26-year-old Psychiatrist, Leah Adams has lived a hard life. Between raising her 15-year-old brother, her mother's death, and the fact that her father is currently serving time for the murder and rape of her childhood best friend...the last thing she has time for is a new patient.
Especially a patient like Jacob Sand.
Jacob Sand is the CEO of an internet software company...he's also the sexiest and most irresistible man that Leah's ever laid her eyes on. It doesn't help that he's a controlling, cocky, dirty talking, millionaire—who has a self-proclaimed sex addiction.
However, as Leah will soon find out, there's so much more than meets the eye when it comes to Jacob.
Jacob's hiding something, and when the truth comes out, the disastrous effects will change Leah's life forever.
Jacob: I knew when Leah found out the truth it would change everything...I just never knew how much. Then again, I never knew how much meeting Leah would change me in the first place. The only thing I can do now is pick up the pieces while I live with the heartbreak and consequences of her actions—every single day. It turns out, there are some things...you just can't control.
Leah: The truth will set you free...but it's sure going to screw you up first. I never thought this would be my life. I never thought I would become this. My perfect, uptight, protective shell has been cracked and I can never go back again. Or so I think...
This story is told in two parts.
**WARNING** Adult Content: For readers 18 and over. Contains the following: explicit language, graphic sexual content, drug usage, and some violence. (However—this book does NOT involve graphic content with any minors.) Possible Triggers: Addiction
Awesome book. It definitely makes you think (I won't go into everything, because I don't want to give too much away, it's definitely an experience...that's for sure.)
I love Jacob's character (you hot cocky bastard you LOL!)
I also love that in the second half of the book we get a chance to get inside Jacob's head too (as well as Leah's.) The romance and sex is hot, hot, hot There was also a little bit of suspense and mystery thrown in...along with a little drama:
This book is divided in 2 parts, I will be reviewing both parts separately.
Part 1 This deserves 4 stars.
This is pure, well written, romantic suspense. Leah has a rough past and has managed to build a new life for herself. She loves her younger brother Danny and is protective towards him. Jacob is her multi millionaire client with a sex addiction. This is where deception comes into play because Jacob has a hidden agenda and Leah is a part of it. The pace of the story is even and the characters are realistic. Both are dealing with past baggage and use control as a coping mechanism. This was a great, at times disturbing read filled with twists. You were always on shaky ground and the tension levels were off the charts.
Part 2 I received this ebook in exchange for a honest review.
DNF 54% ALL OVER THE PLACE and going nowhere! firstly this story was to freaking rushed! At first it was intriguing but then when the author rushed their ''story'' and went from 0 -to 100 etc i was like wtf it's to rushed even because all that happened in the first 20%, all the problems from her past solved from 30% to 50% she is being taken away for 40 days by her father and he induced heroin to her and made her an addict and then when the H saved her she decided to leave him and her little brother and this author want to let me believe that this doctor which loved her brother really much would leave him and the guy ''she loves'' because for 40 days her father induced heroin to her? and she gave up her life and custody to keep being an addict and a freaking stripper? and fuck with others? leaving her brother behind???? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS???? this is going in all the direction and doesn't make any sense. We had a time apart of 1 year where we find out what she did when she leaved. AND EVEN SO SHE THOUGHT DOING THAT IN HER STATE OF MIND WHEN SHE WAS SAVED , i can't believe the H let her go away like that instead of helping her get out of her addiction, it wasn't like she was like that for freaking years. This story makes no sense i swear. NOPE , BYE. OK the first 50% being rushed but you can't ruin a character like that, if it wasn't her brother i could MAYBE believe she want her new addiction but not like that. She was a freaking doctor... Book ruined.
I finished Complicated Hearts and the Shame series before I started this one. Probably should have started here. Leah and Jacob were.... I don't even know if complicated works for what they have. I wasn't a fan of his "dominance" it was borderline abusive. It was drawn out in some places and rushed in others. We never heard from Alan again, we didn't get a clear picture on Jamie's Spot and they work they were doing. It wasn't my favorite or Ashley's best work. I'm going to assume its one of her first stories.
I definitely wasn’t expecting this book to have this story. Maybe the story would’ve been fine, but the characters bothered me.
Leah is supposed to be Jacob’s psychiatrist, but never does she actually act like one, so while people might be put off by the fact that she has a relationship with her patient, it didn’t bother me because I didn’t see her as a psychiatrist. She acts like a child; she’s impulsive, doesn’t think things through, and is dramatic. Jacob makes it clear that he finds Leah attractive, and she says all the right things about it not being allowed, but it, along with her actions, felt so fake.
