Secrecy is a 1997 novel and New York Times bestseller by Belva Plain.

[1] It tells the story of Charlotte, a little girl from the Dawes family whose adolescence life was shattered after she was raped by Ted, her uncle's stepson.

This incident left Charlotte traumatic and in a bid to overcome it, she took up courses as an architect to build a new future aided by her career.

Critical reception for Secrecy was mixed, with Publishers Weekly praising the book.

[3] The Kentucky Daily News wrote that Secrecy was "ultimately a story of redemption, the kind that grows when one person dares to tell the truth".