The Secret of Everything: A Novel

In this spectacular new novel, Barbara O€Neal delivers a generous helping of the best in life€“family, food, and love€“in the story of a woman€s search for the one thing worth more than anything.

At thirty-seven, Tessa Harlow is still working her way down her list of goals to €œfall in love and have a family.€ A self-described rolling stone, Tessa leads hiking tours for adventurous vacationers€“it€s a job that€s taken her around the world but never a step closer to home. Then a freak injury during a trip already marred by tragedy forces her to begin her greatest adventure of all.

Located high in the New Mexico mountains, Las Ladronas has become a magnet for the very wealthy and very hip, but once upon a time it was the setting of a childhood trauma Tessa can only half remember. Now, as she rediscovers both her old hometown and her past, Tessa is drawn to search-and-rescue worker Vince Grasso. The handsome widower isn€t her type. No more inclined to settle down than Tessa, Vince is the father of three, including an eight-year-old girl as lost as Tessa herself. But Tessa and Vince are both drawn to the town€s most beloved eatery€“100 Breakfasts€“and to each other. For Tessa, the restaurant is not only the key to the mystery that has haunted her life but a chance to find the home and the family she€s never known.