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Hollywood Secret: An enemies-to-lovers, secret celebrity romance (The Discreet Duet Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Nicole French (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 838 ratings
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Will Baker was a jerk.
A chiseled, green-eyed, hypnotizingly delicious jerk.
And like a bad penny, he just kept showing up.

Crashed my bike? There he was.
Flat tire? One more time.
And yet he thought I was the one stalking him.
Seriously. How paranoid do you have to be?

But the more I got to know my intense new neighbor, the more his hard shell cracked, revealing a soulful man starved for affection.
A man whose secrets were eating him alive.
Just like mine.

He was broken. I was broken.
But together we seemed whole.
Maybe, just maybe, we could fix each other.
If our secrets didn't break us first.

Author's Note
Hollywood Secret was originally published as Discreet, and now includes a BRAND NEW PREQUEL! This is a steamy, 120,000-word celebrity romance from USA Today bestselling author Nicole French
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    The Discreet Duet
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  3. Language
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    2 October 2018
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07HZ2HB21
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Raglan Publishing; 2 edition (2 October 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1344 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 316 pages
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Nicole French is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. She's also a hopeless romantic, low-key fashion addict, and total bookworm. When not writing, she is hanging out with her family, playing soccer or going on dates with her husband. In her spare time, she likes to go running or practice the piano but never seems to do either one of these things as much as she should.

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Tina Louise
5.0 out of 5 stars Captures your heart
Reviewed in Australia on 4 October 2018
Discreet is one of those books you don't forget, the story and characters will stay with you long after you finish the final page. It captured my attention and my heart in a really special way.

The character development in this novel is top notch. I quickly became invested in these characters. The reader learns early on the secrets Will and Maggie are hiding, yet they slowly open to each other. Trust is not something that comes easily for these two. The emotions Maggie and Will are experiencing separately, and as a couple, grow along with the tension, frustration, lust and love.

I don't want to give away too much of the storyline, and reading an overview won't prepare you for all the feels you experience when reading this anyway. The flow and pace of Discreet is perfect for this genre. I enjoyed the depth of the story that the author was able to achieve.

I read Discreet in one sitting and the thought of having to wait for the second book in this duet, Indiscreet, is making me anxious. I want to see how this pair navigates the remainder of their journey. Luckily I don't have to wait too long, as book two is due for release in a few weeks.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Page Turner
Reviewed in Australia on 22 November 2022
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I really did like these two together, even though Will was frustrating at times being all over the place with his reactions. He couldn't stay away from Maggie, they clicked. There are a lot of elements to this story that kept me turning pages.
Now onto book 2.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wild life
Reviewed in Australia on 25 November 2018
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From a hard upbringing to a failed music career to then return home again after 8years away to so much more drama that leads u into the arms of a stranger who leaves u questioning ur self n him
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Gloria Australiana 65
4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating & Troubled Couple. Love them
Reviewed in Australia on 10 July 2022
Hi Nicole, I LOVE how you describe the details of your emotions of the characters and you take us (your fans) on a journey into the story, as if we are inside the story along with the characters. I would like to tell you THANK YOU THANK YOU, for the way you bring the books to life and for writing the books, that I SOOO LOVE. Sincerely Gloria from Australia.
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Pedsrn1988
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Read
Reviewed in Canada on 24 March 2023
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I loved this story of being true to yourself! Finding love despite being broken. Repairing yourself to accept the truth of who and what you are. I loved Will and Maggie's story. Ms. French has a way of gripping you to see the fine details of her characters. She writes so well. I love her books!
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davide albertin
4.0 out of 5 stars Review Hollywood Secret: An enemies-to-lovers, secret celebrity romance
Reviewed in Italy on 22 December 2023
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I like authors who, when they write their stories, manage to do so in such a detailed way that it makes it easy for me to mentally picture what I read. In this novel, from the first pages I saw myself catapulted into a film, one of those that have always kept me glued to the screen without ever diverting my attention. It's the same effect this story had on me. Lots of action, many well-described characters, adrenaline-filled situations, a dose of mystery with very interesting historical references. Accurate and fluid writing.
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L beaver
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of drama, lots of gritty sex and a good ending. Cliffhanger.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 August 2023
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Maggie has left New York to go home after the trauma of an abusive boyfriend who is now in jail. She is facing the loss of a career in music and going home to an alcoholic mother who doesnt want to stop drinking. She meets Will several times and each time he really doesnt want to talk to her. He has his own demons, mainly he has been away from life for four years living by the lake and no one knows him. There is an intensity between the two of them almost like lost souls who need each other to survive. The writer captures their love. Will has so many secrets and Maggie doesnt think she can survive the lies anymore especially as her ex Theo is now taunting her.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ends on a cliffhanger
Reviewed in India on 6 October 2022
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I would have given it five stars if there was no cliffhanger. I would've loved a happily-ever-after, especially after the emotional rollercoaster this book is. The writing is beautiful and I savoured each word.
This is the first time I'm reading a book written by this author. Will definitely be reading more.
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AJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Raw and emotional love story, I couldn't put this one down!
Reviewed in the United States on 10 October 2018
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I loved this book! An emotional, dramatic love story between a girl who has survived tragedy and is searching for her way, and a broken man who is hiding from the world. It’s my first read by Nicole French, and I loved her writing as she sucked me straight into Maggie and Will’s story, and I couldn’t put this book down!

