Lies that Bind is a new to me author, it is a shorter novel but took a while to pick up on the romance and suspense elements. It lacked a bit of emotion, making it hard to connect to characters. ~ Autry, Guilty Pleasures
Blurb:
The biggest challenge of his life, and only she can help…
Luke Calloway has spent his entire life steering clear of emotional entanglements, but when his sister and her husband are killed and he becomes sole guardian to his niece and nephew, he can no longer remain aloof.
Out of his depth, Luke turns to Brooke Galbraith to assist the badly injured and traumatised adolescents with their physical therapy. With the children’s grandparents contesting custody, Luke persuades Brooke to move into his house on Whitby Downs to provide stability and support.
Brooke is fighting her own demons, scandals from her past that she can’t leave behind. She needs the money, but she can’t grow attached. Not to the children, and definitely not to their enigmatic uncle…
Luke never thought he would be raising his niece and nephew, while trying to work full time and grieve for his sister. Luke reached out to Brooke at a last ditch effort to help the kids, knowing her reputation will put stress on relationship from the start. Unwilling to let his promise go unfulfilled, he pushes past his feelings and eventually falls in love with her.
Brooke has dreaded returning to her hometown, her dad needs her help. Looking for work to help cover the cost of moving back home, Brooke takes on the headstrong opinionated Luke. Brooke heart easily gets swept away by the children, and she soon found herself moving into Lukes’ house to get the best of gossip mongers.
Luke and Brooke have strong emotions about each other from the start, it could be considered an enemy to lovers story. Both had good intentions with the kids, slowly learning to trust each others input. Both were mature characters who talked things through, moved past reputations and put the children first. Their romance really bloomed towards the end of the novel, it was easy to see how Ms. Wine was working the couple through the stages, making their way to a happily ever after ending. The secondary characters blended into the background, no characters possessed anything that made them stick out. Lies that Bind held a plot twist that forced all of the characters to come together. If a reader is looking for a quick book, light on suspense and romance Lies that Bind could easily fit the bill. This is the first read of Ms. Wines work, I feel there is was a little bit lacking in the emotion/connections with characters; there is a foundation of a good novel it just needs built up more.
2.5 stars
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