The Widow’s Secret by Sara Mitchell Review

September 2, 2010 | Author Jessica

The year is 1884, the month is September, and the city is New York. In The Widow’s Secret by Sara Mitchell, Jocelyn Tremayne is forced to start with keeping secrets from all of her friends, family, and peers on her wedding night. It is supposed to be glamorous and special, but she finds that nothing is as it seems with her new family. Suddenly she finds herself without a husband, without her immediate family, and estranged from her late husband’s relatives. Jocelyn thinks that things are going well with the money her husband left her until she becomes the number one suspect in a murder/counterfeit case being investigated by the Secret Service and, more importantly, Micah MacKenzie. As an inside to her late husband’s family for the Secret Service when the family suddenly decide to take her back, Jocelyn finds she is putting on a charade that rapidly becomes reality. She is “courting” agent MacKenzie and they are using her to find the true culprit in a very serious crime. Jocelyn begins to wonder if the courtship is real, or if it is just the pretense that it started out as. As the two fall in love, they have to help each other learn to trust again, including trusting in God.

I really liked this book and I liked how the main character, Jocelyn, didn’t sit around and wait for things to happen. She took control and isn’t the damsel in distress the entire time. I liked how quickly the plot progressed and felt deeply engrossed throughout the entire novel. I liked how clean this novel was, and how well the story fit the time period. It was a very quick read and only took about a day. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick love story with action and mystery.

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