Title: Dirty Little Secret
Author: LK Farlow
Genre: New Adult
Older Brother's Best Friend Romance
Release Date: September 23, 2021
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SAMSON
She’s always been off-limits. Forbidden. Way too young for the likes of me.
And yet, she still managed to carve out a space for herself in my heart.
But when push came to shove, I made the only choice I could, and I did it even knowing it would break her heart.
I’m back now, and ready to make her mine. Only, she’s not the sweet girl I left behind. She’s wild, reckless, and sexy-as-hell...a challenge I’m all too eager to meet.
STELLA
He was only ever meant to be a crush. After all, what girl isn’t into her older brother’s best friend?
But somehow, our innocent flirting quickly gave way to so much more. He swore he felt the same way about me… he promised we’d tell my brother together the day I turned eighteen.
Except the night before my birthday, he did the unthinkable, and now I’m not sure I know how to forgive him.
All I know is, I refuse to be anyone’s dirty little secret.
It's the age old question: break the bro code and get the girl? Or keep the friendship and lose the girl, who just happens to be the sister of the best friend? It's one Samson struggled with, and ultimately chose wrongly, and lost the girl. Now in his present, though, he's taken his head out of his ass and decided to get the girl back. Now the question is, will Stella let him back in, give him the second chance he's desperate for?
Stella had a crush on her brother's best friend, Samson from the very first time she met him. He was always nice to her, letting her tag along, being caring and sweet. But he was too old for her and refused to see her as anything other than a little girl. Until he saw her as more. And she thought she was finally getting her most fervent wish. Except he broke her heart and she hasn't been the same since. Now he's back and all the sudden wants a second chance?! Not going to happen. Nope, she's not about to allow him to break her heart again. No matter that she's even more attracted to her than before. No matter that her heart is thawing in the face of her persistent determination to prove to her that he's not going anywhere. Will she get her wish this time? Or will it all end just like it did the last time she let Samson in?
The forbidden aspect of brother's friend romances always gets to me. It usually involves lots of angst and delicious tension, all because they're afraid of the brother finding out, but it just adds to the story, drawing me in even further. Dirty Little Secret was definitely angsty, in fact, perhaps a bit too much, as Samson could not seem to get his shit straight until a little too late in the story for my taste, driving me nuts with his inability to just be straight with poor Stella. Still, the two of them actually made a great couple once they figured things out, and I ended up rooting for them to make it through. I really liked their story, though not as much as Stella's friend/dormmate, Emma's story, and am excited for more, hopefully Stella's brother's story is next.
She’s always been off-limits. Forbidden. Way too young for the likes of me.
And yet, she still managed to carve out a space for herself in my heart.
But when push came to shove, I made the only choice I could, and I did it even knowing it would break her heart.
I’m back now, and ready to make her mine. Only, she’s not the sweet girl I left behind. She’s wild, reckless, and sexy-as-hell...a challenge I’m all too eager to meet.
STELLA
He was only ever meant to be a crush. After all, what girl isn’t into her older brother’s best friend?
But somehow, our innocent flirting quickly gave way to so much more. He swore he felt the same way about me… he promised we’d tell my brother together the day I turned eighteen.
Except the night before my birthday, he did the unthinkable, and now I’m not sure I know how to forgive him.
All I know is, I refuse to be anyone’s dirty little secret.
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MY REVIEW
Stella had a crush on her brother's best friend, Samson from the very first time she met him. He was always nice to her, letting her tag along, being caring and sweet. But he was too old for her and refused to see her as anything other than a little girl. Until he saw her as more. And she thought she was finally getting her most fervent wish. Except he broke her heart and she hasn't been the same since. Now he's back and all the sudden wants a second chance?! Not going to happen. Nope, she's not about to allow him to break her heart again. No matter that she's even more attracted to her than before. No matter that her heart is thawing in the face of her persistent determination to prove to her that he's not going anywhere. Will she get her wish this time? Or will it all end just like it did the last time she let Samson in?
The forbidden aspect of brother's friend romances always gets to me. It usually involves lots of angst and delicious tension, all because they're afraid of the brother finding out, but it just adds to the story, drawing me in even further. Dirty Little Secret was definitely angsty, in fact, perhaps a bit too much, as Samson could not seem to get his shit straight until a little too late in the story for my taste, driving me nuts with his inability to just be straight with poor Stella. Still, the two of them actually made a great couple once they figured things out, and I ended up rooting for them to make it through. I really liked their story, though not as much as Stella's friend/dormmate, Emma's story, and am excited for more, hopefully Stella's brother's story is next.
AUTHOR BIO
LK Farlow (A.K.A Kate) is a small town girl with a love for words. She's been writing stories for as long as she can remember. A Southern girl through and through, Kate resides in beautiful, sunny LA--that's Lower Alabama, y'all--with her amazing husband and four rambunctious children. When she's not writing, you can find her snuggled up on the couch watching car shows while she crochets or with her nose in a book.
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