Bernadette Windsor, a successful computer programmer, is the center of a big secret that threatens her life, and she doesn't even know it. When a letter warns that her sister's death was not from illness but murder, she has to find out quickly whom she can trust. But her two surviving sisters are guarding a terrible secret with their lives, and as time rushes by and secret revelations mount, Bernadette discovers that danger can come from friends and family as well as foes.
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Vanessa Craddock works as a writer, a public speaker, and an English instructor. The Promise Box is her first novel, but she has completed her second, a murder mystery titled Deadly Desires, and is at work on her third. She is the mother of two, and resides with her husband and children in Maryland.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Family Secrets,
This review is from: The Promise Box (Paperback)
Author Vanessa Craddock introduces readers to Bernadette Windsor in her novel, The Promise Box. Bernadette is a computer programmer in the United States Marine Corps. She has two siblings(Juanita and Danny) who died as teenagers and three surviving siblings. Bernadette receives a poem that mentions her deceased siblings with a postmark from her hometown Baltimore, Maryland. In the poem it mentions that the deaths of her siblings were not accidental and that someone will kill her and her surviving siblings. She returns to her hometown after receiving the poem. She begins her search for clues to find who sent her the poem before they have a chance to kill again. She starts out by going to her sister Beatrice's house for a visit. Beatrice has a new mysterious boyfriend, Witt, who Bernadette is set on knowing more about. When the skeletons start to come out of the closet, things may change for Bernadette and her family. She just may find out more than she bargained for.
This story was well-written and at times suspenseful. The characters were well developed. I could not wait until the secrets were out. I must say that I did not imagine what the secrets could be. I would recommend this book to readers looking to read about family secrets. Reviewed by Phyllis Ann APOOO BookClub
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The promise box,
This review is from: The Promise Box (Paperback)
I thought it was a very good book. It kept you wondering what the end was going to be. I like the fact that the writer let you know in the beginning of the story that there was a "secret" in order for your to continue to read to find out what it was. I would recommend this book.
3.0 out of 5 stars
I Tried To Keep My Promise,
By The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (RAWSISTAZ.com and BlackBookReviews.net) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Promise Box (Paperback)
Bernadette Windsor, a computer programmer and Marine Lieutenant, was born the youngest of seven children. With two siblings deceased, she receives a cryptic letter in the form of a poem that another will die. What begins as a search for the creator of the letter soon spirals into a tale of deceit and family shame in Vanessa Craddock's THE PROMISE BOX.
Stationed in San Diego, Bernadette is on a mission for a promotion and the receipt of the letter could not have come at a worse time. Taking a leave of absence and returning to her hometown of Baltimore, she soon finds all appears to be normal while at the same time strange. Not receiving answers from her mother, her sister in New York City nor her brother in North Carolina, Bernadette along with her sister Bernice, are alone in the search until they come dangerously close to the truth about the source of the letter and their ancestry. THE PROMISE BOX is intriguing because I had a need to find out exactly what this family was hiding. Why did the children of the Windsor family grow up relatively poor when their father's family was from a prominent African-American family? What is the significance of the promise box that holds clues to the discovery? Craddock did an excellent job of laying the visual image of inner city Baltimore. The character development is very good in that each character's role remained steadfast and believable. The intensity of the characters emotions is portrayed in a realistic manner. However, the climax was drawn out which made for a labor-intensive read. Also, there were numerous secondary characters all Reviewed by Dawn R. Reeves of The RAWSISTAZ™ Reviewers
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