The plot is that Jacob is Leah’s patient for a few chapters, but they meet maybe two or three times. Then she says she can’t be his psychiatrist anymore, and he takes her on a date (which she protested about, weakly, for a paragraph). After that, Leah goes to see her father, and does more dramatic and over the top things. Then the story becomes something completely different. Secrets are revealed (with dramatic reactions), something happens with Leah’s father, then there is a time jump and you see things a year later (definitely not enough grovelling and the blame seems to be in the wrong place).
I don’t think I liked anything about part two, which happens a year later. I really didn’t like how things were handled after the situation with Leah’s father, and the rest of the book is basically trying to solve that situation. I don’t like how Jacob goes to Leah when it should be her grovelling and doing everything she can to get him to even look at her again.
There were some side characters (Danny and Lillian), but they weren’t developed. Also, I didn’t like how Lillian kind of ignored everything that Leah had done and blamed Jacob for some things, and made him do everything.
I really didn’t like this book so I might try to stick with newer releases by this author.
Jeetje.. totaal niet wat ik had verwacht.. haar baan als therapist stelt ook niet veel voor. Ze liet zich te snel verleiden door die Jacob. En toen ik 10 procent had gelezen, waren ze al aan het zoenen enzo jeetje... Ze zeiden ily heel snel! Ze kennen elkaar amper. Haar familie (behalve Danny) is echt fucked up jfc... En dat haar moeder met J's vader heeft gehad... Ieuw... Haar vader is echt fucking disgusting.. haar een heroïne verslaafde maken... Eigenlijk had ik na 40 procent gelezen, wel genoeg van... Het wijkt allemaal van de storyline af... Jacob is ondanks alles, wel een goeie jongen.. hij is niet bang om te smeken voor haar en om ily eerst te zeggen... Heftig dat ze verslaafd is geraakt door haar vader TT Nadat ze gevlucht was(door haar verslaving en omdat ze niet wilde dat Danny en Jacob haar zo zagen), is het zijn pov en is ze gaan strippen.. Also, wat ook een wijze les is; altijd het Final contract print lezen voordat je het tekent... Jeetje echt fucked up geschiedenis.. Mooi einde thank God.
Highs and lows, a stellar range of emotions that will put you through the wringer. Ashley Jade sure knows how to make you work for it. I didn't instantly buy the love between Leah and Jacob, yet their story was hard, unforgiving, and especially heartbreaking. I found myself rooting for them. As much as I loved the dark parts, I equally hated it. As far as I'm concerned, it felt true, it felt real, and it definitely hit me right to the chest!
Difficult situations aside, this couple will make you throw your kindle at the wall. I loved that everything wasn't thrown together in the second part, it was a rollercoaster that needed to be felt, forgiveness to be felt.
This love story was hard, unrelenting, and completely consuming!
"Leah was my deception. She was my best deception."
Sucked right in like a drink through a straw...up till 3am just to finish....this book was not at all what I expected, it was more. It had it all....sweet romance, angsty suspense, emotional drama, and my favorite twists and turns that this Author never fails to deliver. Oh.....and H-O-T! Perfectly flawed alpha is our male lead, paired with his perfectly broken, strong as nails female interest. I did not move from my seat once I started!!
Having read several fantastic books by this same author, I felt that the writing in this story was less polished than in her other books. That being said, the story line was gripping and had me pulling for the characters to overcome the impossible and find a happy life together.
This story has some rough topics (ie drugs, abuse), but it really is a wonderful story about overcoming tragic circumstances.
This book was a complete surprise and I mean that in a good way. Ashley tells the the story of Leah and Jacob. Its an heart wrenching, gritty , emotional roller coaster that keeps you on your toes. I found myself enjoying the second part more, but all in all a fantastic read.
Really difficult to rate because I really like this writer but I didn't get what I needed from this book. I like dark books but I personally am not a great fan of the heroine deciding to become a drug addict having sex with others to fund her habit. Maybe if it was before meeting the main male 🤔 but it left me feeling a bit depressed and annoyed. Gripping writing though but just not my thing.
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I love this author. Each book brings something unexpected, a dark plot twist you don't see coming. Of course I end up way past bed time because I have to finish the book.
Oh Jacob and Leah! This story broke me and I felt every emotion possible. I wanted to smack both of them, shake them, then hug them tight! This was a total mindf$&@ and I wouldn’t have it any other way! If you want to feel all the feels, pick this book up! You won’t regret it!
Leaves your emotions raw❣ I enjoyed this book, i loved the characters even if they deserve to be slapped on occasion❣ I love the way Ashley Jade plays with your emotions in her books and this was no exception. I was hooked from the beginning devastated during the middle and you'll just have to read it to find out the end
This wasn't my first Ashley Jade book. Definitely wont be my last. LOVED this book from start to finish. Lots of twists. Keeps you enthralled from the very beginning.
What a great book. Highlights all the darkness that is addiction and the fact that no one can change you until your ready to give it up. Beautifully written!
