Lies & Betrayal, or Love & Protection???
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I wasn't quite sure where J.C. Reed was going with this book, but guys, she did not disappoint.  When I first started I was kinda' thinking The Lover's Secret was going to be a sweet little romance without a lot of mystery or drama...you know, a happily ever after with a new baby...blah, blah, blah. HA! Boy was I wrong!

...and continuing to learn the boundaries of their new relationship.  Jett is trying to give Brooke all that she needs and wants while Brooke is learning to work through her insecurities.

"She was always the risk I'd take I knew it right from the beginning"  I get the feeling Jett has a huge secret that he's desperately trying to keep from Brooke.

Then BOOM I was blindsided!  Still so many questions left unanswered.  Was this all a set up from the beginning, or does he truly love her?  Is Jett doing what he has to do to protect Brooke and his unborn child?  Or is he simply manipulating her?  I suppose we will find out soon.

"Sometimes we're tempted to invite someone into our hearts, not to see them stumbling upon our deepest secrets, but to see if they care enough not to break it"
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He's arrogant, and she's untrusting which is already a hard battle... but add in a "friendly wager" and you'll looking at disaster. What happens when the tables are turned and his arrogance is squashed and he wants out of the wager? Will he tell her the truth? Can she actually trust him? Where will this story go?
Happy reading : )
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 Enjoyed both Over You and Second Chances.  Trust issues are a common problem in relationships.
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Great Story! Love, Loss, Lies, Deception, Death, Kidnapping and Redemption!

It is a different type story from this author but I think she did a great job! She gives you enough background to keep you guessing "a who done what kind of theme"

Sylvia and Tommy have had a rough year in the marriage department,Tommy flirts and meets up with a much much younger very pretty girl wanting to make her name known in modeling or acting or something? He makes comments on her FB page that he should not have done and Sylvia finds out he has met her, trust in the marriage is broken...is it repairable do they even want to? Tommy is a good looking man for his age, Sylvia doubts she is enough for him now is she pretty enough she wants him badly but cannot get over this small part of deception, little does she knows this is only the beginning....Sylvia and Tommy have moved far from her family stuck out in Wyoming and not making the money they need to she is trying to write a book while Tommy wants to become a photographer both completely changing up  their careers to make this change for them and for a better life for their daughter Grace whom they adopted! It has not been the best decision...they are struggling, Tommy is going to LA for a photo shoot he tells Sylvia and she has a new friend coming to stay with them. A woman named Ruth that is also a writer. Sylvia and Ruth have become good friends trying to help each other with the writing and confiding in each other, leaning on each other. Sylvia drops off Tommy at the airport and then waits for Ruth's flight to come in. They go home visit and have a good evening...Tommy gets to LA and runs into his young FB friend...Sylvia's cousin and aunt have been helping to care for her ailing father her cousin calls Sylvia and tells her she needs to get to him an accident has happened. Sylvia's missed getting to her mother when she died and doesn't want to not be able to say goodbye to her dad she furiously looks for a flight out immediately but cannot get a flight out for her and Grace. She tries to get a hold of Tommy and he doesn't answer, Sylvia thinks about just getting in the car, her cousin insists not time for that then Tommy calls between him and Ruth they convince her to fly out without Grace and that Tommy will go home get Grace from Ruth and head on to her dads home...she agrees and takes the flight leaving her daughter in the care of Ruth...is it safe? Is it smart? Her dad has committed suicide it is not an accident, she is shocked that her dad has done this but finds many secrets her dad has been keeping...this starts the big ball of deceit, how far will it roll...you have to read to find out! :) It is told in 3 POV Sylvia, Tommy and Grace. I truly enjoyed that it gave all three points of view truly enjoyed reading little Grace and the turmoil that a 5 yr old goes through....One click and read it now!
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Bond Heart, Everstone Chronicles #2**** by Dawn Crandall

Meredyth Summercourt's life was forever changed two years ago when a tragic event occurred.
She now feels she is not worthy of love and happiness. She must suffer for what happened and because of that must marry, if she marries at all, Vance Everstone. Vance left the U.S. and has been in England these two years.

