Bittersweet
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  • Time 7h 17m
Complete, First published Jun 10, 2020
Mature
Jenna Valentino thought she had found her forever after.

Life was good.  A husband she loved, a daughter she adored, a dream job and a beautiful home.  But nothing could prepare her for the bittersweet taste of betrayal, shattering the illusion.

Devastated.  She wants more to do with love, but then love presents itself when you least expect or want it and in this case it arrived in the form of her husbands brother, the black sheep of the Valentino family.  Can she move past the betrayal and bitterness to take a bite from the forbidden fruit and love again? 

❤️ Note: This will be my first attempt at sweet romance, and I'm not sure if it will head into the realms of 'mature' definitely... a little steamy, but more on the sweeter side!  I have my other book 'Perfectly Normal' to feed my filthy side 😘 Enjoy

Start November 2020 - Completed July 21

Cover by the amazing and talented Lael @candlesandwhips ❤️
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"Care to play?" I asked, dangling a pair of handcuffs from my finger. He arched a brow at me as I fastened one of the rings around his wrist and threaded the toy through a slat in his headboard. "Just say no, and we can stop all of this right now," I continued. But he didn't. Instead, he raked his gaze over my body with an unbridled hungry desire. He had never stared at me so fervently before, but it was everything I had yearned for and instantly made me wet for him. As I locked up his other hand, I pouted at him. "This is the punishment you get for making me want you," I purred. Then straddling his hips, I slid my hand inside my panties and began touching myself. "Mm, that feels so good," I sighed, stroking my fingers around. Glancing up, I found him intently watching me, an expression of dark arousal upon his face. He bit his lip, and I could feel his excitement growing beneath me as he writhed against his restraint. It was all the confirmation I needed that he was finally mine to do with exactly as I pleased. And I was never one to shy away from a steamy fun time. Best friends aren't supposed to keep secrets from one another but that's exactly what childhood pals, Addison Miller and Vanessa Adams find themselves doing. Vanessa has been carrying around a bombshell that when revealed, threatens to forever change the dynamic that she's built with her boyfriend, Matt Jones and her best friend. But is Addison any less to blame for her own actions? In this game of secrets, who is the real victim? Matt is headed in a downward spiral but when he learns of his girlfriend's revelation, it just might be the thing that finally breaks him. Vanessa's brother, Jake, finally finds love in this enemies to lovers trope. Season Two of My Brother's Sexy Best Friend (Forbidden Love Series) *any sexual themes depicted in this book take place between consenting adults aged 18 and over.