When Avri Lawrence’s high school sweetheart leaves her to enlist in the military, she nurses a broken heart. When Dillon returns four years later, their attraction to each other is stronger than ever, but life’s experiences has changed them. When her life is threatened she’s not sure he’ll come to her rescue or like what he finds. She has secrets and she’s not ready to share.Dillon Davidson wants … Davidson wants to advance in his military career but didn’t plan on having to kill so many people to do so. On a Special Opps mission he’s captured and tortured for eighteen long months. After his escape, he ends his four-year career in deception. He wants to start over with his soul mate, Avri in Saddle Creek, Wyoming.
But are there too many years of separation, too many secrets, and too many memories between them for them to overcome?
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SECRETS AND DECEPTIONS by Lorelei Confer is a well-written romantic suspense novel and is book three in the Saddle Creek series. It worked well as a stand-alone novel.
This story takes place in and around Saddle Creek, Wyoming. Avri Lawrence and Dillion Davidson were high school sweethearts. While Avri heads to college to become a lawyer, Dillion enlists in the military and leaves her broken-hearted despite his promise to return. He returns four years later and they are still attracted to each other, but both of them have also changed and both have secrets. However, when Avri’s life is threatened, she wonders if Dillion will help her.
Avri and Dillion are compelling and complex characters and definitely a couple you can root for. They felt real and three-dimensional and both had flaws and virtues. Their motivations were believable and the secondary characters were well-rounded and contributed to the story rather than detracting from it. The story has a lot of tension and several intense scenes.
Themes weaved into this novel include PTSD, picking up relationships after several years, feelings of betrayal and abandonment, trust, long-term friendships, communication, and much more.
Overall, I was fully engaged from the beginning and hoping for a happily ever after ending. Does it happen or do they go their separate ways?
I recommend this book to those that enjoy their romance with some suspense. I look forward to reading more books by this author.
Thanks to Backlit PR and Lorelei Confer for a digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley and the opportunity to provide an honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way.
I found lots to enjoy in this well written storyline. The characters are well developed and engaging and the chemistry is undeniable throughout the pages.
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This is the third book in the Saddle Creek series. It can be read as a standalone, but I recommend you read the first two books as they are both enjoyable reads as well. Avri and Dillon are high school sweethearts. Dillon joins the military and leaves Avri behind. Because of some misunderstandings and miscommunications, they lose touch with each other. He comes back four year later, but both are changed people. Will they be able to reconnect and find their happy ending? An enjoyable story filled with romance, suspense, and mystery, this is a great addition to the series!
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Once you look past the unrealistic notion that a whole town can keep a pregnancy secret, the story has merit. The book has great character building and I loved Drew, he was a sweet little boy. The suspense and action with the criminal element adds a bit of action to the book. Avri believes that Dillon walked out not caring about her and never looked back. Dillon can’t understand why Avri never reached out and wrote to him as he left her his address in a note. They still had chemistry and I was definitely rooting for them, wishing they would sit down and be honest with each other and share their secrets. well written and a must read.
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Avri and Dillion make such a great couple in this book and I couldn’t put it down. Packed full of fun romance and plenty of suspense, I was greatly disappointed when I got to the last page and had to put it down. As the third book in this series, I think that it made a wonderful addition and I can’t wait for the 4th one to come out!
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3 1/2 Star Review….
Secrets and Deceptions is the third book in Lorelei Confer’s Saddle Creek series and packed with intrigue and suspense. I enjoyed the mystery aspect of this storyline and the lies and deceit that threaten innocent people and their freedom. However, while this is a great story and kept me on the edge of my seat throughout, I found the concept of an entire small town maintaining such a profound secret, a little hard to swallow. Overall, it’s a good story, and Avro and Dillon earn a hrd fought HEA.
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Interesting story with Arvi and Dillion who were high school sweethearts until he up and left for the military without explanation. Years later he returns to find she has become a lawyer but also has someone threatening her life. Loved these characters with great chemistry and friendship but she has secret that he does not know about and about those who are after her.
This book was really good. It’s well written, the storyline flows well, and it has just the right amount of heat and suspense. Avri was definitely frustrating at times and there were a few times where I wanted to tell her to stop being childish and selfish. This is book three in the Saddle Creek series. You can read this book as a standalone, but I recommend you read books one and two because they’re good books.
Avri and Dillion are high school loves. A few years after high school Dillion joins the military and leaves Avri behind. Thanks to miscommunication neither one of them gets in contact with the other. It’s been four years and now Dillion is back home in Saddle Creek only now he’s brought with him some internal demons he’s fighting. He was captured and tortured for eighteen months before he was finally able to escape. Now Dillion is out of the military and hoping to pick back up with Avri. Unfortunately, it appears that there is someone out to harm Avri and she has a secret she’s keeping from Dillion. Can they finally communicate with each other and find their happy ending?
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