Laura Patrice: What’s done in the dark, shall come to the light (Dark Secrets- Novella) (Volume 1)
by Johanna Sparrow

Is it me or do certain members of the Jacobs family see the spitting image of their deceased Karen Jacobs when looking at Ms. Laura Patrice? Honey this is a small world and it’s just a matter of time before Laura Patrice knows who she really is. Laura Patrice is the only granddaughter to the very wealthy, powerful and influential Jacobs family but she has no idea because her mother Karen Jacobs passed away two months after she was born due to suspicious circumstances. Sent to have her baby to Mississippi, sixteen year old Karen Jacobs’ parents wanted nothing to do with her unwanted and timely pregnancy or the future of their grandchild, so James and Cheri Jacobs sent the unwed, teen mother to live with an old family friend until the child was born, but only Karen was welcome back home, Karen Jacobs. Once back home with her mother Cheri and stepfather James Jacobs in Houston, Karen ends up dead. With no knowledge of the baby, its sex or the old friend’s whereabouts, the Jacobs moves the family to Atlanta, Ga in the hopes that the child is not brought to them, so they cut off all contact with the old friend. Now the daughter of Karen Jacobs is turning thirty. Laura Patrice is ready to step out and see the world now that her mother Roberta Patrice has been placed in a nursing home and when Laura Patrice gets a invite from an old high school friend to come down to Atlanta the timing could not have been more perfect, hopefully this visit can give Laura the break and independence she’s been seeking. With very little office experience she gets a job at the Jacobs office and discovers a world and lifestyle she never knew existed, but first she has to get past the members of the Jacobs family and that won’t be easy.