Sunday, January 12, 2020

Secret Seduction: its no secret that this is a bad romance story


Secret Seduction by Jill Sanders is the first book in the Secret series. It is the story of Katie Derby who confesses her secret love for her long-time friend, Jason Keaton, and then learns a disturbing truth from her mother that undoes everything she knew about herself and her family. Unable to deal with the media circus surrounding the revelation, Katie leaves everything behind and runs to backpack across Europe. Fast forward a year later, Katie is almost kidnapped by two men in Greece until she is rescued by, none of other than, Jason, who has been sent to Europe to find her and bring her home. The two are suddenly in a race for their lives as they try to stay one step ahead of the men who want to kidnap Katie. Why do they want Katie? Will they discover who is behind this kidnapping plot? Will they make it to safety?


Secret Seduction is a romance novel with so many problems. First, it was hard to like Katie. She is 26 years old and acts like a child and pouts when she doesn’t get her way. Throughout most of the book, she adamantly refuses to see her mother, understandable given the devasting news her mother dropped on her over the phone. However, when her mother and Katie are finally are face to face, the scene was very anticlimactic. A short argument, one statement made and then suddenly all is forgiven and well between them? Second, Jason is nice, likable but has skills that the author gives no explanation for. Other than explaining that Jason studied judo, explains his fighting skills, no other his ability to track Katie through Europe when she was supposedly off the grid. Did I miss something? Lastly, while the sex scenes were steamy, there was one scene that was very uncomfortable and unrealistic. Katie reveals in an internal monologue that she is inexperience sexually and still a virgin and then, a few pages later, can perform a sex act with skilled expertise! Come on! I do not recommend Secret Seduction.

Secret Seduction
is available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook

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