Lawry Hampton has been friends with Vance and Meredyth since childhood. He hides his love for Meredyth by trying to forget her, but to no avail. Can he win her heart? Will she let him court her and allow her true feelings for him to surface?

Lawry and Meredyth come across a boy being bullied on the streets and stop to help. However, once they have taken him to a boarding house they learn the boy is really a 6 year old girl. As they care for Wynn, will they become a family? Will Meredyth finally let her heart love Lawry? But, things don't go as planned. Secrets are revealed about who Wynn's father is, shocking Meredyth.

When Vance suddenly returns expecting Meredyth to marry him, will she marry him even when she does not love him? Or will she follow her heart and marry the only man to capture her heart?
What about Wynn, what will happen to her? Can she finally allow God to heal her heart or will she continue to punish herself for something in her past?

This story is the second book in the series Everstone Chronicles which picks up Vance, Lawry and Meredyth's stories. It includes characters from the first book as well. There are a lot of secrets to be revealed in this story. Secrets that could have a big impact on many lives. Surprises and unexpected danger take the reader by surprise. I found parts of the story to go on and on but got better later in the story, especially toward the end. I like the way God's unconditional love and redemption is revealed, even those who feel they are unlovable.

~~I received an advanced readers e-book copy from the author for my honest review~~
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Knox Masters has been saving his virtue for the love of his life (football!). That is until he meets Ellie! Ellie has been only existing in her brother Jack's shadow for as long has she can remember. When Ellie and Knox meet the the earth tilts on it's axis for Knox but Ellie has a secret that could damage all who she holds dear. Can Knox convence Ellie that she is special and worth it? Can Ellie get past this huge lie she's hiding? READ this and find out!!! 5 stars are not enough! Review by @bookluvr964 (follow me on Twitter)
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Whoa! Again! I was caught with this one in one sitting!
The story makes me yearn for book 2 please!!!! a sequel to the story of Taylor & Paige!
Sometimes things really happen... hard to explain... hard to accept... but if it really is destined to... fate it is! When you least expect things... when you can't explain things... then what you need to do is have "faith" because it was meant to be...
True love really finds its ways... even in most unbelievable ways... that's how Taylor & Paige's story I describes.... the dreams she had... the feelings she had... it really is meant to be... I probably say no more than this.... I find their story challenging in finding true love... in finding forgiveness... finding true happiness... Kudos to Sharlay! more to come... requesting for their sequels as well... xoxo
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What would you do for love?  Skin runs into Megan who begs him to save her, but at a price.  Is she willing to pay that price to escape from her past and the mistakes she made.  Is Skin willing to put his whole life on the line for this woman he just met.  I loved this story and  how it show two people can be so connected that even years apart doesn't fade what they have together.  But is it enough to bring them back together.  And what about the price... is there any price to great for saving ones soul, ones life and ones very heart.
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Lies, secrets, and danger. Those are the things Vicente discovers when he goes looking through his fathers files. He knew he would find something. What he didn't know was that he journey to uncover the truth behind the file he would find the one thing he would fight to protect, something to cherish. The one thing he hated lying to~ Violet.
Violet always felt that something was off with her parents. Secrets, paranoia and lies. She had been living on her whole life. She found an inkling of that one day through the mail, then she met the one that would reveal almost all of them~ Vicente.
This book is filled with deceit and so much suspense that the ending will have you screaming for more. Passion, doesn't take aback seat, no Vicente is one dirty talking sexy character that will melt your knickers to a puddle of goo.
SO as I am sitting here biting my nails reading the ins and outs of this complicated mystery of lies, I am begging Karina, why so long to book 2!?!?!?
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This story is very interesting to read, a bit frustrating trying to get to the bottom of who and why they have been ruined. Well when you get the story read, well it's not the end of the story...Just the start of some betrayal, that we have to find out in book three!!!  Darn it! Lol
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Nina was well-known for her ability to blend and adapt, a skill that served her well as an undercover agent, but then she disappeared without a trace and wasn't seen or heard from again for three years.

