Deceive Me (Broken People Duet 1) by Vi Carter-Review & Excerpt tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 7, 2022

Jared

They say love and hate dance together along the same line.
My feelings for Layla don’t dance on the line; they destroy it.
It’s been seven years since she disappeared without a trace.
And now she’s back, but things have changed—I’ve changed.
I’m no longer the Jared she remembers, the boy who wanted to protect her.
I’m very much my father’s son, and I take what I want, and what I want is Layla.
But this time, I’m keeping her forever.

Layla

Seven years—that’s how long it’s been since I’ve seen him.
After painstakingly putting myself back together, I’m finally ready to start a life without his memory chasing my every step.
Imagine my surprise when my new beginning leads me straight back to him.
Only he’s not the boy I remember.
He’s angry.
Damaged.
Hiding secrets that want to destroy him.
He hates me. He wants me.

I’m not sure I’ll survive the man he has become. His demons threaten to destroy us both.

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REVIEW:DECEIVE ME is the first instalment in Vi Carter’s contemporary, new adult BROKEN PEOPLE dark, erotic, romance duet focusing on nineteen year olds Jared McGivney and Layla Masters.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jared and Layla) using present day and memories from the past, DECEIVE ME follows the rebuilding relationship and friendship between nineteen year olds Jared McGivney and Layla Masters. Jared and Layla met and grew up in the foster care system, a system that let down our story line couple. Seven years earlier, following a catastrophic injury, twelve year old, Layla disappeared, leaving Jared to fight the system on his own. Fast forward to present day wherein Layla, a shadow of her former self, on her first days at Kingscourt College comes face to face with her past, the boy she once loved but a boy turned young man who is no longer the person she once knew. A target of the mean girls and bully boys, Layla tries to remain on the down low but Jared insists on taking our heroine out of her comfort zone. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship and friendship between Jared and Layla, and the potential fall-out as Jared’s past takes aim at our story line heroine.

Layla Masters has struggled in the years since losing her best friend but found a little peace in the years since. Seeing Jared brings back all sorts of memories of what happened and why but Jared’s attitude runs both hot and cold, in the face of perceived betrayal and the loss of his friend but all is not well in Jared’s personal life, and the fall-out is about to take down our story line couple.

The relationship between Jared and Layla is a second chance friendship. At twelve years old our couple were separated when Layla’s life spiralled out of control. Seven years of therapy and looking for the boy she could never forget to discover that Jared was no longer the boy she remembered. Jared has never forgotten the young girl that continues to control his heart but Jared’s life went from the proverbial frying pan into the fire, and Layla is about to pay the price. The $ex scenes are intimate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include Layla’s parents Evelyn and Carl Masters; Jared’s father, as well as fellow students Ashley, Lucas and Kieran, and the mean girls. The requisite evil have many faces.

DECEIVE ME is a story of anger and rejection, secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, friendships and love. The premise is gritty and raw; the romance is seductive; the characters are broken, struggling and hurt. DECEIVE ME ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

When Vi Carter isn’t writing contemporary & dark romance books, that feature the mafia, are filled with suspense, and take you on a fast paced ride, you can find her reading her favorite authors, baking, taking photos or watching Netflix.

Married with two children, Vi divides her time between motherhood and all the other hats she wears as an Author.

She has declared herself a coffee & chocolate addict! Do not judge

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