Behind the Lies by Robin Perini – a Review

Description:
Of the six Montgomery brothers, Zach has always walked on the wild side. He rocketed to fame playing a hero in a movie, but offscreen he’s living in the shadows. Zach’s dark secret: he leads a double life as a CIA operative. When a mission to stalk a terrorist goes horribly wrong, Zach’s cover is blown. He’s on the run and fighting to stay alive long enough to discover whom he can trust—and who betrayed him.

Jenna Walters thought she’d married the perfect man—until she unearthed his terrible secret. Now, desperate to escape his crosshairs, she and her son take refuge in Zach’s secret hideaway. Sparks fly between Zach and Jenna even as danger explodes around them.

From Afghanistan to Turkey to the mountains of Colorado, assassins track them and are closing in. Not only is Zach’s life at stake, but now Jenna and her son are targets in this high stakes game.

Review:

Behind the Lies by Robin Perini is her second book in her Montgomery Justice series. I really enjoyed the first book in this romance suspense series, and am happy to say Robin Perini does it again with this book.  I did not want to put this book down, and was able finish this in a day. 

Zach Montgomery, our hero, is movie actor and undercover agent in secret.  Zach has always been on the wild side, with his family unable to control him.  Zach’s father tries to find him and try to get him to come home; but during that trip, his father is killed and Zach erroneously blames himself. He keeps his distance from his family, and gets heavily involved in his secret life, which early in the book unravels, and Zach has to change identities to protect himself.  But before he gets to far, he meets someone who will change his priorities.

Jenna Walters, our heroine, is now on the run with her son Sam.  She discovers an awful secret about her husband, Brad, that will endanger her life, and barely escapes.  She hides in an empty house next door, which belongs to Zach. Once Zach comes home to get his things to run, someone steals his car.  Zach meet Jenna and Sam. 

This was such an exciting, and fun story.  At first Jenna doesn’t trust Zach, as she thought her husband was a good guy.  But in time, Jenna has no choice, since she has no money, and sees that Zach is protecting them, even at the cost of losing his own cover.  We watch Zach, Jenna and Sam travel to escape a number of people chasing them….Jenna’s husband, the CIA traitor, and a fanatical arab man bent on destroying Zach.  I will say that some scenes are depressing with some torture involved.

During their escapes, slowly Zach and Jenna begin to care about each other, but each knows that there is no future.  Zach will do what he can to help Jenna, and leave to keep her safe; and Jenna is determined to not leave any ties loose for her husband to find her and her son, not to mention put Zach in danger. 

This was an exciting story all the way through, with the last half of the book non stop action. I loved seeing the Montgomery family come together to help them, as they find themselves also in the middle.  Perini does such a good job of bringing all the pieces together, with so many surprises and twists, with you holding your breath til the very end. The romance between Zach and Jenna was awesome, as I loved them together.  The sex between was pretty steamy too.  If you want romance, sex, excitement, danger, non stop action and a book you cannot put down from start to finish, then look no further then Behind the Lies.

Reviewed by Barb