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Have you ever had a secret that you cannot tell anyone - even your closest friend? Susan’s childhood was full of secrets—‘Don’t tell anyone,’ was her mother’s favourite phrase. So when she discovers that her father had an illegitimate child called Michael, she instinctively knows she can’t tell anyone.But Susan isn’t a child anymore—she is a middle-aged woman who is keeping secrets from her husband in her search to find her half-brother. The need to know more about Michael becomes an obsession and she soon finds herself enmeshed in a web of lies and deceit as she tries to track him down.When she and Michael finally meet, Susan is faced with a dilemma—she can walk away and forget about him or she can tell her family and face the consequences.

Joan Fallon was born in Scotland, but grew up in England with a love for literature and a longing to write. For many years the only writing she was able to do was in her work as a teacher and later a management consultant specialising in Behavioural Studies. However, when she moved to Spain in the late nineties, she devoted her time to writing novels. Joan writes both contemporary fiction and historical novels that focus on the social fabric of society. She lives on the Costa del Sol with her husband and two dogs.