Reviewed by Kimberley
TITLE: Picture Perfect Lies
SERIES: Cade Creek #20
AUTHOR: Stormy Glenn
PUBLISHER: Siren Bookstrand
LENGTH: 82 pages
RELEASE DATE: August 9, 2019
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Senator Wilson Khor II came to Cade Creek to meet the son he never knew he had. He didn’t expect to meet the man of his dreams. When someone starts digging up secrets from his past, keeping his political career may be the least of his problems. It could cost him the man he’s falling in love with. Jayden Grant had one job. Dig up dirt on Senator Wilson Khor II. Finding out why he was in Cade Creek was just part of the deal. Falling for the senator was not. Yet, Jayden found himself pretending to be someone else just to spend more time with the handsome man. But lies have a way of catching up to people and Jayden is no different. He just has to hope Wilson will still want him when the dust settles.
REVIEW:
So, this is book 20 in this long running series. Now, this series absolutely must be read in sequential order, not only in terms of this series, but the series this spin off from. I say this because I missed the previous two books in this series and ended up a bit confused to who/what and whys of this story as a result. I ended up having to go back and read the blurbs of the stories I missed just to get a feel for what was going on in this one. Once I gained a feel for what happened in the previous stories leading up to this one, the story flowed along quite nicely for me.
I liked Wilson and Jayden. Especially Wilson. In his early 40s, he’s gained an element of freedom with his divorce from his gold digging wife, the death of his father and the distance he deliberately places between him and his socialite, status climbing cold mother. Free from those entanglements, he’s finding his son and plans to get to know him and love his best life. He wasn’t looking to fall in love but a series of events allowed him to find love. Wil and Jay are on opposite sides and by all accounts-incompatible, of the professional coin (politician/reporter) but in this instance, it worked out in their favor. The insta-love was a bit quick but I understand this is a novella in a series so it’s necessary. In this case, it was a complete whirlwind. It wasn’t bad at all, just…fast.
As always, the author did a lovely job of maintaining the older characters while introducing new ones. The story flowed nicely despite the fast paced love story. There was a touch of violence but it was mild.
All in all, I’d say it turned out rather nicely. These are really nice little novellas that fit together perfectly to form this series. The books are 100 pages or just a little under but they’re nice little reads. I’m looking forward to what happens in the next installment.
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