The Secret Path: The romantic adventure of a lifetime awaits...

Karen Swan

Jul 2021 · Pan Macmillan

About this ebook

Taking us deep into the heart of the Costa Rican jungle, Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Swan returns with The Secret Path – complete with her trademark romance, glamour, and jaw-dropping twists.

'A glamorous adventure' - Hello!
'A twisty, glamorous read, bringing jungles, beaches and ancient towns to life' - My Weekly

An old flame. A new spark. Love can find you in the most unlikely places . . .

At only twenty, Tara Tremain has everything: she’s a trainee doctor, engaged to the man of her dreams – Alex, a passionate American biology student. But just when life seems perfect, Alex betrays her in the worst way possible.

Ten years later, she’s moved on – with a successful career, good friends and a man who loves her. But when she’s pulled back into her wealthy family’s orbit for a party in the heart of Costa Rica, she’s flung into a crisis: a child is desperately ill and the only treatment is several days’ trek away, deep in the jungle.

There's only one person who can help – but can she trust the man who broke her heart?

Your Costa Rican adventure awaits . . .

What Karen's readers are saying:
'So immersive I could feel the heat, see the dense forest'
'Pure escapism, action, adventure, romance and intrigue'
'So detailed and real that I started itching with imaginary insect bites!'

Ratings and reviews

I always look forward to a new book by Karen Swan, and this was another great read, set mainly in the rain forest in Costa Rica. Tara is a doctor, but comes from an extremely wealthy family, which she has always felt slightly guilty about and tries to pay it back by being a doctor and not relying on her family's wealth. But it did cause her a lot of heartache when younger, when she was in love with Alex who used her to get to her father, and justified it as being 'for the greater good' of the planet. Tara never got over him, but moved on with her life and ten years later is back in Costa Rica on a holiday with her friends and to meet up with her family to do big handover of the rain forest legacy project her father bought years ago, with Alex helping, back to the government, but it's not without quite a bit of anger from various factions, all wanting something completely different. Whilst there Tara tries to help a young child being treated by a local shaman, but who needs urgent medical treatment to live, so ends up trekking through the rain forest and through various circumstances meets up with Alex again. There is just so much going on here that you're not quite sure who to trust a lot of the time, and it certainly keeps you on the edge of your seat reading it, especially towards the end. But the descriptions of the rain forest are wonderful, you really feel like you are there with them all. Another great read by Karen Swan.

About the author

Karen Swan is the Sunday Times top three bestselling author of twenty books and her novels sell all over the world. She writes two books each year – one for the summer period and one for the Christmas season. Other summer titles include The Spanish Promise, The Hidden Beach and The Secret Path and for winter, Christmas at Tiffany’s, The Christmas Secret and Together by Christmas.

Her books are known for their evocative locations and Karen sees travel as vital research for each story. She loves to set deep, complicated love stories within twisting plots.

Her five book historical series called The Wild Isles, is based upon the dramatic evacuation of Scottish island St Kilda in the summer of 1930.