Now Available TRUTH BE TOLD by Marie James

 Release Date: February 23

Lies ruin lives.

Ignacio Torres, the translator for Blackbridge Security, has told his fair share and then some.

He lied more than once to Tinley Holland when they were teens.

Told her he didn’t love her.

Told her he could live without her.

Told her what they shared didn’t mean a thing.

He’s lived with those lies, lived with the loss of her for over a decade.

What he didn’t expect was going home to help with a family matter only to discover Tinley has told the biggest lie of all.

My thoughts on this review are mixed! We loved the fact that the story had a ton of  emotion, and we really loved Alex and Ignacio but, Tinley on the other hand we never warmed up to she irritated us throughout the entire book.

We loved Ignacio because he was super sweet and tried to make up for lost time with Alex and even though it was slow-going with him, he was patient and kind and loving, and he was even willing to uproot his life in order to be part of Tinley's and Alex's life in some way shape or form. The story itself was full of emotion and had a ton of sadness, and it was also about healing and hopefully about putting the past to bed once and for all.

Other reviewers feel that this was a slow burn romance and about second chances, and I am on board with a couple who clearly loved each other deeply getting another chance to make things work out but, for us, I never felt any kind of chemistry between these characters need and lust yes but, never chemistry. We could not get over the fact that Tinley never gave and inch when it came to Ignacio until what seemed like forever. We didn't like the fact that this couple never really cleared the air between them of what happened and why Ignacio made those declarations all those years ago, and  although they may have had words in passing they never really got to the heart of the matter in the beginning or the middle of the story things just seem to drag out.

 Tinsley was not perfect by a long shot, and  yet, she kept secrets that would change the lives of others forever and still she held a grudge against Ignacio for almost thirteen years. We understood the hurt and the pain she felt then and now especially with the knocks' life kept throwing at her but, for a mother who claimed to want to protect her son even if it is from his father she never really made an effort to get to know him and who that man he was now and of all that he had accomplished their time apart. There was also the fact he was no longer that same troubled kid who made some questionable choices like he did in his youth she just kept assuming he was still that same man without putting forth any effort to find out who he was in the now. Pot calling kettle?  

 We had to admire Tinsley for all that she sacrificed for her son to make sure he was provided for and happy and loved and with everything she was handling in her life recently she comes off strong and confident women.

Overall we enjoyed parts of this story because I loved the relationship that was being mended and forged between Alex and Ignacio. We loved that Puff Daddy made us laugh yet again.

We even enjoyed the teasing by Ignacio and his friends and comrades but, for us this was a supposed to be a love story and about a man who works at a security firm right? That brings some kind of drama or danger right? Where was the danger that his type of job brings? Where was any kind of action on said job he was sent on or even more than just a mention of it? The story was missing any kind of suspense or drama meaning job related. We felt that this story never even really touched on the fact that Ignacio job can be dangerous. You think Security Firm and Romance you think romantic suspense where was the suspense part? Where was the chemistry and romance? When they say slow burn it was more of a snails pace. We just felt the plot lacking.

 Overall we enjoy this authors stories but, I honestly felt myself drifting off at times with this one. Maybe we are just nit-picking and have to remember this story is fiction and not fact, and maybe it's because Tinley never made us like or even love her and I hate when that happens but, the story just did not engage me to the point of being excited to keep turning the pages and not being able to put it down, and I think that is what was missing most of all for us is the fact that we didn't feel that way this time around. Even though I had issues with the story Ignacio and Alex made us love them, so that is why the story warrants four stars from us and not three. 

 

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Meet Marie James

Let's see...where to begin...
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I'm inching up on the BIG 4-0. The gray hairs are doubling what seems like daily, and the wrinkles and laugh lines are more pronounced than ever.
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I have an amazing husband (Married just over 15 years.)
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We have two boys we're doing our best to raise as respectful gentleman.
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I have a master's degree in criminal justice which I used to work as a juvenile probation office until deciding to write full-time in June of 2019. So that means there's usually always some criminal/law element to my novels.
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If I'm not writing; I'm reading.
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My favorite genres recently are bully/reverse harem and enemies to lovers. Maybe I'm reliving my traumatic teen years through the girls who actually end up with the boys. (Not that I would change my history since it's gotten me exactly where I need to be!)
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I love coffee. I miss carbs. Music is LIFE. I try not to be too serious.

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