It's fiction...and it's your real life. Award-winning author Mara Purl shares the underlying secrets of her new novel CHILD SECRETS.

The fictitious world she shares is the coastal town of Milford-Haven, that started as her original radio drama that had 4.5 million listeners on BBC radio and an all-star cast.

The story promises to be just as popular in the U.S. At Book Expo America Mara's fans lined up for hours, after Book One,WHAT THE HEART KNOWS won the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award, and the book also won the USA Book News Finalist Award. BookWire says "in Mara Purl's enchanting novel What the Heart Knows...the cast of interesting and eccentric characters is what really draws the reader into the book. Purl skillfully tackles tough environmental issues such as land development and off-shore oil drilling...Detailed descriptions of scenic settings, eccentric characters, and tantalizing storylines combine to make this book one that fans of romance will enjoy."

Book Two, CLOSER THAN YOU THINK, captured the judges' attention, winning the Gold Evvy Award in Colorado. Midwest Book Review says, "Award-winning writer Mara Purl deepens the intrigue in this captivating window into the little battles, victories, successes, and failings of ordinary people in (the) complicated world (of) Milford-Haven."

Few authors are as generous as she in sharing secrets from the heart. Come get the inside-story of Mara's compelling novels, and the real issues about which she writes.