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Hush, Hush (Hush Hush Duet) Paperback – August 9, 2019

by Lucia Franco (Author)

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A Stiletto Contest Finalist

I knew the rules.

Never reveal my true identity.
Play the game, give the illusion.
Don’t get close to the clients.

The dark and glamorous lifestyle of the rich and shameless open my eyes to a lavish world of sin and wealth, and a man I can’t have.

A man I desperately want—James Riviera.

We're treading a fine line as we live the ultimate double life until we make a startling discovery that tests both our loyalties.

I only had to follow the rules, but rules are meant to be broken.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (August 9, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 108742240X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1087422404
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.14 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.09 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,005,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,676 in Billionaires & Millionaires Romance
- #18,514 in Billionaire Romance
- #26,051 in New Adult & College Romance (Books)

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Lucia Franco has written over a dozen romance novels. Her emotional stories often include an age gap and forbidden love.

Her novel Hush Hush was a finalist in the RWA 2019 Stiletto Contest. Her novels have been translated into several languages.

Lucia resides in South Florida with her husband, two boys, and five pets. She was a competitive athlete for over ten years – a gymnast and cheerleader – which heavily inspired the Off Balance series. When she isn’t writing, you can find her at the beach getting slammed by waves or wandering through her butterfly garden.

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Literary Harlot

🖤HUSH HUSH🖤

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019

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I flove this story! Easy to follow, highly entertaining, I'm truly at a lost for words trying to figure out how to give this book the words it deserves without spoiling anything. It's one of those reads you just have to go into blind, because whoa plot twist! I love Aubrey and Nat to pieces their jokes and witty comebacks are hilarious and dont even get me started on James. Sweet baby jesus he is every womans walking wet dream! The relationships and back and forth banter between all of the characters are easy to follow and they all flow together so well. I was laughing my a** off, squirming with anticipation, there were even a couple of tears. Truly well done, cheers to you Lucia!

#hushhush #theelite #luciafranco #30secondsofdamage #roastbeef

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Wow...forbidden goodness!!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2020

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One of my favorite books of 2019 was Hush Hush by Lucia Franco. Wow was all I could say after reading this book. Lucia writes one hell of an alpha male! Her sex scenes never disappoint. I can’t even describe them. *fans self* The twist is jaw dropping and gasp worthy. She is the queen of forbidden age-gap romance. 🖤

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024

This book was freaking hot. I did not think I would get so invested in a story about a high class escort but this book is not only hot it has a great plot.

It’s about finding a way to get through all the ruff patches in life, friendship, and making your way in life on your own terms no matter what anyone else thinks even if it’s hard.

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Emily Johnston

Forbidden, but so right!

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2023

This was one of my first real forbidden books, and let me tell you, I loved it a lot more than I thought I would! Things to look for in this book:

Best friends dad ✔️
Age gap ✔️
Escort FMC ✔️
Rich MMC ✔️
Forbidden ✔️
SO steamy ✔️

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 1/2
Angst level: 💔 1/2

Going into this book, I knew that there was a well known trigger in this book. And said trigger is something that usually turns me off, but this book was so well done that I didn’t even care.

Aubrey and James couldn’t be more different and more wrong for each other, but they really just were perfect. I loved them and the journey to their HEA. One of the MC was frustrating at times, but in the end, their hard fought journey ends up with them together.

I am anxiously awaiting my time to read Say Yes so I finally get to see more of them as a couple!

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2023

🎧 🅷🆄🆂🅷 🅷🆄🆂🅷
𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐲 & 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐛**𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬!

"𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔." 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒. "𝑁𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡." "𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑀𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡. 𝐴 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑒." 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟. "𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑢𝑝?" 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑤𝑘𝑠. "𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑒?" 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟. "𝑁𝑜. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡?" "𝐴 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑡 𝑑*𝑐𝑘.”

𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐒𝐨 𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 & 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐌𝐂’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰s 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 she 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭s 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬! 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 😮‍💨

"𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 '𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒' ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠."

@lucia_franco_ 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥! 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 & 𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 & 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭! 🫶🏻

"𝑁𝑎𝑡, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡-𝑎-ℎ𝑜𝑒?"

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EducatedBookFreak

This book is a MUST READ by Lucia Franco!

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2019

The feelings. The emotions. The steaminess. This book has it ALL. It will rock your world and then put it back together again. The uniqueness of this book and story will leave you in awe and the need of a fan to cool off.

The way she writes a story and weaves age-gap, angst, steaminess, deception, control and all around romance in its own way has me panting and breathless. It also includes some funnY LOL moments that might have people looking at you like you’re crazy!! It is everything I’ve come to expect from Lucia Franco and so much more.

Lucia Franco continues to amaze me with every new book she produces. She makes writing an art that she has perfected. I was actively involved in this book and these characters. I can’t even tell you about these characters without ruining the story for you. It’s a must read to watch this amazing, mind-blowing sorry unfold.

The secondary characters play a huge part in this story and are so well developed.

There are characters and plots that will leave you begging for more. A girl who does everything she has to do to survive and take care of her loved ones. Men who are well-off and have everything they want. Friends and people who play a huge part in the characters life. You HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK to find all the greatness that is Lucia Franco.

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Amy

Review : Hush Hush

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2021

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These books were everything and more !!! Sexy, fun, emotional and full of exciting drama 🔥

Aubrey is such a relatable character. All she wants in life is to help others and especially take care of her Grammy. She has a heart of pure gold ✨

James Riviera is a silver fox ! 🔥🔥 I fell in love with this man ! So dominating and caring and isn’t afraid to go after what he wants.. regardless of the outcomes.

This story hit me in all the right places.. my heart was so full! I laughed, I cried.. it was a total rollercoaster and I did not want to get off !! I love an age gap romance and this one was SO MUCH FUN 😍

One thing that really struck me in this book was how many amazing themes ran throughout. The friendships, the family bonds, the love and heartbreak. It was amazing. I especially loved the friendship between Aubrey and Natalie.. it was so fresh and fun.

Those steamy scenes were so exciting ! Aubreys escorting experiences were hysterical.. I loved reading about them. And the scene with Aubrey, James and his work colleague 😍🔥🔥W O W !

Ellie Murray

Forbidden romance yes please

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2021

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This taboo age gap story is amazing. I was fully hooked and in love with the characters and storyline and it will stay with me for a long time.. also the steam is TOP NOTCH!