No Secrets: A Young Lady's Search for Answers

In this last book of the Thornton Trilogy, Chloe Thornton overhears a shocking secret that changes her life.

Elise Thornton has tried for twenty-two years to keep the truth from her daughter about how she was conceived when her mother was raped by three Nazi soldiers on the day of the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940. But finally, the truth comes out, and there are no more secrets.

Chloe is shocked at the revelation and vows to find the men who perpetrated the vile act. Teaming up with her dear friend Violette's grandson, Sterling Sheppard, they make plans to hunt down the wretched men and bring them to justice.

During the course of their journey, Chloe learns the true meaning of words like father, and brother, and comes to understand that the world is not always black and white. For the first time in her life, Chloe opens her mind to the possibility of love, and realizes that people grow and change as they mature.

This is an engaging and heartwarming story, bringing to a final conclusion the lives of the reader's favourite residents of Thornton-on-Sea

About the Author

Mary Christian Payne is an accomplished business woman, who has held high ranking, management positions with Fortune 500 companies, in New York City, St. Louis, Missouri, Orlando, Florida, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a recipient of the Mayor’s Pinnacle Award in Tulsa, for directing a highly successful program at The Women’s Resource Center at the University of Tulsa. All of these positions involved significant amounts of writing. She has also acted as a speech writer for high profile political figures, and for executives of major corporations.

She is now a retired Career Psychologist. She was the founder and President of Transitions Counseling Center, in partnership with her father, the retired CEO of a four billion dollar retail organization. She has taught seminars throughout Oklahoma. Mary Christian is a world traveler, and has spent extensive time in England, thus creating an excellent foundation for writing novels set in Great Britain. The era of World War II has always held tremendous appeal for her, and she is a committed Anglophile. The daughter of an Army Major during World War II, she grew up hearing countless stories of that tumultuous and romantic time.

She lives with her husband, Jim, who is a Pharmacist, and their two beloved Maltese Terriers in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She is also the mother of two, adult children, and three grandchildren.

Get the rest of the books in the Thornton Trilogy:

Book 1: No Regrets -- amazon.com/dp/B00OI4KHUC
Book 2: No Gentleman -- amazon.com/dp/B00Q8UKBUU
Book 3: No Secrets -- amazon.com/dp/B00RY94Y9S