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Corrigan & Co. #4
Lessons in Secret
A woman whose IQ is so high, it can’t be measured
Isabelle Carlton has always hid behind her brain, staying in the background and not going on many missions for the Society—or many dates. When she stumbles upon a high school prostitution ring, she knows that it’s time to finally put herself out there in more ways than one. A sexy history teacher could be just what she needs, in and out of the classroom.
A man who’s running from a past that can’t be ignored
Mason Wells is more than just a high school teacher, but exactly how much more is his biggest secret. Even though he knows Isa isn’t really a student, getting involved with her is wrong. He’s hiding too much, and she’s just too innocent. Despite knowing that it will destroy them both, he can’t stay away from her, even when they’re both put in the crosshairs of a powerful and evil man.
Lessons can be learned, but will their love pass the test when a devastating SECRET is revealed?
Isabelle Carlton has always hid behind her brain, staying in the background and not going on many missions for the Society—or many dates. When she stumbles upon a high school prostitution ring, she knows that it’s time to finally put herself out there in more ways than one. A sexy history teacher could be just what she needs, in and out of the classroom.
A man who’s running from a past that can’t be ignored
Mason Wells is more than just a high school teacher, but exactly how much more is his biggest secret. Even though he knows Isa isn’t really a student, getting involved with her is wrong. He’s hiding too much, and she’s just too innocent. Despite knowing that it will destroy them both, he can’t stay away from her, even when they’re both put in the crosshairs of a powerful and evil man.
Lessons can be learned, but will their love pass the test when a devastating SECRET is revealed?
- GenresRomance
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First published April 1, 2015
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About the author
Crystal Perkins
75 books427 followers2018 RWA Steffie Walker Bookseller of the Year
2016 RT Creative Initiatives Award
Crystal Perkins has always been a big reader, but she never thought she would write her own book, until she sat down in 2014 and did it. She's now published over 40 books, and has been featured in several anthologies as well.
She lived in Las Vegas for over a decade, where you could find her running author events and winning bookseller awards. She's was recently living in North Dakota to be closer to her family, but she is back in Vegas. When she's not reading a few hundred books a year or chasing after her grandson, you can find her watching hockey (Go Knights Go!) and trying to find the perfect shade of lipstick.
She loves Star Wars AND Star Trek, but if pushed to choose, it will always be Leia and her crew who come out on top. Her love of all things nerdy comes through in her book characters, no matter the genre. A mac and cheese connoisseur, she travels the world looking for the perfect version, while attending book conventions and signings as a cover for her research. Poutine research is also conducted regularly on her trips.
Her first series, The Griffin Brothers, followed four billionaire brothers, and the third book, Creating a Love, was a finalist for a multicultural award in 2014. Her second series, Corrigan & Co. featured a secret society of female spies in Las Vegas. She followed this with Society Girls, which offered a glimpse into the training of the women who are recruited into the Corrigan & Co. Foundation, and the Society. The Company Men series featured the relatives of her secret society of spies.
Activate is a Young Adult Sci-Fi standalone novel, and A Kiss Is Just a Kiss is a Romantic Comedy standalone book. If you like something darker, you can find her Horror short stories in the Never Fear anthologies!
She’s currently writing about modern day witches in her Burn series, and bridesmaids for hire who solve mysteries in The Maids! In 2020, she will also be starting a hockey novella series.
Crystal loves hearing from her readers, so please feel free to send her an email, Facebook message, or Tweet! She's also on Instagram, where you can see her monthly reads!
Crystal@crystalperkinsauthor.com
facebook.com/crystalperkinsauthor
Twitter: @wondermomlv
Instagram: @crystalperkinsauthor
2016 RT Creative Initiatives Award
Crystal Perkins has always been a big reader, but she never thought she would write her own book, until she sat down in 2014 and did it. She's now published over 40 books, and has been featured in several anthologies as well.
She lived in Las Vegas for over a decade, where you could find her running author events and winning bookseller awards. She's was recently living in North Dakota to be closer to her family, but she is back in Vegas. When she's not reading a few hundred books a year or chasing after her grandson, you can find her watching hockey (Go Knights Go!) and trying to find the perfect shade of lipstick.
