“Sweet Liar captivated me from start to finish! Dylan Locke is a must have in your book boyfriend collection!” Jana Aston, NYT Bestselling AuthorBritish ad exec Dylan Locke isn’t looking for love. He isn’t looking for fate. He’s definitely not looking for Audrey Lind. She’s pretty, far too young, and overly romantic–in short, exhausting.But when the girl, young enough to be his daughter, … his daughter, literally lands in his lap and asks for his expertise, he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t interested. In her body, in her innocence, in her philosophy.
In the kind of kismet that starts with kisses.
But Audrey isn’t looking for love either–she’s looking for lessons, and she’s certain Dylan knows everything she needs to learn.
If he agrees to play the teacher can he keep his heart?
Of course he can.
Then again, he might be lying.
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5 Star Review of Sweet Liar (Dirty Sweet #1) by Laurelin Paige
This is Dylan Locke and Audrey Lind’s story and oh what a story it is. Audrey is almost young enough to be Dylan’s daughter and yet she wants him with a fierce passion that will not go away. Although not a particularly long read Laurelin Paige achieves a great deal of depth with Sweet Liar.
Dylan is a divorced father of a teenage son and the very last thing he is looking for is a relationship or to fall for a woman, let alone a college student, such as Audrey.
However he does not count on Audrey and the powerful attraction he feels towards her. Audrey wants to learn from Dylan and although he knows he should keep well away, he finds it impossible to do. The chemistry between Dylan and Audrey almost scorches you as you read this book.
Despite their age difference and knowing that it could all blow up in his face Dylan is tempted beyond reason. Surely there would be no harm in one night of passion? What could go wrong?
Sweet Liar was one of those books that once I started I couldn’t put down. I absolutely adored Dylan and Audrey both as individuals and also as a couple. Although Dylan and Aubrey are so different they really do make an amazing couple.
Ms. Paige had me hook, line and sinker and I I cannot wait to see what she has in store in book 2 which is Sweet Fate.
“Dylan Locke was supposed to make things better. Instead, he ruined me forever.”
kis·met
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noun
destiny; fate.
What do you get when you mix a soul that is true believer in love, destiny, and happily ever after, with a soul who’s non-belief in all of that is unwavering? I’ll tell you what you get – one steamy explosion!!
Audrey Lind is only in town for a few more days, visiting her sister Sabrina for Thanksgiving. She’s going to make the most of this time, getting as close to Dylan Locke as possible. He’d be the perfect tutor – an older, hot, professor of sex. He could teach her a thing or two, so maybe, just maybe, she’ll be able to move on from the boring relationships she’s had in the past and really find what she’s looking for. Turns out, he might just be the one she’s been looking for all along. Age gap be damned. Now, that he has a piece of her heart, will she be able to walk away intact?
Dylan Locke can’t help but notice her. She’s beautiful and sexy. But she’s decades younger than him – two to be exact – and there’s no way he should be feeling this way toward her. But, she’s brazenly asked him for help – with her sex life of all things. Now, what kind of gentleman would he be if he refused a request from a lovely woman? Hmmm.?
I can’t tell you how much I loved this couple! Dylan, the closed off man, unwilling to consider love as an option after being burned before. Audrey, the hopeless romantic in her heart, but a siren with her body. The two couldn’t be more opposite, yet somehow, perfect for each other. Now, we just need to convince these two to add some strings to this no-strings arrangement. I can’t wait to see how this all turns out in book two!!
Dylan Locke is one hot older daddy!!! Lana~White Hot Reads
Sparks fly instantly when Dylan and Audrey meet at dinner with her sister Sabrina and Weston. Dylan is attracted to Audrey but tries to deny his feelings since he’s so much older than her. She wants him to realize that age doesn’t matter and asks him to help her out with something. I can’t wait to see what the next book has entailed for these two.
3.75 stars–SWEET LIAR is the first instalment in Laurelin Paige’s contemporary adult DIRTY SWEET erotic, romance series focusing on forty-two year old, businessman Dylan Locke, and twenty-three year old, college student Audrey Lind. The DIRTY SWEET series is a spin-off from the author’s Dirty Games Duet, and some of the events in Sweet Liar run parallel to, and cross over with some of the events in the Dirty Games Duet. Audrey is Sabrina Lind’s younger sister.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Audrey and Dylan) SWEET LIAR follows the May-December, relationship between forty-two year old, businessman Dylan Locke, and twenty-three year old, college student Audrey Lind. Dylan’s time in the USA comes with an expiry date but time spent with Audrey Lind gives him pause for the future. Audrey’s attraction to Dylan Locke is immediate and intense but what our heroine lacks in experience she makes up for with seduction and fun. Hoping to gain the sexual experience she so desperately wants, Audrey makes Dylan an offer he cannot refuse. What ensues is the building sexual relationship between Audrey and Dylan as Dylan shows Audrey the art of ‘sex’, and the fall-out as their time together comes to a close.
