Name: A Beautiful Lie
ISBN: 9781481258883

T. E. Sivec

Garrett McCarthy, Annabelle Parker, and Milo Roberts were as close as friends could get. They shared in each other's joy during graduations, promotions, and engagements. When one of the friend's life is tragically cut short, it's up to the two left behind to pick up the pieces and find out the truth - no matter the cost.

A Beautiful Lie

Garrett McCarthy, Annabelle Parker, and Milo Roberts became best friends once they met in college, but all of them were harboring secrets.  Milo and Parker planned to get married until Milo disappeared while on a SEAL mission. Anna and Garrett grieved for over six months until Garrett was offered the opportunity to go to the Dominican Republic on another SEAL mission, with his main goal being an investigation into Milo's death.  When some of Anna's secrets are revealed, she is allowed to go on the mission with Garrett, playing the role of husband and wife, but so many more mysteries that are left to be revealed could change everything the three friends thought they knew about each other.

A Beautiful Lie is an interesting romantic suspense with lots of twists and turns woven into the story.  Unfortunately, there are also many problematic elements throughout the novel.  Much of the narrative is told through 3rd person internal monologues that frequently jump perspectives without warning.  The plot itself is completely unrealistic and unbelievable.  As college friends, the characters make sense, but once they enter the realm of the spy world, things become less plausible.  While the ending of the story holds some memorable moments, overall A Beautiful Lie is a promising romantic suspense novel that needed a lot more editing. 

Lynn Braden

Garrett McCarthy, Annabelle Parker, and Milo Roberts became best friends once they met in college, but all of them were harboring secrets.  Milo and Parker planned to get married until Milo disappeared while on a SEAL mission. Anna and Garrett grieved for over six months until Garrett was offered the opportunity to go to the Dominican Republic on another SEAL mission, with his main goal being an investigation into Milo's death.  When some of Anna's secrets are revealed, she is allowed to go on the mission with Garrett, playing the role of husband and wife, but so many more mysteries that are left to be revealed could change everything the three friends thought they knew about each other.

A Beautiful Lie is an interesting romantic suspense with lots of twists and turns woven into the story.  Unfortunately, there are also many problematic elements throughout the novel.  Much of the narrative is told through 3rd person internal monologues that frequently jump perspectives without warning.  The plot itself is completely unrealistic and unbelievable.  As college friends, the characters make sense, but once they enter the realm of the spy world, things become less plausible.  While the ending of the story holds some memorable moments, overall A Beautiful Lie is a promising romantic suspense novel that needed a lot more editing. 

Sarah Escorsa

DNF at 10%.

Probably one of the worst books I have read in the last few years. It’s completely unrealistic and makes no sense at all. The writing is just terrible and unbelievably immature. The physical descriptions are completely ridiculous. POV is changing constantly (every other paragraph or so) which in itself is not a problem but here it is very badly done. The narration keeps jumping back and forth from past to present. The characters act like 15-year-olds. When I sensed that Parker was about to go off on a Navy SEAL mission with Garrett (very realistic thank you) I just couldn’t take it anymore.

A Beautiful Lie

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