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Brutal Secret

By: Laurelin Paige
Narrated by: Vanessa Edwin, Jason Clarke
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It was supposed to be one night. Now, he's obsessed.

When my one-night-stand turns into an all-time-fail, I vow not to tell anyone about the much older hottie who walked out on me mid-deed. (On my 21st birthday, no less).

Too bad I bump into my almost lover at my mother’s wedding a few months later.

That's when I discover he’s none other than Reid Sebastian—my new step cousin and the billionaire son of my step-dad’s rival. Which means he’s also my rival, obviously.

While I thought he was cruel before, he's become obsessed with torturing me. And because we're family, he's always around.

Now, we're playing a brutal game that neither of us can possibly win.

But I have a secret—the more we play the more I want him. Even if it means we both lose everything.

Brutal Secret is a complete standalone forbidden age-gap, forced proximity romance set in an intriguing world of billionaires, power, and scandal. While it is recommended to listen to Brutal Billionaire first for the best experience, it isn’t necessary to thoroughly enjoy the story.

©2023 Paige Press, LLC (P)2023 Paige Press, LLC
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy

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Is it just me. Or am I the only one who gets Daddy vibes when Jason narrates? His voice is just so grownup.
He really is a perfect match for Reid.
Vanessa is not a narrator i have listened to that much. But she does sound young and bubbely and just how Lina is.
This was abit different from the last book in the Brutal series.
Its written in abit of a lighter tone. That doesn't mean it doesn't hit deep. Because the emotional level is just as high. Reid is from the bad part of the Sebastian clan. He is Reynard's son. I thought he would be like a black sheep. But oh no. He is just a man trying to survive a tyrant. And come out a good man on the other side. He is really fighting bad odds with a father like that. If ever there was a fictional character i wanted to punch. That would be him. His view on women, the world, his family. His sons. Wow, it hurts how he looks at them. I know Laurelin will give us some answers. And we get some hints in this book. I just Hope in time we get the full story.
Once again i must say. Laurelin has this way of putting special vise women in her books. I love how strong and confident Lina's mother is. Giulia is the strongest woman. She is so secure in her worth as a woman. She has lived, loved. And raised a strong young daughter, who is secure about what she wants in life. Its a pleasure to read.

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What’s better than getting some more of the Sebastian Clan….getting Jason Clarke Narrating a Sebastian 😏👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Loved the book and thoroughly enjoyed the audio.

This time we have Reid, the first of Reynards side of the family.

With the feud still firmly in place between the seniors of the Sebastian clan, the Children try to keep to peace, well lost of them do.

Lina is brought into the family by manage of her mother to Samuel, Reynard’s Brother. So when she finds of the guy she had chosen to take her V card is the son not the enemy, this doesn’t go down well, more so for the fact he refuses to take the big V and leaves her standing.

Great story for this pairing, they clearly have an undeniable connection and can’t stay away from one another, no matter how much self sabotage they try.

Once they give in they have no choice but to keep it a secret, some are better than others in doing so.

You know it’s all going to go to crap when people find out and this one sure goes
With a bang.

Lots of fun with this one with some laughs along the way.

Looking forward to Alex and more so Hunter….bring it on.

A Sebastian and Jason narrating 😏

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Narrators we’re excellent and the story was great but the continuous internal monologue of the female character was soooo annoying.

Too much internal monologue

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Love the story, Lena and Reed - it was a joy to listen to and chuckle to and genuinely loved the whole story

The whole experience

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This is the story of Reid Sebastian, the cousin of Holt (Brutal Billionaire) and son of Raynard (the other brother), and Lina, step daughter to be of James (Raynard’s brother). Reid and Lina meet prior to James and Julia’s wedding, Reid makes his escape before the deed of taking her virginity, leaving her humiliated and angry. They meet some months later at the wedding and Reid finally realises he’s been an ass, and that Lina might just be the best thing that’s happened to him.

This is a Grumpy/sunshine, age gap, romance with lots of heat, it also has lots of humour. Reid is an alphahole, but is also quite vulnerable, having the bad luck of having the dreadful Raynard as his parent. He’s delightfully filthy in the bedroom, but also very cute out of it, which makes him almost perfect. Lina is adorable, she’s funny, and insecure, but also driven and determined, her internal and external monologues are hilarious, and to be fair what woman hasn’t at some point in their life worried about belly-button hygiene? 🤣

There are a few twists and turns, some drama along the way, and of course a HEA. There aren’t any cliff hangers, but there are a lot of unresolved mysteries and secrets which I’m sure will be explored in later novels.

The narrator’s were great, Jason Clarke is perfect as Reid, his lovely gravelly voice, and Vanessa Edwin is perfect as Lina, young, light, and at times talks very fast.

Well worth a credit.

Hot, cute, funny

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