SWEET LIAR is a quick read; an erotic story between an older, experienced man and a younger woman whose enthusiasm is matched by her need to learn. Several of the Dirty Games Duet characters cross over for cohesion and familiarity including Audrey’s sister Sabrina Lindt, as well as Donovan Kincaid and Weston King. The premise is inviting; the characters are fun and flirty; the romance is erotic, seductive and intense but saying that I didn’t feel the palpable sexual attraction between our leading couple-there was limited time to build a romantic relationship and therefore it felt more carnal and businesslike than anything else.
Dylan Locke is a sexy British bachelor and an executive member of the Reach Inc team. Audrey Lind is the younger sister of Sabrina, an employee of Reach Inc and you have read Donovan and Weston’s stories you may remember her from their stories. These two being the same place at the same time is not something that would normally happen.
A million people in the4 city, and you and I met. That’s kismet.
Dylan is in New York visiting his teenaged son. Audrey is spending her break from college spending time with her sister. The two of them are complete opposites when it comes to relationships. Dylan knows the pain that can come with relationships and is emotionally closed off. Audrey believes in love, fairytales and happily ever afters.
Nineteen years younger than Dylan, she could be his daughter. He shouldn’t get involved her, not only because of their age difference or her unrealistic views on relationships, but also because he is a superior of her sisters. Yet, she is way too tempting for him to ignore. Audrey hasn’t had much experience when it comes to the physical aspect of relationships and who better to teach her than an older man.
I couldn’t put this book down. I was intrigued by Dylan and Audrey from the very beginning. This is the first book in a duet so it does have a little bit of a cliffhanger ending and I can’t wait to see what happens next for these two when Sweet Fate is released.
A hot, sweet, quick read by Laurelin Paige.
Dylan and Audrey’s instant attraction was introduced in Dirty Filthy Rich Love, and now it’s time to read their story.
Although it’s not necessary, I strongly recommend reading these books in the order they were published, so you get the full effect of the stories, as these duets run somewhat concurrently.
Dylan and Audrey have a HUGE age gap, but it’s not the focus of the story, and I love that. They need each other for different reasons, and come to find out they enjoy each other’s company. Their fling was sweet and hot and too short, and although they live very different lives I am rooting for these two and hope they find their way into a real relationship.
That would truly be kismet.
I first read Sweet Liar by Laurelin Paige when it appeared in her newsletter. In this story we meet Dylan Locke from the Dirty world and a business partner of Donovan, Nate and Weston. You do not have to read any of the other duets, however, they are all great stories as well and ones I highly recommend. This is a quick introduction to Dylan and Audrey and their steamy chemistry.
Dylan Locke lives abroad and is very jaded after his divorce. He does not mind getting lost in a female, but relationships are not for him. He is determined to bond with his son and running his business. Then he meets Audrey Lind, Sabrina’s sister from the Dirty Duet. She is much younger than him and still idealistic and romantic. Someone he should definitely stay away from.
But from their first meeting, their chemistry was explosive and undeniable. Audrey tests his resistance over and over. She is beautiful, honest and open. Dylan is older, wiser, and determined to sty away. Audrey finds him sexy and believes she could learn so much from him. But could one night be enough?
Sweet Liar is an introduction to Dylan and Audrey’s story. It was a quick read that was sexy and steamy. Audrey and Dylan shared a strong connection, but both knew it was a fleeting thing. Can they walk away from each other? So excited to continue their story in Sweet Fate!
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Happy reading!
ARC received for an honest review
If you have read the previous duets, you will have already met our main man Dylan – the London partner in the business.
Sweet Liar is short, hot and sexy. It does have a bit of Lolita-esque feel to it – though there is nothing illegal going on, it is just the rather large age difference that gives it that feel.
I love the spark between Dylan and Audrey. He tries to fight the attraction. She tries to push him out of his comfort zone. As wrong as they really are for each other, they are so, so right.
You know that things aren’t going to be easy for them, and I loved watching the push/pull between them – the push particularly from Dylan. He’s such a grump, but I can’t help adoring him also.
This was a very short read, and I kind of wish that we had gotten both parts of the duet as one story. However we don’t have too long to wait before the conclusion so I guess there is that.
I am impatiently awaiting part 2 now.
I don’t normally enjoy a girl chase man story but this one was super hot!! Right from the beginning these two sizzled on the pages! First, I love the older man trope. It’s pretty darn hot that Dylan is 19 years older than Audrey. I think that’s why her chasing him worked in this case.
He’s so cynical about love and she believes it was fate they met. She knew he was attracted to her so she had no qualms about breaking down his barriers. Seeing his attraction through his eyes and seeing how he thought he should stay away just added to the forbidden attraction of these two.
