This week we wrap up our month-long Secret Identity theme with the most opulent trope of all: Secret Billionaires.
We discuss “Butt-Dialing the Billionaire” by Annika Martin and…
* The "specialist boy" framework: time, money, title—and how power imbalance is managed (or not).
* What readers love about billionaire books: wish fulfillment, lifestyle fantasy, and… not having to cook dinner.
* Why this book had us yelling “That’s not how phones work!” for the first 20 pages.
* A breakdown of billionaire romance structure: the transformation from emotionally stunted workaholic to romantic marshmallow.
* When the non-specialist love interest is just... already whole.
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Books & Media We Mention
* Butt-Dialing the Billionaire by Annika Martin
* The Billionaire Brotherhood series by Lucy Lennox
* Book Lovers by Emily Henry
* Fresh Catch by Kate Canterbary
* Honestly, I'm Totally Faking It by Amanda Gambill
* Love Light Farms by B.K. Borison
* The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
* How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (movie and its retelling: Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher)
* Book Boyfriend by Claire Kingsley
* Reckless Hearts by Jax Calder
* Arrested Development
* The Firm
* Sleepless in Seattle
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