I love this series and this book may just be my favorite! McKenna is one of the best heroines I’ve read, and Christof made me swoon. I loved how they met...and met again. I loved the romance, the love, the families, and yeah, I just LOVED this book!

The Secret One is a map of life. Cardello draws a direct route through the tunnel of foolish pride, the road of past regrets and the valley of new beginnings. Christof and McKenna are at the center of all the chaos. Both have so much love to give, but have barricaded their emotions behind a wall of fear. Amidst their drama lies a history of anger and hurt that threatens to swallow any chance for happiness. A family in crisis. A romance that may not stand a chance and a hope that everyone will finally get things right. Free fall into love with the Corisi Billionaires.

This book!!! I am struggling to find the words to describe how much I adored this book...Christof wasn’t really a favorite of mine in the other books in the series and I was hesitant as to how I was going to like his book because of this but omg did he blow me away!! He is by far one of my favorite male leads Ruth Cardello has written to date!! I absolutely fell in love with him and how confident he is in himself but not in an arrogant way. He is comfortable being who he is and is very respectful of others. It is extremely hot how honest and direct he is with McKenna and the way that he owns it. He’s patient and goes after what he wants with determination and confidence. Seriously I am in love. This story line was also fantastic...it wrapped everything up perfectly and in a way I never would have expected. There are some serious twists and turns and big reveals in this book. I absolutely loved it and will read it again! Wish I could give this book 10 stars!

I kinda wished this series wasn’t over but it was amazing!! The writhing the characters the plot. It was all perfect. I was kinda scared that book three was not going to be as good but it was perfect. I loved it.

The Secret One is the third book in the Corisi Billionaires series. This book is told from dual points of view from Christof and McKenna.

Christof and McKenna met 7 years ago at random at a bar. Christof doesn't remember much from the night as he was drunk. 7 years later and there is chance meeting when Christof's car breaks down and McKenna sees him on the side of the road and offers to help with his car since she owns a car repair shop. McKenna isn't sure what to think of their new friendship and keeps her business a secret at first as men always wants to change what she does.

As their friendship grows Christof has some family issues and his parents asked him to go to Italy and try to resolve it. They suggest Christof take McKenna as his fake fiancée to try to help ease some of the drama in the family. McKenna agrees and as they are in Italy they both start to have feelings for each other.

Will their fake relationship turn into more? Will Kristoff resolve his family issues? Will Kristoff want McKenna to change who she is?

I really enjoyed this story as well as the other books in this series.

I loved the the second book in this series and was so excited when I was accepted to review the third book.

I have mixed feelings about this one. I adored the relationship between McKenna and Christof. I thought they made a very cute couple but certain things bothered me. Firstly, there was so much built up around the fact that they could not remember each other from their past so I would expect that when they finally do remember, it would be an important moment in the book. Nope. It was acknowledged as plainly as a character acknowledging daybreak negating the prologue altogether in my opinion.

Then I felt that this book wanted to combine so many storylines into one book that it just became too much to fit into the length of this novel causing a lack of development in McKenna and Christof's relationship. This also affected the development of the family drama regarding Dominic and the extended family in Italy. So much hype was created around this feud yet was all sorted out in a neat cookie-cutter style manner within a couple of pages..

So overall, as much as I love Christof and McKenna, this story felt like it wanted to focus on too many plotlines resulting in a lack of focus and lack of character development leaving me a little underwhelmed.

The Secret One is the third book in the Corisi Billionaires but was great as a stand-alone. This was the first book I’ve read by this author and I am so happy to have gotten a chance to read it. The storyline was developed, and the book was well written. The Corisi family was such a delight and I could feel the love they had for each other. They were down to earth and had such great family values. Christof’s character was strong but still able to have a venerable side. McKenna was fiercely independent and her feelings of being left behind by people she loved made it hard for her to open up and allow herself to be happy. She eventually figured out that she had her own family even though, but they were not the traditional family. I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading the previous books in the series.

This was okay for me. The writing wasn't bad, but it was confusing. I haven't read any of the other books from this author, so there were A LOT of people and situations to try to keep straight. The other thing that really bothered me was their initial meeting and them meeting again. They act like they're the loves of each others lives, but don't remember their initial meeting? That's just hard for me to believe. Like I said, the writing wasn't bad, so I would be willing to give this author another read. Maybe I would start with the beginning of a series though.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book.

Seven years ago Christof and McKenna met in a bar - both coming to terms with the loss of special people in their lives. Sharing wisdom and hope as well as a kiss they went their separate ways. Fast forward to the present day and they have each made a name for themselves in their own way. However, they are both still missing that one person in their life.

A chance breakdown on the side of the road sees them meeting again, not that either one of them realises at the time. After swapping numbers, purely for car issue reasons, they start messaging and having phone call dates. That is until Christof's family need him to sort out a problem from the past and head to Italy. His mum wants him to take McKenna as his fake-fiancée but he can't ask that of her - can he?

The underlying storyline that has been running through the Corisi Billionaires series now comes to light and it is down to Christof to help smooth things over between the families. McKenna lends a helping hand but it's just an arrangement - right?