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My naive heart only ever beat for two guys…

Two totally unattainable guys. Forbidden guys— the kind mothers warn their daughters about.

Tristan was the one everyone wanted… but he was also my brother’s best friend. Smart, kind, and hot as hell, with a one-way ticket straight to the NFL.

And then there was Knox… the bad-boy who turned my world upside down. Only a year older, he made me feel like it was just a silly crush… until the first time he kissed me.

The hot, soon-to-be-inked-up gangster from the wrong part of town broke every rule, and shattered hearts… I just never expected one of them to be mine.

All these years later, I can barely remember who I was back then, back before he burned me.

Now I’m at Maddison Kings University, and they walk back into my life, throwing my world into a tailspin. Tristan is there for me when things go up in smoke. And Knox is there striking matches, tempting me like a ghost in the night with his darkness.

But I’m a strong independent woman now— I go after what I want and my damaged heart still wants them both.

This time around things are different.

They are lying to me… and the secrets about my past have the power to tear my heart in two.

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This is a read that kept me up till the wee hours of the morning reading because time just disappeared reading this. The Secrets You Keep is a forbidden, step-brother, best friends read which may not be for everyone. Knox, Vi and Tristan are all different in their own ways but putting them together is a perfect melody. This was an unputdownable emotional rollercoaster.

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