She loves Star Wars AND Star Trek, but if pushed to choose, it will always be Leia and her crew who come out on top. Her love of all things nerdy comes through in her book characters, no matter the genre. A mac and cheese connoisseur, she travels the world looking for the perfect version, while attending book conventions and signings as a cover for her research. Poutine research is also conducted regularly on her trips.
Her first series, The Griffin Brothers, followed four billionaire brothers, and the third book, Creating a Love, was a finalist for a multicultural award in 2014. Her second series, Corrigan & Co. featured a secret society of female spies in Las Vegas. She followed this with Society Girls, which offered a glimpse into the training of the women who are recruited into the Corrigan & Co. Foundation, and the Society. The Company Men series featured the relatives of her secret society of spies.
Activate is a Young Adult Sci-Fi standalone novel, and A Kiss Is Just a Kiss is a Romantic Comedy standalone book. If you like something darker, you can find her Horror short stories in the Never Fear anthologies!
She’s currently writing about modern day witches in her Burn series, and bridesmaids for hire who solve mysteries in The Maids! In 2020, she will also be starting a hockey novella series.
Crystal loves hearing from her readers, so please feel free to send her an email, Facebook message, or Tweet! She's also on Instagram, where you can see her monthly reads!
Crystal@crystalperkinsauthor.com
facebook.com/crystalperkinsauthor
Twitter: @wondermomlv
Instagram: @crystalperkinsauthor
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December 21, 2016
I this is awesome
This series is becoming addictive I can't get enough of it. The woman are so bad ass and the Ken are just as great. This story is about Isa and Mason/Jake. This is a hot teacher student thing goin on. Even though Isa isn't technical a student. There attraction to each other is instant and very hot. Isa is very quiet doesn't go out much but very intelligent. She does go out with a few of the girls and is starting to come out of her shell. The mission she is goin on is goin to push her a lot but she needs to prove people that she can do this and with the help from Mason she thinks she can do it. There is a prostitution ring goin on in the high school and the Society need to find out who is causing it. Isa is goin to be the girl how finds out.
This story was so gripping. I was dyin to know who was causing the craziness. I really felt sorry for Isa she was really pushed in. She need the people around her to know she wasn't just a pretty face and a brain. I didn't really like Mason/Jake throughout most of this book. Ye he's sexy gorgeous but I just knew something wasn't right and Isa needed to have someone who she could trust in this mission.
Again we got more of the other characters. Which I just luv this author really knows how to keep me on the edge of my seat. I need to know what happens with the rest of the gitls. Like I said before it's such an addictive and brilliant series. I d high recommend it.
This series is becoming addictive I can't get enough of it. The woman are so bad ass and the Ken are just as great. This story is about Isa and Mason/Jake. This is a hot teacher student thing goin on. Even though Isa isn't technical a student. There attraction to each other is instant and very hot. Isa is very quiet doesn't go out much but very intelligent. She does go out with a few of the girls and is starting to come out of her shell. The mission she is goin on is goin to push her a lot but she needs to prove people that she can do this and with the help from Mason she thinks she can do it. There is a prostitution ring goin on in the high school and the Society need to find out who is causing it. Isa is goin to be the girl how finds out.
This story was so gripping. I was dyin to know who was causing the craziness. I really felt sorry for Isa she was really pushed in. She need the people around her to know she wasn't just a pretty face and a brain. I didn't really like Mason/Jake throughout most of this book. Ye he's sexy gorgeous but I just knew something wasn't right and Isa needed to have someone who she could trust in this mission.
Again we got more of the other characters. Which I just luv this author really knows how to keep me on the edge of my seat. I need to know what happens with the rest of the gitls. Like I said before it's such an addictive and brilliant series. I d high recommend it.
January 4, 2016
5 Double G Stars
Let's be honest, most books these days you can read and know exactly what all the secrets are going to be. Doesn't make the book bad, but so many romances, so little stories. This book? I HAD NO IDEA!!! Let me clarify, this was me the whole time while reading,
Crystal Perkins dropped so many bombs in this book, I couldn't keep up. I thought I knew what was going on...I was wrong. Isa and Mason's story kept me guessing and made me just a tad bit crazier than I already am. Loved loved loved this story and all the crazy twist and turns it took!
