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{{infobox book
| name        = Secrets in the Hills
| image       = BF_SecretsInTheHills.jpg
| imagewidth  = 300px
| caption     = The [[BeForever]] cover of Secrets in the Hills.
| published   = 2006
| author      = [[Kathleen Ernst]]
| illustrator = [[Jean-Paul Tibbles]]  (first edition)<br>[[Juliana Kolesova]]  (second edition)
| isbn        = 1593690975
| setting     = Autumn 1826
| related     = [[List of Josefina's Books|Josefina's Series]]
| related2    = After the events of ''[[Changes for Josefina]]''
}}

'''Secrets in the Hills''' is a [[Historical Character Mysteries|Historical Character Mystery]] that is part of [[List of Josefina's Books|Josefina's books.]]

==Characters==

===From the [[Central Series]]===

* [[Josefina Montoya]]
* [[Clara Montoya]]
* [[Francisca Montoya]]
* [[Ana Montoya]]
* [[Andres Montoya]]
* [[Dolores Romero]]
* [[Magdalena Montoya]]
* [[Teresita]]
* [[Felipe Romero]]
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Miguel|Miguel]]
* [[Juan Montoya]]
* [[Antonio Montoya]]
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Señor Sánchez|Señor Sánchez]]

===Introduced===
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Pedro Zamora|Pedro Zamora]]
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Roger Rexford|Roger Rexford]]
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Doña Felícitas|Doña Felícitas]]
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Ofelia Aragón|Ofelia Aragón]]
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Soledad|Soledad]]
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Marcos|Marcos]]
* [[Minor Characters in Josefina's Series#Señora Aragón|Señora Aragón]]

==Chapter By Chapter Summary==

===Chapter One: A Secret Sign===

===Chapter Two: Two Strangers===

===Chapter Three: La Llorona===

===Chapter Four: A Frightening Prediction===

===Chapter Five: Beginning the Search===

===Chapter Six: A New Partnership===

===Chapter Seven: Trouble Between Sisters===

===Chapter Eight: A Ghost in the Graveyard===

===Chapter Nine: Francisca's Surprise===

===Chapter Ten: The Widow's Trunk===

===Chapter Eleven: Searching for Gold===

===Chapter Twelve: Secrets Revealed===

===Chapter Thirteen: Heart's Desire===

===[[Looking Back]]===
Discusses New Mexican legends and captives during the 1820s. Topics covered:

* The Spanish explorers who were drawn to New Mexico with tales of treasure and legends of cities made entirely of gold.
* Legends of lost mines and buried treasures first created by colonists, and the archaeological evidence that suggest some of these stories may have been true.
* The origin of certain treasure stories being the [[wikipedia:Pueblo Revolt|Pueblo Revolt]], when settlers hid their precious objects in the ground until they wished to return.
* The relationship between Spanish settlers and Pueblo Indians, and the other native groups who would raid Spanish settlements and Pueblo villages.
* Women and children who were taken to become captives, and those who were later on sold as servants.
* Captives who escaped but had changed greatly due to their experiences, with some deciding to stay with their captors and adjust to their new lives.
* The American traders who would go down the Santa Fe Trail to trade in New Mexico.
* The strong business ties between New Mexican and American traders, prompting the American traders who settled down in New Mexico to marry girls from their traders' families.

==Book Covers==
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File:SecretsintheHills.jpg|First cover from 2006-2015
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