Broken by the Secret

A Steamy Fake Dating Grumpy-Sunshine Romance

De: Emma Yates

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Broken by the Secret

✨ A Fake Relationship × Grumpy–Sunshine Romance

Faking it saved my career. Falling for him could ruin everything.

After barely surviving a public scandal that nearly destroyed me, I live my life in the shadows. My voice reaches thousands through a podcast about healing, but my face, my name, my past? Those stay hidden. It’s safer that way—safer for my career, my heart, and my family.

Then Theo Navarro crashes into my quiet, carefully controlled world. Grumpy. Gorgeous. Too observant for his own good. He sees the cracks I try so hard to hide. He asks questions I can’t afford to answer. And when a sponsor demands I appear on camera to keep my podcast alive, panic pushes me into a reckless lie—claiming I’m already in a relationship. With Theo.

To my shock, Theo agrees. But only temporarily.

Now we’re stuck pretending—fake dates, staged smiles, late nights where the line between acting and aching blurs dangerously thin.

💋 Forced Proximity: rehearsing interviews together, staying side by side at sponsor events, living out a lie that feels too real.
🔥 Grumpy–Sunshine Sparks: his growl tests my patience, his honesty pierces my defenses, and his touch unravels every rule I swore to keep.
💔 Secrets & Betrayal: Theo is digging into my past, and if the truth comes out, everything I rebuilt will collapse—my career, my reputation, and maybe even us.

I shouldn’t trust him. He’s too sharp, too guarded, too dangerous to my carefully rebuilt life. He sees too much, pushes too hard, and forces me to face the one thing I’ve spent years avoiding: myself.

But then he looks at me like I’m more than a scandal. More than a headline. More than a woman defined by the worst mistake of her past. His honesty cuts deeper than my secrets. His protection feels more real than my lies. And his kiss? His kiss makes me believe that maybe, just maybe, love could be stronger than the truth I’ve buried.

Except secrets never stay buried. Mine are clawing to the surface, and Theo has shadows of his own—ghosts that whisper he’s risking too much for someone like me. The closer we get, the more dangerous the lie becomes. The more tempting the truth feels. And the more impossible it is to tell which one will destroy us first.

I thought pretending would protect me.
I thought hiding would keep me safe.
But maybe the biggest risk of all is letting him in.

Maybe the lie will save me.
Maybe the truth will break me.

🔥 Broken by the Secret is a steamy, emotional, fake-relationship romance overflowing with:

• A strong, sunshine heroine hiding from her past

• A sharp, guarded, grumpy hero who refuses to look away

• Forced proximity, staged intimacy, and slow-burn temptation that explodes into passion

• Secrets, betrayal, redemption, and the fight to turn a fake relationship into something real

• The kind of raw, emotional chemistry that will break your heart before it puts it back together again

This book delivers everything readers of grumpy-sunshine, fake dating, and steamy billionaire romance crave. Perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Lauren Asher, and Lucy Score, it’s a rollercoaster of angst, heat, suspense, and hope.

✨ Twisted Hearts Series — Where dark secrets collide with irresistible love.
Each book in the series is a standalone with its own unforgettable couple, dangerous secrets, sizzling chemistry, and the promise of a hard-won happily ever after.

Scroll up and grab your copy of Broken by the Secret today—
and discover what happens when a lie meant to protect becomes the love story worth breaking for.