Beautiful Secret
By Christina Lauren
- Release Date: 2015-04-14
- Genre: Contemporary Romance
Description
New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling authors Christina Lauren’s Beautiful and Wild Seasons series hook up in Beautiful Secret for an erotic intercontinental romp that celebrates the best of both worlds!
When Ruby Miller’s boss announces he’s sending her on an extended business trip to New York City, she’s shocked. As one of the best and brightest young engineers in London, she knows she’s professionally up to the task. The part that’s throwing her is that she’ll be spending a month up close and personal working alongside—and staying in a hotel with—Niall Stella, her firm’s top urban planning executive and The Hottest Man Alive. Despite her ongoing crush, Ruby is certain Niall barely knows she’s alive…until their flirty overnight flight makes him sit up and take notice.
Not one for letting loose and breaking rules, recently divorced Niall would describe himself as hopeless when it comes to women. But even he knows outgoing California-girl Ruby is a breath of fresh air. Once she makes it her mission to help the sexy Brit loosen his tie, there’s no turning back. Thousands of miles from London, it’s easy for the lovers to play pretend. But when the trip is over, will the relationship they’ve built up fall down?
Reviews
Perfect
5By lollllaroseA perfect book. so easy to love and get invested in the chAracters. Their chemistry is perfectly written to make you feeeel everything!Really liked this book!
5By PattiA810It is refreshing to have a completely different male character who is timid and apprehensive in regards to dating and sex. Niall has been with only one woman his whole adult life and now she is his ex-wife. He is completely oblivious of Ruby. She is an American working in London in the same office as Niall. Ruby has been attracted to Niall since she started her internship. He barely notices her until they are put together on a business trip to NYC. This is where Ruby expresses herself to Niall. And, this is where Niall is still affected by his rigid, unemotional, scheduled sexual relationship with his ex-wife, Portia, that he is reserved and awkward around Ruby. It is a great story between these two very different characters. I found it to be charming, exciting and a great love story.Beautiful Secret
5By AllieramLoved loved it!!! Such a fun and playful book. Couldn’t put it down.Beautiful
5By Notworthit654321Encore!Sweet story and female forward
5By lovely musicReally enjoyed reading this story about Niall and Ruby. It was female forward and refreshing to read along with Ruby strong and in control. She was a professional and interesting, flawed, and human. It's worth the read.Perfection 💗
5By Andrew_ann1026The beautiful series is everything fun and entertaining about a good love story with lots of dirty words and sex! So enjoyed all the characters and their individual stories. I hate when a series comes to an end. But you know it's good when you imagine what the characters are now doing with their lives. Yes, when a story is that good, it becomes that real! Well done!!!Excellent read
5By RperlgirlI have read all of the Christina Lauren books. I thought this the most well written one so far. Enjoy!Not my favorite couple of the series...
