GRR Reviews Secrets on the Sand (Barefoot Bay Billion by Roxanne St. Claire

"Secrets on the Sand" is a reunion novel that's slightly over-melodramatic.

Mandy Mitchell was the queen of her high school court. But one disastrous marriage later, she's back in the resort town of Barefoot Bay... as cleaning staff for the resort... and endures constant haranguing from those touting "how the mighty Mandy had fallen". When she got into a bit of situation in Zeke Nicholas' villa, she did not recognize the handsome and built Zeke... as the "Ezekiel the Geekiel" she helped way back when. But her situation turned from bad to worse when she was fired for using the facilities of the villa (at Zeke's insistence when she got wet). Zeke knew Mandy was the girl he always wanted, and he's determined to help... by giving her $5000 to help her start her own cleaning business that the resort can contract... but Mandy is keeping a secret to herself... will Zeke will want her after that secret was exposed?

I find the book above average in polish, and the attraction between the two slightly forced, but otherwise, still good romance between the two about secrets and past affections.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Maid for millionaire on a beach resort, plus a bit of hostile town and right rich guy ready to rescue the woman

Tropes: maid, resort, single parent, differnet worlds, ugly duckling, reunion

Overall Rating:  4/5