Synopsis
Ten years ago, Todd Lansing stood by his father’s grave and his heart thudded with hatred of Sia Collins, the girl responsible for his father’s untimely death. Now, on his return to Oberon, seeing Sia makes his heart thud with a different emotion and he doesn’t like that.
Sia has a secret. She didn’t commit the break-in that ultimately killed Mr Lansing – she took the blame for the crime to save her father, Frank Collins, from going to jail. The only person who knows the truth is Frank and their relationship has crumbled under the guilt.
When Todd discovers the truth, hate dies and passion reigns. Except this revelation causes secret after secret to unravel until the only way he and Sia can survive is to cling to each other. If only she’d let him.
**** 3.5 Star Review by Betsy ****
The Lies We Tell is a quick read by Author Elizabeth Dunk (on a side note, this is an “alter-ego” of a sci-fi writer by the name of Nicole Murphy). Be forewarned it is a short read, and the plot moves accordingly!
Sia, our female lead, is a hardworking artist who supports her drunk father and his three other illegitimate children. I found myself incredibly frustrated with Sia, as throughout the book she seems to let her father (and others) walk all over her. I wanted to SCREAM at her several times throughout the book “grow a backbone girl!”.
Todd, our sexy male, used to be friends with Sia before the break in incident back in their school days caused him to cut ties with her. Unlike real life men (sorry guys, it’s true), he is quick to apologize and try to make amends when he sees the error of his ways.
When the synopsis talks about secrets being revealed, that’s no lie! There were quite a few things that came out of left field and kept me on my toes. Unlike other books, these surprises worked well with the plot, and didn’t feel like they were just thrown in there.
My one complaint with The Lies We Tell is how short it is! Because of the length, I felt like the plot moved too quickly in some areas, and could have used a little more build up. I also thought that by adding a little more action from Sia and Todd’s early school relationship, I would have felt a lot more invested in the outcome of the characters.
All in all, this is a decent easy read from romance novelist Elizabeth Dunk..
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