Price, Nancy. No One Knows.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

PRICE, NANCY. No One Knows. Malmarie, dist. by Baker & Taylor. Jun. 2004. c.333p. ISBN 0-9744818-0-7. $27.95. F

Best known for her romantic thrillers (e.g., Sleeping with the Enemy, 1987, which was made into the 1991 film of the same name starring Julia Roberts), Price offers a World War II-era Cinderella story with a twist. Orphaned at nine, Miranda Letty is taken in by her uncle's family in Cedar Falls, IA, where she is treated like hired help, especially by her Aunt Gertrude and cousin Betty. Then Conrad Beale comes to call. Con is a rich bachelor who runs his father's manufacturing company, and his courting confers upon 17-year-old Miranda unimaginable power in …