title: Guarded Secrets
author: Land, Dixie
description: The gates of Remington Way guard more than the grand estate of aging philanthropist and former Academy-Award-winning movie queen, Carla Desmond Remington. After her beloved husband dies, Carla contacts a freelance writer, Kristi Kallen, to pen her memoirs from secret journals Carla has kept through the years. Kristi moves into one of the estate's guest cottages and soon realizes all is not as it seems among the staff, whom Carla treats more as close friends than employees. As the manuscript progresses, Kristi becomes part of that inner circle. She finds herself increasingly attracted to handsome and somewhat mysterious Rand Harrison, foreman of the grounds and gardens who enjoys very special privileges on the estate. As the intimate details of Carla's life unfold, Kristi uncovers scandals, illicit affairs, and the wrongful conviction in a decades-old murder that still haunts her. With this knowledge comes danger when an unexpected turn puts both women's lives in peril.