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Little Secrets
by Jennifer Hillier


Book Description:

Four hundred and eighty seconds. That’s how long it took for someone to steal Marin Machado's four-year-old son.

Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family. Up until the day Sebastian is taken.

A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. The only thing keeping her going is the unlikely chance that one day Sebastian reappears. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding him, she discovers that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman.

Kenzie Li is an artist and grad student—Instagram famous—and up to her eyeballs in debt. She knows Derek is married. She also knows he's rich, and dating him comes with perks: help with bills, trips away, expensive gifts. He isn't her first rich boyfriend, but she finds herself hoping he'll be the last. She's falling for him—and that was never part of the plan.

Discovery of the affair sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix. But as she sets a plan in motion, another revelation surfaces. Derek's lover might know what happened to their son. And so might Derek.

From the author of Jar of Hearts, a mother driven to the edge by the disappearance of her son learns her husband is having an affair with the woman who might have kidnapped him.

MY BOOK REVIEW:  
5 Stars: 5/5 Star Rating
This is another winner!!  Marin and Derek's son is kidnapped from a mall right before Christmas while Marin is shopping with Sebastian.  Marin blames herself and Derek blames himself for not saving their son from being taken.  Now they just want closure.  They hope their son will be found alive but it's been well over the time limit set for most children to be found alive. But mothers and fathers can continue to hope.  Marin hired her own private detective to search for her son and never told her husband.  When the private detective uncovers some other important information, Marin becomes equally obsessed with uncovering more secrets. Secrets, secrets, secrets, Marin certainly has her own little secrets and Derek has his own little secrets.  When will all the secrets end?  Marin just wants to control her life again, and she may just have found a way to gain some control once again....once and for all.....
I love this book.  It is dark at times, and yet the characters are likable and real.  If my child had been kidnapped, I can imagine feeling much the same way...out-of-control and desperate for answers.  I have to be honest that I never saw this ending coming as it did and I doubt readers will either, but trust me, it's worth reading !  
I received a digital ARC of this book from netgalley and Minotaur Books.  All opinions expressed are my own.  

About the Author:



Jennifer Hillier writes about dark, twisted people who do dark, twisted things. Born and raised in Toronto and a proud Canadian, she spent eight years in the Seattle area, which is where all her books are set.

She loves her son, her husband, the Seahawks, and Stephen King. Not equally, but close. She's the author of six novels, including JAR OF HEARTS, which won the Thriller Award, and was shortlisted for the Anthony and Macavity Awards.

Her newest psychological thriller, LITTLE SECRETS, will be out on April 21, 2020 from Minotaur Books.

Learn more about her at jenniferhillierbooks.com