Dirty Little Secret

by Samantha Barrett, Octavia Knightly

I’ve been keeping secrets.
The kind I should never tell.

And on Halloween night, when three men hidden behind masks find me in the woods, they unravel them one by one.
They told me to run, but I love the chase.

I want them to hunt me.
I want them to find me.
The three strangers in the dark

And when I learn who the devils behind the masks are, my secrets are laid bare.

I want them to claim me.

Because the dirtier the secret.
The sweeter the sin.

Genres: Dark Romance, Why Choose, Dark, Halloween, Audiobook, Romance, Stalker

208 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2025

About the author

Samantha Barrett is originally from Auckland, New Zealand but living in Brisbane, Australia.

Sam writes all things dirty dark and delicious with a side of twisted mind fu*k.

She is a lover of all things red flags and an anti-hero is a must.

Reviews

[Rachel Kreger · Rating 5 out of 5]

HOLY SMUT. Plot? Where. Smut? Full of it.

[Kacie Mummawh0reads.x · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️4🌶️4💧0

Holy smut balls. Need yourself a spicy taboo stepbrother masked men novella? Look no further than this right here! The smut was certainly smutting with this one let me tell you! Theres an established MMM romance in this one before the FMC joins the dynamic. So if 3 guys getting dirty- FILTHY is more appropriate- then buckle up!!! Because you’re gonna need a cold shower after this one or a satisfyer pro like our FMC 🤣

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[Heather J · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 ⭐️

Immersive reading is a definite on this one. The audiobook brought the book to life. OMG a full cast audiobook. A definite must listen to while reading.

[Lynnmarie542_books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three masked men. One woman. Twins. Stepbrother taboo. Pure filthy chaos.

Michelin-star smut chefs Sam & Octavia serve up fast, sticky, murder-laced heat I devoured.

And that crypt sex tease at the end? I’m feral for book two.

Sinful. Masked. Taboo. Obsessed.

[storieswithsuzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️ 4🌶️

This was such a fun, easy read and exactly the kind of book I needed in the moment. It was fast-paced, spicy and just the right amount of chaotic 😂🌶️

The chemistry was definitely there, and I really liked the dynamic between the characters. It never felt like it was trying to be anything overly serious, which honestly worked in its favour for me. Sometimes you just need something entertaining, a little unhinged and very easy to fly through.

🎧 The audiobook was SO much fun too. The full-cast narration really brought the story to life and made the whole thing feel even more immersive. Definitely one I’d recommend listening to if you have the option.

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this one, but I wasn't expecting it to be her step brothers and their best friend behind the mask when I started this book. Im not mad at it though. I liked the vibe all of them had with each other, but I wonder why Savannah thought she didnt have a chance at them. Maybe because of Kalvin. It didnt seemed like she cared about the taboo-ness of it.

[Christi Goodwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

HOLY SMUTTY SMUT!!!!!
I went into this a little blind purely for the Audio actors. They did a great job! Guys it's only 3hrs and 24 min; 90% smut... not spice but nasty, dirty, hot smut, lol. There is a plot but super light on story. You've been warned, haha.

[Ryn Emilee · Rating 5 out of 5]

ARC REVIEW: Dirty Little Secret by Samantha Barrett & Octavia Knightly

What happens when you toss three masked men and one woman into a book? You get one deliriously happy, feral Ryn frothing at the mouth. ✨ Add in the fact that TWO of those masked men are twins + sprinkle in a little taboo stepbrother goodness = I was practically vibrating with unholy joy.

This book was a sinful, sticky-fingered delight. Sam and Octavia? Yeah, they’ve got smut-writing down to a damn science. Like, Michelin-star smut chefs.

Our poor FMC has been repressed for way too long, but one fateful bonfire night? BOOM. She gets to explore every filthy fantasy with her stepbrothers and their bestie but in masks and she got no clue who’s who in the zoo :p . Ooooffff. This was the recipe for pure, gooey deliciousness, and I ate it up like a monster at a midnight buffet.

Then—because why not?—we throw in a little murder of the ex drama. Fast-paced, filthy, chaotic, and I could not peel my eyeballs off the page. I was DROOLING.

And then we hit the end… and excuse me??? HELLO?? CRYPT SEX TEASE?? You can’t just dangle that in front of me like a piece of candy and snatch it away! But fine, I’ll allow it—because now I am absolutely feral for book two.

Sinful. Fast. Masked. Taboo. Murder-y. Sexy. Consider me obsessed.

