Keeping Secrets

Secrets kept are fears unresolved. But can these two push aside their fears to find happiness, or will the secrets be too big to share, to admit? For years, Kalliope "Kallie" Davis has kept a devastating secret from her best friend Danny and his family. She's kept it from not only them, but also the rest of her town, and she's not about to reveal it now. Her whole life was changed when her parents were killed in a car accident two years ago, and now, thanks to another accident, it's changing again. Ryder Sinclair has kept his family together since his father and stepmother died in a plane crash, leaving him guardian over his younger brother and sister. He's watched with the rest of the town as Danny and Kallie went around, unable to stop the deep desire he's had for Kallie for too many years. He's kept it hidden, secret for longer than anyone's known. It's been hopeless to think of having her as his, until an accident lands Danny in the hospital and the truth comes out about their relationship. He's not about to rest until he's made Kallie his, but she's hiding something from him and he's desperate to uncover what. Kallie's hiding more than just one secret though, and when Ryder hints at wanting something with her, can she begin to risk them tumbling out? The man she swore was ice cold proves he isn't that in the least, and now, there's another secret she has to keep...she's fallen in love with him. She can't keep him, she knows that, but as her secrets slowly unravel, will Ryder even want her anymore? She's too scared to utter them to anyone, let alone Ryder. She's terrified at what might happen if she reveals the worst of them, at what all she might lose because of it. Nothing's simple in Kallie's life, no matter how much she wishes it were. Shocks and changes abound quickly in their relationship, and when another huge change comes about, will she have the strength to admit to the darkest secret she's kept from Ryder or will it completely destroy their future? Find out what happens as Ryder lays it all on the line to claim the only woman he's ever loved. He's willing to go through hell just to keep her. Nothing on earth will keep him from her now, not when his ring is on her finger, his name as hers. *Keeping Secrets is a contemporary romance novel of approximately 54,000 words.*