The Secret of Everything (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780553385526)

In this spectacular new novel, Barbara O'Neal delivers a generous helping of the best in life-family, food, and love-in the story of a woman's search for the one thing worth more than anything.

At thirty-seven, Tessa Harlow is still working her way down her list of goals to "fall in love and have a family." A self-described rolling stone, Tessa leads hiking tours for adventurous vacationers-it's a job that's taken her around the world but never a step closer to home. Then a freak injury during a trip already marred by tragedy forces her to begin her greatest adventure of all.

Located high in the New Mexico mountains, Las Ladronas has become a magnet for the very wealthy and very hip, but once upon a time it was the setting of a childhood trauma Tessa can only half remember. Now, as she rediscovers both her old hometown and her past, Tessa is drawn to search-and-rescue worker Vince Grasso. The handsome widower isn't her type. No more inclined to settle down than Tessa, Vince is the father of three, including an eight-year-old girl as lost as Tessa herself. But Tessa and Vince are both drawn to the town's most beloved eatery-100 Breakfasts-and to each other. For Tessa, the restaurant is not only the key to the mystery that has haunted her life but a chance to find the home and the family she's never known.

Author: Barbara O'Neal
ISBN-10: 0553385526
ISBN-13: 9780553385526
Publisher: Bantam
Language: English
Published: 12/29/2009
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.96h x 6.66w x 0.84d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/02/2009 pg. 37
Romantic Times 01/01/2010 pg. 55 - Excellent
Booklist 12/01/2009 pg. 26