Welcome to the Retro Next Podcast. Every day we share five book recommendations to help you topple your TBR pile. If you're a fan of steamy romances, high stake relationships, and soon worthy heroes, you're in the right place. Today's episode is all about Twisted Lies by Anna Huang. If you just finished it and craving books around morally grave billionaires, fake dating, and slow burn romance, Stick around. I have five perfect book recommendations for you. So Twisted Lights follows Kristen Harper, a billionaire with a dark past and style alone, so an influencer trying to build her brand. Their relationship starts as a fake dating arrangement, but soon turns into something neither of them can control. This book is packed with morally grave billionaire heroes who is powerful and protective. A fake dating that slowly turns into real feelings, and a slow burn romance with sizzling chemistry. So it all started because she needs an apartment, and he has a building to knock her. What better way you can do this? He's a morally great hero, which is like the kind of hero that I want to go for. he's a little bit rough around the edges, but He falls in love with Stella hard and he'll do anything for her. So it is a great romance. It is long, but it's just juicy and fun. And it's just like what you can love about anyone. So if you love dark and erratic heroes and heroines discovering her strength, Twisted Lies delivers all the angst and passion you could want. Now, let's talk about the five books that capture the same addictive vibes, so you can read them next. The first book is The Last Eligible Billionaire with Pippa Grant. So Pippa Grant actually writes rom coms, but they're actually like Just going the same vibe. This one has fake dating and a billionaire hero, which is your damn, you'll love this book. Hayes Rutherford is a reclusive billionaire who needs a fake fiance to deal with the meddling family. Enter Bragonia Fairchild, his quirky, sunshiny housekeeper. How low is that? Why you'll love it. It's a grumpy sunshine heroine with a hero who secretly has a heart of gold. Again, it's not morally gray, but you know, like we like this kind of hero. So. This one has a fake engagement with hilarious banter and some worthy moments, a light heart of a deeply romantic read. So this is a more of a rom coms, less like less dark and soft, but it's just go for it. if you like the chemistry between Christian and Estella, the last eligible billionaire will hit the spot. So it's just about the chemistry between both characters. That's what we're going for. The vibes, you're a billionaire. There's fake dating, but it's not as morally great. It's just kind of like a rom com version of it. Now we're going to go for a little bit darker. So the next one is Trust Me by Tiffany Patterson. So do you want more protective here with dark past? Trust Me will give you the powerful commending love interest and fake dating arrangement that gets intense fast. Why you'll love it is a strong little Hellerane who doesn't back down, a hero who has secrets who slowly lets his guard down, and a passionate high stake romance with full attention. So this one, it actually has a mystery of alpha male. Trust me, it's a must read. So it's perfect for fans of Twisted Love. So you're like, you're like Christian's character. This book is similar in that vibe. It's a morally grey character, has a dark past, has something to want to protect your heroin at all costs. And you gotta love that. So that's Trust Me by Tiffany Patterson. The next book is Bright Lights and Summer Nights by Kat Singleton. This book takes fake dating into the world of Hollywood, featuring a rising actress and the bad boy musicians who agreed to appear as stun romans. this series is actually features millionaires but this one is just like a fun, literal fake acting, like a little bit of Hollywood, a little bit of things. So why you'll love it is I have a brooding hero who doesn't do emotions and he meets the right person, a celebrity romance, which you. I love celebrity romances. I have plenty of recommendations for you. More to come. So this one has glitz, glamour, and high emotional tension. This is perfect for the day after the Oscars. Slow burn love story that gets deliciously complicated. if you love Kirsten Harper's possessiveness and self independent streak, this book is a great mix. All right, the next one is we're going to go to a little bit darker for a little bit mafia because, you know, Christian was also involved in some darker stuff. Like, let's just be honest. He was not involved in like just straight business. He had some darker things. So the next book is Beautiful Russian Monster by Odette Stone. So if you're looking for something darker, this feature is morally gray Russian billionaire. who might be in the mafia, if you know, you know, with a dangerous reputation and the woman who gets caught up in his world. So while you love it, it's a powerful, dangerous hero with an irresistible pull, high stakes romance with intensity suspense, a heroine who refuses to be intimidated. So if you're drawn to the dangerous side of Christian. You know, the side, darker side, the things are not morally great. This is a book for you. So Russian Monster will keep you hooked. So, and finally, the final recommendation is probably, you probably are aware of it, but if you have not read it, I definitely encourage you to read it. It's Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher. This is part of the Dreamland Billionaires, which are like, And imagine Disney heirs who actually have to find their significant others. So they own like the Disney brand from like theme parks, movie studios, media conglomerate, and everything. So the three brothers have like assignments to do in order to get the inheritance. And so this is the marriage of convenience. so this is a billionaire CEO and a marriage convenience romance. It's your thing, we'll deliver. So Declan who must marry to inherit his family company. So he starts to deal with assistant Iris to get married because he tried to find someone else to marry and it did not work. And Iris was like, okay, I'll do it. You know, so there's a prenup, there's a whole different game and you're not supposed to catch up feelings, but he's been doing everything possible to support her. Like just. Changing policies, changing work things, like he's been doing all these things to support him because he actually has feelings for her, but he doesn't want to admit it because he's like, you know, a stunted man. So, God bless Declan and God bless Iris for standing her around even though she had to plan her own fucking wedding in one day. So, this book was It's so good, and you can listen to it, the audiobook should be available from the library, but it's just so, so good. So why you love it is Grumpy Sunshine with the billionaire hero who falls for Urs, oh Declan falls for Urs, God bless that, a slow burn romance filled with tension and passion, a workplace romance with fake marriage, dynamics that are impossible to resist, so if you love just to lie, in one another, the letter Romans terms and condition, but Lauren Asher is for you. I guess if you're looking for someone who just just the letter Romans is do well, Lauren Asher does them. they're round the letters too. So in this case, like I think there's the fine print is the first step, then terms and condition, then final offer is the third book and then there's the Lakeland Brillianers. There's two of those so there's some more billionaires to come in. So i'm very excited for the new books in this year in the new series So they're long they're fun. They're just enjoyable. So lauren asher is another author you should check out That's it for today's episode. If you left us a like, these five books will give you the same romance, intensity, and irresistible heroes. To recap, today's recommendations were The Last Eligible Billionaire by Pip Grant, Trust Me by Tiffany Patterson, Bright Lights and Summer Nights by Kat Singleton, Beautiful Russian Monster by Odette Stone, Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher. So for a full list of, and even more book recommendations, please visit whattoreadnextblog.com com. If you want to get updates and exclusive content, sign up to our sub stack. You can go to the website, whattoreadnextblog.Com and you can get all the sub stack and get all the emails and updates and more about clear renditions. We'll be back tomorrow with a brand new episode. Thank you so much for listening. Bye.