Swallowing lies has never felt so good.Reed freaking Rivers. I wouldn’t trust a word out of the arrogant music mogul’s mouth if his gold-plated tongue were notarized. The Man with the Midas Touch would say anything to get me into his bed, and I know it. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want him to succeed. Indeed, the moment I laid eyes on Reed while he was speaking at an on-campus event I’d … speaking at an on-campus event I’d crashed, my body physically ached to feel his golden fingers—and tongue—all over me. Unfortunately, though, I can’t give into my powerful craving to jump Reed’s cocky bones. Not until I’ve figured out my best strategy with him …
The truth is Reed has something I desperately want. Something my heart desires even more than my body craves one night of delicious fun with the yummiest man alive. Reed assumes he’s running this game of seduction. He thinks he’s a thirty-four-year-old big cat on the prowl, and I’m nothing but a blushing twenty-one-year old field mouse with stars in my eyes.
Yeah… no.
As Reed is about to find out, he’s not the only cat on the hunt in this game of cat-and-mouse… .
BAD LIAR is the first book of the standalone REED RIVERS TRILOGY. The full trilogy is BAD LIAR, BEAUTIFUL LIAR, and BELOVED LIAR, to be read in order.
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I can’t say enough about this book. I devoured it in one sitting!
AMAZING!
I devoured this one..sooo effing addictive.
Impeccable storytelling. Captivating characters.
Ughh..I can’t say anything else..trust me..just read.
~BREAKDOWN OF RATINGS~
Plot~ 5/5
Main Characters (hero/heroine)~ 5/5
Secondary Characters~ 5/5
The Feels~ 5/5
Pacing~ 5/5
Addictiveness~5/5
Angst~ 5/5
Steam/Hotness/Chemisty ~ 5/5
Theme or Tone~ 5/5
Flow (Writing Style)~ 5/5
Backdrop (World Building)~ 5/5
Originality~ 5/5
Ending~ 5/5
Book Cover~ FANTASTIC
Series~ The Reed Rivers Trilogy #1
Source~ Kindle eBook
Would I read more from the author? Yes
Would I recommend this book? Yes
A steamy slow burn with a hot alpha hero! Reed and Georgina’s chemistry is palpable. I can’t wait for book two in this sexy, enemies-to-lovers trilogy!
Gah!!! What a smoking hot introduction to this new trilogy by the phenomenal author!
This is the first book in the Reed Rivers trilogy.
The chemistry between Georgina and Reed is like rocket fuel! So, so hawt!
I am so loving this deep dive into the character of Reed. He has had a lot thrown at him throughout his life and it has built battle scars. With the success of his music business he has developed even more walls around himself (and rightly so).
Georgina is hungry, she is fierce and she too has built walls around herself. She is the perfect person for Reed. I can’t wait to find out more about her in the upcoming books!
The dialogue between Reed and Georgina is whip-smart and so smexy! This is a fun, fresh and fantastic story! I have yet to read anything by Lauren Rowe that hasn’t rocked me!
This is a totally stand-alone series but since I have read everything that Ms. Rowe has written, I loved seeing past characters making appearances! It was like a little reunion!
I am going to be waiting not so patiently for the next book in this series! So well done!
Spontaneous Combustion!
Omg! This book is on a whole other level of hotness!
The intense chemistry in this book 1 of the much anticipated Reed Rivers Trilogy is like no other. Spitfire meet lighter fluid… BOOM!!
Brilliantly written by Lauren Rowe this is easily one of my favorites, and she’s just getting started.
Georgina’s witty comebacks & devious negotiation tactics shows that the high & mighty music mogul Reed Rivers may have finally met his match.
Reed will not give in, he can’t, it’s not personal, it’s just business. He WILL NOT let this young naive HAF new reporter have her way, unless it’s in his bed!
I have never craved a bad boy as much as I do Reed Rivers.
Trust me by the end of book 1 you’ll be screaming yes, yes, YES!!
I highly recommend this book!
Sisters Spotlight
5 glorious stars for Bad Liar!
“I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you’re around…”
This is the song that I immediately feel, when I’m reading about Reed & Georgina. The tension, chemistry, and L-U-S-T is palpable. I love that Reed Rivers has finally met his match, and it is beyond anything he can handle.
I’ve wanted Reed’s story for a while, and Lauren beautifully gives it to us. Her writing is impeccable done in that true L fashion. It’s amazing to see what makes him tick, and to also see the sensitivity that lies underneath that he tries so hard to hide.
