Keeping Secrets

By: Linda Byler

Narrated by: Piper Goodeve

Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

There's horse trouble in Montana again in this second installment in Amish author Linda Byler's series Sadie's Montana.

Someone is shooting horses, and Sadie is determined to find out who it is. That is until she begins to suspect that Mark, her boyfriend, may be involved. Will Sadie discover the truth? Will it be too hard to bear?

There's horse trouble in Montana again. Only this time horses aren't being stolen, they're being shot. Snipers are driving a blue pickup and shooting selectively. No hardworking ranch horse or Amish horse and buggy is safe. Still Sadie rides, despite daily warnings from Dorothy down in the kitchen of Aspen East Ranch. But Sadie's getting used to ignoring Dorothy's advice. Sadie's heart is set on Mark even though Dorothy tells her to steer clear after he ditches her in the middle of their first date. Then Daniel appears - a visitor from Lancaster County.

With cornflower-blue eyes and a strong, square jaw, he is everything Mark is not. He's funny, well mannered, and completely dedicated to his family. Mark, on the other hand, finds it hard to tell Sadie the secrets of his past. He tells her pieces of the shadowy story and then won't speak to her for weeks. Sadie's troubles continue at home when she discovers that her youngest sister, Anna, is struggling with bulimia.

As Sadie's world spins out of control, her palomino, Paris, remains her sole confidant. But does Sadie put Paris in danger every time they go riding? Or, together, can they discover who these mysterious snipers are? Will Mark help her? Or is he one of the horse hunters? Why, Sadie wonders desperately, are there so many secrets? Will the truth surface, or is it too hard to bear?

©2015 Linda Byler (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Very relatable and not predictable

The author pulls you in so much that you can feel the characters pain and joy. The stories are very engaging and just as unpredictable as real life can be. I love the gentle way in which the author uses the story to educate her readers on what being a good person entails, and how we must learn to not judge, and learn to forgive. This series is wonderful. I rarely write reviews. Mrs L Byler earned it. Awesome books.

Terrible

This series is so violent and dark! I dont like it at all. It gives me anxiety. And I don't like Mark at all, or the way he makes Sadie feel that his mood is her fault. Not something that's good to teach anyone in any kind of relationship. I wish i hadn't bought these three books.

Keeping Secrets

I am not able to give this book praises, I feel badly. Pushed myself to finish and the last half was very depressing and the writing was just words to fill space. The story of all the killing of the horses never was resolved in this book. I never liked Mark for Sadie and perhaps that is just my opinion. She was such a good person and he had a bad background right from the start. How she kept defending him I do not know. I felt the narrator was not happy with the story also and just had a very monotone voice reading it. It reflected just what I have been saying.

Sorry this is a poor review, but I just could not do it any differently. There is a third book, but will have to think about spending another credit for it.
Marilyn Gagnon