Review: The Trouble With Secrets
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2013
I was delighted to pick up the next book in Eckhart's riveting Outsider Series.  In Secrets we meet up again with Diana and Jed, two of my favorite Friessen characters. They captured me in the short story The Search and I was eager to read more of their life together. But in Secrets the young couple is faced with extraordinary challenges.  Jed is the fiercely independent brother who insists that it is a man's responsibility to care for his family.  He refuses help from his wealthy father and brothers and is happy when Diana, who happens to be a lawyer, is willing to stay at home with their infant son, Danny.  But circumstances beyond his control severely test Jed's `go it alone' beliefs.  Jed is hurt but the challenges he faces go well beyond his accident.  If anything the accident is his saving grace.  Jed and Diana are presented with choices no couple ever wants to make.  In the heart wrenching process, we see how badly `secrets' can affect even the best of marriages and how much courage it takes to bring those `secrets' out in the open and deal with them. This is a loving story and a challenging one.  Eckhart is a gifted writer.  Her characters are real and you want them to succeed.  Add to this a well-crafted story and you have a book I highly recommend.