Rory, with Naval Intelligence, finds Nina in a mental hospital of all places, and it doesn't seem as if the goal is to help heal and care for their patients. However, Rory doesn't know if Nina is truly a patient, or working a case, but he does know something wrong is being done.

With Rory's help, Nina escapes and the two are now on the run trying to stay ahead of those after them and trying to find out the truth at the same time. However, those aren't the only things they're battling. Both are struggling against the intense connection growing between them, yet each also has secrets and issues, as well as an understandable hesitancy to trust, holding them back from exploring what they know is special and could be forever.

As the two continue trying to ellude those after them, they must deal with personal challenges that impact them professionally as well. But first, they must uncover why Nina was there and who is in charge of the patients and therefore responsible for their "treatment."

Can Nina trust Rory and his intentions? Will Rory be able to trust Nina with not only his secrets but his heart as well? Why was Nina there? Was it of her own doing or a sinister plot to get her out of the way? Is a HEA possible between these two after they solve the mystery?

One-click now and follow along as two people, both fighting with their own pasts, must decide if what's growing between them is worth the risk of dying.

**I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.**
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How many times can fate and misunderstanding interfere with Damian and Alex? After doing the most romantic gesture in his life and taking her to his friends wedding in Italy, Damian learns that she's been keeping secrets from him and that her ex is back in the picture. Betrayal leaves a bitter aftertaste and the desire to hurt her becomes too strong for Damian to fight it. Why won't she come clean and prove him right, that she is not like his mother? Battling demons and fears becomes a constant for both of them. Alex knows she needs to talk to Damian. The truth will set you free, but they haven't been dating that long and she is afraid this might be too much for him to take. Chris has been a good friend to her, but when Damian changes and hurts her again how will she cope? How will he? The last installment of Damian and Alex's story shifts a little from the steamy and sexy romance pace set in the previous books. Now life gets real really fast and every demon in the book comes to town. Family issues, insecurities, body image, health, and exs play a part in these lovers fate. There will be tears and laughter before a HEA.
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We have learned to lie.  And why? because if we lie we think people will " like us" ..that if we don't.. and they know the truth. ...well, then... they won't like us.  Dr. Blanton tells us that if you want to have a honest relationship then you have to be... well... honest. True enough we don't like liars...but we have all learned our lesson well... We think we lie.. to not hurt the other person's feelings..
to let the past just sit there where it is " not doing any harm" but really it is... doing harm... It is adding bricks to our " walls " that we divide ourselves... Dr. Blanton says that " crazy " is when people get locked up in their mind.. telling the same sick stories.. When we are honest we " get it out there... deal with it... and live another day"  I like his definitions."  Mystics are people who rediscover experience. Belief is a sea of suggestions about who we think we are. Psychotherapy was invented to try to keep body and soul together. Neurosis is ruining the present with past sick stories.".

He says that morality makes us liars. That we are all trying to be so good that we are trained to be liars.

And even if you cheat or your spouse... you gotta tell the truth.. the sweet little gory details... if you want true love you gotta tell the truth!
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This book was good w/never ending drama (I'd rather read about it than have it in my life) I will not give anything away BUT don't pass it up. You will not be disappointed in this purchase...When will men ever learn about playing w/a woman's heart?? and more importantly, we women are NOT all the same.

deceit, lies, love and drama filled--a lil book w/ a big punch.

yippeeee for no errors and a smooth overall read..lord the TWIST had me going back a few pages, to make sure I read correctly.
DEEP!!