Georgina is a grade A firecracker x10! I love her spirit, personality, and her brain. She is a clever girl, and she has made our guy C-R-A-Z-Y!
Ready for book 2 with a quickness!!
Holy hell did Lauren kick this trilogy off with a slow burning, addictive attraction that ignites so deep within it won’t die out no matter how hard you try to smother it! Reed and Georgina are PURE FIRE. The classic game of cat and mouse is brought to new heights as you see both players deal with their internal pulls of not only the physical but mental attraction that only we see as a reader. They may think this is only short term and that their raging inferno is under control, but we know it’s not, not by a long shot. I am so amped for Beautiful Liar. Bring it on.
Reed Rivers and Georgina Ricci
Holy Hell, what hotness did I just read?
Reed Rivers is like “Sex on a Stick,” and Georgina is his dipping sauce. Quite literally, it seems. But this sauce has Reed sweating bullets.
Reed knows what he wants, and will say whatever needs said to get it. No matter the lies he tells.
Georgie, wants to write a special piece, about Reed Rivers, and has quickly learned the art of negotiation, to get what she wants.
Bad Liar, the first in the Reed Rivers Trilogy, is Oh My Gawd, good. It’s got HOT written all over it.
As per usual, Lauren Rowe did not disappoint this reader. I loved this book, and am now going on to Beautiful Liar.
Lauren Rowe is my new favorite author! I can’t get enough of her writing. Reed Rivers is such an arrogant jerk but it just makes me want him more! The chemistry between Reed & Georgina is off the charts. I love that Georgina doesn’t back and puts Reed in his place! Jacob Morgan & Andi Arndt narrated Reed & Georgina flawlessly.
If the rest of this trilogy is anything and everything like book one, Bad Liar, I’m in for a whirlwind! Bad Liar introduces us to Reed River, CEO of River Records, and Georgina Ricci, new college graduate and journalist. The reader dives right in to see how these two will intertwine in each others lives leading to a story full of passion, anger, jealousy, laughs, and extreme chemistry.
I can’t wait to read the next book and see where this story continues to go.
Well isn’t this an incredible little turn of events.
This is the BEST Lauren Rowe book. Not only in terms of writing; but tone, storytelling, steam, drama.
Guys…it’s all here. I thought I had a favourite LR book (Hey Rockstar, Hey) but Bad Liar, Reed Rivers and Georgie blow all the other couples out the water (Sorry Dax, LOVE YOU, MEAN IT)
I knew before I started this that Reed was going to be something special. He’s been on the outskirts of The Morgan Brothers series for a while and well enquiring minds want to know.
Here we get the first in what will eventually be a trilogy about the Man With The Midas Touch. And what can I say about Georgie? She is everything. Reed is everything. Together? Forgetaboutit. Explosions, chaos, supernova. Boom.
Since I heard we were getting a trilogy of Reed Rivers, I knew Lauren was going to knock it out the park. She did. She also knocked out the block, out the city, out the state. And this is just the start?!? I’m stunned that this could get better, but I’m ready because I know. I just know I ain’t seen nothing yet.
Although Reed has appeared in her other books, these books will stand alone from that, so if you’re looking for a place to kick off what I know will be your love of Lauren Rowe, then I can’t think of a better place to start.
5 stars? Nah. I’d give this at least 14 stars, but since 5 is all Goodreads will let me have, 5 it is.
**I received an ARC of this and all the above opinions are my own**
Reed freaking Rivers. I wouldn’t trust a word out of the arrogant music mogul’s mouth if his gold-plated tongue were notarized. The Man with the Midas Touch would say anything to get me into his bed, and I know it. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want him to succeed. I really liked this first book in this series it had me hooked within the first chapter, the story line is interesting the chemistry and playful banter between the characters is hot and funny. I feel like this book was an introduction to the characters and what they both want so I can’t wait to get into book two to find out if they accomplish their goals.
This was the first book I read by Lauren Rowe and it was absolutely fantastic. This book had everything – witty banter, tons of steam, and was totally captivating. A feisty, confident heroine and a hot alphahole with off-the-charts chemistry from day 1. Georgie and Reed along with a wonderful cast of characters that made the story so good to read. Can’t wait to start book 2!
Hot, sultry, and seductive.
Wow!!
