The Lost Hours, by Karen White

This is a good story, if not a little predictable. Piper Mills thought nothing could touch her. She'd already survived what she thought was the one tragedy in a person's life, losing her parents. Then years later she suffered her second tragedy in a riding accident that took away her greatest dreams.

In the home where she grew up, after the death of her grandfather, she discovers secrets about her family. After the funeral, the lawyer drops off an envelope that contains a key. The key, she discovers, is to a secret room. The search to understand this room and the life of a grandmother she barely knew, lead her to discover more than she bargained for.

The story is told through the journal entries of Piper's grandmother, a journal Piper realizes she actually helped bury as a child. Through the journal and other notes left behind she is able to piece together a story that allows her to realize there is much more to her grandmother, and to life, than she ever thought possible. She learns that through pain there is hope, and where there is pain there is life; and she finally learns to appreciate what she has right in front of her.

The backstory is a bit predictable at times. While the story is dispersed throughout the book in the journal entries. It is a little too easy to figure out what the secrets really are that are being hid.