‘Parallel lies” is the fourth novel I’ve read by author Georgia Rose. I enjoyed The Grayson Trilogy and was looking forward to her latest standalone novel.
Read my review of A Single Step
Read my Author Spotlight on Georgia Rose
Blurb Parallel Lies
My name is Madeleine, Madeleine Ross. It is a name chosen with thought and because it is classy, and that is what is needed here…’
Madeleine Ross has life exactly as she planned it.
Cosy cottage, friendly village, satisfying job.
Company… when she wants it.
It’s an enviable existence for an independent young woman, and one she’s keen to protect.
Enter Daniel – strong, dependable and a danger to everything she’s built. He’s not something she was looking for, but hearts can’t be controlled and maybe, just maybe he might be worth letting into hers.
But, all is not what it seems. Because Madeleine is hiding a lifetime of secrets. Deep secrets.
And they never stay buried for ever.
Her darkest secret returns, like the proverbial bad penny. He is her first love, shadowy, dangerous, the baddest of bad boys. No matter how far she runs, or how well she hides, she can never escape him.
Or her past.
Here he is, on her doorstep, with a proposition she is powerless to resist but which could devastate the future she hoped to have.
Can Madeleine satisfy the old love while keeping the new?
You can’t always get what you want but, desperate to preserve the life she has worked so hard for, Madeleine is willing to risk everything to prove that she can.
My Review of Parallel Lies
Parallel Lies is a contemporary romantic thriller set in the UK. It’s written in the present tense mostly by the main character, Madeleine Ross.
Madeleine, who has recently moved from London, is trying to live a quiet life, keeping a low profile, in the idyllic English village of Crowbridge, although it’s soon clear that she has plenty of secrets she’s not prepared to share even with the reader! Her hidden agenda is very gradually and suspensefully disclosed. She has many personal issues to deal with throughout the novel, including her promiscuous attitude to sex, which she uses to make up for her insecurities, rooted in her childhood.
She interacts with a variety of local characters in the village. I liked the way her supportive relationship with a young girl, who also has to deal with a complex, dysfunctional family, brings out the best in Madeleine, reminding her of her own traumas.
Madeleine also has an unusual, unorthodox and secret job with an insurance company. Matters are further complicated by her personal, professional and romantic relationship with her boss’s nephew, Daniel, whom she doesn’t trust, and the reappearance of her former, unscrupulous boyfriend, threatening to wreck her life.
Parallel Lies was a pleasure to read. I enjoyed the way Madelaine’s character gradually unfolded and developed throughout the novel, and there were many twists and turns to keep me interested right to the end.
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Happy reading and Happy Christmas!
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Thank you so much, Luccia, for reading and reviewing my book and for such a lovely post about it. I’m delighted that you enjoyed the read.
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Congratulations on ‘Parallel Lies’. It was a great read. What are you working on now?
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Thank you 😀 Now that is a bit of a thorny subject, and the answer is really nothing. I think I’m still in recovery after getting Parallel Lies finished.
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I’m sure you are. It is an exhilarating and exhausting experience! Almost like giving birth😂 I’m still trying to finish my 4th novel and first contemporary romantic thriller…
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Luccia this sounds so intriguing! I had to add it!
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Lovely, thank you! 😀 I do hope you enjoy it, when you get to it.
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Great! I hope you enjoy!
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nice review. i love books in the first pov and this one seems to hold all the good ingredients to make it a page turner. not the boss, but his nephew. i might give this one a try.
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Thank you 🙂 So many wonderful books to read and there’s never enough time!
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i know. there should be two or three more hours in a day.
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Thank you, and if you do, I hope you enjoy it. 😀
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That sounds exciting, Luccia. I shall be looking forward to both 😀
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Have this one. Looking forward to reading it! Happy Holidays. 🎄
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Thank you, Sarah. I do hope you enjoy it when you get to it. And a very happy holiday to you too!
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Georgia Rose is SUCH a good writer – I hope this book takes off!
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So do I!
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May I add a little… so do I! 😉
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Ohh, what a lovely thing to say, I’m blushing… thank you 😀
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Always great to see a good book recommendation!
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Thanks for reading and commenting 😀
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