Secret Fantasy [Kindle Edition]

Carly Phillips (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Ms. Phillips has presented her fans with a hot, sultry novel that should not be missed! -- HeartRate Reviews

Product Description

Juliette Stanton is ten minutes away from vowing to love, honor and cherish a scheming mobster-connected liar.

For the rest of her life.

And so with the media watching her every move, the high-profile senator's daughter flees her own wedding. Dubbed "Chicago's Runaway Bride," Juliette needs somewhere to hide out, and heal her broken heart. So she heads to a "fantasy island" and pays big bucks for anonymity and the chance to meet an honest man who'll love her for who she really is. Total fantasy, right? Day one, she falls for tall, dark-haired, ocean-blue-eyed Doug Houston. He's everything she's ever wanted. Except he's not exactly who he says he is, either....

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 213 KB
• Publisher: HQN Books; 2nd edition (January 1, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001OFICX2
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,732 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips tossed away her legal briefs and a career as an attorney to become a stay at home mom. Within the year, she turned her love of reading into an obsession with writing. Over 25 published novels later, Carly writes sexy contemporary romances, striking a balance between entertainment and emotion, and giving her readers the compelling story they have come to expect and enjoy.

Carly is a New York Times bestseller, USA Today Bestseller and Publisher's Weekly bestseller. The triple play earned her a spot on Romance Writers of America's coveted Honor Roll. In 2002, Carly's novel, The Bachelor, became Kelly Ripa's "Reading with Ripa" pick on Live with Regis and Kelly, making it the first romance ever chosen on a nationally televised bookclub.

Carly received her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University and is a graduate of Boston University School of Law (J.D.). To date, Carly has over twenty-five novels to her credit, all available wherever books are sold.

When not writing or playing online, Carly loves to read, to knit, and to spend time with her family. She lives in Purchase, New York with her husband, two daughters and two soft-coated wheaten terriers who act like their third and fourth children.

For more information, visit Carly's always updated web site at www.carlyphillips.com where she has monthly contests, excerpts and much more.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not such a fantasy, January 17, 2009

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she reads (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Fantasy (Mass Market Paperback)

Be aware that this is a re-print, it's only 200 pages long, and there is little-no substance to plot. It doesn't even have real heat in the sex scenes, at least not enough to keep me interested.

If you want to read a story about a perfect and rich senator's daughter falling in love with a reporter (who is also perfect in body) on a tropical island... perhaps this is for you. For me though, it was too perfect, the 'danger' went away without any real conflict or satisfying resolution, and all of the supporting characters (who seemed potentially interesting) didn't get time or opportunity to enrich the story.

For me, the cover is the best part of this book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, January 1, 2009

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joan marie (Sacramento CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Fantasy (Mass Market Paperback)

i usually love Carly's books. I didn't realize this was an old one until i had it home. this was truely awful. predictable fluff. i ended up skimming most of it. sorry. will look forward to her next new one

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is a light romantic read, August 29, 2009

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Susie (Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Fantasy (Mass Market Paperback)

Secret Fantasy by Carly Phillips is one of those stories that you read that is quick and easy and is a light romantic read. Fleeing from a scandal, Juliette Stanton is a run-away bride who goes to a fantasy island where she hopes to live out a secret fantasy of being the center of a guy's universe. She meets Doug Houston, and from day one she is smitten. But Doug is actually an undercover reporter trying to get a scoop on a story. He is everything that Juliette has ever wanted from a man, but she doesn't know that he is hiding secrets such as who he really is and what he wants from her.