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The Secret She Keeps (Top Secret Babies, Book 6) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #694)

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They weren't tempted by others for affairs even though she dated.

Payne Magnuson, who fell in love with Candace Verone, as Peter Maggio, when he was 24 and working for her family, is now back in New York and accused of murder. He had disappeared [or died?] 12 years ago.

Eden Miller, now 31, shows up at the funeral of her brother in disguised, yet Sister Max recognizes her. Eden had escaped her violent crime-family to protect her son.

Danny Oliphant is a traitorous federal agent whose cleverness leads to disaster. He wants to prove that he is better than Payne.

Sophie Verone is Eden's grandmother and wife of Gus Verone. Now that Eddy is dead Gus wants Eden's son and Sophie tricks Eden into facing her grandfather.

Luke Borman was in on the take-down and supposed to kill Payne. An ambush and a take-over of the Verone family by. . . . .

Angela was married to Nicky, the girlie maker, but having an affair with Eddy. Payne had sent Nick to prison. Nick wanted revenge.

When was Eden going to tell Payne that he has a son? Could she protect her son from her family? It seems that all of the men die young.

There is a great cross country chase with dropped intel from the wrong sources. They didn't know who to trust other than Payne's mentor, Skip.

Great plot -- great characters - just a little lax here and there - but a great read.

Definitely Recommended --M -- bed hoping at the most awkward moments.

From the back of the book: Eden Miller had once loved and lost the man of her dreams. But twelve years later he returned, and she learned he'd been undercover for the FBI, investigating her family. Payne's kisses still thrilled her, but did Eden dare trust her heart or let him in on her- their- big secret?
Payne Magnuson was considered a renegade agent- and a wanted man who'd been framed for murder. The stakes couldn't get any higher...until Eden told him he was a father! Now nothing would keep him from the woman he'd never stopped loving and the child he had yet to meet. But would fate and a vegeful murderer allow this joyful reunion?

I didn't think I'd like it so much. I judged the book by it's cover (I know, I know) and it seemed like a thoughtless 2 bit romance where the characters were brainless but beautiful and that I'd read through it in a matter of hours.
The truth is, I did read it in a matter of hours, the characters were beautiful (and fairly stereotypical), but they were far from brainless. The plot was developed nicely with some complex emotions running through them.
If I could, I would give the book a 3.5.