Review: The truth will set you free!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2012
Bethanne is one of those kind of people that I like to call a 'fixer'.  Whenever her family has a problem she is the one who comes up with the solutions, makes the sacrifices and in this case keeps the secrets that will make others happy.  However, by doing so she makes a martyr of herself.  In addition to caring for a toddler, a staff, a house and her beloved elderly Aunt who suffers from dementia, Bethanne is also keeping a secret from her father, uncles and brothers.  A secret so scandalous that the townspeople assume she is a 'lightskirt' or a 'pariah' and make her life miserable at every turn. When Lord Roman moves back to town to care for one of his fathers estates he is immediately stricken by the townspeople's treatment of Bethanne.  Lord Roman begins to take an interest in Bethanne's affairs simply because everything in her world is in such a mess.  But, Lord Roman has a secret too.  He is ex-military and is haunted by night-terrors from the war and a guilt that hangs over his head like a heavy winter fog for the loss of his men. Will their secrets keep them apart or bring them together?  Will Bethanne be forever estranged from her family or will the truth set her free?This book was very tame for a romance novel.  But, it was a page turner nonetheless.  The characters were well developed, the editing was spot on, plot development was a little stumpy at times but not bad.  My biggest rave for this book is in it's handling of the dementia of the Aunt.  The author captured very well what living with a person with dementia is like.  The intermittent times of clarity and the sudden physical strength of these patients is very much spot-on.  My only critque of the book would be that I missed hearing about the wedding night!