Lies

by Kylie Scott

• ISBN10: 1072014661
• ISBN13: 9781072014669
• Publish Date: 21 July 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Kylie Scott
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 242
• Language: English

Reviews

[reveriesociety_]

How I wish I'd absolutely loved it. This could have been absolutely perfect, but I struggled with the most important thing. The lies. Thom's lies are understandable, I guess, but I kept waiting for it to be forgiven in a more... believable manner I guess? More emotion and angst considering the confusion his identity switch has to bring Betty.

Oh she gets mad alright, which was amazing. Loved it when she gave him hell for how he'd treated her. But then, suddenly... love grew out of nowhere? Lust is more than believable. But that romance really blindsided me, and made me a little unconfortable to be honest.

Also,

Number of times Thom called Betty 'Babe': 35 times

I kid you not.

[stacey_is_sassy]

I really enjoyed the audio for Lies. The narrator does an awesome job and I was enthralled from start to finish. It was an excellent re-read/listen.

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Sure, there was a wee bit of betrayal, but…

I’ve decided that I’d be happy if hubby came home and told me that he’s an undercover agent. Yes, there would be a bit of hurt and crankiness because he’d kept a secret from me. Yes, I might also be very interested to know what kind of undercover was involved. Yes, I might have to hurt him with a blunt instrument if he’d been intimate with someone else while undercover. BUT…if he turned around to me after 22 years of marriage and said…

"My darling wife, I’m sorry for lying to you but undercover work pays well and I have millions of dollars squirrelled away."

Well, that may put a different light on things. Sure, I’d still be a bit peeved and make him pay with a lot of grovelling, but…PARTY!! I’d retire, move to the coast, get the kids set up with little nest eggs, buy lots of clothes and create the most beautiful study/library with one of those sliding ladder thingamajiggies… I could go on about how I'd spend his imagined hard-earned millions.

[kimbacaffeinate]

When the story opens, Betty is in the process of leaving her fiance’ Thom a Dear John letter. Despite trying to talk to him, his job and their lackluster relationship has her rethinking the whole marriage proposal. Just as she leaves the entire condo blows-up and she finds herself kidnapped. Thom’s a boring insurance inspector? I think not because, things just got interesting.

Suspense, snark, guns, and chemistry had me devouring Lies, in a single evening. Betty was a hoot, and Thom well, he was a little rough around the edges. I struggled with him a little, but Scott allowed us to see glimpses of sweetness and he certainly wasn’t hard on the eyes. Oh, he will mess up, trust me, but the ride to our HEA was filled with shoot-outs, hot kisses, steamy showers and plenty of sass.

If you like Mr. & Mrs. Smith, you’ll want to grab Lies. This was a fun, standalone romantic suspense with plenty of twists that will hook you, piss you off and make you laugh but ultimately leave you smiling. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer

[Eve1972]

I've been wanting to read this one for a while and I finally got the time to read it.