Secrets summary: Secrets (Secrets #1) s.e.x is supposed to be s.e.xy, tantalizing, and completely erotic, but Anna never seems to find the right guy. This one seems to be a germ-a-phobe, and the previous boyfriend wasn 't much better. Anna just wants to be wanted. Is that too much to ask? As Anna tries to wiggle out of one relationship, a new one surfaces, but it 's forbidden. Cole Stevens is twice her age, arrogant, rich, s.e.xy as h.e.l.l, and her boss. When Anna 's internship plans derail, she ends up interning at Cole 's elite New York City studio. Close proximity leads Anna to discover that the billionaire bachelor is emotionally scarred. Everyone has secrets, but Cole 's run deeper, cutting him to his core. Cole is trouble in a s.e.xy sh.e.l.l. He 's nothing Anna needs and everything she wants.