The Secret Trilogy: Secret / Secret Shared / Secret Revealed

Oct 6, 2024 8:38 AM

Author:L. Marie Adeline

Cassie’s life rarely takes her by surprise. She waits tables at the rundown Café Rose in New Orleans, heading home alone each night, yearning for more from her life and wishing she could make it happen.

But when Cassie discovers a notebook left behind by a mysterious woman at the café, her world is changed forever. The notebook’s stunningly explicit confessions shock and fascinate her, and eventually lead her to S·E·C·R·E·T, an underground society dedicated to helping women realize their wildest, most intimate sexual fantasies. At the heart of the society is three rules:

NO JUDGEMENTS. NO LIMITS. NO SHAME.

As Cassie is set free from her inhibitions, she is transformed by the confidence she didn't know she had. And so begins the most surprising experience of Cassie's life as she finds her place in an enticing world of passion and danger, with the power to have any secret wish become a reality...

If you can't wait to see the Fifty Shades film and have devoured all of Sylvia Day's Crossfire series, the SECRET trilogy will become your new addiction.

Reviews

Croft (mainstream romance author Phillipa Ashley) kicks off her Oxford Blues new adult contemporary trilogy with an angsty yet appealing romance. Lauren Cusack, the daughter of a U.S. senator, leaves Washington, D.C., for a year abroad at Oxford, studying for a master's degree in the history of art and visual culture. Alexander Hunt is a compellingly broken English aristocrat. The author is an Oxford alum herself, and she writes with authority about what happens when an upper-crust Brit meets a fearless American.

—— Publishers Weekly

A very well deserved five stars, a fabulous emotion filled, dramatic read!

—— Jeannie Zelos Book Reviews

A very steamy NA with a sprinkling of Downton-Abbey-esqueold money traditions and snobbery. And I freaking loved it.

—— Tea Party Princess

With a great setting, fantastic characters and a passionate love story, The First Time We Met is a great read in the New Adult genre.

—— Chloe's Chick Lit Reviews

I absolutely cannot wait for book 3!

—— Erin's Choice

Pippa Croft captures the overwhelming physical attraction between Lauren and Alexander. It was hot. REALLY hot.

—— Kate, Books with Bunny Blogspot

Strong female characters dominate this involving tale of medieval warfare . . . Compelling

—— The Big Issue

A superb and fitting last novel that will have you gripped on every page

—— Crimesquad

A chilling and thrilling novel for wintery nights by the fire

—— Living North Magazine

This gripping tale of survival and redemption is beautifully written and acutely observed

—— Crime Review

An evocative depiction of the dangers of innocence and ignorance in the face of uncomfortable reality.

—— Herald

Brilliantly explores the currents of guilt, shame and anger... Utterly satisfying, complete

—— Scotsman

A complex, thought-provoking novel.

—— Fanny Blake , Woman and Home

Smoulders with slow-burning menace

—— The Times

Just brilliant, particularly for the clever, poignant final chapter. I loved the shattering, satisfying twist

—— Tasmina Perry , Red

I love being transported to a different era and this masterly novel succeeds at every level

—— Stephanie Beacham , Daily Express

This is a rare creature - a heartbreaker with genuine heart. Wonderful

—— Herald

One of the great unrequited love stories

—— Eve Magazine

An astonishing narrative... a novel that stick with you long after you finish it

—— Rich Clarke , Week

Simply stunning from beginning to end, this tense, evocative, beautifully-drawn novel transported me back to the 1930s and 40s, swept me away - and broke my heart too.

—— .

Atonement is a magnificent novel, shaped and paced with awesome confidence and eloquence

—— Independent

Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book- A superb achievement which combines a magnificent display of the powers of the imagination with a probing exploration of them

—— Sunday Times

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