The Second Time We Met by Leila Cobo

She's 16 and very young, very protected, and very naive.  He's an 18 year old guerrilla pretending to be 24.  Their love was not meant to be but it happened.  He returns to the hills.  She's pregnant and is sent away by her family... 

Grand Central Publishing sent me a copy of this book for review (thank you).  It has been published and you can find a copy at your local bookstore now.

Rita stays at a home for unwed mothers until she has the baby.  She has no way to keep him.  With no job, no place to stay, and no money for healthcare, he wouldn't have a chance.  So she gives him up for adoption.

Asher Stone is leading a perfect life in California with his adopted parents.  He has everything he can want, a great girlfriend, plans for a soccer career.  What more could he want?  When he breaks his neck in a car accident and has lots of time to think as he heals, he decides to search for his mother...

This is more than a novel about a child finding his mother.  It's a mystery with historical references filled with good people who are trying to do the best they can in the their lives.  How they overlap is intriguing.

While this story has some sad parts, it's a very uplifting story that leaves you feeling good when the secrets from the past are revealed and all the influenced parties move on stronger and happier in their lives. 

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Happy reading.

Tell Me Something True by Leila Cobo

This is an interesting tale. It's the story of Gabriella, whose mother died when she was only four.

She's always had lots of love from her father in Los Angeles and her grandmother, who lives in Columbia. She enjoys the cultures of both countries, and loves being coddled by her grandmother.

While visiting her grandmother in Columbia she learns they are going to tear down the old house which has greatly deteriorated. So she goes to visit it one last time. And finds a diary that her mother kept.

She decides to read it so she can learn more about her mother. But the diary is full of secrets...

She's also found a new love interest. Her cousin took her to a party and she met Angel and was attracted to him. Her cousin tells her Angel is part of the drug cartel and she can't see him. She tells Angel that and he tells her he's in the music business and gets his money that way, he doesn't do drugs.

The diary tells her that her mother also found a love interest here in Columbia when she was visiting without her family.

After fomenting over the information and trying to decide what to do with, she confronts her grandmother - who tells her it's true.

So has everything she's been told about her mother been a lie? Or part of it? Could her father not know?

I don't want to give away more of the story line, but it will keep you busy reading to see just what happens next. What else her mother says in the diary. What Gabriella and Angel do.

Life isn't certain at any point, but when you find out you've been fed lies, it's hard to begin to trust again.

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