[Coree, The Book Devourer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received the ALC of Dirty Little Secrets, Book 1 in The Devils You Know series from Blue Nose Audio and Samantha Barrett and Octavia Knightly and I want to thank them very much. This was narrated by a superior cast of narrators in multicast including Autumn Ivy, Joe Arden, Corvin King, & Anthony Palmini. I mean, can I say more about those narrators? When I say you’re in for a spicy good time, that would be the understatement of the year. This audiobook is just sinfully delicious.

This book follows Savannah or Savi. To say she’s lived a repressed life is not factual, she’s lived more than a repressed life. She’s dating a star footballer who’s not only cheating on her but is making no bones about showing it. But he’s the guy that she really wants, that would be her twin stepbrothers, Reign and Kale, and their best friend Jax.

The twins, Reign, Kale and Jax have their own spicy relationship… but they all have always pinned over Savi and never thought that they could ever have her… until one Halloween night.

On that amazing Halloween night, at a party full of spicy fun, three masked men appear and give Savi a night full of her wildest fantasies she never thought would ever happen. The obsession that each of them had for each other only intensifies after Halloween… but Savi, had no idea that her 3 masked men are the men of her wildest fantasies. Will she find out? What happens when she finds out. You’ll have to pick up this amazing novella/audiobook to find out. This was a great little spicy treat, that now has me ready for Halloween. This comes out on 🗓️ August 25th and you should prepare your ears for a spicy good time.

If you love any of the following, please pick up this book/audiobook:

🎭 MFMM – Why choose
🎭 3 Morally gray MMCs
🎭 Strong FMC
🎭 Forbidden romance
🎭 Step siblings taboo romance
🎭 Masked men
🎭 Spicy novella

Rate: 4/5⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
Spice: 4.5/5🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
Narration Rate: 5/5 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧

[Brittany Hull · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Look at you, Little Viper. Your mouth says you don’t want this, but I bet that pretty little cunt of yours is dripping, trembling for us to touch it.”

Spiciest book I’ve read in a WHILE!!!

The dedication in the beginning of this book, lemme tell you… they weren’t KIDDING!!🥵🥵 I’ll start off by saying I scored a last second ARC (thank you Sarah, you the real MVP🙌🏼) and I jumped in blind without reading the whole blurb. And let me tell you this little book was the best surprise of my LIFE!!

The FMC has had enough with her lame boyfriend and lackluster sexlife, and is craving something a little more…thrilling. Little does she know that a certain someone already knows what that something is. Or should I say someone’s.. Two tall dark and downright sinful step-brothers, who happen to be twins, and their equally delicious best friend have had their eyes on her for years. Turn up the heat with an established, undeniably filthy relationship between the three men, and you have a recipe for soaked panties and some new batteries in your favorite vibrating friend. 🔋

Throw in some masked men, a Halloween trollop through the forest, a murder, and lots and LOTS of pleasure and top-tier filthy talk, and you’ve got one of the most unforgettable books you’ve read in quite some time!!

This book is fast-paced, dark, and delicious. I couldn’t rip my eyes from the pages, and it’s going to live rent free in my head for a LONG time. Samantha and Octavia have started a wildfire with this book and it’s going to rage out of control until we can get our hands on book 2. This book had me FERAL and I have zero shame about it🫠🖤

[Roxy Vernon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dirty Little Secret

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice:🌶🌶🌶🌶

I am giving this 5 stars as I truly enjoyed listening to it and definitely blushed in parts omg 🥵🥵🥵 this was absolutely spicy in all the right ways. I did do a read and listen and that was such a great experience.

This one was definitely worth listening to, it was absolutely filthy and I absolutely loved it. It was fast paced and I really enjoyed it a lot. It was perfect from start to finish that I did end up listening to this 3 times in one day 😂. The cast was absolutely amazing and who wouldn't want Joe Arden as Jackson, Corvin King as Kale and Anthony Palmini as Reign all together in an audiobook 🥵. Autumn Ivy was amazing as Savannah. Can't find one thing I didn't love about this one. It was just amazing.

Our Little Viper

Performed in multicast duet narration by Autumn Ivy, Joe Arden, Corvin King and Anthony Palmini.

Thank you to Samantha Barrett, Octavia Knightly and Bluenoseaudio for this amazing opportunity to ALC Dirty Little Secret.

#feelthestory #whychoose #agegapromance #bnapp #bluenoseaudio

[Bookish Shann · Rating 4 out of 5]

📖:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

ALC Review

Add to your TBR‼️

AVAILABLE 08/25th
Thank you @Blue Nose Audio

Dirty Little Secret by @Octavia Knightly & @Samantha Barrett

Narration by: @Autumn Ivy @Joe Arden @AntPalmini & @Corvin King

This was such a short, spicy & entertaining time!! I finished it in one sitting! I couldn’t put it down! The narrators in this book OMG 🔥🔥🔥 PHENOMENAL JOB!!

