Review of Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

I received a copy of this title via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Four hundred and eighty seconds. That’s how long it took for someone to steal Marin Machado's four-year-old son.

Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family. Up until the day Sebastian is taken.

A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. The only thing keeping her going is the unlikely chance that one day Sebastian reappears. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding him, she discovers that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman.

Kenzie Li is an artist and grad student—Instagram famous—and up to her eyeballs in debt. She knows Derek is married. She also knows he's rich, and dating him comes with perks: help with bills, trips away, expensive gifts. He isn't her first rich boyfriend, but she finds herself hoping he'll be the last. She's falling for him—and that was never part of the plan.

Discovery of the affair sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix. But as she sets a plan in motion, another revelation surfaces. Derek's lover might know what happened to their son. And so might Derek.

From the author of Jar of Hearts, a mother driven to the edge by the disappearance of her son learns her husband is having an affair with the woman who might have kidnapped him.

My Review:
4 Stars

Our children are precious to us. We are their protectors and their safe haven. What happens when that safety is instantly taken away?  

Seconds is all it takes for Marin's life to be shattered. One turn of the head and life as she knows it will never be the same. All of the relationships that's she has cherished are now put to the test. The foundations of the life she has built will be put under a strain she never knew existed.

While trying to find her little boy Marin is faced with new challenges. After discovering her husband's affair her eyes are wide open or she thinks they are. Turning to those that know her best she tries to unravel the strings of deceit that now line her life. 

An emotional story about what one family will have to endure to get one of their own back. Battling against one person's underlying obsession.