About the Book

Book: Anna’s Secret
Author: Blossom Turner
Genre: Inspirational Romance
Release Date: May 1, 2019

Anna Clarke has faced loneliness for years, caring for a sick and distant husband. Recently widowed, with all that brought meaning to her life gone, the consummate good girl falls from grace in a moment of weakness and passion.

Horrified to find she is pregnant, she is surprised when those closest to her assume the baby is her late husband’s. Guilt and pride allow the lie to live until her deceit hits a wall when the biological father Dr. Matthew Carmichael comes calling.

Shocked at how one lie bled so easily into another, Anna realizes her reputation of devout Christian living is about to disappear like a leaf caught in a windstorm. She hears the whisper of her loving Heavenly Father, who longs to restore her soul, but does she have the courage to face the scandal and the truth of her feelings toward the handsome Dr. Carmichael?

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My Thoughts:

Wow. This book had my heart breaking at the first page. When Anna wanted to speak to her husband Steven and he just looked away, I knew this was going to be an emotional read.

Anna is a woman who has sacrificed years to care for her sick husband and basically raised her two boys on her own. Now her Steven has passed away from cancer, her boys are off to college, she is 39 years old and alone. And lonely. And has been for some time.

In all of this she does have her twin sister, her husband's parents and her husband's doctor, Matt, who has been with them since the beginning of their cancer journey.

Dr. Matthew Carmichael is in love with Anna. Now that her husband is gone he still feels responsible for her and wants to protect her. He plans to move slowly while she grieves. However in one passionate night things get out of hand and their lives change forever.

This is Anna and Matt's journey. To one another and most importantly to God, who is forgiving and loving all the time.

Anna who has been a Christian for awhile does the guilt and shame game. Even blames God at times and begins looking at the world's solution for her situation. Then the lies begin. One on top of another- till the truth finally steps in and demands answers.

I really liked how the author showed Anna's struggles of trying to be the perfect little Christian. I also liked seeing Matt's struggles before and after he was a believer. Their blame, grief, and love were palpable and oh so heartbreaking for so many reasons.

This story is really good on so many levels and shows the consequences of our actions, our lies, and the forgiveness and blessings that are waiting only for the asking. Beautiful.

I received a copy of this novel from the author. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author

Blossom Turner is a free-lance writer published in Chicken Soup and Kernels of Hope anthologies, former newspaper columnist on health and fitness, an avid blogger, and published novelist. Her authentic understanding of the power of love in the darkest of circumstances is woven masterfully through this first book in a five-book series—Katherine’s Arrangement. She and her husband, David, have two grown children and live in Canada. Read more at blossomturner.com.

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MORE ABOUT WHY I WROTE ANNA’S SECRET

I am a hopeless romantic, it has been at the core of my being from a child up. I dreamed of a love that would whisk me far from the pain of my childhood upbringing.

When I first started to write Anna’s Secret, I had not yet learned all I needed to know about forgiveness. I was half-way through the book when sorrow and betrayal hit my marriage. (See “About Me” at https://blossomturner.com) I stopped writing for years.

However, as God healed the broken and restored my soul, words of love once again danced within my being. God directed that I finish this book weaving in all I learned from the crucible of suffering in her own life. Through understanding the restorative power of God’s forgiveness when humanity fails, I wrote Anna’s Secret with a strong thread of hope woven into its fabric.

Readers have expressed the authenticity has brought them to tears, given them a love story that entertained, but the part I love the most … Anna’s Secret has inspired some readers to ask God for the help to forgive themselves, or ask Him for power to offer the gift of forgiveness to another.

My prayer is that you will find Anna’s Secret an entertaining romance, inspiration to your soul, and that you will enjoy the happy ending … always a happy ending. After all, God is the God of happily ever after, and heaven is the home in which all His children will find the greatest love of all.