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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