Donna Geiser

Fearful Secrets Donna Geiser

Indiana, 1899. When fourteen-year-old Naomi Campbell discovers she ispregnant, she is ecstatic. Now, she and the handsome Sam Sanders can spendthe rest of their lives together and build a wonderful future. Unfortunately, Sam is less than thrilled with the idea. His engagement to SusanMetter, whose father owns almost every business in town, has assured him acomfortable future, and he's not about to give it up for some foolish girl. Thebarrel of a shotgun owned by Naomi's father makes Sam think otherwise, and heand Naomi marry. But now that he's had the silver spoon ripped from his mouth, Sam is determined to make his new wife's life more miserable than his own. For the next four years, Naomi endures Sam's cruelty while she raises their twochildren. But during Naomi's third pregnancy, her husband dies from amysterious blood disease. Her happiness and relief is short-lived, however,when her newborn daughter suffers the same fate. Widowed at eighteen and having already endured a lifetime of sorrow, allNaomi wants is to be loved. But will moving to a new town and starting overhelp her find true love, or add to her heartache?