The spice? UNMATCHED! I really love the dynamic and love they all had for each other. The FMC was definitely worshipped. All holes filled 😂😂

I definitely recommend you to LISTEN TO THIS BOOK!

“There’s nothing like a man wearing a ghost mask, chasing you with a 🔪 to get you going, am I right?”

“She’s the sky wrapped in starlight, designed to be worshipped. Mine. Ours. And we’ll make her see galaxies she never fucking knew existed.”

[Casey Severin · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be clear I went into this book expecting smut. I listened to it because of the narrators. And they did NOT disappoint!!

It was a great MMMF reverse harem, but there was almost not plot here. Besides the smut and I’m not complaining about it because that’s what I wanted. It was a great quick pallet cleanser.

If you have audible I HIGHLY recommend listening to it, the narrators are all amazing!

[Jes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you to Blue Nose Audio for the opportunity to listen to this book before release day!

If you're looking for a fun read to get you in the spirit of Halloween, I think I have just the book for you. Masked men, Halloween, and why choose? Is there anything else you could ask for? I'm gonna say no. This was a quick spicy and taboo read to prepare for the spooky season. Full cast duet style narration and these narrators killed it, no pun intended.

[Ni · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I need a cigarette and a nap after this book. 🥵
Has the trifecta of Antony Palmini, Joe Arden and Corvin King.

🖤 Who are the characters? Who cares.
🖤 What’s the plot? Entirely irrelevant.
🖤 🌶️ level? Unhinged.

It’s a dirty, fast read. I’m pretty sure the authors were ovulating when they wrote this.

[Mariah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book for the most part, but I was also disappointed because I wanted more details and build up. I realize now after having read it that it's a novella. Things happened a little too fast for me. The spice was top-notch. I just wanted more.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick, taboo and super spicy.

The first spicy scene gave me the ick (iykyk) but otherwise I enjoyed the story.

[Christa Cunningtubby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hot Holy Sh…..

Um where do I even begin! This was emotional, sad, hot, and utterly unhinged and taboo! If you love spice and unhinged taboo masked men, why choose, stepbrothers, best friend, then run to read this! No don’t just read it listen to it! Reading this is hot but listening to it is hotter! Samantha and Octavia wrote such a great story that Autumn, Joe, Anthony, and Corvin slayed the audio! Like holy sh…….

[Abbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasnt mad at the stepbrother side of this book because it didnt make it feel really dirty and sici in my mouth taboo

Sav wasma decent fmc who owned her sexuality amd didnt give a damn and the boys were all likeable witn a touch of psycho that i needin a book boyfrie nd

[Breanna Nichols · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just a short, pure smut story. If you are looking for spice, this is it, if you need more than that then this is not it lol

[Trinket Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

ALC Review
Well, sweet lawd… this was one quick and spicy listen! I was panting, actually panting at times with this one! The multicast narration was chefs kiss and let me just say, Autumn, Corvin, Joe, and Anthony NAILED it. Pun intended!
This was fast-paced, a lil' on the dark side, sinful, sexy AF, and had me blushing like crazy. We’ve got twins, step-siblings, swords crossing, primal vibes, and ohhh… all three MMCs are completely obsessed with their girl. Buckle up, babes, because this one is going to have you blushing, squirming, and fanning yourself!
Check your TWs before diving in!

[Georgia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice short treat to keep me going whilst suffering from the flu

[Greeneyes Belle28 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow but I love me some masked men. I absolutely loved this book.
This was so hot and steamy ... I can't wait for the next one.

[Ashlee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Plot?? Where? 😂

Who needs one when you have Autumn Ivy, Joe Arden, Anthony Palmini & Corvin King in your ear?! 🫠🔥

Plot? Couldn’t tell you.
Narration? Absolutely filthy. 5⭐️

[Frankie Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy smokes!!! I devoured this book so fast. It’s perfection!!! The spice the forbidden relationship..not to mention twins and their best friend (cough cough…yes the twins and their friend has the hots for the twins stepsister) be ready to change underwear more than once. Pencil in multiple cold showers and alone time or time with partner…

[Madds :D · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just ignore this I had to read some short garbage with no real plot to keep myself out of a slump. That sik luv was too big brain for me.

