Hidden [Mass Market Paperback]

Tara Taylor Quinn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2005

If doing the right thing puts your life at risk . . . should you still do it?

Once a woman of wealth and privilege, Kate Whitehead now lives an ordinary life in an ordinary San Diego neighborhood as Tricia Campbell. Two years ago she escaped her powerful and abusive husband and became a different person. She disappeared for her own safety -- and that of her unborn child.

Tricia has found a measure of happiness with paramedic Scott McCall, although he knows nothing of her background, and they live as a family with her son. Then a newspaper article threatens her newfound life: her husband, Thomas, has been charged with her "murder." Tricia must make a difficult choice -- protect herself and let an innocent man go to jail, or do the right thing and save a man who could destroy everything.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

San Francisco fashion designer Kate Whitehead finally realized she had to get away from her abusive husband, California state senator Thomas Whitehead, not only for her own safety but also for the sake of her unborn child. So one day Kate "disappeared," and shortly thereafter Tricia Campbell turned up in San Diego. With little money and no one to turn to, Tricia is desperate, but fortunately she meets firefighter Scott McCall, a man struggling with his own secret past. Asking no questions, Scott invites Tricia into his home and eventually into his life, and gradually the two of them, along with Tricia's young son, Taylor, become something of a family. When Tricia hears the news that her best friend, socialite-heiress Leah Montgomery, has mysteriously disappeared--and that Thomas is rumored to be involved in the matter--Tricia finds her carefully constructed life starting to unravel. Quinn's latest contemporary romance offers readers an irresistible combination of realistically complex characters and a riveting, nail-bitingly suspenseful plot. Powerful, passionate, and poignant, Hidden is deeply satisfying. John Charles
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Review

"One of the skills that has served Quinn best . . . has been her ability to explore edgier subjects." -- Publishers Weekly

"Quinn smoothly blends women's fiction with suspense and then adds a dash of romance . . ." -- Booklist on Where the Road Ends

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Mira (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0778321940
• ISBN-13: 978-0778321941
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,520,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The author of more than 50 original novels, in twenty languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA Today bestseller with over six million copies sold. She is known for delivering deeply emotional and psychologically astute novels of suspense and romance. Tara has appeared on national and local TV across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning. When she's not writing or fulfilling speaking engagements, Tara loves to travel with her husband, stopping wherever the spirit takes them. They've been spotted in casinos and quaint little small town antique shops all across the country.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hidden, July 1, 2005

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AK "Bro" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hidden (Mass Market Paperback)

Two years ago, Kate Whitehead vanished, taking with her her unborn child. Believed dead, she has made a life for the two of them in safety, even finding love. Then, her best friend vanishes, much as she did, but likely with more deadly results. Kate knows in her heart that her evil husband has struck again. She ought to be relieved when he's arrested for not only her friend's murder, but her own. Yet, the lie behind the charge drives her to risk losing it all to step forward and clear him. Instantly, Kate finds her life and her child's in the same jeopardy from which she ran once. Now, her only hope of surviving, or more importantly to her, seeing her son survive is that the one who loves her can reach her in time.

*** Texas readers will be struck by the similarities between Hidden and the infamous John Hill case (Blood and Money, Prescription: Murder), but readers everywhere will be able to enjoy it. Though Kate's romance is not a prepossessive factor in the plot, it is critical to the story. Her actions may strike some as illogical, but her strength of character is commendable. The main weak spot to this book is there are times that the narrative has a jarringly graphic quality that effectively conveys revulsion. ***

Reviewed by Amanda Killgore, Freelance Reviewer.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't even finish it, July 11, 2006

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Shannon In Cali "Book Addict" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hidden (Mass Market Paperback)

I read the back of this book, and thought, "what a cool idea for a book". Then started trying to actually read the book, and the execution just didn't live up to the idea. I got through about a third of the novel and then just returned it to the library. The main characters are unlikable and boring, and most of the first part of the book is the heroine's internal dialog. Didn't even care how this one ended - I just wanted a truck to hit them and put everyone out of their misery.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great beginning, excellent middle, ooops for ending, July 7, 2005

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rampant reader "dxystar" (Newton, KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hidden (Mass Market Paperback)

Tricia Campbell aka Kate Whitehead sews for a living but was born to money and married money. Which came with abuse. Six months pregnant she fled for her life and her child's life and for 2 years has been living with a firefighter in another town. It's a day-at-a-time mutually agreeable situation since niether wants ties. But when Kate/Tricia's best friend disappears and her estranged husband is charged with murder, she knows she has to return to save him, not that she loves him any more - her heart is with the firefighter - but she cannot let a man go to prison for killing her when she is alive. I like this author and I liked this story until the very end when Kate/Tricia suddenly sends her brain out to lunch and behaves with incredible stupidity, when she seems to become a victim once again. It sort of ruined the story for me at that point. Sometimes people have to return to abusive situations for good and sufficient reasons but usually they take steps to protect themselves as much as possible and she doesn't. But I carp. Read the book and decide for yourself. Love with the firefighter does triumph in the end.