The Designer’s Secret by Nina Crespo
Small Town Secrets series #2. Harlequin Special Edition. Contemporary romance. Own-voice, diverse. Forced proximity troupe.
Layla Price has a night of passion after a heroic rescue. It’s so unlike her but she rationalized it as a one-time event. Arriving at the sm ...more

I love everything to do with the Tillbridges and anything connected to them. This story was fresh and new, and I absolutely loved Bastian and Layla. They may have gotten together under less than ideal circumstances, but their love is real and special. I was so happy to take this journey with them! ...more

This was a sweet small-town romance that features two of my favorite tropes! Forced proximity and starting over.

Layla has relegated herself to a life as an accountant, because her sister Tyler is the one with the creative spark. It’s Tyler who dreams up the designs for the family’s boutique busines ...more

I ended up enjoying this sweet small town romance, after struggling through the first several chapters.

The author is very descriptive in her storytelling, and for me, it was too much extraneous detail. One example of this that sticks out it ‘…I set the dish on the beige granite countertop near the ...more

This is the 2nd book in the “Small Town Secrets Series”. Nina has done an awesome job with the characters, back drop, characters from her previous books making guest appearances with a great plot. “The Designer’s Secret” is a book you will not want to miss out on. This is a fast paced easy quick rea ...more

If you like contemporary romance in a small-town setting, this is the book for you! Welcome to Bolan, a lovely little town in Maryland, where our heroine, Layla, and hero, Bastian, find themselves. Layla is on a mission to bring a resolution to an old family feud, when she meets Bastian and becomes ...more

Bastian and Layla meet when he stops to help her get her car out of a ditch. Not believing they will see each other again, they decide to have one night together (once they get stranded). I really liked that this part wasn’t just about the hook-up, they actually talked and got to know each other a ...more

I love this story it's the second book in the small-town series. Layla is off to settle a long-standing feud Ruby and Charlotte. Along the way she finds herself stranded on the side of the road in a rainstorm in a ditch. This where Layla meets Bastien. When Bastien and Layla first meet they are stra ...more