My Little Secret

Fast, Fun & Flirtatious

In the world of MMA what could be better than when you have a huge crush on your brother’s biggest rival?! Sadie has been fantasizing about Hawk for quite some time even though her brother, whom she happens to be his PR person, hates everything about Hawk. They are in Denver for the big fight between Hawk and Brute so when Hawk happens to come in to the bar that Sadie is at she orders him a drink.

This story was sexy, funny and had you waiting to see when the bomb was going to drop when Hawk found out who Sadie actually was. This book definitely gives you your HEA!!!

This is an enjoyable short and sweet story of star-crossed lovers set in the MMA (mixed martial arts) world. Both Sadie and Hawk were genuinely likeable characters. Due to the length of the story, it was certainly insta-love, but it wasn’t cheesy, and so long as you were willing to just go with the flow, completely enjoyable.

This author had a nice writing style, it kept my interest and had me happily turning the pages. The story was quite shallow, it really was just about Sadie and Hawk’s relationship and how she would deal with the fallout with her family. We really didn’t learn anything about Hawk at all, everything was concentrated on Sadie and her hiding Hawk from her brother; which is primarily due to the restriction of novella length. This book had the potential to be fleshed out to a full-size novel, but even in its limited form, I enjoyed it very much.

My Little Secret by Ember Leigh was generally a light and romantic read, with a few laughs here and there, making it the perfect short read to escape from Holiday madness.

Hawk and Sadie are sneaking around together it’s just that he doesn’t realize it yet. I really wanted an epilogue to this novella, please, please can we get an engagement epilogue!! (Fingers crossed) It was an interesting dynamic between these two once the secret it out and the hurt is there for Hawk. He was so trusting of Sadie but once the secret is out, there relationship seems to continue to evolve and grows into something beautiful. I wasn’t a fan of the secret he plans to keep for a lifetime but maybe it doesn’t need to be so spelled out for the readers and we can come to that conclusion on our own or not? Interesting story line and characters are really fun.

3.5 STARS!!!!
This was such a short but good MMA romance read that can be read as a STANDALONE. I enjoyed the characters and the storyline. The back and forth banter between Sadie and Hawk had me laughing more than a few times. I was glad that Sadie did not let her family most importantly her brother deter her from being with Hawk. Hawk really showed what he was willing to do for Sadie. This was a fast paced, steamy, romance read that I liked a lot but it's also a one time read for me.

I thought this was an ok book. Needs editing though.

I liked Hawk and Sadie together. Lots of chemistry. What I didn’t like was the ending. I can’t believe that Hawk threw the fight. AND I can’t believe that the book ended right after he threw the fight! Needless to say, I was disappointed. I actually said out loud to myself, “WTF? That’s the ending?!” This would of been a 4 star review if not for those two things.

Short & sweet!

Sadie was such a cute heroine! I loved her liquor courge attitude. She saw what she wanted and totally went for it!

Hawk was so sweet and understanding! He made huge decisions to be the bigger man that got him the girl.

Overall the chemistry level was definitely a 5/5 for me.
The storyline was a 4/5

I usually don't really like novellas as they don't really give you much of a story. This one however was very good. I did wish for more when it was done but any good story should leave you wanting more. Well written, interesting characters, hot love scenes, plausible conflict.

This short read is part of a compilation, I haven’t read any of the series it is part of, but this short instalment can be read alone. It’s an MMA fighter romance and I enjoyed it immensely.
Sadie has had the hots for Hawk for a while now, she just loves his moves and his body....wow!! Imagine her surprise when she see’s him walking into the bar, she knows this is her chance to finally meet her crush....so she buys him a drink. He can only say “no thanks”. She’ll just have to keep her last name a secret.
Hawk is getting ready to fight a rival, but has decided to explore the locals in the area. He is only drinking water but when he spy’s Sadie, more secret’s are made.

The story is a novella, but the plot spans over a couple of weeks. It was well written, lot’s of depth in the characters and story wasn’t too complex, needing lots of explanation. It was fun with sexy scenes to heat up the pages and additional exciting sports action. A great read.

I have enjoyed this MMA series so far, this works as a standalone if you haven't read the others. Both characters were good and the plot was good.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher

Thanks to the publisher for an ARC to read and give my honest opinion.


This is just a fun series about hot MMA fighters and falling for a one of a kind woman. This one is novella length but its still fun and sexy. Hawk is in town waiting on his next big fight against Brute when he runs into a woman proclaiming to be his number one fan. Sadie is nursing her third drink at a bar when her favorite MMA fighter strolls through the door and liquid courage later she leaves with him.

What did I like? This is a series... so this is fleshed out pretty good despite being novella sized. I have enjoyed the series, it was easy to slip into this novella and start up on this couple. Hawk and Sadie are panty combustible hot.

Would I buy this book? I would kindle a copy for sure, its always nice if there is a series trying to read the novella's with it. This was a fun book, and amazing characters in this series.

Thoughts for the author? My copy had some mistakes and issues but hopefully they were ironed out before it went on sale. Love the characters, and love this series! Four stars of entertainment.

Sadie’s brothers’ Brute has his biggest fight coming up. See he is an MMA fighter and he is training to fight Hawke who Brute is after because he thinks he stole an old girlfriend and also a chance for the opportunity to be at the top gym the Hawke is at. His anger towards Hawke is really off the wall, especially for Sadie who is Brute’s sister and works for him as part of his team in marketing him and PR. She has also had a crush on him through the media for years. Now when they meet at a local bar she tries not to act on the crush but Brute finds himself attracted to her. Seeking her out he wants to take her out to see if they have a connection. Finding that they enjoy the same things you would think everything would be fine. It is until she has to be there for the weigh-in and when her brother and family find out that she has been seeing him they are more upset with her than Brute is. He still wants to see her but she puts him off until after the match. This book was good but was nowhere near what my husband told me about the book before this one and the one after. It seemed that this one was a little tamed compared to those stories. Though I liked this book I was expecting a little more.

Short and Sweet. I'm hardly a fan of MMA romances but this one got me solidly!! While it had its ups and downs, I really regret that it had no epilogue but then again, I enjoyed the story itself

4 1/2 Stats for this MMA romance!

Sadie has had a crush on Hawk for the last year. It started when Hawk and her older brother, Brute, met in the octagon. But when Sadie meets Hawk in a bar - two weeks before Hawk and Brute are to have their second fight - she doesn’t tell Hawk who she is.

Hawk can’t believe his luck in meeting the beautiful Sadie. Too bad he has to be celibate till his next fight, but hopefully Sadie will stick around until after the fight and then he’d be more than happy to make it up to her.

This is a quick read that will have you laughing one minute and swooning the next minute. The steamy scenes are incredible! ... Ms Leigh sure knows how to write them. A great addition to the series.

I received an early copy courtesy of Backlit PR through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.