Emotionally abused as a child, Lisa Montgomery learned at an early age to keep her feelings well hidden, believing that the only way to be loved and accepted was to be perfect. As an adult, she finds stability and happiness in Mac Montgomery. When Mac loses his battle with cancer after twenty-five years of marriage, forty-four year old Lisa is devastated. On her own for the first time in over two decades, she returns to her job as a real estate agent, desperate to escape the pain of losing her husband and determined to carve out a new life for herself. Just when things seem to be getting better, she receives a strange notice in the mail; a letter stating that Mac’s post office box is due for renewal. The couple had always received their mail through home delivery, so thinking it must be a mistake, Lisa heads to the post office to straighten it out. What she discovers is the beginning of a nightmare as Mac’s secret life of lies and betrayal begin to unravel.

This book took me on an emotional roller coaster ride; a ride that pulled me along and refused to let me go until it reached its final destination. I was gripped by Lisa’s situation from the opening scenes, and with each turn of the page I found myself making more of an emotional investment. Lisa deals with some tough issues that any woman can sympathize with: an alienated daughter, a friend’s betrayal, a husband’s deceit. The plot took many twists and turns as Lisa made her journey to self-discovery, learning how to love again, how to live again. I was right there in every scene, feeling her joy, her anguish, and her outrage.

Brenda Hill succeeded in creating a character that I truly cared about and even loved, and placed her in a setting that became as real to me as my own neighborhood. Beyond the Quiet is a love story, but more than that, it is a life story. It is the story of what it means to be a woman.

– Honeybee, on Working Girl Reviews

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Ten Times Guilty by Brenda Hill

...a single mother's struggle for worth after a vicious attack.  It's about a police sergeant seeking redemption for a crime he didn't realize he had committed--
until the victim died.

Tracy Michaels grew up believing her step-father, Jim Hammond, when he said she wasn't good enough, smart enough, or pretty enough.  Now a single mother, she works as a tour guide in one of Denver's old Victorian museums barely making enough to survive.  During long, sleepless nights in her studio apartment, she worries about stretching her meager paycheck for the basic necessities.  She wants more for her life, more for Ritchie, her baby son, so she studies self-improvement and arranges longer hours at work, trying desperately to scrape together enough money to attend classes at a local tech school.

Then one night her entire world shatters.  She's beaten and sexually attacked.  She survives, but he's watching her, threatening Ritchie's life if she talks to the authorities.

Sergeant Reese Sanders, Denver PD, struggles through his own recovery, tormented by memories of another young victim, one who had always looked up to him--as a police officer, and as her brother.  When she was attacked a year ago, she expected sympathy and comfort.  But Reese had become hardened and was never able to offer understanding or anything beyond the standard platitudes.

His sister slashed her wrists.

Reese spent a year failing to drown his guilt with bourbon.  Now, back on the force, he discovers his true redemption lies in finding the man responsible for his sister's attack, the same man he believes attacked Tracy.  His very sanity depends on convincing her to help him bring the perpetrator to justice.

Meanwhile, the perp watches.

Even in the hospital Tracy isn't safe from his threats.  She's forced to run, seeking shelter for Ritchie and herself in a safe house for battered women.  With Suzy Banning's guidance, a white-haired-grandmother rape counselor who loves gaudy jewelry and sequined clothes, Tracy discovers inner strength and courage, qualities she must test when the offender finds her and demands she meet him. 

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"Hill mesmerizes with the horrific details of rape, self-blame and the will to live. A compelling tale of pain, courage and hope."