Just a Little Secret

 Just a Little Secret (Dare Crossover Series #2)- Carly Phillips & Erika Wilde)

Blackstone Pub

Release Date: July 25, 2023

Rating: 📚📚📚📚📚

Synopsis: Georgia Brooks had no intention of bidding on a bachelor at the charity auction, but her sister has other ideas and gifts her with a man for her birthday weekend. But not just any man . . . Drew Daniels. A hot, gorgeous lawyer who makes her want to shed her good-girl image and learn all sorts of new and risqué things.

Attorney Drew Daniels is more than willing to introduce the beautiful Georgia to her naughtier side. Their weekend together is steamy and romantic . . . and it doesn’t hurt that a rival of Drew’s has his eye on Georgia, too. Stirring the other man’s jealousy is a fun side benefit.

Their tryst should have been just about pleasure, but Drew finds he’s attracted to more than Georgia’s outer beauty and he wants to keep her as his own. When Drew suggests they continue their affair, Georgia is too smitten to say no. Even if her parents expect her to marry her lawyer father’s right-hand man.

Georgia finds herself falling for Drew harder and faster than she could have imagined. Until she discovers he's keeping a secret that has the potential to break her heart.

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A bachelor auction could be incredibly awkward- unless just the right woman bids on you! Drew Daniels and Georgia Brooks meet before the auction and have instant chemistry, but he walks away because he sees nothing but complications. When Georgia's little sister buys Drew as Georgia's birthday present, he gets a second chance to make things right. And the two are definitively right together! 

As you should expect when Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde get together, the chemistry between Georgia and Drew is magnetic from the first eye contact, and only gets hotter from there. Drew brings Georgia out of her shell and she becomes confident enough to stand up to her mother, who is putting heavy emotional blackmail on her to marry the man Georgia's mother thinks is best. Georgia is sweet, kind, down-to-earth, and fits into Drew's life and family perfectly. So why is he panicking? Drew may be smart, sexy, and fun, but he isn't looking for a relationship. Having recently made partner in his law firm, he knows he has crazy hours and lots of work ahead of him to keep his career on track- things his last serious girlfriend didn't put up with, so why would Georgia? 

This was such a fast read, I didn't want it to end. I loved watching Georgia grow in confidence and Drew learn a few lessons about women and love (and groveling). Sparkling dialogue, wit, and fun, this one has it all! Don't miss it!

I received an ARC from BookSprout in exchange for an honest review