ARC BOOK REVIEW ~ A MILLION DIRTY SECRETS BY CL PARKER

Title: A Million Dirty Secrets 
Author: CL Parker
Release Date: August 27, 2013

ARC provided by NetGalley

Delaine Talbot has a secret. When a matter of life and death threatens to tear apart her family, Delaine makes the ultimate sacrifice. She auctions herself off at Chicago’s most exclusive erotic club. Now she belongs to Noah Crawford, a wealthy mogul who introduces her to a seductive feast of the senses, awakening desires she only dreamed about.  
 
Noah doesn’t know why Delaine sold her body for a cool two mil. But it’s the perfect business arrangement. The inexperienced beauty will learn to satisfy his every sensual need, yet never touch his heart. Almost immediately their relationship generates heat—in more ways than one. When they fight, they take no prisoners. When they love, they show no mercy. When they’re together, they never want to leave each other’s arms. But soon, their intense, physical bond will take an unexpected turn—evolving into something neither has bargained for: the promise of a lasting love.

Book Review 

A Million Dirty Secrets is a rare gem--highly erotic, humorous, and heart breaking all in one book. 
Parker tells the story of Delaine Talbot, a young woman whose mother is dying, and the length she goes to to make sure her mother has a heart operation that she desperately needs to live. 

She sells herself to the highest bidder at a very private, very elite, sex slave auction. 

Noah Crawford, heir and co-owner to the Scarlet Lotus foundation, has been disillusioned and hurt by love. The one woman he planned to marry cheated on him with his best friend. His bitterness leads him down a path he never thought he would roam. After hearing about a sex slave auction, Crawford thinks this is the answer to the painful hurt caused by his ex-girlfriend. He will purchase someone who will be  his beck-and-call-girl (Pretty Woman reference noted, lol) and who will not run into the arms of another man. Ever. 

His own Million Dollar Baby. 

But when Delaine is bought by Noah, both come to realize that their air-tight plans were nothing but an impractical solution...especially when it comes to matters of the heart. 

If you are looking for something sweet with a side of occasional hot and steamy--look elsewhere. Parker delivers steamy sexy times in droves. But this is about a sex slave, no? Did I mention that Delaine is a virgin? So, yeah...expect sex.

And lots of it. 

But beneath the multiple layers of eroticism, Parker builds a story with surprising results. Just as Delaine sees that there is more to Noah than just a huge...er...bank account, the reader gets a personal peek with a back and forth point of view: Delaine and Noah. And things aren't always as they seem. 

Both Delaine and Noah have met their match and as they work through a highly unique situation, come to realize the mistakes they made along the way. Love and loyalty cannot be bought. Money doesn't always solve everything. 

Sex and making love are two totally different things when the heart or hearts become involved.

And if you look a little closer, the one that was meant to be with you, has been right there all along. 

But can two people from two entirely different backgrounds come together and stay together, when they both have been keeping their own dirty little secret? 

Well...you're gonna have to wait until the next book to find out, just like me. 

Can't. Wait.