Secret Lovers was supposed to be a love triangle and a friend into lovers story, but the lameness of the nemesis resulted in a pre-ordained victory instead of a tense competition.
Maggie Drummond has a boyfriend... Greg in her office, but Greg is about as vanilla as they come, and after trying to run her life one too many time, she has had enough. But she had to keep her job. Fortunately, she'll always have Connor as a friend, and her clique of girlfriends. Maggie wanted to try a little kink in her life, a little spanking, and even set up an anon blog to explore her fantasies. But as her imagination blossomed, Greg started to restrict her life more, even as Connor offered to have a fling with her, as he had eyed Maggie for a while and really want to get out of the friend zone. And Maggie never told Connor that her clique had a pact... to NOT date Connor. Now Maggie had to juggle lies and half-truths, as she tried to have Connor as FWB, fend off Greg at work, and lie to all her girls... and she'll be forced to make a choice: abandon her job and her friends to indulge in her fantasy... or is there an HEA with Connor?
This plot included several LAYERS of deception, as Maggie had to juggle lies to her friends, to Greg, to work (about her blog), and so on. And Greg was basically a robot, too one-dimensional, to be taken seriously. The way all the lies coalesced into one big darkest hours, when all the lies came due, was really good, but the ending seems to have dragged on a bit too long. If Greg was more of a real bad guy, this novel would be perfect.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Woman was being smothered by her boss boyfriend but needed her job; her male friend offered to have a fling; she had to lie...
Tropes: disguise, kink, secret liaisons, evil boss
Overall Rating: 4/5
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