The Secrets You Keep

By: Tracy Lorraine

Narrated by: Stella Hunter, J.F. Harding, Jason Clarke

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Tracy Lorraine comes a new standalone dark MFM college romance.

As a teenager, my naive heart beat for two boys....

Two unattainable, older, forbidden boys. The kind of boys mothers warn their daughters about.

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

And then there was Knox...my bad-boy stepbrother. 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 the shy girl I was back then, back before Knox Bowman burned me.

Now I'm a junior at Maddison Kings University, and they just walked 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 all grown up now and I'm ready to go after what I want.

And my damaged heart still wants them both.

Things are different now though.

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

©2022 Tracy Lorraine (P)2023 Tracy Lorraine

DUET (not DUAL) Narration with 3 great narrators :)

This is an odd review because I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found it because I was searching for a new DUET narration. And this was a random title I stumbled across. This was the first book I’ve read of hers and I’m now a fan. I know duet narration is more expensive for authors. But just know I found this book and chose this book solely from the narration style. And now I’m a new fan of this author because of this. As far as the book. It was great. I was never bored. Great spice. Perfect narration. I liked the characters. I liked pacing. I liked the story. I’m interested in listening to more of her books. :)

DUET narration is when the male narrator speaks ONLY the male voices. And the female narrator speaks ONLY the female parts :) it amazing narration

Wow!!!! I gasped the whole time

This book was SPICY!!! My first MFM book and boy I couldn’t get enough! On my way to search for the next one

Full of fun, easy listen

The plot wasn’t the greatest but the sex parts were fun to listen too. I feel like the characters could have had more depth but it was easy to listen to. I do think the writer should have had the guys be intimate as well. That would have added even more spice but overall it was a fun read.

That Dirty Talk!

**Audiobook Review**
So there's a lot going on in this story. You've got a contemporary base with multiple situations: brother's best friend, stepbrother (taboo), menage (MFM), college, dark, spice, and flashbacks.

Performed in duet by Stella Hunter, Jason Clarke, and J.F. Harding, what's not to love; you know that you're going to get an amazing performance. Since Stella does all the female voices, I appreciated that she made Violet's (heroine) voice a little more high pitched when she had flashbacks.

This author is new to me, and it was the cast that helped me make my decision when requesting this advance from Audibly Addicted. It's a solid story, maybe a little long for what it is (some of it felt really repetitive in the beginning), but I really like how the author wrote Violet's story. She's had some trauma, but she wasn't a winey heroine; her angst was well balanced. The heroes, Tristan and Know, who are former friends, are distinctively different personality wise. The spicy scenes were great, but sometimes I lost track of where limbs were, but that that dirty talk, yum. While I was able to predict a lot of the outcomes, how they played out weren't what I expected as all. If I read this book, it would have been a 3 star rating due some continuity issues I found. With that said, I plan to check out other works by this author.

Eh

It was decent but I didn’t like how Tristan was treated most in the story. Knox had her first, he left, she got with Tristian said she loved him, Knox came back and she slept with him not soon after. Didn’t give Tristan a choice. Knox was mean to him for most of the story and Knox got the most time with her. So basically Tristian felt like an addition to her and Knox’s relationship. Didn’t set well with me