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Secrets of the Heart

by Jacqueline Ashley

Only love could unlock the secrets of the heart Investigative reporting was Melissa McKee's lifeblood. Even, though she had given up her job with a top Washington, D.C. newspaper to move to Rockport, Maryland, Melissa still had a feel for news, especially if it involved a scandal or a cover-up. When the small newspaper she worked for in Rockport sent Melissa to the Rocking R Ranch, a reform center for teenagers, on a hot tip that something was happening to the girls there, Melissa believed she'd have the truth exposed quickly. But that was before she met Robert Redding, the ranch owner. He stirred her blood in a way she would never have expected.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?