[citation needed] Much of the information in Hidden Passions has never been confirmed on-screen, and the book is not considered to be canon because the show has since contradicted it several times.

[citation needed] Hidden Passions provides "facts" never referenced in the series, like the names of the parents and ancestors of several of the older generation of characters.

It is established that Sam Bennett is one of at least four male siblings (the show has only mentioned his younger brother Hank) with parents named Benjamin Bennett and Margaret Joyce, Gwen Hotchkiss's father Jonathan was the nephew of an English earl, and that Tabitha was responsible for a fire that killed Grace and Faith Standish's father Zachary Sutter (their mother was named Mercy Standish).

[citation needed] In Hidden Passions, Alistair Crane hired a man named Wilkes to kill Julian's newborn son with Eve.

Rebecca Hotchkiss's maiden name in the book is Osburn while on the show it said she is descended from a long line of Osborn women.