Alise Addison grew up in a prominent family full of secrets. She spent the first six years of her childhood being neglected by her mother and then her mother suddenly died. She never understood why her mother was the way she was, but little did Alise know she was about to discover some of her mother's deepest, darkest secrets. As she unveils the truth of who her mother really was, Alise has no idea that these secrets could change not just her life, but the lives of everyone she knows and loves forever.

Excerpt from My Mother's Secrets: Book One in The Secret Series
"I hate you and I wish you were never born!" These are the words my mother uttered to me when I was six-years-old. They stuck with me for the rest of my life. For a long time I thought her words were said in an angry moment of haste, but I was wrong. There was more to my mother's angry words than I could have ever imagined. My life is not like that of many people you know, and yet it may appear that way. Before I tell you my story, I must first tell you my mother's.