Secondhand Secrets: A Steamy Contemporary Childhood Sweethearts Small Town Suspense Romance.

Katerina Simms

Mar 2023 · Harlow Series Book 3 · Katerina Simms

About this ebook

Small town romance meets high-tech suspense. Can a software genius defeat a mafia kingpin?

Ally Egan is a starry-eyed artist with a broken heart. She would do just about anything to get away from her close-knit small-town and travel the world. But her childhood friend, Chip Overton, has returned to make her escape even more unlikely. 

Chip, software genius extraordinaire, has always loved Ally. The peace of home should have given him a break from his domineering father, whilst providing space to make the breakthrough that would define his career. But with Ally back in his life, he’s determined to have her see him as more than her geeky best friend.

Pity a ruthless crime boss has set his sights on Chip’s work. Now Chip must race against time to keep everyone in Harlow safe. Most of all, Ally!

If you enjoy Virgin River, slow-burn romance, quaint country towns, and a touch of suspense; you’ll love Secondhand Secrets.

Buy now to curl up with the third book in this complete small-town romance series with a sinister mafia twist!

Books in the Harlow Series:

Book 1: Sapphires and Secrets

Book 2: Secret Surrender

Book 3: Secondhand Secrets

Book 4: Small Town Secrets (Final book in Series.)

This book is for you if you love: Friends to lovers, small-town contemporary romance novels. Especially those with hints of Women's Fiction and Suspense! Childhood Sweethearts. Opposites attract. Slow burn. HEA/ Happy Ever After ending. Heat with heart and big emotions. Angsty books with bursts of humor. Action-adventure, in a small town, "western" setting. Charming side characters. Professional, smart guy hero. A quirky but jaded heroine. Mafia connections, secrets, and family drama. A sweet geeky hero who “gets it” and wants his woman to be whole. Steamy!

Ratings and reviews

The third book in the Harlow Series, we now get artist Ally Egan and her childhood friend Chip Overton's story. There is drama, danger, suspense, villains, secrets and a second chance. The story was well worth reading. I received a copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Secondhand Secrets by Katerina Simms is a good, and enjoyable sweet small town romance opposites attract western romantic suspense read. The story has a great story line. The characters are great, and they have great chemistry. This is Ally and Chip's story. Ally is an artist, and Chip is a childhood friend. This story has danger, drama, suspense, villains, secrets, and second chance. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Ally has long yearned to break free of her perceived constraints of smalltown life. When Chip Overton returns to Harlow, his objectives are set. However, the opportunity to rekindle his friendship with Ally becomes his heart's desire. Old feelings, recriminations and heartfelt emotions come together in a story fueled with intensity and encroaching danger. The book seamlessly weaves elements to the earlier books in the series, while offering up a new romantic pairing.

About the author

Katerina Simms is a contemporary romance author, RWA Emerald Award finest, and International North Street Book Prize semi-finalist. She was born on a sunny Mediterranean island, only to move to the weather-challenged suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

Tea addict, nature lover, and terrible gardener, Katerina’s novels feature vivid modern settings and heart-stirring characters, punctuated with the occasional good laugh. Her romances skirt the edges of women’s fiction, and her favorite tropes are opposites attract, slow burn, and heat with heart.

www.katerinasimms.com