Between the Lies

by Alison Oburia

Doctoral student Cari Lopez's academic life is in a rut, but when she comes home to discover a stranger asleep on her doorstep, her personal life becomes immediately more interesting. British accountant Tristan Saunders is a kindred spirit--with a fantastic accent--and there's a connection kindling, but Cari soon learns he's made an enemy of the Bulgarian mafia. His trip to the US is far from a vacation.

The enemy is hidden, yet ominously present and always watching. And though they've known each other merely a few days, Cari and Tristan are soon on the run for their lives.

Alison Oburia's layered storytelling reveals a tale of international intrigue and complex relationships, which is distilled to its essence in two hearts. Not everything is as it appears, and people are not who they seem to be. Faced with deception at all angles, Cari must sort out what's real. If she's to stay alive--and possibly fall in love, she has to find the truth...between the lies.

Genres: Romance, Fan Fiction

344 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 21, 2012

About the author

After living in New England for the first twelve years of my life, my family moved to Florida and never looked back. I spent many years in Orlando and then moved to Tampa, where am now with my wonderful husband of twenty years and two teen boys.

I began writing Passion Fish after having a very vivid dream (basically the Passion Fish bar game chapters). When I couldn't figure out where the story should go from there, I 'hooked up' (sorry, fish pun) with Jessica McQuinn, plot queen extraordinaire, and together we created the novel.

My second novel, Between the Lies, is a story that mixes international intrigue with plot twists and romance and is based on some real events of people I know who have had life-threatening "encounters" with the Mafia (one in Ukraine, the other in Indonesia). It's scheduled for release in October, 2012.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This was a good romantic suspense novel but with the weaving of the plot it deserved more attention than I could give it today. There were a lot of characters and the story was told from a lot of POV's. I can understand why the author chose to write it this way. For all the threads to tie together in the end, it worked well to have multiple POV's. There was a reason for every POV change, even if that wasn't apparent at the time. I just had a little trouble keeping track of everything - again, it didn't help that I had a lot of interruptions. If I had the opportunity to read it in one sitting my rating might have been higher.

As it was, I really enjoyed the dynamic between Tristan and Cari. They were so cute together right from their first meeting. Their scenes together made the book for me.

I am glad I checked this one out.

[Lady Gabriella of Awesomeness (SLOW) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars so far ...done up to 80%

"the ebook i bought dosnt have a climax ! now im lost ! im searching for this book everywhere ! if anybody has a copy of this book..pls let me know so i can send u my email id...plsss..pls... n! im loving this !

[Linsey]

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