Isa is the super genius of the Society, the shy girl that keeps to herself. When she's approached by a high school student about joining a prostitution ring she knows it's her turn to go undercover and help the Society with more than just her smarts. Undercover she meets Mason, her teacher.
Mason has been beating himself up for lusting after a student. But when he finds out the girl he's been fantasizing about is really a twenty-three year old undercover operative for a secret society, he has no shot of staying away. But will he be able to keep her after she learns his secrets?
I could not put this book down once I started it! I couldn't believe what was happening and I refused to stop reading until I knew all the secrets, which Holy Hell. I loved Mason and Isa together, I thought they were such a sweet couple. Isa is not one of the tougher agents at the Society but she definitely proved that she could be just as bad ass as the rest of them. It was hottt! Can't wait to read the next in this series - and by that I mean I will be freaking out until I get my hands on it.
P.S Crystal Perkins is an evil evil author that wants to kill her readers with teasers.
ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
Let's be honest, most books these days you can read and know exactly what all the secrets are going to be. Doesn't make the book bad, but so many romances, so little stories. This book? I HAD NO IDEA!!! Let me clarify, this was me the whole time while reading,
Crystal Perkins dropped so many bombs in this book, I couldn't keep up. I thought I knew what was going on...I was wrong. Isa and Mason's story kept me guessing and made me just a tad bit crazier than I already am. Loved loved loved this story and all the crazy twist and turns it took!
Isa is the super genius of the Society, the shy girl that keeps to herself. When she's approached by a high school student about joining a prostitution ring she knows it's her turn to go undercover and help the Society with more than just her smarts. Undercover she meets Mason, her teacher.
"You want to be the Ezra to her Aria."- Luke Griffin
Mason has been beating himself up for lusting after a student. But when he finds out the girl he's been fantasizing about is really a twenty-three year old undercover operative for a secret society, he has no shot of staying away. But will he be able to keep her after she learns his secrets?
I could not put this book down once I started it! I couldn't believe what was happening and I refused to stop reading until I knew all the secrets, which Holy Hell. I loved Mason and Isa together, I thought they were such a sweet couple. Isa is not one of the tougher agents at the Society but she definitely proved that she could be just as bad ass as the rest of them. It was hottt! Can't wait to read the next in this series - and by that I mean I will be freaking out until I get my hands on it.
P.S Crystal Perkins is an evil evil author that wants to kill her readers with teasers.
ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
August 30, 2021
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads
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History full of action and with hot scenes. I liked it very much, I started to read and only stopped when it reached the end.
Mother in Law from hell!
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History full of action and with hot scenes. I liked it very much, I started to read and only stopped when it reached the end.
Mother in Law from hell!
March 18, 2015
I love this book! And it's not just because I'm mentioned in the book (which is totally awesome).
Isa and Jake are fabulous characters. They really balance each other well. Isa is reserved and a bit of an introvert whereas, Jake is more of the opposite. I really liked seeing Isa break out of the shell she'd protected herself with.
The mission in this book was about bringing down a teen sex trafficking ring. I really liked how Isa was passionate over this mission. I really liked how bad ass she was in Ireland.
My heart was breaking while I read the little snippet about Reina. The epilogue about Teeg took me for a loop. I can't wait to read Teeg's story now.
July 12, 2015
I was totally right, Mason is not all bad. I mean seriously Crystal, you're killing us with the twists. I can usually tell or get a feel for things, but you come in and it's Hello, this was not the story arc you were looking for...yes I geeked out for a minute. And of course, super smart Isa just makes you want to protect her and hug her and squeeze her...anyway. She is badass and that's all I'm saying, but really give a guy a chance to explain.
I am falling more in love with the series with every book I read.
And the fact that you are taking on harsh issues gives you extra bonus points in my book.
I am falling more in love with the series with every book I read.
And the fact that you are taking on harsh issues gives you extra bonus points in my book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 21, 2015
Another great book in this series!! Can't wait to read more!!
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November 29, 2018
Always love reading Crystal's books always a different story line read them many times over.
