Tainted Lie (Tainted Kings 3) by Senna Kincaid-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 25, 2024

She is falling in love with the boy next door. He was sent to kill her.

Ariel is having a bad week. Not only is she hiding from one of the biggest crime empires Chicago has ever seen, she’s also fighting for custody of her little brother.

Her new neighbor should be the last thing on her mind, no matter how much she’s drawn to him. Especially since neither of them is who they pretend to be.

When his family sends Jude Olysses to do a job, they know he’s going to get it done using whatever means necessary. His skills are unmatched, his family the only thing he cares about. Until he meets his new neighbor, Ariel, who makes him want things he never thought he could have.

Too bad he was sent to kill her.

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REVIEW:TAINTED LIE is the third and final instalment in Senna Kincaid’s contemporary adult TAINTED KINGS erotic, Mafia romance series- a spin off from the author’s LOCKED SECURITY series. This is youngest son of the Chicago Greek Mafia Jude Olysses, and Ariel Caster’s story line. TAINTED LIE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion as there is a ongoing premise throughout.

NOTE: TAINTED LIE was originally released under the title Jude by Sarah Peis.

Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jude and Ariel) TAINTED LIE follows the search for a potential killer. Someone ordered a hit on the Olysses patriarch, and Jude buys the apartment building where the attempted assassination took place but Jude never expected to come face to face with his future in the guise of Ariel Caster, a young woman now living in the apartment with her twelve year old brother. Ariel Caster is struggling to keep her head above the proverbial water but Ariel’s secrets are about to threaten the life of her brother, and the man with whom she is falling in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Ariel and Jude, and the potential fall-out as Ariel’s lies and betrayal place her in the direct line of fire.

The world building continues to focus on the hunt for a killer. Someone ordered a hit on Constantine Olysses, and Jude believes it is only a matter of time before the killer is revealed. As Ariel struggles to keep custody of her brother, her family is determined to destroy their lives

The relationship between Ariel and Jude is one of immediate attraction but both have secrets that are in direct competition with one another. Jude is looking for the person responsible for attacking his father, and Ariel is battling between head and heart when her brother’s life is threatened in place of her own. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include Jude’s brothers Gabriel and Liam, and their parents Constantine and Althea, as well as Ariel’s brother Lenny. The requisite evil has many faces.

TAINTED LIE is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, retribution and murder, family and forgiveness. The premise is intriguing, captivating and entertaining; the romance is seductive ; the characters are broken, desperate and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Tainted Kings
Tainted Promise

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

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Books are my passion and I have always been an avid reader. Sneaking my mom’s romance books when I was too young to read them turned into a lifelong obsession.

And now I not only read kissing books, I also get to write them. Dark romance and romantic suspense have always been favourites of mine to read, and I hope you enjoy the worlds and characters in my books as much as I love creating them.

I currently live in a small town in Victoria, Australia, with the love of my life, our two little humans and two fur babies.

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