Worth Lying For

by Lisa Cheney, Lisa Craig

GOOD LIFEMary Minke knows she should be a mostly happy marriage, mostly grown kids and a mostly steady paycheck. But at forty, she finds herself fantasizing about sprawling Tuscan villas and fitting into 'juniors department' fashions. Instead, another twenty years in a two-bedroom ranch, sale-rack slacks and a receptionist job at Idid-a-Rod Auto Garage seem to be her destiny. Until... GOOD GRIEFMary stumbles on a bag of cash in the car of two-bit drug dealer Jimmy Adler... and steals it. Confiding in best friend, Caryn, she vows to make good by playing Robin Hood in the sleepy town of Stillwater Village. Only she must keep the plan under wraps from devoted husband, Nick, who just happens to be the local sheriff. GOOD INTENTIONS As one unexpected event after another turns Mary's once tapioca-bland life hotter than three-alarm chili, she is more than a little tempted to indulge in a few retail therapy sessions. Charity begins at home, after all, but where should it end? When the fate of her imperfect yet loving family is put on the line, Mary must decide what the good life really means, and if it is Worth Lying For.

Genres: Chick Lit, Humor, Fiction, Contemporary, Amazon, Adventure

267 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 27, 2012

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best part about this book is the fun, sassy dialogue. Of course, who wouldn't want to find a bag of money and have their way with it? In my case, it probably will never happen, so this novel provided the perfect vicarious living. Made me want to try on some ridiculously expensive shoes. In NYC, I could probably make that happen.

I appreciated the way Mary, the protagonist, dealt with the consequences of her actions. Raised some interesting questions that left me thinking.

[Pearl Barley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was pleasantly surprised that for a chick-lit story this book had guts. Mary lives a somewhat humdrum life with the usual problems of a long-term marriage, a boring thankless job and equally thankless grown-up daughters, and she wonders where her thrift-shop life will lead. Until, that is, she finds a bag with a huge amount of money and everything changes. The story then picks up pace, quite humorously at times, and Mary, as ordinary as the next person, is depicted rather cleverly by the authors as someone you would want to know. Her thought-processes are many and apt and you can't put this book down. The story is all about the money and how she deals with the situations that crop up because of it. I like the little twists which made sure this story wasn't predictable. I really rooted for Mary and I am happy to recommend this book to others who like a cozy read with twists, unexpected occurrences and many impromtu laughs thrown in. The style of writing is commendable.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book annoyed me at first, but it grew on me by the end. I think the author wrote the main character well, I just didn't like her.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was such a fun read! The characters are hilarious, and very easy to relate to. I appreciate that in a book. Although I got the book for free, I would definitely recommend paying for it. It's well worth it, promise.

[Eva · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was alright. dragged in some places.

[Cindy Segura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story

Funny and light-hearted. Just the kind of book I needed to read at the moment. Most working, married mother's can relate to Mary.

[Nikki Wilde · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yeah, it started out pretty good for me. The main character, Mary, was in her car when she notices her dream car pull up along side her. She recognizes the owner as someone she went to school with who's a bit on the sleazy side. She happens to notice a bag full of money on his passenger seat and before she realizes what she's doing she has it in her car and she's driving off.

Like I said, started with a bang. However, just after that it starts to fizzle. The middle to end starts dragging and I'd be reading several pages before I realized I wasn't even paying attention. I didn't really miss much. So slow and annoying. I didn't like Mary's children or and her husband was a bit rude as well. I mean, he didn't really talk to her, he didn't really have her back in their children's situations.

Mary and her friend kind of blamed the money for some bad situations that happened. I'm pretty sure they can be chalked up to coincidences. I would have preferred the story to move along a bit faster.

It wasn't my favorite. I thought it had promise but it just disappointed me. To be honest, I had to look up the main characters name because I couldn't even remember it.

[Tasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who would ever look at a middle aged wife and mother of two, and consider her a thief of epic proportions?! As we read the adventures Mary experiences after coming across...and stealing, a large sum of money, readers learn lots about family loyalties, parenting blues, and the willingness of a wife to put it all on the line for her husband. This was definitely an enjoyable read, and I would love to see more from this author.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun read and good writing. Probably would appeal more to someone older than me in my twenties.

[Jackie Behles · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an entertaining read on the plane...not great, but entertaining. A nice free borrow from the kindle lending library.

[Skeeter Jorgensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Humorous story about a cops wife finding a ruffle bag full of drug money and shennanigans of her trying to hide the money a trying to give it to charity. I got some laughs. A quick read.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chick lit ... this was a free ebook from Amazon. it was enjoyable, funny with some good one liners. Very easy to read.

[Carole Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute! I really thought I knew where it was going several times, but was always fooled. I like that.

[Barbie Steele · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute, easy read. I enjoyed the main character as many women can relate to her.

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

this was very humorous book that included the relationships of different families.the way a mother daughters relationships.the power of ill gotten money.

[Jordana · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's pretty rare for a book or even a movie to make me laugh OUT LOUD but this one did! Loved the whole book.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this entire book in one day. On the beach. Clever writing, engaging characters, good story. Great vacation book!

[Wade Newman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read. Fun but I kept waiting for a little more excitement or adventure. Good personal side story and character development

[Emma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok read.

[Stephen Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This Is A Maze

I can only imagine if this happened to me. A far fetched story of a theft of drug money, followed by a woman's guilt. I wonder if this is how a gal really thinks.

[D. Sun · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining .
Not deep , nor dirty .
Not funny , not boring.

[Kary · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun read