Book Description

"February 17th, on the cold north side of Minneapolis, eight year old Secret McKay Adams loses the lives of both of her parents on her eighth birthday. In and out of foster homes, she struggles to find a place she can call home. When she finally settles in with Karen, whom isn't able to have any children of her own, and the woman's deceased sisters daughter Delilah, whom Secret becomes really close to, Secret is convinced that she has found her home. Everything is going good until Karen's younger brother Kristian comes to live with them. As Secret begins to develop into a beautiful and nicely filled out young woman, Kristian's sexual attraction for her becomes out of hand. She is betrayed by him as he constantly rapes her and dares her to tell anyone because he has threatened to kill her if she does. Scared to death to tell anyone because of what he might do, or who might not believe her, this becomes the biggest secret that she has ever had to endure, which drives her apart from the closest person to her, Delilah. Secret meets an older guy who is in love with her and moves in with him. Now that she is away from her rapist uncle, she feels as if she doesn't have to deal with that part of her life anymore. Secret and her new boyfriend's relationship eventually goes downhill and she decides to turn to stripping to make a living for herself. In this new world of money, sex, and naked women, Secret struggles to not get too caught up in it. Even though she's not one for all the drama, she just cant seem to keep it out of her way. Now, as Secret tries to fend for herself and move on with her life, will she be able to keep her past in the past and her secret a secret as old things she never knew from her past begin to slowly reveal in her present?"