Holy Cappuccinos! This book!! It was fabulous and I need the second in the Duo ASAP! Brenda St. John Brown stepped her game and gave an intriguing story of ups and downs that will leave you breathless. Check out more about this book, read Tina’s Thoughts, enter the giveaway to celerbate the blog tour! Don’t miss out!
LIES WE LIVE
The Truth Series #1
Brenda St. John Brown
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Genre: New Adult Contemporary
Ella Ingraham is a best-selling novelist. She’s also a murderer. At least that’s what most of the world thinks after her ex brought a tabloid frenzy and a civil suit down on her for “negligence” following the stillbirth of their unplanned child at eight months. Her cross-country drive is meant to be an escape, and Horatio, AR is just another random exit off the highway. Until she meets Josh Devereaux.
Josh Devereaux – seductive, charming and hot, hot, hot – is a part-time farmer, full-time tech genius holed up in his hometown after a few years in New York turned him into someone else. Someone worse. His closetful of skeletons has been locked up tight since he returned to Arkansas, right along with his heart. He knows Ella could unlock both – and what a bad idea that would be.
Ella has no intention of getting involved with Josh, but as one date turns into more, feelings surface Ella hasn’t felt in years — like hope. As their relationship grows, Josh knows he should tell Ella the truth about his past. If only the lie wasn’t so much easier to believe.
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This book killed me. It was intriguing, hypnotic, and angsty. Lies We Live is a story that will combine the drama and angst that New Adult readers love with a bit of mystery. This story draws you in and will keep you on the edge seat until the very end. Even at the end with the surprise ending, you will be left reeling from what is to come and curiosity as to what could possibly happen in the end of the series. This story combines the drama of daytime TV with the pop culture and relativity of the CW. It has highs and lows and a while of action in between. This story takes you into the past and back to the present to develop the backstory as you go. You see parts of this book in Ella’s POV and others in Josh’s POV. Dual POVs allow the reader to better understand that something more is brewing. You expect, the more you read, for there to be a lot happening with Ella and what she is leaving behind. What I did not expect was everything that surfaces (or technically begins to surface) with Josh. There is an unease about what he is hiding the more you read. There is bound to be a HUGE explosion, one you will most likely be able to theorize while reading the first book, and it is going to escalate the story quickly.
Brenda St. John Brown does a fantastic job of presenting a story that hooks you from the beginning. Travelling back and forth along Ella’s timeline allows for a fun and intriguing way to absorb what is happening. Ella is not perfect. She has major flaws that are not shied away from in this book. She admits to her faults and her honesty is refreshing. Josh is a man who is still a mystery. You learn more about who he is in the big city and the small country town. But there is so much more lurking below the surface. Learning who he is in time with Ella allows the reader to fall in love with him just a little bit. I am so excited to see what happens. The second I finished this book I pre-ordered the second in the Duo. I hate that I have to wait to see where things lead but I am beyond excited to see what Brenda has up her sleeve!
To celebrate the blog tour for LIES WE LIVE, Brenda is hosting a fun giveaway! Enter this RAFFLECOPTER GIVEAWAY for your chance to win a $10 Amazon GiftCard! Simply follow the instructions listed for your chance to win. Don’t miss out! Good luck.
The stunning conclusion to the Truth Series is LIVE on December 8, 2015. Trust me. You will want this book assoon as it is LIVE! Check out more about this upcoming release below!
TRUTHS WE TELL (The Truth Series #2)
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Ella Ingraham makes up stories for a living, and even she has a hard time believing the turn her love life has taken.
Hot guy? Cue Josh Devereaux.
Even hotter night together? Hello kitchen counter.
Morning-after phone call to Josh from her ex? Um, what?
The truth about who Josh is and what he’s done are on the other end of that phone. He knows he lied. He also knows that isn’t the worst of it. It isn’t even that Ella’s ex thinks Josh is the right man to help destroy her. Again. The worst part is the way Ella looks at him now. Or doesn’t.
Ella isn’t sure what the worst part is – Josh lying to her about his past, or the fact she can’t stop thinking about him anyway. Not that he’s making it easy for her, with his idea to stop her ex’s slander campaigns against her before her next big book release. Even Ella has to admit it’s a better plan than she – or her lawyer – have come up with. But for the plan to work, Ella has to not only rely on Josh, but trust him. Implicitly.
Ella knows she’d be a fool to trust him a second time. So why does her heart keep trying to convince her otherwise?
Thank you for the giveaway <3