Best Kept Secret (Savannah's Best)
Maya Alden
The truth about secrets? They always unravel. I'm Beau Bodine, and someone's been keeping one hell of a secret from me. Mira Sen shows up out of nowhere and drops a she's been raising my daughter—her niece—for the past two and a half years. A daughter I didn't even know existed. I should be furious, and I am, but Mira's sister—who recently passed away—had convinced her I didn't want to have anything to do with my kid. Mira and my daughter move in with me, and before I know it, we become a family. I fall hard for my little girl. Her aunt has gotten under my skin, too. Our age gap, my history with her sister... none of that seems to matter. I'm in deep and for the first time in my reprobate life, starting to dream of white picket fences. But when Mira's conservative and influential parents tell me why they've been fighting for custody of their granddaughter, everything falls apart. They show me proof that Mira physically hurt my baby. I don't hesitate. I tell Mira to get the hell out of my house and my life. Then the truth comes out, and I know I've screwed up. Big time. By the time I find Mira, she's broken in ways I couldn't foresee or even imagine. I know it's my fault. I've got to fix this. But she's shut down and become someone I barely recognize. Now I don't know if I'll ever be able to put her back together again. Best Kept Secret is a billionaire secret baby forbidden romance and features all your favorite 🏵️Secret Baby🏵️Sister's Boyfriend & Baby Daddy🏵️Single Parent🏵️Forced Proximity🏵️Forbidden Love🏵️Other Woman Drama🏵️Age Gap (12 years)🏵️Misunderstood & Uncovered🏵️Betrayal & Grovel🏵️Indian Heroine🏵️No Cheating🏵️Complete StandaloneTrigger Warning: Reference to past sexual abuse of a minor; on page suicidal ideation and attempt.
Publication Year: 2024
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I just like crying all morning into my coffee while reading. This was super problematic, the hero is NOT good and is an asshole, but I ate it up while going through 10 tissues worth of tears.
This is the one with Mira and Beau. Mira is 22, raising her niece after her sister dies. Beau didn’t know he had a kid, but is more than willing to figure out how to be a dad. He’s super horny for Mira, but knows he should leave her alone. Does he? Nope. And like most books by this author, there’s other woman drama, mean mom, a huge fuck up by the hero. This one does have a good grovel, but I’m not sure it’s enough.
Read the trigger warnings and take care. Thanks to the author for putting them at the beginning of the book and at the chapters with sensitive content. She also included links to resources for readers.
Mira was sexually abused by her father as a child and no one believed her. She has a bus load of trauma. Beau believes her parents when they provide (fake) evidence she hurt the baby and instead of asking her ANY questions, he kicks her out. It’s fucking awful.
Mira attempts suicide, and then absolutely shuts down. Beau does find out he was lied to and feels like the giant jackass that he is, but it’s too late. It takes months for Mira to even talk to him (good).
Anyway, rough read but I enjoyed a good cry.
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