Review: Great introduction to the Barefoot Bay spinoff!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy of Secrets on the Sand, which is a spinoff series of Barefoot Bay! This series centers around the Billionaires of Barefoot Bay who are friends and play on a baseball team named The Niners! (Clever name I might add!) The first novella is about Zeke Nicholas and Mandy Mitchell.Zeke has always had a crush on Mandy ever since she helped him pick up all his books and calculators and stood up for him when someone made fun of him in high school. Now, Zeke is a successful billionaire, who is staying at the Casa Blanca Resort and Spa for a week where Mandy is a housekeeper. Mandy used to be well-off, but when her ex-husband, Doug, ran off after swindling clients and running a fake real estate investment, it left her in debt. Her prenup left her struggling to make ends meet because Doug’s clients are now trying to get the money back from her since they don’t know where he is.Mandy wants to start her own business. She just needs to figure out where to get $5,000 from. If she can, she has a chance to be in the running for the housekeeping position that Lacey Walker (her story is in Barefoot in the Sand) wants to outsource. Zeke draws up a contract on a paper towel. He will lend her a small loan for $5,000. Mandy has pride and doesn’t really like the idea of this, so she suggests she will be his fake girlfriend/bodyguard, so his mother will stop trying to set him up on dates to try and find him a wife.  One of my favorite lines soon came after. Zeke asked, “Mandy Mitchell, will you be my girlfriend?” She wants to say no, but she doesn’t. She thinks she will be his fake girlfriend. Zeke wants otherwise, and will do everything to make it real!I loved this novella! Can’t wait for the next 2! Zeke’s friends will be coming to Barefoot Bay soon for a reason. Don’t want to give it away, but the first introduction between Elliot Baker and Frankie Cardinale happens at the end of this book. They will be the couple featured in book #2 of this series called Seduction on the Sand.