GRR Reviews The Billionaire's Secret Wife (The Pryce Family) by Nadia Lee

The Billionaire's Secret Wife can be roughly described as "rich woman having some first-world problems". While the wounds and obligations are somewhat novel, and some of the twists are good, it wasn't really enough to make the whole thing rise above "okay".

Vanessa Pryce knew the futility of relying on a man for happiness... her own family is a prime example, but she really had hoped for an HEA with Justin Sterling, her BF since their college days. Even though they technically broke up, they still meet for some NSA sex every once in a while... and kept their liaisons secret. Justin has his family investment firm to manage... and Vanessa is determined to make it as a lawyer. But when Vanessa's world was upended by a hurtful revelation, the only one she could turn for comfort was Justin. A night of drunken sex lead to an unplanned pregnancy... and Justin offered marriage. Vanessa accepted reluctantly and wanted to keep it a secret. But secrets have a tendency to leak... and soon, more secrets threatened to tear them apart...

It's gotten to be trope-ish that rich people cheat and leave a lot of bastards on the side. Ouch, ouch, ouch. (Yes, it had something to do with Vanessa) It's appearance above all else, and that's gotten to be really... shallow. How did such nasty rich couples produce such sensitive children? Why did they break apart in the first place? I guess I don't really get it. It feels like an off-beat soap opera, and not quite up to the standard of normal Nadia Lee novels, IMHO.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman who had an NSA relationship with her ex-lover found they are being bound together by circumstances even as others intervene

Tropes: family secrets, secret liaisons, accidental pregnancy, secret marriage

Overall Rating:  3/5