Thank you Street Love for NOT making this all about DRUGS and GUNS, it gets tired. That's all the urban books have are drug kingpins & queens w/a lot of guns and strapping up, I can catch that crap on the nightly news!

instead you took us behind mansion doors for a more intimate look at relationships and the women & men in them..
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Trust him !!! WAIT, don't trust him !!!!! OMG Whats gonna happen next !!!! Dont tell me, don't tell me !!!!
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***Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog***

If I Lie by Corrine Jackson
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publication Date: August 28, 2012
Rating: 4 stars
Source: Copy sent from the author

Summary (from Goodreads):

A powerful debut novel about the gray space between truth and perception.

Quinn's done the unthinkable: she kissed a guy who is not Carey, her boyfriend. And she got caught. Being branded a cheater would be bad enough, but Quinn is deemed a traitor, and shunned by all of her friends. Because Carey's not just any guy--he's serving in Afghanistan and revered by everyone in their small, military town.

Quinn could clear her name, but that would mean revealing secrets that she's vowed to keep--secrets that aren't hers to share. And when Carey goes MIA, Quinn must decide how far she'll go to protect her boyfriend...and her promise.

What I Liked:

I have not read many books dealing with the military (other than Something Like Normal by Trish Doller, which I read AFTER I read this book), so I was not sure what to expect from this book. I have to say, this book pulled at my hearstrings and made me want to cry many, many times (and I am NOT a crier, for movies or books or anyone).

I had a feeling I knew what was wrong with Carey, both physically, and why Quinn had to lie for him. I felt so bad for Quinn, because she went through so many awful things, in order to keep a secret. I really felt bad for Blake, because he did not deserve to not get what he wanted.

This story is so twisted, but in a bittersweet, heartbreaking way. Quinn cannot be happy no matter what she does. Blake cannot get what he wants. Carey cannot get what he wants. It seemed like there was no way that anyone could get any silver lining out of this situation.

I really liked the mutliple plots - of Quinn dealing with Carey's secret, and Quinn dealing with her mother, and Quinn's past being revealed. It made me sad for Quinn, sad for Quinn's father, and sad for Quinn's mother. I just felt bad for everyone, even though, in a way, everyone did something that was bad. I do not know how Ms. Jackson did it, but she wove this story in a way that made me hate and love everyone. I think if I had to really hate anyone, it would be Carey, for asking Quinn to keep that secret. Not because of what the secret was, but because he ruined her life by asking her to keep it.

I liked how the story switched from past to present. This kind of thing is either done very well, or absolutely abysmally. Ms. Jackson did a wonderful job with the switches. It kept me on my toes, to make sure I understood what was going on. And it was an interesting way of revealing Quinn's past and present at the same time.

The ending was very bittersweet, but I think it ended well. It is resolved, but there are some things about the end that not everyone will like. I completely respect Quinn's decisions. Honestly, I may have done the same thing if I were her.

What I Did Not Like:

I said it already, but I really did not like the fact that Carey asked Quinn to keep that secret, and I guess, that Quinn actually kept the secret. That is SO not something that you should ask a person to keep quiet. Obviously, there would be no book if Quinn had not kept the secret. But I still did not like this. Also, I really, really wish Quinn could have, um, had a nice ending with that nice boy, instead of doing what she did. But that's okay, because I completely understand why she did what she did.

Would I Recommend It:

Yes! This book is so bittersweet, but it is so, so good. And sad. And good. It's not a light, quick read, but it's definitely worth the time.

Rating:

4 stars. This contemporary novel is definitely one for the ages!
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Samarra and Ben's story was so good.  The enemy tried to make her look like a traitor.  When samarra got into trouble she finally had to call in her friends for help.  Samarra was attracted to Ben but he didn't trust her bc of the things he had heard.  Then her cousin kidnapped and Ben's brother hurt and it looked to Ben like samarra set him up.  Ben lashed out at samarra bc his brother was hurt blaming her.  Samarra was sent back to states upon being debreifed.  Then Ben was told she was not guilty of betrayal.  Can Ben man up and make her believe he loves her or is it to late bc things he said to her were horrible.  You must read.