It's a phenomenal story. A hot sexy psychiatrist , is visited by a breathtakingly good looking patient. Here the mundane ends They're two people trapped in a Web of lies. Both have been thoroughly betrayed by their heartless parents. Both have been looking after their own. Both have had a lonely death filled childhood Both don't trust anybody. So they both turn to addiction. ....of their own kind They both battle love, addiction, relationship and fate. Both lose....oh so heavily ...it's so sad, they could cure each other , complete each other. Yet they tear apart and hurt each other . The story travels at warp speed in the first half, Leah Adams, The Doctor treating Jacob Sands for sex addiction is very attracted to him, but he's not here to seek help, he's here to destroy her. Ends up destroying her life. Secrets about their fathers tumble out of the closet, her friends murder, her mother's murder, HIS mother's murder and Her brother Danny is in danger. That gets taken care of in speedy events in exactly 50% of the book. So I'm wondering okay...book finished.now what? But ashley surprises you when the stpry turns anti-clockwise , with the next half of Leah''s life where she's reduced to a pathetic masochistic drug addict who thinks she's making the ultimate sacrifice to save her brother. With near death brushes , she's jolted back to life and has to face some really tough choices
It's crazy how being dead, makes you want to live. It makes you want to fix and feel everything. It makes you want to do the unthinkable. It makes you want to save yourself.The realization that I’m going to have no choice but to actually feel each and every emotion for the rest of my life hits hard. There will be no ‘little miss perfect’ façade and no drugs to hide behind. I muster up some more tenacity and tell myself not to give in this time around.The biggest apology you need to make... is the one to yourself . And until you learn to do that , you’ll never be able to see the forest, or the woods, through the trees
The struggle addicts face is very real, as so starkly pointed out by ashley in this story. they not only have to earn back their friends and family's trust and confidence, they have to learn to forgive themselves by facing their inner demons.
Stop running away from everything all the fucking time. That's how you get people's forgiveness . By staying and facing the bad shit. By taking responsibility for your actions.”Loving someone means forgiving them, even after they hurt you. Not wanting to continue punishing them for their mistakes— because love isn’t perfect— it’s real, messy, and raw... it leaves you vulnerable…and sometimes it fucking hurts like hell.
The battle is dual front fought-inside and outside. I loved the well written story, the setting, the characters. Jacob turns out to be the pillar , her centre of gravity who holds down the fort as her life's spins crazily out of control around him. She spins into the orbit but he doesnt let her stray far. Being there for her always, pulling her towards himself. Good job ashley !!
Pssssttt!!I got something to tell you. I freaking love Ashley Jade. I mean wow, she blows my mind every time with her books. They are just amazing. I always fall in love with her writing all the time because they affect me like no other. They give me a certain hype that sometimes it is difficult to shake it off at times. The Best Deception was just the book that truly affected me a lot. It was freaking mind blowing and I was just in awe of everything about this book. It was truly AHHMAZING!!!!!
The Best Deception was a beautiful written story of lies, deception, love, pain and heartbreak. It truly touched me the depths of my heart. I was so captivated. You now when you read a book and it makes you scream or shout or cry or make you stop and think deeply then you know that the book is truly a special gem of a story. I was just in a book trance. The story in this book truly pulled me in that I completely devoured it like a crazy person. I was just blown away by the plot. It had some mystery. It had some suspense that had me reeling and frantic. It had action. It had some dark elements that gave me so many shivers down my spine. I was so excited. I am literally the most emotional person ever. The Best Deception made me shed some tears. It almost broke me. That's so magical about it because it makes you react in the best possible way.
The writing was flawless that the story felt like it was coming alive. I was so wowed. The writing was so clear and concise that I was able to follow the story so well like I follow the plot when I am watching the movie. I was so into it. I felt so overcome with joy and euphoria because Ashley Jade wrote a book that made my insides curl up, my mind blown away, my cheeks blushing and my ovaries bursting. Yep, this book is crazy hot. Wow, I had to fan myself a lot. Ashley Jade can write a sex scene full of red hot passion. Mesmerizing. Yep.
Ashley Jade always gives us amazing characters that simply make me fall in love with them. They just bring an extra spice into the story. Leah was such an interesting character. I was so sad for her. She had gone through a lot in her life and it was so awesome to see her so strong and fighting. There were times I wanted to slap her to wake up. LOL. Sounds harsh. Oh Jacob, le sigh. Jacob was so awesome. Control freak, alpha, crazy, protective, possessive and loving. Those traits made me love him more and more. I want to lick him. He made me swoon and hot all over. Ugh and his sexy dirty mouth was unbelievably hot.
The Best Deception was definitely a story like no other. It certainly making me fall in love more and more of Ashley Jade's books. I am a huge huge fan.