2By NutMeggo1Review originally posted on Reading Books Like a Boss You have the pleasure of meeting Niall Stella in Beautiful Beloved (Max and Sara's novella). He's self-possessed and collected and says more things to himself than he does to other people. Here's how Ruby described him: "There was this quiet confidence about him, a way he carried himself that demanded attention and respect, and a feeling that while he wasn't talking, he was watching everything, noticing everyone. Everyone, except me." At thirty, he is recently divorced from the woman who was his first everything. He's also a high-powered urban planning vice president at Richardson-Corbett Consulting. Ruby Miller is a twenty-three year old engineer interning the same firm in hopes of getting a highly coveted spot in Oxford's civil engineering program. Ruby has a massive crush on Niall that has been simmering for months and months. And her self-control is put to the test when Ruby's boss sends her on a month-long business trip with the sexy Niall Stella. "Startled, Niall Stella took a step back, nearly stumbling into the open doorway, which, coincidentally, was right next to mine. Sharing a wall . . . maybe even a bathroom . . . where he showered . . . naked." I'd heard that this book would give readers a little tie-in to Christina Lauren's Wild Seasons series. I totally loved the tie-in. I didn't hate this book, but I didn't exactly love it either. I have mixed feelings. I didn't warm up to Niall Stella. His British accent is super dreamy and I melted every time he called Ruby darling, but I didn't fall in love with him like I did the other Beautiful Bastard men. Ruby's constant reminders in the beginning of the book about how much she's pined for Niall was over the top. Once he admits that he's attracted to her, she lays the flirting on thick, making it her mission to seduce him into sleeping with her. While Niall is reluctant to take things really slowly considering his recently-divorced status. I didn't like the way that Niall was portrayed as this kind of virginal non-virgin man who has "never done that before." I feel like there is so much the authors could have mined so much from his back story and position of authority over Ruby instead of what they did. I just didn't click with Ruby and Niall as a couple unfortunately. 2.5 stars *I received an advanced copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Love the book
5By PSemonesThis was the best in the series. It pulls at your heart the entire time you read it.Patience
3By BeBe465Niall and Ruby a very slow paced read. The best part of this book is the ending. It took forever to read this. Ruby was real and never held back her feelings. She was an open book and that just overwhelmed Niall. He was divorced but he is the true and dedicated type not use to diversity. But this story meshed together towards the end. My heart was with both of them. Patience was Niall's friend and things just fell into place. Love is powerful for these two.Omg yes
5By Christy FaucheuxI thought that I love Max and Will, then Niall came along. So freaking good!Meh
3By rayktayNot Christina Lauren's best book. I like dominant male characters and this guy was the opposite. I ended up just thumbing through to the end.Beautiful
5By Daboss1222Omg Niall and Ruby beautiful. To have been a marriage so long that was just a marriage and to find true love in someone so far from what you expected for both it was simply beautiful. A must readWhy did it have to end???
5By James RoelligI'm not a reader, but I finished the book in 2 short days. I couldn't put this book down! I can't wait to read more from the author! I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END!Just okay
3By joydoy197I've read all of Christina Lauren's books and this was my least favorite. I really enjoyed Beautiful Bastard, Dirty Rowdy Thing, and all their other books. I'm used to reading their books in days because I was excited but while reading this book, I found myself a little bored at times. There was no chemistry between the Ruby and Niall but maybe because I thought Niall was too brooding and Ruby was acting unprofessional or immature. Also, as a result of reading all of the books, I am starting to find a lot of the scenarios redundant. The female characters would 'bite their lip' and say 'holy hell' which is not that common. I will continue reading their future books but hope they get more creative with their stories.Loved loved loved!!!
5By ChubbypantsYou ladies knocked this out of the park! I absolutely loved every digital page!! I immediately loved & believed the characters. I laughed, cried & I think I was sweating at one or two points. I actually didn't want this story to end...which is saying a lot for me. I look forward to more of your blood sweat & tears aka your books.Beautifully Wonderful
5By Krista_hollyI never tire of this writing duo that makes me blush and laugh and cry with every book they publish. Niall and Ruby's story is fantastically written and adorably hilarious with Ruby's inability to filter. The only thing I wish for in this series is more. Always more.Fantastic
5By Nc1224I loved this book!This Beautiful series is just beautiful!
4By DCT143.5 stars! I have read and enjoyed this entire series; they are all unique, with intriguing characters and couples that speak to me in different ways. Of all the male leads in this series, Niall is the most complex. I loved the comparison to Mr. Darcy, as he evokes that quiet, reserved and brooding male character that is stoic in this emotions, and guarded with his affections. Ruby on the other hand is bright, lively, exuberant and insightful; she has connected with Niall in a way that no other woman has (not even his ex wife), and though that excited him, it also scares him to death. Again, like Mr. Darcy, Niall woos and courts Ruby, and the intimacy that they do share is intense and passionate. Niall makes some mistakes along the way that lead to the angst and drama of the story, but in the end, it all comes together. I hope that we get to see more of them and the whole beautiful gang in some kind of wrap up, as I'm not ready to leave this series just yet.
