The Secrets He Kept by Jackie Walsh / #Review @HeraBooks @JackieWalsh_ie

You know everything about your husband. Don’t you?

He loves you. He loves your children. He’d never put his family in danger.

One of these is a lie.

It started like any other day at the hairdressers where Sally works as a stylist… until her first client innocently shows her a family photograph; a photograph that causes Sally to collapse in shock.

In one moment, Sally discovers that Tom has been hiding an explosive secret – one that could tear apart the life they’ve built together. Faced with an impossible dilemma – search for the truth, or keep her contented life? – Sally is about to discover that even those closest to us have secrets… and that sometimes the truth is the last thing we want to hear.

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Review

As soon as I started this book, I felt the love in this family. A happy couple with three children living in a warm home. When you peel off the upper layer, you see other thing coming to the surface: a tired mom who has to work even though she would rather be a stay at home mom, a teenage daughter who knows exactly who to turn to to get what she wants, a dad who is selfish and prefers playing golf and going to the pub with the lads in stead of taking his responsabilities and two lovely adorable little boys.

They muddle on until that one moment in time when everything is about to change and nothing can be done to undo all this…

Everybody has a few secrets and tell white lies. There is nothing wrong with that, but when you are hiding something this big that can and will affect your whole family, the best thing to do is to come clean as soon as possible. And that’s precisely where the problem lies. 

Confessing something is not easy, but when people find out you were not being honest, relationships can be on the brink of breaking. The question is: will you be able to repair the damage that has been done?

I felt for Sally. Although she does the most of the work, putting herself and her dreams on the back burner for her family, she always seems te be the last to know. I loved her two gorgeous sons and her feisty daughter and her husband Tom deserves a wake up call.

I adored the girls, being Sally’s colleagues. They did not waste any time. They dived in and acted. No questions asked. 🙂

A very enjoyable story. 5 stars

Thank you

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About the author

Jackie Walsh lives in Dublin with her husband Paul and dog Layla. She likes to read, write and travel.

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Author Link

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackieWalsh_ie

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Book Link

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Kept-suspenseful-psychological-nail-biting-ebook/dp/B07XVFKL6W/