The Billionaire's Secret

The Billionaire Club, Book 1

By: Johanna Evelyn

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Paige has secrets she hides and a past she’d give anything to forget. Broken and wounded after the devastating loss of her parents, she’s tried to navigate her way alone. Earning a lucrative contract in the modeling industry, she puts her past behind her. Until everything comes crashing down. Now she lives a quiet life out of the spotlight.

When her best friend Hazel pulls her back, she tries to fight the attraction she feels for Gabe, a charming bachelor who wants more than friendship. Gabe has been relegated to the friend zone when he so clearly wants more.

But he has secrets of his own - their past that links them together has the power to force them apart.

©2018 Johanna Dodge (P)2018 Johanna Dodge

A Sweet Second Chance

I was pleasantly surprised by this adorable listen. The author does an excellent job writing this beautiful second chance romance. It's a pretty clean romance that grabs your attention and keeps you cheering for their love to flourish. It was easy to love all of these characters.

The narrator did a spectacular job on this performance. She really articulated the perfect amount of emotion throughout. She was a perfect fit as Paige, and she did an excellent job differentiating between characters.

I received a review copy at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.

Great Second Chance!

The Billionaire's Secret by Johanna Evelyn pulled me in. I love books that have romance, suspense and mystery in one. Paige and Gabe are the main couple featured in this book. The narration by Nancy Peterson was outstanding. She portrayed the various characters with distinguishable voices that I could hear exactly who was speaking. I especially loved how she performed Paiges's insecurities and vulnerability. I requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review. I will definitely listen to more books by this author and narrator. This clean romance book was so well done!

(4.5 stars) - Happy sigh

Dreamy Gabe is one of the best too-good-to-be-true heroes ever. Some may feel that the story is a little slow getting there, but I savored the journey. It builds steadily and really hooks you in.

Gabe is very interested, but he has secrets. Paige is very skittish, and she has secrets. What are they? Why are they? Little by little the truth starts working its way out. Little by little Gabe works his way in to Paige's heart. It's a touch melodramatic, perhaps, but never obnoxiously so, and never ventures outside of credible.

I recently listened to it while I was on a long road trip & was enjoying it so much - the narrator did an excellent job with it, too - that I was seriously willing to keep driving if only it hadn't finished! 😄

*Clean romance level: passionate kisses

a fantastic clean romantic suspense

An amazing well written romantic suspense.  This heartfelt storyline had me on the edge of my seat listening chapter after chapter the author and narrator did an amazing job of developing the characters and really bringing them to life. The story has an abusive ex, romance, love, fear, protectiveness, and great chemistry in a fairytale romance that truly had me swooning. 

Clean Contemporary Romance

This is the first title I have had the opportunity to read by Ms. Evelyn. I actually didn't know much about the title, other than it was a contemporary romance and was considered 'clean' (no sex, violence or language). I really really appreciated this, so I gave it a whirl.

The story was good. A little mystery, a little suspense and romance. I won't go into details, because I don't want to spoil anything. I only gave 4 stars for the story. There were several situations in the story when I was taken out of the story (hit with a blast of cold air). Paige would go from high anxiety emotions to laughing/flirting within a few sentences (in the same scene). This happened a few times. It just felt like the author didn't want to spend the time developing these scenes. Why not give me the extra hour and a half to make these scenes really work?

I enjoyed seeing the relationship between Gabe and Paige grow. I like how the author developed their romance. The mystery thread in this story also felt a little rushed. I wanted more backstory information to be shared throughout the book instead of it all coming out nice and neat at the very end. Again, it felt rushed. I would read another book by Ms. Evelyn. This story was a light read and I expect the others are probably similarly formatted. I like how the words flow from this author, but I just felt she could have given me more. I hope she'll shoot for an 8 hour book in the future.

I loved the way Nancy Peterson performed this story. She completely captured Paige's insecurities and vulnerabilities. Her male voices were wonderful. Gabe is sexy! I could totally picture him in my mind. There were 3 main male characters and I always knew who was in the scene. There were 3 main female characters with a couple more that popped in, but again, I always knew who was in a scene and who was speaking. This is not the first audiobook I have had the pleasure of listening to by Ms. Peterson. She is one of my favorite female audiobook performers.

I received a free copy of this audiobook by the narrator. This review is voluntarily provided.

CONTENT WARNING: none (no sex, violence or explicit language)

Pleasantly surprised

When I first saw this book I wasn’t sure how if I’d like it but it was narrated by one of my favorite authors so I gave it a shot. And I’m glad I did. This book was very well written. I loved that Gabe wasn’t totally stuck on himself but a real genuine guy and that Paige wasn’t a snobby model. I appreciated that it was a clean romance and there were several surprises to keep me guessing.
And of course, loved the narrator. Nancy Peterson always does a fantastic job.
I would recommend this book.

I liked this one!

It was bit melancholy, but I sympathized with the characters and was drawn in by them. And it has that all-important, satisfying, HEA!

Gabriel💘Paige! Great Story, Great Listen🎧

4.5 Sweet and Romantic Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I thoroughly enjoyed this well written and well told story. The storylines are interesting and captivated my attention from start to the very end! The characters are well developed, loved the chemistry between Paige and Gabriel. Their secrets kept me wondering, especially Paige’s past. Johanna Evelyn plots is nicely and all is revealed by the end with lot of drama and twists in between. This is a sweet, second chance romance and a second chance at living life again too. Thank you for this great read!

I listened to the Audible edition, the narrator, Nancy Peterson does a wonderful job narrating and telling the story. She performs all the voices of all the characters, she brings them to life from the pages to your ears. Thank you for a great listen and putting a lot of heart in this story.

Clean, interesting

I really enjoyed this book the narrator was AWESOME and the book kept me interested. It had a lot of tough issues that it talked about (abuse, trauma, etc). I would definitely recommend it.

Sweet, clean & totally swoon worthy!

Not just anyone can write a full length story while keeping enough sizzle to make toes curl without intruding on a private moment. The story was engaging & easily held my interest. Personally, I enjoyed the Christian undertone.
The narration flowed smoothly while adding an extra layer to this delightful tale.
I requested a review copy & am willingly leaving my opinions of it.