October 4, 2015
4.5 -- Double G -- stars
If I’m in the mood for a quick, sexy read with suspense, I always grab a book of this series. This author never disappoints me and this book was as good as I expected it to be.
Mason is a teacher at a private school. He thinks there is a teen prostitution ring at the school and the Society wants to take it down and its boss. Isa – short for Isabelle – is an agent at the Society and goes undercover as a student. She wants to infiltrate in the ring to meet the boss. When Mason finds out that Isa isn’t really a student, he is relieved because he has wanted her since the moment she stepped in his classroom. They kiss and it’s the start of their relationship. Mason doesn’t want Isa to get hurt and delays her infiltration, but eventually she does infiltrate and the troubles start.
Isa’s special talent is her brain, she is very smart. Her apartment looks like a library (that must be awesome). She is shy and socially awkward, but her friends and Mason change that. Mason makes Isa bold and she asks what she wants. Mason is mysterious, strong and smart. Mason loves Isa just like she is and will do everything to protect Isa. There are a great couple and will always save, protect each other. I love it that they stay together the whole book.
As always in this series, there are many twists and turns that I never see coming. Not everything is what it seems and things are only good at the very end. The biggest secret was about Mason. After a while, I figured it out. But when everything came out, I wasn’t right about the whole thing. You never know everything, there is always more to figure out or to know. What I also love about this series, is that the other agents of the Society appear and sometimes the other couples. You get to know the future agents and sometimes the men. I can’t wait to read the next one.
If I’m in the mood for a quick, sexy read with suspense, I always grab a book of this series. This author never disappoints me and this book was as good as I expected it to be.
Mason is a teacher at a private school. He thinks there is a teen prostitution ring at the school and the Society wants to take it down and its boss. Isa – short for Isabelle – is an agent at the Society and goes undercover as a student. She wants to infiltrate in the ring to meet the boss. When Mason finds out that Isa isn’t really a student, he is relieved because he has wanted her since the moment she stepped in his classroom. They kiss and it’s the start of their relationship. Mason doesn’t want Isa to get hurt and delays her infiltration, but eventually she does infiltrate and the troubles start.
Isa’s special talent is her brain, she is very smart. Her apartment looks like a library (that must be awesome). She is shy and socially awkward, but her friends and Mason change that. Mason makes Isa bold and she asks what she wants. Mason is mysterious, strong and smart. Mason loves Isa just like she is and will do everything to protect Isa. There are a great couple and will always save, protect each other. I love it that they stay together the whole book.
As always in this series, there are many twists and turns that I never see coming. Not everything is what it seems and things are only good at the very end. The biggest secret was about Mason. After a while, I figured it out. But when everything came out, I wasn’t right about the whole thing. You never know everything, there is always more to figure out or to know. What I also love about this series, is that the other agents of the Society appear and sometimes the other couples. You get to know the future agents and sometimes the men. I can’t wait to read the next one.
April 16, 2015
The whole plot is full of loopholes and some events are just too absurd. Guy goes undercover without involving police or the fbi. He was afraid for his life and thus couldnt end the prostitution ring prematurely, yet we learn later on that he's military with mad combat skills and his mother is the effing chief of the joint chiefs of staff with all the reources at her disposal. He allowed the girl that he 'loves' to be sold repeatedly without ensuring her protection. And the icing in the cake-- guy's mama doesnt like the girl, ordered a hit on her and girl was seconds frm being killed, but after a half-assed apology, there was no real outrage and everything's forgiven as long as the mama doesnt attempt it again. Preposterous. I've been following the series and thought that the 1st 2 were good. Not sure now if i'll continue with the series.
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January 1, 2016
Isa & Mason...with the darkest subject matter yet (and probably the most twists so far, too). They have some fun times, too, so it's not too dark of a story. Very different from my last one, though :)
January 2, 2016
I love how Isa came into herself in her story. Her mission seemed to be very personal to her and I love how passionate she was about the mission. I especially love how she fit in with the high school scene! Just a good read! LT
January 30, 2017
Is it ossicle to give a 0.3 stars? Sorry but I just couldn't get into this book or follow it at all
December 18, 2023
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