Thursday, August 10, 2023

Review: The Lies We Believe (Shadow Stalkers #1) by Lisa Harris

About the Book
Riley Bishop is a single mother, working at home as a graphic designer to provide for her two children, Sadie and Oliver. But something is very wrong. Riley starts forgetting things—like appointments, where she put her keys, and where she parked her car. And then she thinks she sees her deceased ex-husband while out shopping. But as Riley begins to question her own sanity, her twelve-year-old Sadie goes missing. Soon Riley finds it harder and harder to know what is truth and what are lies as she is forced to question her own reality while she searches for her daughter.

Apprehending fugitives as a part of the SOG team gives Tucker Shaw the purpose and drive he needs to fight the demons from his past. When he’s called out on a mission to track down a group of endangered young girls, he has no idea how drastically his life is about to change. It’s a frantic hunt as the situation quickly spirals out of control with a final twist that has Tucker questioning everything he knows to be true.

Available in Kindle Unlimited at time of posting

MY THOUGHTS

What an exciting psychological thriller! The compelling prologue hooked me, and I was glued to the pages from there on out.

To say Riley had a lot on her plate is an understatement. She's a widowed single mother of two kids and is dealing with the aftereffects of her husband's bad choices and then his murder, all while wondering if she's going crazy like her mother did. She's barely hanging on, doing the best she can but worrying that it's not enough. I really felt for her. It was like she couldn't catch a break, and things just kept piling up on her.

This story tackles some serious topics - mental illness and human trafficking. It's hard to read about sometimes, but I appreciated the light being shined on these topics. It's much needed.

There wasn't a lot of romance, but what little there was felt forced and sorta out of the blue. But other than that, I really enjoyed this book and look forward to more in this series. Especially after that doozy of an ending!

FOUR STARS

2 comments:

  1. Poor Riley...to think that you might be going crazy...that would be so scary.

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    1. Right? I really felt for her. It seemed like everything was going wrong for her.

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