Beautiful Secret

A perfect book. so easy to love and get invested in the chAracters. Their chemistry is perfectly written to make you feeeel everything!

It 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.

Loved loved it!!! Such a fun and playful book. Couldn’t put it down.

Encore!

Really 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.

The 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!!!

I have read all of the Christina Lauren books. I thought this the most well written one so far. Enjoy!

Review 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.

This was the best in the series. It pulls at your heart the entire time you read it.

Niall 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.