Audrey’s pursuit was done perfectly. I know sometimes a heroine can come off too aggressive but I never felt that with her. She challenged and tempted him until he no longer cared about their age difference.
This hot, little novella ended on a small cliffhanger that has me wanting the second book immediately! I can’t wait to see how Audrey changes Dylan’s cynical mind.
In her Dirty world, Laurelin Paige has introduced us so far to the quiet, stormy, edgy-beyond-words Donovan Kincaid (SWOON) and the sunnier, optimistic, heart-open-to-love Weston King. Now we have Dylan Locke, who believes that his heart reflects his last name.
Dylan takes his repressed Britishness to near extreme lengths as he tries to avoid falling for Audrey Lind, the younger sister of Sabrina, the woman who captured Dylan’s business parter Donovan. She’s in her early twenties, compared to Dylan having hit forty, and that age difference only further entrenches his reluctance to get involved with her.
As the title states, though, there is a liar in this book, and that liar is Dylan. The biggest lies he tells, of course, are those he tells to himself. He thinks he has barricaded his heart from fresh bruising, and he thinks he is impervious to longing and affection. It’s up to Audrey to prove him wrong, a challenge she gleefully accepts.
My favorite parts of this book are when we’re in Dylan’s head. Laurelin Paige shows just how hard he works to reject love, and just how fruitless those endeavors may prove to be. Audrey’s narration, while lighter, gives you a chance to understand why she finds herself drawn to this curmudgeon. She is so youthful and vibrant that you would expect Dylan’s reluctance and resistance to repel her. Laurelin Paige, though, lets you see what Audrey sees: Dylan is a man yearning to love and be loved.
I defy you not to follow for Dylan. He captured my heart as quickly as he captured Audrey’s, and when the sexy times come (no pun intended), you will love each detail, each moment, each sigh and caress and moan. Dylan, dear readers. DYLAN. He is divine.
The ending makes you feel a little lonely, a little bereft, in a way. You want more. You have questions you want answers. The good news is that Sweet Fate is coming your way without too long of a wait. Of course, it’s entirely worth every second.
A blur of lustful emotions
Sweet Liar is the first book in the Dirty Sweet Duet by Laurelin Paige. Omg, is all I can say. Laurelin has done it again. She brings the Dirty Universe to life as only she can.
Dylan Locke is rich, British, 42, and sexy as hell. He’s a bitter man who swore off love and relationships following his divorce. He has boundaries he won’t cross. That was before he met Audrey Lind.
Audrey Lind is a 23 year old college student visiting her sister, Sabrina, in New York for the Thanksgiving holiday. For the most part she knows what she wants but doesn’t always know how to get it. But when she knows how to get it, look out she an unstoppable force that Dylan can’t refuse.
Naturally Dylan and Audrey are not what you call a perfect match. Audrey is a pure romantic while Dylan believes love doesn’t exist. Audrey is 19 years Dylan’s junior and he is one of her sister’s bosses. Neither of them expected a heat so intense between them that they have no idea what hit them and what to do about it.
Sweet Liar will make you hot and bothered. I love Audrey’s take charge attitude even when she’s unsure of herself and her decisions. She knows how to get what she wants even if obstacles are in her way. On the other hand, her emotions are what makes her question the oath she has chosen. Dylan on the other hand, tries to follow his morals but Audrey makes his life a blur of lustful emotions he never expected. If you like your men dirty in the bedroom, Sweet Liar is another 5 STAR MUST READ in Laurelin Paige’s Dirty Universe. I received a Sweet Liar from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Sweet Liar is not a stand-alone. Dylan and Audrey’s story will continue in book 2, Sweet Fate.
Laurelin Paige is a brilliant writer who mesmerizes us with her sensual stories of desire and passion that we can’t get enough of. The anticipation of each new book release is almost too much too bear.
“Sweet Liar” is an intriguing, spellbinding, intricately woven montage of pure desire between Dylan and Audrey. She believes in true love, soulmates, happy endings, instant attraction and complete devotion. Dylan knows that he shouldn’t want her, but he cannot stop the feelings from bubbling up inside of him. Avery is taboo: too young, too innocent, too starry eyed for a hardened man such as himself. She sees the world through rose colored glasses and he has a cold heart and does not believe in love. What could they possibly offer each other?
As I turned each page of “Sweet Liar” I became caught up in the cat and mouse sparring between Dylan and Audrey. They are like fire and ice; she is sunlight and pure, and he is dark and brooding. Their connection is volatile and akin to a match lighting a candle; it only intensifies as it gets hotter. Dylan and Audrey’s romance continues in “ Sweet Fate”, part two of the Dirty Sweet Duet. Will their dalliance withstand any obstacles they may encounter?
