Review: Keeping Secrets in Seattle
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2013
Violet and Gabe have known each other since they were in Kindergarten.  They grew up together, their parents were good friends, they had traditions on special occasions, they were best of friends. For Violet, Gabe was the love of her life. Twenty years later, she was determined to let him know this time.....at Thanksgiving dinner. But before Violet has the chance, Gabe announces that he has proposed to Alicia, a girlfriend that Violet thought Gabe was over with.Violet was hurt because of the fact that Gabe, her best friend did not even mention he was going to propose to Alicia. Then a bigger shock when he asks her to be his "best man". How do you deal with something like that? Knowing you will have to involved with the wedding plans all the way. Violet has thought though that there was something about Alicia that was off. And from comments that Alicia's bridesmaids have made, Violet was determined to find out, expose her and prove to Gabe that he is making a big mistake.At the same time, Violet meets the very handsome and rugged Landon. At times he could just be the answer Violet is looking for to finally get over Gabe. Yet it seems that every time Violet has the chance to move on in her life, Gabe always comes into the picture. In the long run, what Landon had to offer was just not enough to for Violet to let the idea of Gabe, go.Of course finding some interesting information about Alicia to convince Gabe she is not the right woman for him seems like the answer to her problems.  But, Violet does not know that it was something that happened in their teenage years that had affected Gabe. Pain that Violet brought into his life. When the secret is known, Gabe and Violet struggle to get pass the lies and secrecy.  Regardless of what Violet experienced in their past, there are a lot of sacrifices, healing, forgiveness and time before Gabe and Violet can start over.Personally, the best part in this book was the Epilogue, I enjoyed the finally happy ever after from Gabe's POV.Thank you to Entangled Publishing and NetGalley for providing the ARC