KcLu's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 5 Stars 
 A Beautiful Lie is a beyond wonderful romantic suspense. I have to be honest that I don't often read romantic suspense, because they just don't grab me as good as romance. I have to say that this book does great job of mixing in the suspense and mystery in with the romance. 
 Garrett may have seen Annabelle Parker first, but his best friend Milo made the move first. They were the three amigos for so many years, but the loss of Milo brought him and Parker even closer. He doesn't want to take her out of that friend zone for fear that it would ruin any part of their friendship, and he would loss her totally. When he ends up with the chance to investigate the death of Milo secrets about Parker come out that could do just that. 
 Parker chose Milo, because he was safer to her heart. She knew that if she ever let Garrett in he would own all of her, and she just wasn't able to give that much of her self over. Her childhood was not the best. Her mother died of cancer when she was still in high school, and her father became a bad drunk that took out his anger on her. She doesn't want to risk her heart on true love like, and end up broken like her dad at the loss of that love. But she is going to fight to help Garrett solve the mystery around Milo's death, because she did love him just not with her whole heart. 
 As the layers of this story unravel you get pulled deeper into this mystery and romance. I found myself just wanting to sit them both down and say talk damn it, but in the end love the way it all played out! I am a huge fan of this writer in any genre she writes! She conquered romantic suspense just as well as she did romance with the Chocolate Lover's series. Both series are very different but soooo good! I hope y'all enjoy this one as much as I have!!!!!