Secrets [Mass Market Paperback]

Jude Deveraux (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Book (2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439131163
• ISBN-13: 978-1439131169
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Jude Deveraux was once a fifth-grade teacher who loved to read. When her imagination began to be filled with her own stories to tell, her career as a writer began. Jude's novels have been set in both contemporary and historical periods. Her strong, lyrical writing style and ability to write stories with memorable characters, rich detail, and believable dialogue has garnered her many devoted readers.

Jude has had over thirty books on the New York Times bestsellers list, has over 60 million copies in print, and has been translated into 18 languages. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading murder mysteries, working in her garden, and in boxing class she likes to show much younger males that she can throw a mean right cross.

Customer Reviews

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46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should have been kept a secret!, May 3, 2008

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Ginny, not Hermione "Ginny" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets: A Novel (Hardcover)

I am a huge Jude Deveraux fan, have read all her books, some several times, but this is a meandering, wandering collection of loose ends. No romance at all, first kiss about 20 pages before the story wraps up.

There's young love, CIA, murder and nothing to grab onto, everything is glossed over and rushed when perhaps something, ANYTHING good might have happened.

It has to be the oddest book I've ever finished- I would suggest passing this one up. A total disappointment.

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Big Letdown From Great Author, May 5, 2008

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Mary Beth (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets: A Novel (Hardcover)

I have been a Jude Deveraux fan for years and have read most of her books. I will buy a book just because it has her name on it. This is the first time I have been disappointed, and it was a major letdown.
The opening chapters had the potential to become a good story. Unfortunately, it quickly became a maze of confusing story lines that went nowhere interesting and were populated by characters that were undeveloped and boring shells. Most of the dialogue was trite and just plain silly.
I advise you take a pass on this offering and hope Ms. Deveraux's next book is more up to her usual standard.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring, May 3, 2008

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PJ'S (Foster City, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Secrets: A Novel (Hardcover)

I've read almost all Jude Deveraux wonderful books. " Secrets", should have been kept a Secret from her
readers. Boring, Boring, Boring