent book, from beginning to end, I couldn't put it down. As always Nora Roberts comes through again and again.
pittsteelfan avatar reviewed Public Secrets on + 14 more book reviews
I have just recently started reading Nora Roberts. But it's like people tell me once you start reading her books she is addicting. If you like romance, but you like a little mystery and action thrown in this is the book for you.
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The drama of murder, the world of drugs and the getting off them forever. The story of Emma and beginning of her life with a druggie Mother and the beginning of her life with her Da. I enjoyed this book very much.
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