[madmanreads · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐️ | 4 🌶️

💚 MMFM romance
💚 step siblings
💚 Masked men
💚 Primal play

Okayyyy this was a spicy little number! I had such a good time listening to this one. And it’s perfect for the Halloween season 😍. The taboo of the step siblings was so good and I hadn’t read an MMFM where twins shared a boyfriend and then added a step sibling FMC into the mix but I am into it 🤭.

🎧 I listened to the audiobook for this one and it was such a fun and spicy time. Each narrator absolutely nailed the performance for their character! Narrated in duet by Autumn Ivy, Anthony Palmini, Corvin King, and Joe Arden.

Thank you so much to Blue Nose Audio for the ALC!

[Laurie Reads Reverse Harem · Rating 3.75 out of 5]

⭐⭐⭐.75

Smut. Pure smut.

[Sandra Christenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so spicy. I love Octavia Knightly’s books. She’s an amazing writer. And this is the first Samantha Barrette book I have read. And both of them are amazing authors. If you love masked men and MMMF with twin brothers, step-siblings and the brother’s best friend. I would definitely recommend it and check the trigger warnings before reading it.

[Sara Husser · Rating 5 out of 5]

💀There is no salvation in a bond like ours. Because the dirtier the secret, the sweeter the sin😈

"Dear Lord, please forgive me for envisioning f****** my stepbrothers and their best friend."

"She draws you in with just a glance, and before you know it, you're on your knees like some lovesick fool, addicted to her poison."

"She's ours. Always was, and always will be. And once we claim what's ours, there's no turning back."

"There's nothing like a man wearing a ghost mask, chasing you with a knife to get you going, am I right?"

"I want him to ruin me. I want them to use me, and our girl, until there's nothing f****** left."

"You're trapped and tangled in our web, Little Viper, and there's no escaping us now."

"You will always be our dirty little secret, Jackson. Nothing and no one will ever change what we have."

"Is it crazy to feel so wanted, even without them actually saying it? It's in the way they show me. Use me. Taste me. It's in everything they do to me. Never have I felt so worshipped."

"We are all just a tangled f****** mess, but I love how we are. This is us. This is what we become when we're together."

"We know you, the real you, and we were always yours. No matter where we are, who we are, or what we're doing, you're buried so deep under our skin that you've rewired our f****** veins, baby."

"We loved you then, we love you now, and we'll love you till we're a pile of f****** bones in a box inside this crypt. You have us, Savannah. And there is no way out."

"I will always belong to them and they will always belong to me. Together forever, with no exit. A vow that only we understand. There is no salvation in a bond like ours, and we don't want to be f****** saved. Because the dirtier the secret, the sweeter the sin."

"Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours."

OMG! This book was so delicious, amazing, spicy, and perfect for spooky season approaching. These two authors are fantastic alone, but together, they're flawless. This was a shorter novella with mostly smut but the storyline and feels really packed a punch. I loved that this was MMFM and we got a lot of MM action. Was I hoping the twins would get involved? YES, but here's hoping down the line we get that 😅. The spice was filthy and spicing hard 🔥🔥🔥🔥. The authors fleshed these characters out and the dynamics between them were written perfectly. I loved that we got the stepbrother troupe mixed in with the best friend to lovers troupe. This book walked the line of taboo and I was here for every dirty page 😈.

This story follows Savannah, her twin stepbrothers Reign and Kale, and their best friend/boyfriend Jackson. These men have wanted Sav for a long time but haven't acted on it. Sav is also crushing hard on all three of them. She goes to a Halloween party to break up with her cheating douche boyfriend, only to be hunted in the woods by three masked strangers. It gets SPICY fast. Sav is living out her filthy desires her boyfriend never gave her. Her ex won't let her go and gets rough with her, so he magically disappears ☠️. She continues to meet up with her masked men falling for them hard but also wishing they were her stepbrothers and Jackson. A family dinner leads to secrets spilled, revelations, broken hearts, a death, and a bond cemented so deep, no one can get out. Masks on, masks off, these four are infinite.

Wow did I love the relationship between all of these characters. The men were protective, possessive, and would stop at nothing to get their little viper. While they were similar, they each had their own personality. Reign was more guarded while Kale wore his heart on his sleeve. Jackson was the glue holding everyone together. I loved that he was both dominant and submissive. Sav was sweet but filthy. She loved and saw them for who they truly were. The chemistry was chef's kiss 🥵. The spice was filthy and delicious 🔥🔥🔥. The MM action was top notch 😏💦. I really loved the brotherhood between the twins. My favorite part of this book was seeing the vulnerability and connection between the three men. Sav was their missing piece that completed them. I can't wait to read River's story next! ☠️💀😈🎭🖤🎃