The Great European War and the threat of revolution in Mexico cast suspicion and distrust over the tranquil plazas of the sleepy Texas town of San Antonio, and two women find their lives and destinies entangled in romance, intrigue, and espionage. "The consequent shattering of dreams and illusions is compelling" Macon Telegraph &amp; News

Keeping secrets: A novel

Morris, Suzanne

DOUBLEDAY

Spans several generations in two Houston families, the Lieders and the Gerrards, and explores the lives of four women, their friendship to each other, their marriages and affairs, and the dark secrets surrounding their existence

Wives and Mistresses

Literature & Fiction

United States

Spands three generations in the life of a rich romantic city. Three women cary cat\rry its passionate story foward.... a story that unfolds in wave after wave of stunning revelations

Galveston

BANTAM BOOKS

A powerful and absorbing story of three women whose lives shapedand were inevitably shaped bythe success and failure of a city; a story that strangely parallels the intriguing history of this island of lost dreams. "When I saw the pages dwindling, i truly regretted knowing that the haunting story was coming to an end." novelist William Goyen

A dynastic tale of two families the Gerrards and Leiders as seen through the eyes of four women whose lives are bound by blood and friendship, and interwoven wit the destiny of Houston, Texas over 70 years. "A fascinating multi-generational story that is full of intriguing twists and turns." Booklist Excellent...believable...meticulously constructed." Anniston (Alabama) Star

Romance

Sense Pub

Keeping Secrets

The Great European War and the threat of revolution in Mexico cast suspicion and distrust over the tranquil plazas of the sleepy Texas town of San Antonio, and two women find their lives and destinies entangled in romance, intrigue, and espionage. "The consequent shattering of dreams and illusions is compelling" Macon Telegraph & News

Literary

A powerful and absorbing story of three women whose lives shapedand were inevitably shaped bythe success and failure of a city; a story that strangely parallels the intriguing history of this island of lost dreams. "When I saw the pages dwindling, i truly regretted knowing that the haunting story was coming to an end." novelist William Goyen

Genre Fiction

Backinprint.com

Look Back with Longing: Book One of the Clearharbour Trilogy

Ida's shadow rose erect, and her black-eyed gaze, calm as the eye of the hurricane, rested on Geneva's face. "Who's the father?"Geneva gripped the sheets more tightly, her eyes blurring, her mind struggling to imagine the consequences of answering her question. Victor was in the war. The children were in Massachusetts. Her mind could focus no better than her eyes. Her whole body seized up as another wave of pain engulfed her."He can be made to take responsibility, you know. Tell me," said Ida.No. Geneva turned her face aside. She would write a letter to Massachusetts. Please forward. Victor would come home. Then they would face Ida and John Scarborough and the rest of the world, together."Well, are you going to tell me?""N-no. I-I can take care of it." Victor could be here before John Scarborough could make her do anything. Please God!"Um-hum Was it, by chance, my brother?"Dear God "Tell me girl, or I give you my word, I won't help you."Geneva felt Victor had delivered her into the hands of a monster."Suzanne Morris excels in providing new dimensions to conventional narrative."-Dallas Morning News"Suzanne Morris writes with all the bark off. She has a capacious imagination for characterization and psychological dilemmas She lets the presence of the past lean upon her unsuspecting characters."-Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

iUniverse

even as she lifted her hands from her lap, over the child's face spread a calculating look that was thoroughly unnerving, for it was so like Jane. "Did you know my mother?" she asked, her eyes veering away.Geneva had a sickening sensation that Jane was reaching out from the grave. "Not really. I met her once," she said.Elizabeth grew more alert. "Where?""Here at Brookhurst at a dinner party." She thought of Jane's tidy figure in a pink chemise and silver slave bracelets; her cold blue eyes and cruel mouth set in a pale, flat complexion. The saucy way she sat with feet tucked under her on the sofa in the drawing room-the most formal chamber in the house.A considerable pause. A frown of concentration. "Then, was this before she married my father?" Elizabeth asked slowly."Yes. Why?"Another pause. "So you knew my father before he married my mother.""Yes," Geneva said. She would have thought this obvious, given that Emelye was Tony's child with her, and was several months older than Elizabeth. Then she realized it would be far beyond the ability of a child less than eight years old to piece that sort of information together.Elizabeth pressed her bangs again, ran her tongue over her lips. Still avoiding looking at Geneva, she asked, "Was my mother was she nice then?"

Elizabethýs Legacy: Book Two of the Clearharbour Trilogy

As Emelye opened the lap drawer of the desk, the strong odor of ink, and cedar wood long sealed up, flooded her nostrils. She was surprised to find Elizabeth had left behind the note paper engraved with her name, and the silver blotter and letter opener that appeared in a package with her name on it under the Christmas tree one year. Surely she didn't know even before she left that she was about to change her identity.An image of Elizabeth walking down a train platform all alone, carrying her small suitcase, gripped Emelye suddenly. Her eyes filled. Oh, Elizabeth, why'd you have to go away and become somebody else?Clearharbour, the final volume of the Clearharbour Trilogy, carries the story of the Selby family into the third generation. Having survived two world wars, Geneva and Tony Selby and their children must come to terms with old secrets and unresolved issues that threaten to destroy the family.Packed with compelling, complicated characters and captivating imagery, Clearharbour is a stunning finale to this beautiful and haunting trilogy.

Clearharbour: Book Three of the Clearharbour Trilogy

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Keeping secrets: A novel

Wives and Mistresses

Galveston

Galveston

Wives and Mistresses

Keeping Secrets

Galveston

Look Back with Longing: Book One of the Clearharbour Trilogy

Elizabethýs Legacy: Book Two of the Clearharbour Trilogy

Clearharbour: Book Three of the Clearharbour Trilogy