Sandy M’s review of Don’t Love a Liar (Dark Sins, Book 2) by Cynthia Eden
Contemporary Romantic Suspense published by Amazon Digital Services 13 Nov 18
I have thoroughly enjoyed Cynthia Eden’s Lazarus Rising series this year. I didn’t realize at the time that Don’t Trust a Killer was the beginning of a new series for her. But because I also liked DTaK, I was happy to see a second book with Remy, a secondary character in that story and thus the start of a new series. The blurb gave me no reason to doubt I wouldn’t enjoy DLaL as much.
But, though I like both Remy and Kennedy, as well as the story line, this book just doesn’t gel for me. I never felt as connected to these two as I did to Kace and Bree in the first one. I think it’s because in DTaK we see Remy only as a bad guy, not the chameleon he truly is, until it’s too late. At least for me. Even here – and he admits it to himself as well – he’s a man who does whatever – whatever – the job requires of him to get his perp and close a case. Perhaps if he’d given in to his feelings a bit earlier, I might have warmed up to him more, but he keeps denying Kennedy means anything, despite the fact he wants her any which way all the time.
Kennedy’s brother is a suspected serial killer, so it’s Remy’s job to get close to her, to get any info on her sibling or even to find out if she’s involved in the murders the FBI knows about. He lies so very well that Kennedy hires him as a PI to keep her safe, because not even the public is in her corner. So every time she turns around, Remy is there, sexy and confusing and his kisses throw her for a loop.
Now, don’t get me wrong, this is a good story. For this reader, however, it goes a bit too far before the groveling begins and Remy decides to tone things down. He’s too hard and inflexible. But I do have to say his groveling is nicely done and I believe him much sooner than Kennedy does – and that kind of irritates me too. She loves the man, and, yes, he lied, but he also talks a good game when he’s sincere, as his love for her is. I hate the FBI agents Remy is working with, and I’m glad he shuts them down here and there.
The twists and turns at the end are also well done, part of it taking me by surprise. So while there are a few positives by the end of the book, it’s just not enough to bring my grade up any higher. A surprise to me, especially because I’ve enjoyed Ms. Eden’s work so much lately.
Grade: C+
Summary:
She thinks his job is to protect her. It isn’t.
Remy St. Clair has been a criminal, a thief, and a killer. He’s been the hero who rushes in to save the day. He’s been the corporate CEO who runs the world. He’s been everything.
He’s been nothing.
That’s Remy’s talent. He’s a chameleon. He can become anyone, and he can do anything. Remy does whatever it takes to get the job done. He’s the FBI’s secret weapon.
This time, Kennedy Clarke is the job. Remy is supposed to get close to her and find out everything she knows about a killer who is turning Louisiana red with blood. Only Kennedy isn’t the woman Remy expects her to be. Not the rich party girl. She’s scared and lost, and she’s a victim in this tangled web. She wants someone to rely on. Someone who will help her when the whole world falls in flames around her.
She thinks Remy is that guy. She’s dead wrong. Remy is the one working against her even as he swears to protect her.
But the longer Remy is with Kennedy, pretending to be her protector, pretending to be the lover she needs, the more he wants her. Soon, even Remy isn’t sure what’s right and what’s wrong any longer.
The only thing he knows…he can’t let Kennedy go. Too bad he’s betraying the one woman he wants more than any other.
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