Maggie moved from her small home town to New York City with dreams of a career in music, but it all went horribly wrong and she was left emotionally scarred and understandably terrified. She is now back home in the town that never really accepted her, with the aim of rebuilding her life and caring for her alcoholic mother. She is slowly and quietly trying to find her way back to herself, but while doing that she repeatedly runs into a bearded, shaggy-haired, yeti-looking man who is gruff, broody and immensely rude. Sure, he comes to her rescue a couple of times, but he’s a complete jerk about it. But Maggie can’t help but be intrigued and she pushes to engage him - a move that pays off when he responds to her - and something begins to develop.

What Maggie doesn’t know is that Will is actually Fitzwilliam ‘Fitz’ Baker – former child star turned huge Hollywood star, believed by the world to be dead. For four years Will has lived in isolation by the lake, interacting with nobody and literally hiding from the world, and that’s just the way he wants it. Until Maggie comes along.

This is not a neat and tidy romance. Will has demons, and they are fierce. It’s not easy, but everything between them is natural, their feelings growing and shifting without any effort. It’s just that neither of them are expecting it, and Will in particular has no idea how to handle it. He makes mistakes – big ones – and they have a rough time with it, but there’s no denying their chemistry.

Even with its heartache and angsty moments, this romance completely captured my heart. It has a sense of innocence about it as they both feel things to a depth they haven’t experienced before, and the intensity of everything between them and the passion that they have for each other is steamy, swoony and just gorgeous!

I loved Maggie. She’s been through so much, and she hasn’t escaped unscathed, but she is bravely pulling her life together, facing up to her past and trying her best to move forward, and I really admire that about her. The book is written entirely from her POV, and while I love a dual POV book, I love the sense of mystery that we get while trying to figure out just what is going on in Will’s head while he and Maggie are first battling it out, and then falling for each other. It adds to the intensity of the story, and I’m looking forward to learning more about Will in the next book.

Throughout the whole book while we are falling in love with these characters there is this sense of anticipation tingling in the background of the story as we wait for the fallout of Will’s and Maggie’s pasts to catch up to them in the present. They both have major things going on personally, and the story builds wonderfully to its inevitable ending that has me desperate to know where it’s all going to go from here.

I loved this book. The writing is engaging and emotive, and the story completely sucked me in. It’s raw and it’s messy, but there’s so much emotion between these broken characters, I felt everything! I loved their story and can’t wait for more.
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