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The Secrets Of Life (The Working Girls Book 1) Kindle Edition

by K.L. Humphreys (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 7: The Working Girls

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Sometimes there is only a pole between survival and starvation. For Jessica Hughes, this is her reality.

At 21, she’s single-handedly supporting her 2 younger brothers and her 4-year-old daughter while paying off her deadbeat mother's gambling debts.

Her life may seem like crap to others, but Jess knows it could be worse.

Then, Hunter O'Shea walks back into her life and drops a bombshell - a secret that could destroy everything they once had.

Once again, Jess finds herself picking up the pieces of her broken heart.

Will Hunter find the courage to claim the family he never knew he needed?

Or will Jess move on before he gets the chance?

Book 1 of 7

The Working Girls
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263 pages
Language

English
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Publication date

19 December 2017
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B077G78CTR
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3686 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 263 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 623,036 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 9,023 in Women's Fiction About Domestic Life
- 14,457 in Family Life Fiction (Books)
- 24,285 in Contemporary Women's Fiction

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KL Humphreys is a USA TODAY Bestselling author. She writes an array of genres, from New Adult, to romantic suspense, to dark romance.

KL is an avid reader who loves reading romance... After all, everyone deserves a happy ever after.

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Michelle

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Reviewed in Australia on 7 July 2019

Amazing start to a series. You really feel what the characters are going through, it’s well written and you are pulled in from the start.

Reviewed in Australia on 3 July 2019

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This was recommended to me and I wanted to try a new to me author. I enjoyed the premise of the story a lot but definitely got frustrated at times.

Reviewed in Australia on 6 September 2020

Jess didn’t get to finish school, she’s supporting her younger brothers and her daughter, with her brother in jail and her mother is a drunk and sucks the money. The only way she knows how to survive is to get a job, she has no qualification and the only job that pays well is a pole dancer.
She does what she has to survive, to give her daughter a better life, and to keep her brothers out of the system. Even though her job is looked down on by some, she has some great friends that look out for her there.
Hunter shows up again and Jess had her life in order her and the kids were doing well, she still loves him but she’s trying to move on with her life, but Hunter never leaves her mind, should she talk to him can they get over the hurt between them.

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Stephanie

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Reviewed in Australia on 13 September 2018

Wow, what a roller coaster! This poor girl has had a hard life for it to be made harder by an interfering mother in law! Now the majority of us dont like our own but this woman takes the cake!
At least she has the love and support of her brothers and best friend.
And than the shitty ex comes back into her life JUST when she was starting to move forward (of course) but they were meant to be and worked it out for a happily ever after 😁
The ups and downs and twists and turns are fantastic in this book!
I hope you all enjoy it 😀
I read an ARC

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FeeMac

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Reviewed in Australia on 22 November 2018

This book is not your average read. It will take you on a harrowing journey where hardship, struggle, censure by others, bullying and bitchiness are features of the story. However, that is all over ridden by the power of a family unit that simply look out for each other and more importantly love each other which gives the reader a sense of triumph at overcoming the odds at what life throws at you.It certainly makes one think of how and what would you do to make ends meet.

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Marns

•✰🖤✰• No other word than simply AWESOME! •✰🖤✰•

Reviewed in the United States on 10 April 2021

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I’ve come across Author KL Humphreys in various guises over the last few months and I have to say that I am loving every book that I’ve read. From her vengeful dark romances through a lighter thoughtful novella, and on to this absolute raw and gritty second-chance secret-baby romance, she’s pulled no punches at the risks the young ladies have to take in their jobs, when they live on the poverty line and have mouths to feed. This author’s talent is boundless, and her heroine is one strong and inspiring woman. This series looks like it could be simply one that is demanding to be read 🖤

With a mother that I would cheerfully take to with a spade, an older brother in prison and a boyfriend who’d abandoned her and her baby, 16-year-old Jess found a job that paid what covered the bills required to keep her, her daughter and her two teenage brothers housed, the kids in school, clothed and fed.

Ms Humphreys wrote her character beautifully. I loved that Jess owned her decision to work as a pole dancer. She knew it made the best money to feed her family. She did the best she could to keep everyone together, and was as strong as any mama bear would be to face off any enemy, to maim or kill to defend the members of her family. My favourite scene was early in the book; at the boy’s school headmaster’s office, and Jess was FIERCE. She did it all under judgemental eyes, in front of Hunter for the first time in six years, and she stood proud.

Because this is a first person POV, Hunter almost came across as much of a secondary character as much as the rest of Jess’s family did, BUT, Ms Humphreys definitely made it work here. Absolutely. This is Jess’s story, and Hunter had a lot of ground to make up for. And to be honest, I wasn’t even sure he should be atoned for his sins!! As always though, there was a lot to be unpacked, and the angst levels were ramped pretty much on high.

I also have to add that every secondary character in this book, apart from the ones obvious ones you’ll want to bury, are simply so well written that you’ll be wanting to hang around for the entire series. I already have three that I need to know have their own HEA’s, and with KL’s standard of writing, the one-clicking is going to be easy.

I love-love-love second chance romances, and this one is now up there as one of my favourites! 5-Stars!!! •✰🖤✰•

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Manda

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2021

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I wasn't at first taken with this book but after the first few chapters I got into reading it and I wouldn't change anything about it

Nean

Great read

Reviewed in the United States on 6 September 2020

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Jess didn’t get to finish school, she’s supporting her younger brothers and her daughter, with her brother in jail and her mother is a drunk and sucks the money. The only way she knows how to survive is to get a job, she has no qualification and the only job that pays well is a pole dancer.
She does what she has to survive, to give her daughter a better life, and to keep her brothers out of the system. Even though her job is looked down on by some, she has some great friends that look out for her there.
Hunter shows up again and Jess had her life in order her and the kids were doing well, she still loves him but she’s trying to move on with her life, but Hunter never leaves her mind, should she talk to him can they get over the hurt between them.

KM Lowe

Captivating!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2019

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Book one of the working girls series, and it sets the scene for this series. Hunter and Jess have had a whirlwind time of it. It isn't a story that is easy to connect with at first, because we don't really know the back story of Hunter and Jess, we're plopped in five years later, after jess had a baby, and after Hunter walks away. So, as you can guess it isn't a straight forward second chance romance. It has many tears and tantrums. The story itself is captivating. The twists and turns a long the way keep us hooked.
The only downside for me was the repetitive words and shaming towards Jess. Yes, she was a pole dance, but she owned it. She didn't feel embarrassed or ashamed of what she had to do to keep her kids fed and watered.
The secondary characters all have a promising storyline. If you like contemporary romance then you'll enjoy the push and pull of this book.

Kelly

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2020

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I enjoyed this second chance story. I was rooting for Jess from the beginning! I got confused in some of the arguments though because if Hunter would've said some of the things to me I would've definitely questioned him. I also thought she forgave him far too easily. Aside from that though I really enjoyed the book and will carry on reading the series ☺️

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