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Under her new husband’s supervision, she will continue to obey the rules.Jennie Lee Donahue and Ari Grossman were married in a heartwarming ceremony on Valentine’s Day in front of twenty-five close friends at the Grossman’s Spa and Wellness Resort in the Catskill Mountains. Ari runs his successful resort like a well-oiled machine, and he loves having Jennie by his side day and night.Naturally, she adores every minute they are together. Even when he scolds her. Ari knows his stern tone will light a fire within the little girl who lives deep in Jennie’s soul, and he loves to watch her blush with embarrassment. But when Jennie tries to uncover a well-kept secret about Ari’s most valued employee, will her new husband think his bride has gone too far?Publisher’s This contemporary romance contains elements of mystery, an age gap romance with a newlywed couple, mild age play, discipline, power exchange and a happily ever after.

162 pages, Paperback

Published July 26, 2022

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Profile Image for Kathy Heare Watts.
7,107 reviews175 followers
August 6, 2022
Jennie and Ari

The story can be read as a stand-alone, but there was a novella that was part of the 2020 Daddy Dom Christmas Anthology, with the story, Her Christmas Cottage Daddy. It sets up the beginning of how Ari and Jennie meet and how their relationship begins. The story Secrets encompasses that relationship changing into their marriage. Ari and Jennie are a May-December romance.

Ari and Jennie have a Daddy Dom/little girl dynamic for their relationship that carries into their marriage. Jennie came from a dysfunctional home life, with no love, affection, or affirmation. She has always felt she was missing something, and Ari gives her the key to open the door to accepting a DD/lg relationship. She thrives under his guidance, discipline, and love. While she came to him for direction, sent by her boss, she finds so much more—a dominant man who lovingly corrects her and makes her feel wanted.

“I like things just the way they are. You’re the Daddy I always needed, and you’ll be the husband I’ve always dreamed of.”

The story involves others knowing about the type of relationship and marriage dynamics that the Grossmans engage in. Ari is an older man, forty, and Jennie is twenty-five. He thrives on her blushes, no matter what set of cheeks that blush. There are secrets at the resort that Jennie tries to weasel out of others, and that lands her in trouble with her husband. The story involves power exchange, dominance and submission, with extremely heavy on humiliation, discipline, and explicit sex scenes.
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2,331 reviews22 followers
July 29, 2022
This is a stand alone, but it felt like there was a beginning story somewhere. The story of how Ari and Jennie meet is in the Daddy Dom Christmas anthology. Their story is Her Christmas Cottage Daddy. It's a great story and explained some things I was missing.

In Secrets, Jennie and Ari are getting married soon. Jennie feels that now that everyone is friends, there should be no secrets between them and she wants to know Chef Danny's secret. Ari wants her to leave him alone. So Jennie earns a lot of spankings because of her attitude. I did enjoy their story and I loved their HEA.

I received an advance copy of this book via Booksprout and this is my honest review.
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630 reviews11 followers
August 6, 2022
This book is awesome I really enjoyed it and totally want more I’m hoping it becomes a series with resort they work at type of thing! The main girl character is very relatable in my opinion with insecurities and other things among that I love her character it reminds me of myself the way she loves to test her husband 😂 The husband handles everything amazingly with patience care and so much love! This book has so much love and funny things too it’s definitely worth reading and ends in a very happy note:).

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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14.5k reviews159 followers
August 4, 2022
Ari and Jennie are getting married and now she is trying to uncover chef Danny's secrets although her husband has told her to leave it be. Will this little rack up the spankings for not following her husband's rules? This is a power exchange DDlg story that kept me glued to the pages.

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August 5, 2022
Jennie and Ari are happily married and Ari runs a resort. Jennie loves how her husband disciplines her and their chemistry is intense. When Jennie begins snoopy around trying to uncover Chef Danny’s secret, she is going to spend some time over her husband’s knee. Will she learn her lesson or discover the truth? Fast-paced read with plenty of drama and steamy scenes. I liked it.
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