Publication Date: March 27, 2026
I thought he was the one. But will his secret destroy us?
I was so excited to introduce Darragh to my family. He’s everything I ever dreamed of in a partner, the perfect man for me. Sitting next to me at my parents’ dining table, he answers all my mother’s questions. But I can’t ignore the way he grips his wine glass tightly, his easy smile gone, his warm green eyes somehow cold.
It’s only later that I find out the truth. I thought we were strangers that first night in the crowded little bar, but Darragh knew who I was – he got close to me deliberately.
He says he never meant to hurt me, that he loves me. But then he tells me one last terrible thing. About the tragedy that devastated my family twenty years ago. And a secret that makes me question everything…
All I ever wanted was for him to be honest with me. But if he’s telling the truth, it means that someone is lying to me. But who? My family or the man that I love? And when all is revealed, could the secret he’s been keeping heal the past or destroy everything I have ever known?
Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Amanda Prowse and Diane Chamberlain, The Secret He Keeps is a page-turning and emotional suspense novel about long-buried family secrets and the things we do to protect the ones we love.
What would it take for you to turn on your family? For Alysia Hart, receiving conflicting stories involving her aunt’s murder changes everything.
Author Laura Elliot delivers multiple plot twists in The Secret He Keeps. Alysia’s new boyfriend, Darragh, seems perfect. However, when Alysia discovers a connection between him and the murder over two decades ago, it forces her to realize someone in her life is lying.
The author leverages suspenseful elements to build the storyline. Clues emerge that lead Alysia to confront the man sentenced for her aunt’s death. She must question everything she thought she knew to get to the truth.
Like a row of dominoes, each secret connects to the next. With her mother and stepfather in the family corner, urging her to leave things alone, Alysia discovers proof that the past has been rewritten.
The Secret He Keeps delivers a thriller tied to long-buried family secrets featuring a surprise ending.
Laura Elliot has written eight novels which have been widely translated. Also known as June Considine, she has written twelve books for children and young adults. She has also worked as a journalist and magazine editor. She is a full-time writer from Dublin, Ireland, where she lives with her husband, Sean. After serving on the Board of the Irish Writers Centre, she established WORD, a group that connects professional writers, who meet in the Irish Writers Centre. She is also one of the founder members of the Freedom to Write Campaign, which advocates on behalf of imprisoned writers around the world.
