Tuesday, December 10, 2019

A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting [Review]

A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting
A Lie for a Lie (All In #1) by Helena Hunting
Format: ebook
Source: provided through NetGalley
Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Date read: September 22, 2019

All In
1. A Lie for a Lie - Paperback | Kindle
2. A Favor for a Favor
3. A Secret for a Secret
4. A Kiss for a Kiss

Helena Hunting
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Pucked series comes a romantic comedy about instant attraction, second chances, and not-so-little white lies.

Sometimes I need an escape from the demands, the puck bunnies, and the notoriety that come with being an NHL team captain. I just want to be a normal guy for a few weeks. So when I leave Chicago for some peace and quiet, the last thing I expect is for a gorgeous woman to literally fall into my lap on a flight to Alaska. Even better, she has absolutely no idea who I am.

Lainey is the perfect escape from my life. My plan for seclusion becomes a monthlong sex fest punctuated with domestic bliss. But it ends just as abruptly as it began. When I’m called away on a family emergency, I realize too late that I have no way to contact Lainey.

A year later, a chance encounter throws Lainey and me together again. But I still have a lie hanging over my head, and Lainey’s keeping secrets of her own. With more than lust at stake, the truth may be our game changer.
Thoughts on A Lie for a Lie: You know how one little lie can sort of spiral into something waaaaay bigger than someone intends? Yeah. Rook's lie is seemingly small, just a teeeeny lie of omission, really, but it causes some big waves down the line.

Not that it was entirely his fault. There was a decided lack of planning for a future (contact numbers are important, man!) for the two of them and THAT led to other waves.

On Lainey's end, she makes the conscious decision to step outside her comfort zone ONE time and things get complicated. She meets a man who makes her heart sing and just as quickly loses touch with him. Which kinda sucks. But the lady rallies and finds a way to carve out a life for herself where she's doing the things she wants to be doing the way she wants to be doing them. Running into Rook/RJ again throws her life into turmoil.

Bottom line: I liked Rook and Lainey. They found one another, things happened and they went their separate ways, and then they ended up within each others' orbit again. (As an aside, I love seeing familiar faces, so Rook's teammates made me grin.) GOOD STUFF.

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