Dylan Locke. Since Dirty Filthy Rich Men, I’ve been waiting for his story and Laurelin did not disappoint. We first met Audrey as Sabrina’s sister, and Dylan is Sabrina’s boss. It’s fun seeing grown up mature Audrey come into her own and try to start a casual fling with the sexy brooding Brit Dylan. The whole Dirty Filthy Universe wraps you into the characters, and these two were no different. I love their age difference as well! They’re not your typical 30 something couple. Dylan quickly catches on that this is going to be more than casual, and so does she… but where does this leave them?!? I NEED book two now!
OMG! I thought Donovan’s story was hot, but Dylan’s has all the feels the reach my heart!
He could be her father, yet he has to admit the minute their eyes met he was immediately drawn to her powerfully. She was intelligent, vibrant, and you could tell the attraction was mutual.
Dylan is a not relationship or commitment type of man. He had made that mistake before and he had sworn NEVER to fall into that trap EVER again. Meeting Audrey took him for a loop. The emotions he was feeling had not gripped him since he was a young man and in love. That turned out into a disaster of nuclear proportion. Not only that, she was twenty years younger than him!
For Audrey, this man was the answer to her prayers. Sex had not been very alluring until she met him. Her previous boyfriends had never understood how to bring her to the edge. Now, this man could teach her what it was supposed to be about. What could go wrong?
I could not put this book down! I loved this story and cannot wait to read the next book in this series.
I am voluntarily reviewing this book. Thanks to the author for sharing a copy with me.
Sweet Liar is another sexy read by Laurelin Paige! It amazes me what she can write in such a short amount of pages. I had to fan myself after reading this steamy book. I need book 2 right now! I’m dying to know how Dylan and Audrey’s story ends.
Dylan and Audrey have chemistry in spades despite their age gap. I love how bold and confident Audrey is! I love how Dylan tries to be a gentleman with Audrey. However, what I love most is his struggle as he fights his attraction to the much younger woman. As hard as he fights it, there is just something about her that he couldn’t resist.
This book is flirty, sexy and seductive!
I think I just got a new crush on Audrey
She is brave, sexy, and yet naive and sweet. She’s that kinda girl that believe in kismet and true love. She is that girl that would ask a man to kiss her then teach her all the things about sex. She is that girl who know for sure heart break will be waiting for her at the end of her lesson but still taking the leap cause her heart just couldn’t said no
And Dylan… A British, a dad, a succesful bussinesman, definitly a silver fox, a cynic who out of love. So when Audrey the true love believer ask him to teach her, It will be just a lesson, right. She is just gonna be someone he going to remember time to time when the mood good for it, right.
He doesn’t believe in love
For her love will always prevail
Will kismet bring them together?
The craving, the want and the magnetic pull that Laurelin Paige excels at in every book is just a strong with Sweet Liar.
Aubrey is young and lacking the sexual experiences she craves. She wants to learn all she can from someone with more experience, someone who can teach her the things she wants to know about her sex life and what she wants out of a sexual relationship. Dylan is older, a gentlemen and sexy as hell, a man who has been burned before, he has no interest in love and kismet but Aubrey has her sights set on him to learn the finer sexy things in life.
A short quick read that packs a punch. Fun and flirty, sexy and a little naughty, you will be clenching your thighs together in anticipation. The Dirty Universe just got a lot more interesting and Dylan Locke will melt your panties.
YUM, YUM, YUM!!! This first book in the Dirty Sweet Duet from Laurelin Paige is DELICIOUS! Dylan, the older, burned-by-love, skeptical romantic could not be more swoon-worthy. He’s clearly met his match in the much younger, smart, die-hard romantic, Audrey, when she decides she needs a bit of “schooling” in “the art of romantic delights.” Their chemistry jumps off the pages and into your heart in this charming, non-stop older man/younger woman tale. You won’t be able to read fast enough. Will they each find the happily ever after they seek? Time will tell. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for these two fabulous characters. Bring on Book 2, please!
This short and sexy story kept me turning pages!!!Loved it!!! Audrey is young and sweet, looking for a real man to show her a good time while maybe learning a few new tricks. Along comes Londoner Dylan, an older, extremely virile man approx 20 years her senior and she can’t stop herself. She wants to get to know him better. He’s a divorced father with bitter feelings towards love but he may have met his match. Will Audrey melt Dylan’s scorned heart, and can Dylan allow himself to feel love again? The sexy scenes were off the charts HOT and I honestly can’t wait for more Dylan and Audrey in Sweet Fate Book #2 this March!!!!
I loved it! Dylan and Audrey are the perfect compliment to each other,his cynicism and contrite outlook on love and her overall belief that true love does exist.
A thrilling start to this older man/younger woman romance.
Sweet and sexy beginnings are the best!