About The Book:
When Miranda Isaacs’s fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his dream job in the U.S. attorney’s office, the couple joke about whether Miranda’s parents’ history as antiwar activists in the Sixties might jeopardize Russ’s security clearance. But as it turns out, the real threat emerges after the attorney’s office discovers that Miranda was arrested for felony kidnapping seven years earlier – an arrest she’d never bothered to tell Russ about.
Miranda tries to explain that she was only helping her best friend, Ronit, in the midst of a nasty divorce and custody battle, take her daughter to visit her parents in Israel. Russ doesn’t see it quite as innocently. “I thought I knew you,” he says. Now, it’s not only Russ’s job at stake, but their marriage plans, too.
In a frantic search for allies to persuade Russ that she’s not a criminal, Miranda either makes the situation worse, or exposes other secrets and mysteries. Ronit has vanished. Russ’s mother isn’t particularly sympathetic and alludes to something thorny in Russ’s past. Meanwhile, Miranda’s stepfather – who has just revealed to her mother that he’s been having an affair — starts dropping cryptic hints about her biological father. On top of all that, Miranda is arrested again, this time for drunk driving.
With everything she thought she knew about the people she loves most, and even herself, upended, Miranda turns her focus to the things she is sure about. She must face the truth with her mother and with Russ, and do whatever it takes to save Russ’s job and their engagement.
Review
Miranda has failed to tell her fiancé, Russ, that she was arrested for kidnapping. It all comes out as he is being vetted for his dream job at the U.S. attorney’s office. Her sure future now looks less sure and her life is now in shambles. But, she is determined that Russ understands her reasoning and save her engagement. But, the more she works to prove herself the more secrets she discovers about her life.
Well, Miranda has found herself in a mess! Even though she makes things worse on more than one occasion, she never gives up. She fights!
Not only did I enjoy Miranda but I love how this author takes you through so many amazing historical events, the civil rights and the Iraq war, just to name a few. And the secrets…this is a maze of a tale and I enjoyed every minute of it!
Need a good family saga…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today.
I received this novel from the author for a honest review.
About The Author:
For 30 years, Fran Hawthorne built a career as a journalist and award-winning nonfiction author, specializing in health care, finance, and the nexus of business and social activism. But all that was a detour: Since 2018 she’s published two novels, “The Heirs” and now her newest, I MEANT TO
TELL YOU, both from Stephen F. Austin State University Press. In her nonfiction life, her book “Ethical Chic” was named one of the best books of 2012 by Library Journal. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Newsday, Self, and many other publications, and she
also writes reviews for the New York Journal of Books.https://www.hawthornewriter.com/
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