Bad Liar is my first book by author Lauren Rowe and I can say hand on heart, it will not be the last. This was a hot, spicy, and sexy story of illicit passion between music mogul Reed Rivers and aspiring journalist Georgina Ricci. Georgie has her sights set on getting a job with her journalism idol and has a plan to make it happen. She never expected to meet Reed on the same day, or in the same room.
Reed is captivated by the sexy siren and just wants her. He doesn’t care what he has to do to get his way.
Their meeting sets up a wicked game of cat and mouse, neither willing to capitulate to the other. Until it all comes together in one explosive encounter. But, once isn’t enough and now Reed has to find a way to make Georgie see things his way once more.
Definite Enemies to Lovers Book
I felt the build up of this book was maybe a little long. It could’ve been shortened slightly but the book still had a good plot, and the fall out. But the ending leaves it plenty open for the next book in the trilogy.
Georgie Ricci knows what she wants and goes for it. The only problem she has is that, so does Reed Rivers. During the fight to get what they want, they must negotiate… there are parts where the student teaches the teacher and the teacher pulls a fast one.
I’m excited to see how this next book in the trilogy plays out.
I Lauren Rowe!! I have been looking forward to this series and finally carved out the time and I devoured them! Bad Liar was the first book in Lauren’s Reed Rivers Trilogy and they need to be read in order. In true Lauren fashion it was fast paced, sexy, and on fire!
Reed was a player; he could have whoever he wanted, whenever he wanted and he was completely fine with that. No need to settle down when you know you are no good at it.
Georgina knew as soon as she laid eyes on Reed, he was different. There was something between them, but was she the only one that felt it? Would a second meeting have Georgina playing into Reed’s hand or would she be the one playing him?
I don’t normally like when couples get so involved so fast but Lauren made it feel so natural. Georgina was such a sassy, amazing woman. Of course it left me wanting more!! I can tell this series will be amazing!
Bad Liar (Reed Rivers Trilogy, Book 1) is the perfect beginning of this new trilogy. A excellent first book in a series. Keane Morgan aka Ball Peen Hammer will always be my favourite Lauren Rowe book boyfriend, but Reed Rivers is a awesome backup boyfriend. I totally fell in love with his scrumptious character. Georgina’s character is compelling and brazenly bold. Lauren’s writing style is organic and effusive, character development is great, and off the charts chemistry between Reed and Georgina along with cute banter between these two. Looking forward to listening to the next audio in this trilogy
Narators Andi Arndt, Jacob Morgan were the icing on the cake of this audio. These narrators were perfect. Their tonality arrested every moment and brought the story to reality.
Reed Rivers is the founder of Rivers Records and is asked by a long time friend, Ceece to be on a panel for music students at UCLA. Georgina aka Georgie is a journalism student at UCLA and she is hoping to meet Ceece so she can apply for a position at one of her magazines so she attends this same panel not knowing who Reed Rivers is at all. She is instantly intrigued and attracted to him but she remains committed to her goal of meeting Ceece. She needs this job to help pay for treatment for her dad. Reed sees her in the crowd and knows that he needs her. They flirt during the panel and he thinks he has her in the bag but when she walks away with Ceece is disappointed but knows he can find her later through Ceece. So imagine his surprise when he goes out to a bar with his buddies and finds Georgie is tending bar there.
The problem that I have with trilogies is that it could probably be done is less books than three. Now only having read the first one I feel like this is already true. This book was such a long drawn out process of getting them together. I understand and respect that it is the world building book in the trilogy it just seemed to drag on. That isn’t to say that I didn’t enjoy it though, because I did. Their conversations were fun and amusing. I loved how Georgie was constantly putting Reed in his place and contradicting everything he thought about her. She is sassy spitfire and I hope she doesn’t lose that in the next two books. I like her a lot. And Reed’s crazy need for her and his protectiveness that he hasn’t even realized yet is truly entertaining. I am excited to see where the next two books take me.
Reed Rivers, the hot but cocky, ahole! Its like this love hate thing with him.He’s so arrogant lol!
Then there is Georgie . She is ..well, sassy and very independent but she has this vulnerable side.
She is very smitten with Rivers. When she istens to him at an event, she goes all flirtiness with him . “He flashes me a naughty smile”. They both do this back and forth flirting.
Thats where it starts. They have this hot chemistry . Loved this one and can’t wait to see what happens! Yes, Yes, Yes!
My first book that I’ve read by Lauren Rowe, and definitely not the last! I couldn’t put this down!