When Camille first met Jackson she was too young. Too innocent. Too traumatized.Friendship was less than what she wanted, but all she could handle.Ten years later and she’s strong, independent, and successful. A woman equal to the formidable Jackson King, psychologist to the stars.At exactly the wrong moment, Jackson crosses the line, jeopardizing the friendship it had taken a decade to build. He … friendship it had taken a decade to build. He refuses to wait one more minute for the woman who had long given up the fantasy of his love.
With each step forward, the ground beneath them cracks under the weight of a lifetime of secrets. The entangling of their families, their past relationships, and an unwelcome connection keep their journey on a rocky path.
Jackson and Camille are forced to face what has been hidden for too long. Will the relationship survive?
If you love smart, sexy characters in a layered, emotionally gripping story, Collecting Secrets will fill your needs. This steamy, standalone contemporary romance has no cliffhanger, but includes characters who reappear throughout the series.
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This is a well written friends to lovers romance with strong characters in Camille and Jackson. The author does a great job building their story with both fighting their feelings for each other. She brings a slow burn romance throwing in many obstacles for them to overcome along the way. She had me glued to the pages with all the twists and turns as she delivers an intense and emotional read.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and freely given.
Collecting Secrets is a fabulous beginning to P.E. Kavanagh’s Friends & Lovers series. It is a beautifully written, emotionally charged, put your life on hold story. Believe me when I tell you… you will not want to put it down once you start reading it. Camille and Jackson’s story is heart-warming and gut-wrenching at the same time. It will elate and destroy you all within a few chapters.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommended it to anybody who enjoys friends to lovers stories with strong characters and unbelievable twists that you won’t see coming.
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Camille and Jackson met when she started going to college and was his sisters roommate. Over the years they became close and both had feelings for each other but they buried it. Jackson makes himself into a party animal because he couldn’t have the one woman he wanted so he went for the complete opposite of Camille. Camille just tried to find someone she loved but they seemed to stick. Until Jackson saw Camille’s heart trampled on and he stepped in and made a move. Their love story unfolds from this point on. It is kind of rocky but seems to even out.
There were so many secrets in this book with crazy twists. It made it exciting to read.
I liked the book. It was sweet in its own way.
I received this book fro free from eBook discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review. All the opinions in the review are 100% my own
In this emotional novel, Camille makes a decision as a young woman to preserve her friendship with Jackson at all costs, even if it does mean denying the electric charge that sizzles between them. Jackson, on the other hand, has been biding his time until Camille is ready to accept that the connection between them is more than being best friends. After facing an embarrassing breakup, Jackson takes a chance and admits his feelings for Camille. However, there are just too many assumptions and misconceptions to wade through for the couple to make that final decision, despite their feelings for one another. The last quarter of the book escalates to a surprising culmination of exposures that neither Camille nor Jackson suspected. The storyline and writing style are good, carrying the reader from one scene to the next. I personally found myself skipping over the abundance of bedroom scenes and at times found the flashbacks to the past a bit disruptive. Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable read with a happy conclusion. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review.
This is a first for me by this author, so there weren’t any expectations at my end. What captured me was the blurb/synopsis of this novel and once it landed into my kindle I couldn’t wait to dive in.
We meet Camille and Jackson in this highly emotional read.
Meeting when Camille started college, Camille had all sorts of wicked thoughts when it came to her new roommate’s brother. But what she soon learned about Jackson was that he wasn’t a man that you could take for granted. He was a man that although had the outside exterior and actions of a playboy, deep inside he was a man with heart and someone who should be cherished.
So began their friendship, developing into an unbreakable bond. Both relying on each other through life, there was never a moment where lines would be crossed because their friendship was too important to them both.
But one night, one moment of weakness, one kiss would irrevocably change everything for them both. Both Camille and Jackson’s worlds would be turned upside down.
Their friendship and bond that they knew would never be the same again.
Their lives as they knew it would never be the same again.
How could just one simple kiss change everything?
Can Camille allow Jackson into her heart?
Will Jackson risk his friendship with Camille to have more?
Will there be more?
What happens when secrets are revealed?
What has Jackson and his father been hiding?
What truth will be learned about Camille’s parents?
Who is ultimately in danger?
Who will hurt?
Who will survive?
Will Camille and Jackson survive it all?
I will be totally honest, I did thoroughly enjoy this novel. I enjoyed it that much that I consumed it in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down.
Camille….I just adored her. She shone through the pages and my heart was with her the whole way.
Jackson….What a guy. All heart and soul and I fell in love with his honesty.
The remainder of the characters throughout were great, Jenna actually being one of my favs.
Overall a great first read for me by this author. An emotionally charged read with twists that believe me you definitely won’t see coming. Thoroughly enjoyable.
4 stars
Best friends…they knew almost all of each other’s secrets, except that they were in love from the beginning. This story is full of characters with quirky personalities, and about seemingly everyday romance that is somehow not. Once started, it is not easy to put down. Happy ending and full of steamy romance.
This was a great story about a young girl and her college roommate’s older brother. They start as friends and develop into something more. It is a crush for both of them that really develops over time. I loved this story.
I really enjoyed this story. It was romantic, well-written, and had me hooked. I just wish some parts of the story had been more developed as I did feel some elements kind of left the reader hanging/wondering what the point of the diversion was.