Title: The Keeper’s Secret
Author: Penelope Marzec
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense
Book Blurb:
Shucker' s Point, New Jersey never had a murder until now. Jack St. Marie, a well-known research scientist is missing, and Trooper Bryce Johnson believes the worst of Jack' s wife, Evie.
In high school, Bryce loved Evie--enough to want to marry her, but that was before he witnessed her phone in a bogus bomb scare. And only two months before Jack disappeared, Bryce saw Evie aiming a gun at her husband. Can Bryce believe in Evie's innocence when her husband' s body is found in a fishing dredge twenty miles out at sea? Could the most beautiful woman in Shucker' s Point be capable of such a heinous crime? He doesn't want to believe it.
Bryce refuses to let his heart guide the investigation...until someone shoots at Evie. Then he must protect her. But can he protect his heart?
My Review:
Can Trooper Bryce find who’s responsible for Jack’s disappearance and death? Certainly, it can’t be Evie, Jack’s wife and the most beautiful woman in town? Trooper Bryce’s heart is conflicted, especially when Evie’s life is in danger. He has a mystery to solve and quickly or else someone else might be next.
The Keeper’s Secret is a Christian romantic suspense worth reading. Penelope Marzec writes a poignant romantic suspense with faith-based characters in a small town. The words leap from the page and into your heart. The descriptive narration pulls you into the story. The whodunit plot had me whipping through the pages.
These characters captivated me from the very first chapter. I connected with both Bryce and Evie. It’s clear these two are going to be romantically involved but the journey to get there is long and winding with many obstacles to overcome. Their faith kept them going and inspired me as well.
If you love reading Christian romantic suspense, you’ll want to read The Keeper’s Secret. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I know you will too. Another well-written story by Penelope Marzec.
My Rating: 5 stars
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Author Biography:
Penelope Marzec grew up along the Jersey shore, heard stories about Captain Kidd, and dug for his buried treasure. Her adventure resulted in a bad case of poison ivy. She decided books were better than buried treasure and discovered romance novels. After becoming an early childhood educator, she found her own hero in an electrical engineer who grew up in Brooklyn, played the accordion, and was immune to poison ivy.
After raising three daughters, Penelope retired. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she picked up her crochet hook and started a prayer shawl ministry at her church to provide others with hope, comfort, and most of all faith facilitated by the prayers offered as the shawls are made.
Penelope was first published in 2001 with Sea of Hope, which won the 2002 EPIC Award for Best Inspirational Novel. That was followed by Heaven’s Blue, which won EPIC's Award for Best Inspirational in 2005. Patriot’s Courage, published in 2020, won the 2021 National Excellence in Story Telling contest.
Besides writing and crocheting, she paints seascapes—another activity far better than searching for buried treasure. Sometimes she sings when her husband plays the accordion.
You can find Penelope online at: www.penelopemarzec.com
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Reviewed by: Nancy